My book shelf
I have not been an avid reader, and have just started to explore the wonderful world of books. Blog world has always helped in chosing books with suggestions and reviews, and I thought it would be really good to have a platform here on my blog where I can interact with others and share views regarding books I have read. I have come up with a list of books I have read, and also the ones which I have bought but yet to read. I am hoping that this page will be used to discuss these books, and also people will come out with more and more suggestions for me to read.
I also decided to rate the books, purely based on my personal opinion and how much I liked reading the same.
**** Out of this world
*** I loved it
** I liked it
* Tolerable
Not worth my time
Some of the books have a link to the review I have done over at my blog. The name of the book has been linked to the shelfari page and you can get to read more about the book from people across the world over those links.
- Unaccostomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri **
- Ladies Coupe Anita Nair *
- Holy Cow Sarah McDonald review ***
- My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk **
- Lolita Nabokov **
- Seinlanguage Jerry Seinfeld *
- To kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee **
- The catcher in the Rye J D salinger review ***
- Life of Pi Yann Martel
- Philosophical essays Bertrand Russel **
- The Prophet Kahlil Gibran review ***
- Notes to myself Hugh Prather **
- Zen and the art of motorcylce maintenance Robert M Pirsig review ***
- How I taught my grandmother to read Sudha Murthy **
- Gently falls the Bakula Sudha Murthy *
- One hundred years of solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez **
- Memories of my meloncholy whores Gabriel Garcia Marquez *
- The dairy of a young girl Anne Frank ***
- Brida Paulo Coelho *
- Like the flowing river Paulo Coelho review ***
- Eleven Minutes Paulo Coelho review ****
- The zahir Paulo Coelho review ***
- By the river piedra I sat down and wept Paulo Coelho *
- For one more day Mitch Albom review *
- The five people you will meet in heaven Mitch Albom review **
- Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom ****
- Possible side effects Augusten Burroughs ***
- Dry – Augusten Burroughs **
- On the Road Keff Kerouac ***
- The perks of being a wallflower Stephen Chbosky ****
- Made in america Bill Bryson
- The lost continent Bill Bryson **
- The Ferret chronicles Richard Bach *
- Out of my mind Richard Bach *
- A gift of wings Richard Bach *
- One Richard Bach ***
- Running from safety Richard Bach **
- Illusions Richard Bach ****
- Jonathan livingston seagull Richard Bach review ****
- A bridge across forever - Richard Bach ***
- Summaniddare Chaliyu naduguttade <kannada> Tiptur Vijay Kumar Review **
- Five point someone Chetan bhagat **
- The 3 mistakes oh my life Chetan bhagat *
- One night at a call centre Chetan bhagat *
- Who will cry when you die Robin sharma ***
- The monk who sold his ferrari – Robin sharma **
- Spud - John van de ruit **
- The ninth life of Louis drax Liz Jensen **
- Lunatic in my head Anjum hasam *
- Into thin air John krakauer ***
- A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs **
- About a Boy by Nick Hornby **
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini **
- The Curious Incident of the Dog by Mark Haddon ***
- The unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera ***
Currently Reading
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
Waiting on my stand <To Be Read>
- The glass palace Amithav Ghosh
- The wicked wit of oscar wilde Maria leach
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Pingback by A new page « Virtual Ramblings — October 18, 2008 #
i’d give to kill a mockingbird 3 stars…other than that…i like this idea
this is my kind of book review…easy and to the point…lol
I wish I had more time to read! sigh
Comment by Genuine Gem — October 18, 2008 #
nice
but whr is THE KITE RUNNER, SHANTARAM etc. ????
Comment by Preetilata — October 18, 2008 #
You know, Spud has been a huge hit here – understandably,but I’ve yet to read it. I’ve got it on my bookshelf, I started reading it and then put it down. Once I know what you think, I’ll see if I’ll give it another go.
And wasn’t Tuesdays with Morrie just awesome?! You know they made a movie of it? With Jack Lemmon, as I recall. Brilliant. Glad you made it through One Hundred Years of Solitude – I really struggled with it, I preferred Love in the Time of Cholera, also by Garcia Marquez. You should also try some Haruki Marakumi – very much a modern day writer – can be a bit oblique and obscure, but awesome. Kazuo Ishiguro is also well worth a read, Remains of the Day is his most well known. And my all time favourite writer is a guy called John Banville. If you can find some of his earlier stuff – absolutely brilliant – look of for the Newton Letter, Dr Copernicus, Kepler. Wonderful, lyrical writing.
