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[Kunal]

Just Read:

I read Martel's celebrated novel again on a holiday- cover to cover- and yes, the first twenty five and last twenty five pages are still magical and I still find the middle less than its sides but for the remarkable parts that work so remarkably, I am raising my rating to 4/5.

Currently Reading:

According to me, Lutz is modern day's greatest constructor of sentences and the most original contemporary writer in the English language. He is at once literature's foremost exponents and also, its enfant terrible and his books are like the loaded pistol on Schrader's writing desk.

About to Read:

[Lit Bug (Foram)]

Just read - Mein Kampf

I couldn't review him the way I review usually...

Now reading - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin - not going so great plot-wise, but posits excellent questions to ponder upon.

[Som]

Reading these...

Brain Droppings , by George Carlin
p. 210 of 272 (77%)

The Great Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald
p. 20 of 180 (11%)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values , by Robert M. Pirsig
p. 55 of 540 (10%)

The Night Circus , by Erin Morgenstern
p. 70 of 387 (18%)

Swann's Way , by Marcel Proust
p. 200 of 463 (43%)

The Book Thief , by Markus Zusak
p. 112 of 552 (20%)

The Name of the Wind , by Patrick Rothfuss
p. 168 of 662 (25%)

The Light Between Oceans , by M.L. Stedman
p. 130 of 343 (38%)

The Complete Stories , by Flannery O'Connor
p. 90 of 576 (16%)

[Anoop]

I am currently reading Psmith in the city, Catcher in the Rye and The Name of the Rose!!
planning to read Silmarillion after these three!!!

[Lit Bug (Foram)]

It would be great if everyone could link their titles, it becomes quite easier to look at the books you're reading :)

[Ahtims]

Psmith one of my favorites of yester years

[dely]

I was still reading Three Lives by Gertrude Stein in English but I think I give it up, it so boring!

Will start If on a Winter's Night a Traveler.

[Lit Bug (Foram)]

dely wrote: "Will start If on a Winter's Night a Traveler."

Am doing so too!

[Poornima]

I just finished Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester. This was a brilliantly written psychological drama. Here's my review in case you are interested

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Currently reading The Red House Mystery and Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

[Misha]

currently readin The Rozabal Line by Ashwin Sanghi

[Rajeev]

currently reading the wheel of time by Robert jordan

[dely]

Poornima wrote: "I just finished Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester. This was a brilliantly written psychological drama. Here's my review in case you are interested

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
..."


Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is in my wishlist but I can't find it at a low prize. Will wait!

[Poornima]

dely wrote: "Poornima wrote: "I just finished Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester. This was a brilliantly written psychological drama. Here's my review in case you are interested

http://www.goodreads.com/revie..."


Oh, I do hope you find it soon! Am loving it! :)

[Sakshi]

hey, just read is edge of dawn by Lara Adrian,
currently reading Chanakya's Chant by Ashwin Sanghi,and rereading dark side of moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon...
About to read Inferno by Dan brown...:)

[Ahtims]

somehow I couldn't finish Chanakya's chant. Got bored when modern Indian politics came into the scene.

[Sakshi]

Smitha wrote: "somehow I couldn't finish Chanakya's chant. Got bored when modern Indian politics came into the scene."

I agree..I do get bored at times!! hoping to finish it somewhere in future...:P
Although story is good!!

[Misha]

Inferno is also quite boring Sakshi

[Abhay]

Misha wrote: "Inferno is also quite boring Sakshi"

Now it will be boring for every page she reads :p

[Ahtims]

:D

[Misha]

@Abhay
:-D :-D :-D

[dely]

I will start Panchatantra: The Complete Version, for now the Italian edition.

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Currently reading faking it By Cora carmack

[Lit Bug (Foram)]

Started Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein

[Sheetal]

Finished with The Oath of Vayuputras by Amish and currently reading Keep off the grass by Karan Bajaj.

[Sherin]

High Noon

[Misha]

currently readin The Silver Linings Playbook

[Sherin]

How is it so far?

[Misha]

jst fnshd 70 odd pgs, m lykin it, gud read so far :-)

[Ahtims]

have given up 1 and 5, 2 is very funny and I enjoyed it a lot when I read it a couple of decades ago.

[Sheetal]

currently reading The White Tiger my next book would be Three Men in a Boat

[Poornima]

I just finished reading Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives. Would recommend to anyone interested in spirituality

My review in case you are interested,
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Misha]

currently readin Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[Rebecca]

just read sue graftons a is for alibi & agatha christies evil under the sun. well both were just so so. will not read sue graftons again whereas agatha christies was fun reading though the end was rather an anti climax. currently reading the cruellest month by Louise Penny. well a bit on the darker side with seance & exorcism. but let me see.

