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message 1: by Nithya (new)

Nithya  (Zuana) | 1 comments Mine is Chanakya's Chant, finished 300 pages, so far really amazing!


message 2: by Saritha (new)

Saritha Two books at the moment. Come, tell me how you live (An Archaeological Memoir) by Agatha Christie and Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.


message 3: by Priyanka (new)

Priyanka | 26 comments Hi! Currently reading The firm by John Grisham. I am a great fan of legal thrillers and Grisham is the king! Haven't been able to stop since I started the book.. Amazingly paced..


message 4: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Am reading Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' now. It is quite good. My first Hardy book. Hoping to read Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs.Dalloway' or Imran Khan's memoir next.


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Karthik J (jkarthik85) | 22 comments A confederacy of Dunces. Came across a list of favorite books of Salman Khan of Khanacademy fame . Many of them are in common with my own favorites over the years. Normally dont read books from which I have expectations from , but this seems to be pretty good so far. 60 % done.


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jaadhimalli Atlas shrugged by Ayan Rand. Havent tried such a looooong book before. But i want to know "Who is John Galt?" or atleast what it means. (no spoilers pls)


message 7: by Ravi (new)

Ravi :) (ravi14) | 13 comments Priyanka wrote: "Hi! Currently reading The firm by John Grisham. I am a great fan of legal thrillers and Grisham is the king! Haven't been able to stop since I started the book.. Amazingly paced.."

I read "The firm" and seriously its awesome. I enjoyed reading through out.. and its pretty gripping


message 8: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Sahasranaman wrote: "Reading "En peyar sivappu", tamil translation of My Name is Red"

Wow! This is awesome! Hope you are enjoying it. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it!

I read introductions and first few pages of the books that I got at the Book Fair. I am reading Sujatha's 'Karayellam Senbagapoo' and Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' now.


message 9: by Saritha (new)

Saritha Vishy, Sujatha's book was also made into a movie, right? With Prathap Pothen? Do let me know how the book is - I keep hearing good things about it.


message 10: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Saritha wrote: "Vishy, Sujatha's book was also made into a movie, right? With Prathap Pothen? Do let me know how the book is - I keep hearing good things about it."

Yes Saritha. I haven't seen the movie yet. I want to watch it sometime. The book was quite nice. Just posted my review here - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


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Rajiv Menon (rookieman) | 1 comments Reading Master and Margarita... jst started.. so far its interesting !


message 12: by Venkateshwaran (new)

Venkateshwaran (venky1134) Currently Reading 'The Religion of Tibet' by Charles Bell..Intriguing, and lots of information about the forbidden land


message 13: by tophilis (new)

tophilis Jst startd reading The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America... pretty interesting and its a true crime novel.


message 14: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Rajiv wrote: "Reading Master and Margarita... jst started.. so far its interesting !"

'The Master and Margarita' is one of my alltime favourite books! That chess playing cat is really one of the coolest characters ever :)


message 15: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Just finished reading a book called 'Out Stealing Horses' by Per Petterson. My first Norwegian book. Loved it. Thought I will read another Petterson book. Reading 'To Siberia' now.


message 16: by Priyanka (last edited May 07, 2012 12:10AM) (new)

Priyanka | 26 comments Finished "The Sins of Father" by Jeffery Archer. Wonderful work by Archer... Eagerly awaiting the last on of the Clifton Chronicals!


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Priyanka | 26 comments Ravi wrote: "Priyanka wrote: "Hi! Currently reading The firm by John Grisham. I am a great fan of legal thrillers and Grisham is the king! Haven't been able to stop since I started the book.. Amazingly paced.."..."

Have you read any of Mark Gimenez books.. On par with Archer.


message 18: by Yunoth (new)

Yunoth (yunoth51) | 4 comments im reading malagudi by R.K.narayanan. just started.


message 19: by Salvadesswaran (new)

Salvadesswaran (salva) I have Game of Thrones in my bed, will be starting it soon. Very busy week at work.


message 20: by Bharath kumar (last edited May 09, 2012 07:44PM) (new)

Bharath kumar (sbharathind) | 2 comments Just completed We the Living day before Yesterday started Reading The Abortionist's Daughter By Elisabeth Hyde.


message 21: by Saritha (new)

Saritha Sahasranaman wrote: "I'm reading my first mills and boon book - The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride."

God help you. =)


message 22: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Sahasranaman wrote: "I'm reading my first mills and boon book - The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride."

Hope you are enjoying it, Sahas :)


message 23: by Suthan (new)

Suthan (suthan_ramakrishnan) | 3 comments Am reading Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter and The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum...


message 24: by Murali (new)

Murali Krishnan | 2 comments Hi, I just started readings, hardly finished 2-3 books to be frank. Now reading "2 states" - wow this book is really good. completed 50% of the book from the morning. I guess i will finish this by tonight itself , BTW very good site


message 25: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Suthan wrote: "Am reading Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter and The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum..."

