The Chennai Book Club discussion
What Are You currently Reading?
TamaraiSelvi wrote: "Hi I am reading Asura tale of the vanquished by anand neelakantan and ponniyin selvan by kalki"Ponniyin Selvan is an awesome and amazing book. Hope you like it
Currently reading The Eyes of the Accused (The Ben Whittle Investigation Series Book 2)
Finished reading Jim Elliot .My review ->https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading English, August: An Indian Story
PS I love You..A beautiful tale of love
infinite jest by david foster wallace..........giant of a book
I am reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan, loved Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos series and this is just as good
Morgue: A Life in DeathAs a crime thriller fanatic, figured I'd give Non-Fiction a try. Quarter way through, and already a huge thumbs up to people who might enjoy the genre! :)
Currently reading 'The famished road' by Ben Okri
Reading the wonderful novel of Carl Sagan, "Contact".I keep on rereading certain pages. I'm completely in love with it. <3
Destiny of S
Am amazing debut novel. Riveting from the word go. Indian authors are coming of age.
Pradeep Somu wrote: "I am reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan, loved Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos series and this is just as good"One of greatest works humanity can ever have!
Currently reading " breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote!!
After completing "Karma Yoga" By Swami Sukhabodhanandha, I suddenly jumped into a highly contrasted title "Thalaimuraigall" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...) , a Tamil novel by "Neela.Padmanaban". The first two chapters didn't stick in to my mind, as I read deeply, eventually, once I got the thread of the style of writing, it becomes interesting. It's a blend of Tamil and Malayalam folks. Good to read. More to enjoy. It has a strong message on the olden days practice on childless family. This novel was first published during 1968.
Just finished reading Millennium series by Steig Larsson. Its a good one though a little dragging in the third part.
Started reading I Know why the Caged Birds Sings by Maya Angelou
Finished reading Footfall (an old SciFi) book. Currently reading The Inevitable - The 12 technological forces that will shape our future by Kevin Kelly
Finished reading Thayumanavan by Balakumaran. Started Theodore Boone by John Grisham
One of the books I read recently was Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. 5 STARS ALL THE WAY! Haruki Murakami’s fantastic coming-of-age will remind you of unrequited love, moving on and rediscovering love (is there anyone who is immune from any of this?). If you have lived alone you will relate to Toru Watanabe’s days in the hostel.. it drew me in and in no time I was able to relate to all the characters. You will have a Naoka, a Midori and a Nagasawa in your own livesThe book is like fine single malt whisky that you are enjoying on a rainy evening… slowly it will blur your past and all that is left are your heartfelt memories to embrace a better tomorrow as you drift off to sleep.
Just Finished reading Pei Kathaigalum Devathai Kathaigalum பேய் கதைகளும் தேவதை கதைகளும் and started reading அறம் Aram . _/\_ நன்றி Jeyamohan
Currently reading Firestarter by Stephen King. It's better than the movie version.
Halfway through Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
jaadhimalli wrote: "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)"John Galt is an expression which takes a more concrete form as the book is competed..
Insightful Graduation Speeches by Kurt Vonnegut
Hello Everyone :) I'm Uma. I'm new here and very excited ! I am currently reading Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie.
Am currently reading the host by Stephanie Mayer and Come on inner peace by Sachin Garg. So far am liking the both.
Currently reading Frozen Past.Mystery gonna reveal soon
Love story by Seagel and Aasaikadal by Balakumaran
My name is Lucy Barton By Elizabeth Strout
I have just started reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. Started loving it from the 1st chapter - "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" - How deep and how true! "A Good book is one which tells you what you know already" - Read this somewhere and this came to my mind when I read the above phrase.
Secrets of Druids by Chistopher C Doyle. His research is really good and its a series. Its good so far, the information and all the history is fascinating, but am not getting the feeling with his writing. But gotta give him credit for his research. It is amazing and fascinating.
Rajiv wrote: "Reading Master and Margarita... jst started.. so far its interesting !"yeah, its interesting... its one of my favorite. Its one of those books that kept me on my seat for a while after I finished reading it. Those are my favorite kinda books :)
Just finished reading The Paper Menagerie. Currently reading an Odiya short story collection "Mahishasura ra Muha" (The Face of Mahishasura).
Finished reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and the latest book Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Ishushankar wrote: "Secrets of Druids by Chistopher C Doyle. His research is really good and its a series. Its good so far, the information and all the history is fascinating, but am not getting the feeling with his w..."It was a pleasure to meet the author, Ishushankar some time back. I liked the premise of the book The Secret Of The Druids by Christopher C Doyle but then I felt he lost the thread some where in between.
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Shashi
Om Namah Shivaya
Praveen wrote: "jaadhimalli wrote: "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)"John Galt is an expre..."
Must read "Virtue of Selfishness" by Ayn Rand if you are interested in full blown treatise on her philosophy.
Shashi
Author of Songs of the Mist
Om Namah Shivaya
Just started reading The Detective's Daughter by Lesley Thomson, so far it is ok.
I am readingpiragu by poomani
asuran by aravind neelakandan
I am reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. And I am already having a good feeling about it.
I Will Find You by Joanna Connors. It's a recount by a journalist tracking down the man who raped her
I am currently reading Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
currently i'm reading yenge en kannan novel by indra soundarrajan..
I'm reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Currently I'm reading Feast of Vultures by Josy Joseph.
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Just finished number 37, A town like Alice by Nevil Shute and moving on to #38, Persuasion by Austen. I am new here and this is my first post. Have been trying to attend the get togethers. But have been out of town for the past two... Hopefully, see some of you during the next one.