Category Archives: Book Challenges
Book # 8 The Forest of Stories by Ashok K Banker
It’s funny how little one really knows or recalls about the stories one grew up hearing. Like most Indian kids, my favourite bedtime stories used to be from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, which my grandmother would narrate to me … Continue reading
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Book # 7 A Calendar Too Crowded by Sagarika Chakraborty
When I was first asked to review A Calendar Too Crowded by Sagarika Chakraborty, I was sure I wasn’t going to enjoy the book. Given the recent spate of predictable books by first time Indian authors, I was sure that … Continue reading
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In Defense of History Lessons: Book # 7 A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Back in school, I was one of the handful of kids who actually enjoyed history lessons. Not because our teacher was an inspiring, ‘O Captain, My Captain’ kinda lady. Her lessons were, if anything, rather soporific. She would drone on, … Continue reading
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Book # 6 This Way for a Shroud by James Hadley Chase
This is a year of many literary firsts for me: my first e-book, my first James Hadley Chase. I know, it’s rather shocking . And while I’m in this confessional mood, I would also like to declare that I have … Continue reading
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Book #4 The Confession by John Grisham & Book #5 Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
I haven’t properly read pulp fiction in many, many years. That is probably why when I was going through my dry reading period last month, I felt increasingly drawn towards books that would entertain me without demanding too much of … Continue reading
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Book #1 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Enough has been written about hype surrounding the publication of Haruki Murakami‘s 1Q84. The novel, published in three parts in the original Japanese and as a single, fat volume in English, was on bestseller lists around the world for months. … Continue reading
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Climbing Mount TBR with a few Chunksters on my back
I’ve spoken before of my inability to stop buying books. The result: a veritable mountain of Books To Be Read Sometime in the Near or Distant Future. How appropriate then, that there’s something called the Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 … Continue reading
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New Year, New Resolutions
I’m wondering…is it worth it? Making New Year Resolutions, I mean. I was 10 books short of my 2011 resolution to read 52 books within the year. 42 isn’t really a bad number…some of the books were long and tedious … Continue reading
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The Desperate Reader
I have signed up for a challenge that once seemed impossible: to read 10 books in one month. In the old days of employment, I would barely manage to fit in four books a month, and even then, I couldn’t … Continue reading
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