Comment by Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah) — October 18, 2008 #
Well, I don’t have any current suggestions. It’s been awhile since I read a really great book (shocking) and it’s taking me forever to get through a single book nowadays. I might take a few of your suggestions though…
Comment by SilverNeurotic — October 19, 2008 #
you recently found books?? you have read an awful lot that I haven’t.. will take your suggestions. I am reading Spy by Ted Bell.. first time reading his book.. any idea? I am glad you gave Chetan Bhagat 1 star … lot of people have told me they liked his books.. I had begun to think there was something wrong with me! finally a like minded person! Read Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.. they are really good! Also do you like Sci Fi? I loved the Rama series – Arthur Clarke. The Dune Series by Frank Herbert is supposed to be good to (have not read that myself). And I ABSOLUTELY LOVE The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy – Douglas Adams! I see you have not given high stars to Sudha Murthy too? I wanted to read her.. no good eh?
Sorry I got rather carried away with this comment!
Comment by preethi — October 19, 2008 #
nooo! u should have review too..
of ALL the books u read 
i gave 3 stars to unaccustomed
i m readinf GodOfsmall things
Zahir.. i LOVED it!
Comment by veens — October 19, 2008 #
My gosh, Rambler, and you don’t read much? Let’s see, what have I read that you’ve read? Jonathan Livingston Seagull, but I’d rate it 2-3 stars; Tuesdays with Morrie, 3 stars; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 3-4 stars; One Hundred Years of Solitude, 3 stars.
I’ve always been an avid reader. I have so many books at home that I still have to pore through. And I love going to bookstores and can never leave without two books in hand. Right now on my nighttable is The Devil and Ms. Prym by Paulo Coehlo, This is Why the Mockingbird Sings by Maya Angelou, A New World by Eckart Tolle, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. All are being read at the same time.
What I never tire of reading over and over is Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden.” My favorite book hands down. I just finished reading all of Kafka’s short stories and can say with convinction that he is not one of my favorite authors, although Metamorphosis was brilliant. Disgusting, but brilliant. And “Blindness” by Jose Saramango will come on the big screen fairly soon. I had a very hard time reading this book and could not finish it. One sentence that can go for an entire page with punctuation not being a big factor here was the least of my problems. It was too graphic, raw and smelt putrid in its deterioration of the human condition that I found hard to deal with.
Comment by rebecca — October 20, 2008 #
GG…I think I liked the book, somehow it did not strike a chord with me.
Preethilata..haven’t read them yet..have been a late starter when it comes to books
Vanilla..I am planning to take SPUD along with me on a vacation I am planning, hoping that it is a light read.
TWM was indeed brilliant, sad there are only 3 books by Mitch Albom
Hundred years, I struggled in the beginning but later the interest caught on
Thanks for the suggestions.will surely try them out
Silver..please do make your suggestions
Preethi..thank you so much for the suggestions..will soon make a list of suggestions by readers
Veens..sometimes I am inspired to do review at the end of the book and the rest of the times I am just too lazy
Rebecca, I am surprised you rated Hundred years of solitude 3 stars..would love to discuss the book with you, may be I missed something
And Thanks for the suggestions would surely consider the suggestions you have here.
Comment by Rambler — October 21, 2008 #
And you say you started recently!! This mustve taken more than a year and a half??
Comment by gooddaysunshine — October 22, 2008 #
Kite Runner just ** ??? Really??? Its the only book I LOVE.
I join in with almost all other ratings. Maybe Zahir I’d give a four.
Anyways, jus go to ur blog. Will catch up on the archives soon.
Comment by Rani — July 1, 2009 #
[...] downloaded an e-book. Tuesdays with Morrie, something the Rambler thought was four stars worthy. I don’t like e-books as much as I love them in flesh; where they smell wisdom, especially [...]
Pingback by Another wonder « susurrus of my soul — July 13, 2009 #
Amazing Book List
I too loved Paulo’s Eleven Minutes. Yes, truly it’s out of this world.
I just finished Mitch Albom’s ‘5 people you meet in heaven’. Its a great book and according to your ratings it would grab 4 stars…:)
I liked Unaccustomed Earth as well…Jhumpa’s The Namesake also did well i guess !
But yeah, there are many from your list that I haven’t touched.. Shall pick from the list once I’m done with my current read which is ‘Memory Keeper’s Daughter’ By Kim Edwards.
Comment by Nu — August 28, 2009 #
if you want to try it out, an interesting site for readers is goodreads.it let’s you rate books as well.
Comment by anonymou — September 12, 2009 #