’nuff said. Knee is still bad, but atleast I have some company.
So what is giving you reading pleasure this week?
The Mad Momma
is busy gardening. Pliss excuse.
’nuff said. Knee is still bad, but atleast I have some company.
So what is giving you reading pleasure this week?
Ah, you’ll kill me but bummed knees suddenly don’t look like anything to rue
I’m reading Chitra Banerjee Devakaruni’s One Amazing Thing. Damn good so far!
And do I spy a new priddy lamp?
actually its an old lamp. we still havent got around to putting up bedside lamps.
I am totally J, Neha
I’ve been looking for that book for a long time now and my library here hasn’t got enough copies yet
You seem to have lots of stuff to read; Happy Reading. I am currently reading Emma – in anticipation of seeing Aisha next week
And, love the lamp.
I do. I can go nuts shopping for books ( or anything else for that matter). I love picking up second hand books at PVR Anpam Saket, and other old second hand books markets.
“A fraction of the whole” by Steve Toltz
‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ by Audrey Niffenegger.
Hope you get well soon …up and running with both Brat and Bean.. I can so relate to your living in Gurgaon, given that I just moved out of the city after spending a good 4-1/2 years there… Take care..
‘The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul’-Douglas Adams. And I have ‘The White Tiger’- Aravind Adiga waiting for me.
I love buying books at airports, I just like the association.
Sidney Sheldon – The Sands of Time
Tishani Doshi was my senior in school – I’d heard she’d become a pot but it’s cool to see her name in someone’s book pile
I’m reading 3 books right now – Nine Lives, William Dalrymple; Lunch in Paris, A love story with recipes, Elizabeth Bard; Aunt Dimity Down Under, Nancy Atherton. They all seem good.
i read nine lives and enjoyed it.
your first dalrymple right? now pick up city of djinns. you’ll LOVE it, i promise.
no no – i’ve read the age of kali and something else too. always love him
play tell me if/when you read city of djinns. it made me a delhi-phile, you are already one so would like to know what you think
I havent read that one
I plan to. But am these days into buying only second hand books so am looking out for an old copy on the pavements. will tell you when I read it
The girl who kicked the hornet’s nest -Steig Larsson
Just done with Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
Eating India by Chitrita Banerji- given just how much of a foodie I am, this is such a delightful read.
Godel, Escher, Bach – An Eternal Golden Braid – this is a tome and heavy reading, so plodding along.
Committed – Elizabeth Gilbert. Don’t laugh
I thought Eat, Pray, Love was a light, fun read. Following it up with this one..
am I the only one who couldnt get past the first chapter of Eat Pray Love? I feel like a loser
Neither could I. Anyway spent the afternoon reading Winnie the Pooh:)
well then loser,you have company
couldn’t get past the first few chapters of the book
woo hoo
*high five*
Hey MM, you may not like the India segment so much, but I am guessing you’d enjoy the Italy section and even Indonesia. Parts of it are quite funny. In fact, her writing style is a bit like yours. Witty and smart.
i dont just mean the india part. in general, i am a little weary of the concept since i’ve read some similar ones.
“The Jeeves Omnibus”
Ah how I miss second hand book markets and buying books by the bagful!So jealous of that stack of books MM…
The Bastard of Istanbul – Elif Shafak
The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera.
Going over my head at times but wonderfully written.
I love books and used to collect it like a pack-rat. These days, I have wizened up (or so I think
) and don’t buy books that I don’t think I will re-read, so most fictions are out. What I am reading now is “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle and have been recommending this book to every soul that stops to talk to me.
The question that I had is, how do you get rid of your old books – I know, I know we never get rid of books. BUT, still there are books that we don’t want anymore, is there a library you donate to or 2nd hand shops? Although, I don’t live in India now, I would love to know as I have a huge collection in my house in India, still…
I dont. I just put them in boxes. I’d never sell my books. Even if they threatened to push me out of the door. Tell me if you’re selling the books you have in India. Will tell the OA to collect them and pay – he’s in Madras all the time – is India home Madras?
I want them too…If the books are in Blore/Chennai and MM isn’t buying them may I?
India home is Madras – yes. Will definitely let you both know when I come down and decide to part with it – but some of the books might not be use to you, as they are, errr, thamizh books
(Now, don’t throw a googly and tell me you know to read / write thamizh).
i must regretfully admit that I dont. but I’ll buy the rest off you
Dont know Tamil either. Do let me know if soemthing remains after MMs raid
Absolutely and you guys don’t have to buy – I will happily give away the books to you – as I know it will be in good hands and taken care of
The Math Book by Clifford Pickover.
