Sheesh.
Once you get started on a series, you get hooked!!
This is the fourth book of Amelia Peabody that I'm reading and I am loving it (as the advertisement goes!)
Even the cutie Ramses has grown on me. Though I disagree with her parenting skills. I don't think it is right to keep criticizing your offspring so much, no matter how precocious he may be!!
I also like the series because it tells you a bit about the ancient culture of Egypt - beyond just the pyramids. You learn about Ramses, Sethos, archaeology, Sneferu. I believe all the sites written about in the books are real. For example, a place called Dahshur with the Black Pyramid actually does exist. So do the Mazghuna pyramids.
I hope to go to Egypt one day and see these pyramids. It would be SO AWESOME!!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
This is the third installment of the Hunger Games.
And it is amazing!!
There is a lot of depth in what she writes. It may appear to be a love story, a rebellion, a gruesome gladiator game.
I sat up till 11:00 last night, after my baby fell asleep, reading the last hundred pages of the trilogy. It was worth all the effort and the time taken away from sleep!!
10/10
And it is amazing!!
There is a lot of depth in what she writes. It may appear to be a love story, a rebellion, a gruesome gladiator game.
I sat up till 11:00 last night, after my baby fell asleep, reading the last hundred pages of the trilogy. It was worth all the effort and the time taken away from sleep!!
10/10
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal
I normally avoid the business section of any bookstore. It is dreary, full of management jargon, bordering artificiality. There is always a gimmicky three liner that strives to catch your attention. I feel that in all these types of books, one chapter is more than sufficient. Why even bother having more to read?
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish is different. Quoted from Steve Jobs, this book looks at inspiring stories from IIM A graduates who chose a different path. They sought to become entreprenuers and there stories are quite amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved reading through it! I would recommend that all business students, entreprenuers and aspiring "anything" read this book!!
10/10
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish is different. Quoted from Steve Jobs, this book looks at inspiring stories from IIM A graduates who chose a different path. They sought to become entreprenuers and there stories are quite amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved reading through it! I would recommend that all business students, entreprenuers and aspiring "anything" read this book!!
10/10
Monday, March 19, 2012
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
It took me around a week to finish this book.
I borrowed it from the library because it was a Booker Prize winner (1984). So I thought let me expand my current reading horizon and pick up something a little off-beat in terms of writing.
First and foremost, the writing is prose. There are some pages that you can read over and over again.
What really strikes you is the keenness with which the character analysis has been done in the book. You really get to know the characters - particularly the main protagonist - Edith. You begin to empathise with her character. Her loneliness.
8.7/10
I borrowed it from the library because it was a Booker Prize winner (1984). So I thought let me expand my current reading horizon and pick up something a little off-beat in terms of writing.
First and foremost, the writing is prose. There are some pages that you can read over and over again.
What really strikes you is the keenness with which the character analysis has been done in the book. You really get to know the characters - particularly the main protagonist - Edith. You begin to empathise with her character. Her loneliness.
8.7/10
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Yes, Yes Yes
I know.
I have become addicted to the Amelia Peabody series.
This one is the third in the series. Ramses has become older (7) and is now accompanying his parents to Egypt to work on a new site. But there are sinister beings around.... an antiquities gang led by the "Master Criminal" is on the prowl!!
This series is actually available at my library downstairs. That's why I'm reading so much of it. And I already have so much to read!! In fact at home I have two bookshelves full of books waiting to be read!! I can't afford to get hooked on a series like I've gotten hooked!!
:)
7.2/10 for this one. I didn't quite get into it like the first one.
I know.
I have become addicted to the Amelia Peabody series.
This one is the third in the series. Ramses has become older (7) and is now accompanying his parents to Egypt to work on a new site. But there are sinister beings around.... an antiquities gang led by the "Master Criminal" is on the prowl!!
This series is actually available at my library downstairs. That's why I'm reading so much of it. And I already have so much to read!! In fact at home I have two bookshelves full of books waiting to be read!! I can't afford to get hooked on a series like I've gotten hooked!!
:)
7.2/10 for this one. I didn't quite get into it like the first one.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Curse of the Pharoahs by Elizabeth Peters
Set in Egypt, this second book in the Amelia Peabody series takes us to Luxor, where we meet a mommy and daddy archaeologist recruited to excavate a newly discovered tomb, with a curse and everything. Already there has been one death and one disappearance. Amelia Peabody has her own theories, none of which her husband agrees with.
There are clues in the mystery that reveal who the killer is.
4/5 - A good read. LOL in some places. Pure entertainment.
There are clues in the mystery that reveal who the killer is.
4/5 - A good read. LOL in some places. Pure entertainment.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
It is the second installment of the Hunger Games, and it too, keeps you on your toes.
Gale and Katniss are together again. But the Capitol will not have a rebel like Katniss getting what she wants. The rules of the Hunger Games have changed and now the victors will have to participate in a duel till death. Katniss vows to protect Peeta, Peeta vows to protect Katniss.
May the odds forever be ever in your favour!!
One thing I wanted to do after reading this book was become more active. Ever since I've had the baby I've become less active. I don't do as much walking as I should. I hardly go out. That has got to change.
Gale and Katniss are together again. But the Capitol will not have a rebel like Katniss getting what she wants. The rules of the Hunger Games have changed and now the victors will have to participate in a duel till death. Katniss vows to protect Peeta, Peeta vows to protect Katniss.
May the odds forever be ever in your favour!!
One thing I wanted to do after reading this book was become more active. Ever since I've had the baby I've become less active. I don't do as much walking as I should. I hardly go out. That has got to change.
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