'The Bourne Identity' is really wonderful! One of my alltime favourite thrillers. I liked the older movie version which had Richard Chamberlain and the Belgian comic version called 'XIII'. Happy reading!


message 26: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
I just finished a book called 'Hannibal : Pride of Carthage'. It is a historical novel set during Roman / Carthaginian times. Quite interesting and filled with historical details. Am planning to read either 'Classics : A Very Short Introduction' by Mary Beard and John Henderson or 'NW' by Zadie Smith, next.


message 27: by TamaraiSelvi (new)

TamaraiSelvi (tamarai1990) | 1 comments Hi I am reading Asura tale of the vanquished by anand neelakantan and ponniyin selvan by kalki


message 28: by Madhavi (new)

Madhavi (madhavij) | 9 comments Finished the following
1. The New Yorker Book of Political Cartoons.
2. The Himalaya - Micheal Palin.

Reading:-
1. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman - Denis Kitchen, Paul Buhle
2. Seal Team Six - Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin


message 29: by Avinash (new)

Avinash I'm reading "India after Gandhi" by Ramachandra Guha ! Well researched book.


message 30: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
Finished 'The Sense of an Ending' by Julian Barnes yesterday night. It was awesome! It is one of the books that I hope to read again. Have started Patti Smith's 'Just Kids' today.


message 31: by Prabhu (new)

Prabhu Krishnan (kprabhucs) | 1 comments I'm reading "How about a sin Tonight" by Novoneel Chakraborty!!


message 32: by Ravi (new)

Ravi Yellayi (raviyellayi) chasing the dime and disclosure by michael crichton


message 33: by Vaibhav (new)

Vaibhav (vaibhavgoyal) The world according to garp :-)


message 34: by Madhavi (new)

Madhavi (madhavij) | 9 comments Books on TBR list:-

1. The Making of Prince of Persia by Jordan Mechner Making of Prince of Persia - John Mechener
2. Blind Descent The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth by James M. Tabor Blind Descent The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on EarthBlind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth - James.M.Tabor

Started with Blind Descent :)


message 35: by Vasav (new)

Vasav Dave (astrovasav) | 1 comments The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni


message 36: by Vishy (new)

Vishy | 156 comments Mod
'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo :)


message 37: by Ramesh (new)

Ramesh (srames) | 3 comments Hi @all

Completed the Krishna key by Ashwin sanghi on sunday,a bit little late in sharing my thought about this book. A good book with fair amount of things we should know about the monuments in our country and its unexpected relationship with the other monuments. Although this book is based on fiction the author had some touches with the philosophy and religion, also he surprise us in some places with his solid built and unpredictable characters.

Over all a nice book to read, can opt to read this once again since some of the areas are most interesting and informative.

SO thats all from now, next i have started reading the King of torts by John Grisham. Once completed will be back with my thoughts.


message 38: by Giridharan (new)

Giridharan | 1 comments I'm currently reading "Broken Republic" by Arundhati Roy. The narrative is full of emotion and the author presents her views on the Maoist struggle very vividly. I personally felt the construction of the essays could have been a little better. All said, the book gives good insights on the existing scenario in the vast Dandakaranya forest.


message 39: by Nitin (new)

Nitin (nitinvenkatesh) New-comer to the group here folks :)

I am currently reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. I am absolutely stunned how Jules Verne predicts science and technology can be used, and amazingly enough, lots of it is reality now!


message 40: by Nisanth (new)

Nisanth Thomas | 5 comments of love and other demons....Marquez


message 41: by Dinesh (new)

Dinesh (din35h) | 1 comments the cuckoo's calling - by robert galbraith


message 42: by Jeevan (new)

Jeevan | 4 comments Hi! I am reading a book on Israel titled "The Israelis" , it is by Donna Rosenthal..it is a wonderful which gives a balanced views on many complex issues Israel faces and most importantly this book goes beyond the headlines and presents to the reader what life is within Israel..


message 43: by Jeevan (new)

Jeevan | 4 comments Sahasranaman wrote: "I'm reading Fury by Salman Rushdie. Although it is as amazing as his other earlier books, it feels easier to approach than them. This would be an ideal place to start for people who want to read..."

I have read Fury some years back..and some parts of Fury are brilliant like where the author describes how New York is eating him...but I should say compared to Midnight's Children it is a pretty ordinary book..


message 44: by Jeevan (new)

Jeevan | 4 comments Yunoth wrote: "im reading malagudi by R.K.narayanan. just started."

Love R.K. Narayan just read recently his book "Waiting for the Mahatma"..a brilliant book which shows the tremendous influence of Gandhiji during the national movement and the dedication of the Congress cadres as well as they are limitations...


message 45: by Baba (new)

Baba Tress of D'Ubervilles by Hardy n On the Origin by Darwin.


message 46: by Jackson (new)

Jackson Enoch (failedhumanity) | 11 comments The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.


message 47: by Reshmi (new)

Reshmi Reddy | 3 comments Forever princess by Meg Cabot(Princess diaries. Awesome series. Enjoyed all the books through out the series.


message 48: by Lakshmi (new)

Lakshmi | 4 comments GODS KINGS & SLAVES- THE SIEGE OF MADURAI


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message 50: by Lakshmi (new)

Lakshmi | 4 comments GODS KINGS & SLAVES a historical novel set in 14th century India


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