[dely]

I started reading Killericamente vostro by Stefano Santavenere.
There is no English edition of this book, I'm reading it in Italian and it has been written by an emergent writer. Till now it's not bad, a little bit strange but I hope to get into it. It is experimental literature full of neologisms but I like to explore new and emergent authors.

I am still reading (only on the beach) a collection with all the short stories by Nikolai Gogol.

[Kris]

Finished The Insatiable Spiderman by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez.

Didn't like it at all. The author describes the shortcomings in the communist Cuba and the miserable lives of ordinary Cubans. There is no story as such but the general musings of a frustrated Cuban man with weird sexual fantasies to say the least.

[Kris]

Currently reading 'The Da Vinci code' by Dan Brown.

[dely]

Started reading Waiting for Gertrude: A Graveyard Gothic by Bill Richardson.

[Rags]

Finished Norwegian wood 3/5
my review in case if any one wants to read :)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished solo by rana dasgupta 5/5 . review yet to write.

Currently reading The great gatsby ,

The Moor's Last Sigh

[Kris]

Finished 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels and Demons'. Loved both of them. Although, contrary to the popular opinion, I liked 'Da Vinci' better than 'Angels'. Maybe it's coz I read it first.

While 'Da Vinci' blew me away (I have the Last Supper as my desktop background now :D,) 'Angels' was almost like a Bollywood script. Hero who can never die, saves the world from an over the top weapon of mass destruction, along with a hot exotic female sidekick only to produce a weak-ass climax. I'm kinda mad at myself for liking it so much. But hey, the heart wants what the heart wants.

Next in line, 'Inferno' :)

[Ashwini]

Finished reading Norwegian Wood! Loved it totally.

Will be reading "Wuthering Heights" next :)

[S]

Just read "Mother" by Maxim Gorkey and will be readin Sea of Poppies...

[Kunal]

Rags wrote: "Finished Norwegian wood 3/5
my review in case if any one wants to read :)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Finished solo by rana dasgupta 5/5 . review yet to write.

Currently readin..."

i disagree with your rating but it's a beautifully written review.

although 'Norwegian Wood' is thematically mesmerizing, for me what make it the masterpiece that it is, are the heartstoppingly beautiful sentences. the perfection in the constructions- in rhythm and palette- is beyond belief. for example, if my memory serves me right:


'As we ambled along, Naoko spoke to me of wells.'
...
Naoko said, 'I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?'
'Always,' I said. 'I'll always remember.'


every book of Murakami- themes, patterns, styles and motifs- seems to stem from or lead to this one book. in my opinion, 'Norwegian Wood' remains the benchmark for modern writing in first person narrative form.

[Rajasekar]

Got this Pre release copy through Giveaway.. Interesting to read



Link to giveaway - http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

[Misha]

currently readin Odd Hours by Dean Koontz... kinda borin till now, letz c how it goes... :-/

[Vaishnavi]

currently reading Bhima Lone Warrior
An interesting read so far. Mahabharata from Bhima's point of view. Written by M T Vasudevan Nair. Are Arjuna and Yudhishtira the only people worth remembering ? May be not..

[Sherin]

Started Still Alice.
Looks promising

[विकास]

Just read Ayesha:Return of the She by H rider haggard..It was an okay read. Now reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. It's an engaging book but there are so many characters with weird names that it sometimes gets confusing.....

[Lit Bug (Foram)]

Rags wrote: "Finished Norwegian wood 3/5
my review in case if any one wants to read :)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished solo by rana dasgupta 5/5 . review yet to write.

Currently readin..."

Looking forward to how you find "Moor's...".

Am reading Solo and am loving it!

[Neelothpala]

Just started 'Inferno' by Dan Brown,I hope it won't disappoint me.

[Rags]

Kunal wrote: "Rags wrote: "Finished Norwegian wood 3/5
my review in case if any one wants to read :)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Finished solo by rana dasgupta 5/5 . review yet to write.

Curr..."


I agree with you kunal i liked the writing but what pulls it down for me is the overt and at times weird sexuality in the book. For example (view spoiler)[ I couldn't understand Midori getting naked and showing her body to her dad's ashes placed on the alter.I found it too weird. Or Naoko getting in bed with toru in the sanatorium , the numerous things they do etc. (hide spoiler)] . It spoils the book had these been left out i would have definitely given it 5 star.