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: NUDGE »
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: UPSIDE OF IRRATIONALITY »
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: 17 books to read »
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: 15 books to avoid reading »
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: 50 books »
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: WISE ENOUGH TO BE FOOLISH by Gauri Jayaram »
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: END OF STORY »
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: SITA »
I don’t know how I pick the right book for the occasion. These cannot be coincidences but I will leave it at that. I ordered this at FLIPKART and it landed a day before I was to fly out to Vietnam for ADASIA 2013. It made a hell of humour laced reading and the impact… Read More: AISLE BE DAMMED »
JFK- always fascinated me. Lot of controversies- lot of conspiracy theories and few films on the subject was all that I had as the reference on the subject. It was early November when I ordered this from FLIPKART wanting to time it with 22 November – the day JFK was killed some 50 years back-… Read More: KILLING KENNEDY »
