What is your latest read?

**podalangai** · 19th July 2008, 07:31 PM

Just finished: The Stone Raft by Jose Saramago

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**shambhavi** · 20th July 2008, 02:39 PM

i read a thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini, the book was moving

i have just started we need to talk about kevin by lionel shriver

**Querida** · 22nd July 2008, 09:32 PM

read a kite runner finally and worth mention is divakaruni's "palace of illusions" for anyone who wants an amateur/reader-friendly version of the mahabharat...written from the perspective of panchaali...

**crazy** · 19th August 2008, 11:09 PM

Finished reading: Death souls and The govt. Inspector by Gogol :P

**pavalamani pragasam** · 2nd September 2008, 01:28 PM

The laptop that has gone for servicing shows no sign of returning!

So many days away from the virtual world for a confirmed net addict is too bad.
As the saying goes an idle mind is the devil's workshop! Very aptly my idle hours have been spent in reading 2 novels with an odd connection to the proverb!
I finished reading Alistair Maclean's 'The Satan Bug' and Dan Brown's 'Angels and Demons'!

The first one was a fast-paced, nail-biting, on-the-edge-of-the-chair action thriller! The bio weapon theme! SCARY! This is my first book by this author. I like his sarcastic humour.
About the second: I have to agree with my 1st dil that this is more interesting than his Davinci Code. But was there a dull anticlimax? Why did I feel the tempo slowed towards the end of a fast action thriller?
Whatever be my opinions about Roman Catholic church I cannot help sharing some of its concerns about scientific progress. Many of the accusations against science cant be ignored or taken lightly.
Some food for thought for an idle mind!

**Querida** · 3rd September 2008, 11:59 PM

Finally got my hands on "Ten Thousand Splendid Suns" but oh what a disappointment...after the heart-wrenching crises dealt with in "Kite Runner" this second work by Khaled Hosseini...seems almost too formulaic....and the coincidence last time was surprisingly...this time you don't expect it but still there was no hope for the violence-laden plot if that character were not to re-appear...the flawed and tragic characters are not etched as deeply as the ones before..atleast there is an optimistic perspective maintained about Afghanistan's future...

**crazy** · 10th September 2008, 03:44 PM

A fine balance - Rohinton Mistry

sweeping story ...

**Wibha** · 11th September 2008, 11:32 AM

Catch 22- masterpiece

My Name is Asher Lev- totally enjoyed it

**crazy** · 17th September 2008, 09:41 PM

Cathedral of the sea by Ildefonso Falcones

**chevy** · 18th September 2008, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Querida

Finally got my hands on "Ten Thousand Splendid Suns" but oh what a disappointment...after the heart-wrenching crises dealt with in "Kite Runner" this second work by Khaled Hosseini...seems almost too formulaic....and the coincidence last time was surprisingly...this time you don't expect it but still there was no hope for the violence-laden plot if that character were not to re-appear...the flawed and tragic characters are not etched as deeply as the ones before..atleast there is an optimistic perspective maintained about Afghanistan's future...

I saw the book sometime and promised myself I'd read it soon after some forthcoming academic commitments. I have a long list of things to do and books to read

I heard Kite runner is the better of the two.