Before I begin this post, you may be interested in the list of books I read in 2015. The list goes here. I had managed to read 35 books last year and how things are looking I may reach the same numbers this year too. I used to review books and had done for aContinue reading “Books Read in 2016- 1”
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List of books read in 2015
Missed my target of reading 36 books by one . Here is the list of 35 books read this year. To choose one out of these is a difficult task but I will go with Open- The autobiography Andre Aggasi. Please do mention the best book that you read this year.Note that the list hasContinue reading “List of books read in 2015”
Back to writing
Don’t know where to begin from , probably let me start with books and as usual a few lines from a book “We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger, richer, in some way more important to the worldContinue reading “Back to writing”
Born to run by Christopher McDougall
Title: Born to Run Author: Christopher McDougall Genere : Sport/Travel Publisher: Hachette India Non Fiction ISBN: 9781861978776 Pages:281 “And what did running have to do with all this ? Was it a coincidence that the world’s most enlightened people were also the world’s most amazing runners? Seekers used toContinue reading “Born to run by Christopher McDougall”
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzerald
Title: The Great Gatsby Author: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzerald Genere : Classic Publisher: Penguin Fiction ISBN: 9780141037639 Pages:172 Now a major motion picture “One autumn night, five years before, they had been walking down the street when the leaves were falling, and theyContinue reading “The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzerald”
On the road by Jack Kerouac
Title: On the road Author: Jack Kerouac Genere : Travelouges Publisher: Penguin Non-Fiction ISBN: 9780141189215 Pages:408 Now a major motion picture ” I know by now the evening star must be drooping and shedding her sparkler dims on the prairie, which is just before theContinue reading “On the road by Jack Kerouac”
The greatesr my own story by Muhammad Ali
Title: The Greatest, My own story Author: Muhammad Ali Genere : Autobiography Publisher: Mayflower Non-Fiction ISBN: 583126138 Pages:510 “Forget every battle of man against man, of mind against mind, of soul against soul. This is one. This is the greatest.” Every time I review a bookContinue reading “The greatesr my own story by Muhammad Ali”
Truth, Love & A Little Malice by Khushwant Singh
Title: Truth , Love and a little Malice. Author: Khushwant Singh Genere : Autobiography Publisher: Penguin Non-Fiction ISBN: 9780143029571 Pages:432 “in this world men of faith and self confidence are like the sun, they go down on one side to come up on the other side. translation of a wonderful urdu shayari.” The above lineContinue reading “Truth, Love & A Little Malice by Khushwant Singh”
What I talk about when i talk about running by Haruki Murakami
Title: What I talk about when i talk about running Author: Haruki Murakami Genere : Running /on self Publisher: Vintage Books Non-Fiction ISBN: 9780099526155 Pages:180 “People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners runContinue reading “What I talk about when i talk about running by Haruki Murakami”
The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway
Title: The Old man and the sea Author: Ernest Hemingway Genere Short Story Publisher: Arrow Books Fiction ISBN:0099908409 Pages:106 “The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knewContinue reading “The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway”