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	12/28 Adarsh is currently reading: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) by Howard Zinn bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 22

Adarsh marked as to-read:
Midnight's Children (Paperback)
by Salman Rushdie
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hardcover)
by Gabriel García Márquez
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July 18

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by Harper Lee, Nelle Lee

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June 14

New comment on Aparna's review of Shoe Addicts Anonymous

Adarsh wrote: "This is your longest review yet. I suppose the passion shows. :-) "

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Adarsh read and liked Aparna's review of Shoe Addicts Anonymous:

"It was good fun, considering I feel half my life is wanted if i dont buy at least a pair of shoes evey month. Of course, the book is over the top. Irrespective of HOW MUCH one likes shoes, there is a point where a normal person can draw the line (wor...more It was good fun, considering I feel half my life is wanted if i dont buy at least a pair of shoes evey month. Of course, the book is over the top. Irrespective of HOW MUCH one likes shoes, there is a point where a normal person can draw the line (work as a phone-sex operator to buy a pair - make that TWO - one in black and one in a deep pink of Ralph Laurens, realy????). Which is really ironic, coz all these woman are potrayed as normal people, albeit with an abnormal liking for shoes.
So you have Helene, who prefers the click-clack of Bruno Maglis' and Emilio Pucci's to the pitter-patter of little feet. Add a dominating husband, a "dark" past, and some blackmail, and you have one sub plot (which could well be one for some female-oriented (i HATE the word "chick", sorry!!) B grade summer thriller).
And the waitress Lorna, who uses $3 tips to calculate her crdit card payments, to buy a $175 Delmans. Logic? Really? The whole shoe-swapping club is her idea, born more out of desperation, and a self-identified sickness for footwear. What she cannot buy, she will swap. Brilliant. She seems to be the most believable character of the lot, since she seems the most real.
Joss the harried nanny who uses the "club", Shoe Addicts Anonymous only as an excuse to get out Thursday night. Totally unnecessary. Yeah, women will bond, whether they are in a group of 3 or 4, and although I agree with you, Beth, the more the merrier, they do not say "Three(four) is a crowd", without good reason.
The battling agoraphobic Sandra, the shoe-crazy phone-sex operator (who does what she does ONLY to support her shoe addiction, and we are supposed to feel soryy for her!! Yeah, rrrrright), who is super-observant, borderline geeky, and who can calmly guzzle orange juice while listening to some guy describing how he likes to have someone go down on him.
It is mildly entertaining, no doubt, and there are no "typical" happy endings, and no men going down on their feet and slippering the lovely dame's foot with a perfect-fit 7and1/2. It has more to do with the subtle bonds of same-gender friendship that we generallt take for granted (I SO miss my girls now!).
That still doesn't justify WHY we look down on helpless people with a foot fetish who cant but fanatasize over pretty feet and painted toenails, but can accept the fact that women could trade their comfort, bodies, and marriage for hardly a square foot of leather(PETA?? Where are you when stuff like this is promoted and hyped?).
All in all, not a bad deal if your like your uncountable pairs of shoes!
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April 22

New comment on Aparna's review of Anything for You, Ma'am ; An IITian's Love Story

Adarsh wrote: "That's a funny review. But I can imagine what you're talking about. :-) "

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LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star (Hardcover)
by LL Cool J
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March 25

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""Living is Easy with Your Eyes Closed" " — John Lennon

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"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?" — Mahatma Gandhi

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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win."
— Mahatma Gandhi

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"An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind."
— Mahatma Gandhi

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"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. "
— Mahatma Gandhi

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"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?"
— Mahatma Gandhi

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""Living is Easy with Your Eyes Closed" "
— John Lennon

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