Courtesy: Uttara
erm. I’ll pass
you’ll love it really.
Kaifi and I, by Shaukat Kaifi.
Had to be finished in a single sitting, so beautifully written.
Aftertaste, by Namita Devidayal.
Excellent stuff, and quite delicious too:)
The Counsel of Strangers, Gouri Dange’s second novel. Thank you for introducing me to her blog and her writing.
The Monster in the Box- Ruth Rendell. I love all her Wexford stories.
Sitting on but haven’t yet started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Girl and a River by Usha K.R, and Chimimanda Ngozi Adechie’s Purple Hibiscus.
I havent touched the Girl with tattoo trilogy because I want to have all before I begin.
I finished the first two books in the Girl with tattoo trilogy. Both were good. Reading the third one.
pls to take from me then. have all three, been read by everyone in these parts, looking for someone to pass them on to.
please – when ever you are next here or the OA is in your part of the world. am just not ready to read the last book and ruin it for myself.
chox dont you know people in your city itself? geez! gah!
Dorothy L Sayers. Ol’ Wimsey has been hitting all the right notes of late. Oh and Monty Egg too!
Ha ha, that’s nice, like the last post, I’m in the middle of the ‘Unbearable lightness of being’ by Kundera as well
Have been hassled of late, I feel like my memory is fading.. I just cannot recollect the stories of so many books I’ve read
Is it just me or is this normal?
Do you actually remember all the books you’ve read (mild panic attack setting in)
no no – i tend to forget too. breathe.
LOVE Amy Tan.. have read * The Joy Luck Club * The Kitchen God’s Wife * The Hundred Secret Senses and The Bonesetter’s Daughter
Have * Saving Fish from Drowning left to read but then won’t have any more of her books left post that.. so waiting a bit before I read it
same ‘ere. big amy tan fan.
Me too, me too!!!!
i just finished chowringee by Shankar and it’s an amazing read. esp for ppl who love to observe ppl…
and Kitchen god’s wife is one of my fav Amy Tan books…
i loved chowringhee. after i read it i couldnt come back to the present
Oh goodie. Day 3 will be movies, yes?
I have Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor), a silly Jackdaws by Ken follet, and an assortment of comics – two asterix, one C&H, one tinkle and one archies.
LOL! nope. I dont do movies. Not enough to recco
Sister of my heart – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Shopaholic ties the knot – Sophie Kinsella
Georgette Heyer. The T.S. Spivet book by Reif Larsen.
Isn’t Eat Pray Love good? I’ve had it recommended to me so many times I tell myself I should pick it up…
well i’ve read so many similar stories of divorced women heading out to find themselves in india that the cliche is too much to handle. not my scene although i know plenty of people enjoyed it
I recently discovered Carlos Ruiz Zafon. If you haven’t already ready his books “Shadow of the Wind” and “Angel’s Game”
i have angel’s game but havent got around to reading it. you recco, huh? then i should make an effort to begin.
choke – chuck palhanuik
Ooh, so much to read
And, echoing what a lot of people have already said, I love that lamp!!!
I am in the middle of Thrity Umrigar’s The Space Between Us. So far, so good.
Just finished reading ‘Almost Single’ – Advaita Kala.
Someone gifted me ‘Don’t lose your mind. Lose your weight’ by Rujuta Diwekar.
What a subtle way to say ‘hey, you are fat!!’ So, just begun reading that one…
You have a great collection, btw.
read both and didnt care for either.
rujuta makes some points, except that she keeps making the same point over and over again and her writing style is pathetic. did no one edit the darn book?
hmm, we had a book fair at work and i picked up 3 books of which i already had a copy and which i completely forgot about. I have a hard time keeping track of what i have read/bought and what i just browsed through then put back on the rack, looking at it longingly… letting my finger trace the seams before my hand moves away, lingering just that one sec before moving on- all because i have blown up my book buying budget for the month and if i break that discipline i will end up spending all my money on books.
ok, current list:
the bell jar
jhonny gone down
a princess remembers
the logic of life
any guru will do
my Mercedes is not for sale
I lost my love in baghdad
purple hibiscus
and a collection of short stories by satyajit Ray
PS: i usually read multiple books parallely, a few pages of one n then a few of another. does anyone else do that?
oh i read multiple books too. i usually have some short stories in the loo. something heavy is read in the car on the long drives to work and back and bedtime reading is different
Oh a bum knee must be horrid. Hope you feel better soon
Ah I like nothing more than a tall stack of books. I am currently reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, loving it thus far.
all the best with that. i started it at a particularly busy period and put it down – never to take it up again. i must start again
I’m on a Tudor fiction reading rampage. (re)Started with “Portrait of an Unknown Woman” by Vanora Bennett about Thomas More’s household and a famous painting by Hans Holbein; then Philippa Gregory’s “The White Queen” about the war of the roses, now Nora Loft’s The Concubine about Anne Boleyn and I’ve got Sunne in Splendour about Richard III by Sharon Kay Penman lined up. Anyone who has anything to recommend from this period or the War of the Roses period… tell me!
