THINK TWICE – Harnessing the power of COUNTERINTITUTION by Michael J. Mauboussin is a sharply focussed book. What makes it interesting is the way it shows you the possible reasons : why you must THINK TWICE?. Then follows it with sharply defined MISTAKES you could be making in reaching your decisions inferences. At the end… Read More »
‘ I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find that there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t and die to find out there is ‘ : Albert Camus ( 1913-60) At Dainik Bhaskar group. Pradeep Dwivedi picked the book ‘For God’s Sake: An adman… Read More »
I must have some Masochist tendencies picking books interesting enough but needing deep involved reading. Thank god I am no longer part of the 50 Book Challenge. NUDGE is the FIRST BOOK I have read this year. Book 1 in 55 Days !. FOR YOU READING THIS REVIEW WILL SUFFICE. So this read cover book… Read More »
For a person who believes that his career has been made on people behaving irrationally a title like ‘the Upside of Irrationality’ : The unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home- by DAN ARIELY was enough of a reason to pick the book, WIN WIN – may not always be a WIN… Read More »
17 books that you should read- these are part of the 50 Books I read in 2013- and the one which I felt I could recommend FICTION RECOMMENDED ‘BANKERUPT’ by Ravii Subramanian ‘ASURA’ : Tale of the vanquished. By Anand Neelakantan. Recommended ‘END OF STORY’ by Arjun Shekar ‘SITA’ by Devdutt Pattanaik ‘BATTLE OF BITTORA’… Read More »
So here are 15 books I read in 2013 as part of my 50 book challenge – and think that you could avoid reading. FICTION ‘SHIVA & THE RISE OF SHADOWS’ by KANIKA DHILLION ‘EX’ by Novoneel Chakraborty ‘THE BIG FIX’ by Vikas Singh ‘THE ONE THING’ by Gary Keller ’99 THOUGHTS ON GANESH’ by… Read More »
Ok finally I completed 50 Book Challenge for the year 2013. During the year I read and blogged the book reviews. Unfortunately during the year I shifted my blog from Sulekha to my own site www.sanjeevkotnala.com and hence many of the reviews are not available. Quite a lot (8-9 of the last read) lot are… Read More »
The title was good enough to catch my attention. The quote by Abhinay Deo, film Director of Delhi Belly on the cover screamed “‘like watching a movie… incredibly ballsy…. Scarily honest” and as I flipped it- many more quotes stared at me. Normally I do not give any importance to such quotes but this time… Read More »
The title and its stark black cover compelled me to buy this book. So how do you start a story titled ‘END OF STORY’. I was unprepared for the style of narration. The style of writing was new to me. So what was it all about? I do want you to PICK THIS BOOK AND… Read More »
I think I have read enough mythological books this year. Some working new stories- some assimilation of many versions. SITA – AN ILLUSTRATED RETELLING OF RAMAYANA- by Devdutt Pattanaik would be the last for many months to come. I never bother if Devdutt has a point of view. Not getting into an argument- was SITA… Read More »