I went mad doing that and then ran out of steam
Nice lamp, and it’s nice to see you back in your spirits despite the knee, setting up the house, commute etc,
The pile of books makes me want to take a mid-week break from work curl up and read. Sigh!!!
Take care.
Chitra Banerjee Devakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions…. I finally found it this weekend at Odyssey after your recommendation a long time back
One Amazing Thing: just so-so for me. I didn’t understand the raves :-\
Just finished Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna: loved, loved loved every bit of it. Cried and laughed and sighed so many times!
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese: loving it and hating it and loving it again every other page!
The Immortals of Meluha: Meh.
The Begum’s Secret: Liked.
Nine Lives: Loved.
i’m planning on picking up tiger hills too. have heard a lot about it.
Have you tried this MM ? -http://www.secondhandbooksindia.com/
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Looking at the pic makes me want to drive halfway across the city to my fav second hand book store but my daughter is just 2.5months old and the thought of lugging her along and dealing with feeds in a musty bookstore is so not pretty
I am reading Ogden Nash “Candy is Dandy” and Terry Pratchett’s “Pyramids” (recently discovered and totally LOVE LOVE LOVE his work) and Erma Bombeck and Dilbert in between.
and yes, lauuu shopping second hand books. Picked all these Blossoms – a second hand book paradise!
cheers!
Okay exchange offer Abha – Pratchetts for Larssons. We will pass on all to MM then. Kya bolti tu?!
Done!
okie. except Small Gods and Hogfather! they are reread materials for keeps!
just finished immortals of meluha(interesting) and the new Mary Higgins Clark(just about ok). ploughing through Gaijin but tempted to chuck it and go for Noble House instead. Reading Connect the dots also, interspersed with Five Findouters series by Enid Blyton. On my list: the 2nd alex rutherford, She by H Rider Haggard, post birthday world…and I think my friend from Juhu Book Club is going to force me to read Everything is illuminated this week…
BTW, just borrow the millennium trilogy from us, na, unless you’re hellbent on buying for yourself
I just finished ‘A child called IT” and “The lost boy” by Dave Peletzer. It is a very disturbing yet inspiring story about a boy who was abused as a child by his mother. Looking for the last of the series “A man called Dave” before I start reading “Level 26”..a book my friend forced me to borrow n read . Have to see if I like it. Also reading “The dairy of Ann Frank” again!
Meanwhile…a long time ago..when I wasn’t yet commenting on ur posts [ yes confessions…I was lurking for a long time]..i remem seeing this pic u had posted of ur bookshelf. I ABSOLUTELY loved it! Better to pay the compliment late than never na?!
N thanks for this post..will be referring to it when I’m wondering which book to read!
You know I’m not much of a reader when the first thing I notice in the picture is that lovely painted leather lampshade! My mom had an identical one in our old home…I need to ask her of it’s whereabouts!
btw…is surgery the way out of the knee problem?
Found your blog via KG’s….can i say how much I love it?
Just finished Chitra Banerjee’s “one amazing thing”….and starting Thrity Umrigar’s “the space between us”! Hope your knee gets better soon.
thank you
and I loved the Space between us. Had started CBD’s One amazing thing then ran out of steam
I think it will be nice to talk to you. You seem nice. But then again, it is *your* blog.
Still, you have a all-rounder personality. Friendly. would like to bump into you sometime just to see if WYSIWYG with you or you have a pen-personality and a different one in real
Manu
i dont think anyone can be in real life, what they are on a blog. on the other hand, you cant be very different, can you? and yes, i’m friendly, but i’m not up for review :p
Good response MM. I thought you will get all mad and lash out. But.. nicely handled
I really meant it in a good way .. still would like to meet you sometime.. if life allows 
Until then, keep enjoying life with that pinch of salt you always carry with you. Your blog makes a good read for even those who have a big ego to admit it. Keep writing …
Manu
damnit. do you think i’m growing up and becoming boring? its just so unlike me to not lose my cool
How is the book “Between mothers and sons”? just curious.
good question. i enjoyed the first 3 chapters, put it down for some reason and cant find it anymore.
Thanks. Will look for it.