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Books and me...: Skinny Legs and All - Tom Robbins
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Sunday, March 20, 2005. Skinny Legs and All - Tom Robbins. Skinny Legs and All. Is his fourth book that I am reading. Its his way of writing. Any book. Any subject matter. All pertains to today. All relevant now. It does not matter when it was written. All seeking salvation. Isn't that what we all aim for? Beauty was hardl...
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Books and me...: 11.05
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Saturday, November 12, 2005. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. Reading Lolita in Tehran. It has now earned a huge reputation and I did begin reading it, thinking here I am going to read mostly about the need for emanciapation in Iran, primarily for women and the fight for democracy. In the light of Iraq and the US I...
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Books and me...: Norwegian Wood - Haruki Marakami
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Friday, May 19, 2006. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Marakami. Like most books on my shelf, this too has been langusihing for a while. I expected it to be another surreal read (thats the problem - expectation kills almost all anticipation) but the book was was tidy read. Some parts are really sad. like Midori getting used to ...
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Books and me...: 10.05
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Thursday, October 13, 2005. Dance Dance Dance By Haruki Murakami. My first for the author and can be aptly described listening to Floyd after smoking a joint - surreal, quite like poetry and blue. While reading up about the book (which I always land up doing AFTER I have finished the book) makes me wonder why I did not do ...
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Books and me...: It has been long enough!
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Thursday, April 06, 2006. It has been long enough! Two books read recently and both loved one more than the other - just like a mother and her two children. When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro. My second Ishiguro and reaffirmed my initial .ummmm. what do I call it? Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas - Tom Robbins. This is the c...
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Books and me...: 06.05
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Thursday, June 30, 2005. Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro. It a typical love story - poignant and unrequited. I loved Mr Stevens and his importance of retaining his dignity and Miss Keaton and her quirks. Its very lovely to read and somehow right from the beginning there is a certain despondency to it. Riotously funny&#...
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Books and me...: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Wednesday, May 03, 2006. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini. I just finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The two lose their innocence in ways that makes you put down the book and hope to make the world a safer place for children. It is a story that explores friendship, courage, cruelty, humanism, loyalty and is ...
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Books and me...: Zadie Smith On Beauty
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Zadie Smith On Beauty. After what feels like a really long time I came across a book where it flows effortlessly from page to page and chapter to chapter. I had only heard about it in Booker lists and read reviews on hugely famous lit blogs. Needless to say I approached it with skepticism. Its All ...
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Books and me...: 01.05
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Monday, January 31, 2005. Review - The Line of Beauty. He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.". Inconclusive ends always put me off and like most things open ended will always have a different interpretations. Are some more reviews of the book. Posted by Janaki @ 11:48 am 0 comments. 2004's Man B...
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Books and me...: 12.05
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Nabukov.Jrrt. Thomas Wolfe.James Patterson. Shashi Tharoor.Shashi Deshpande.Henry James.Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov.Ernest Hemingway.Shakespeare.Zadie Smith. Enid Blyton. Salman Rushdie. Saturday, December 10, 2005. Its begun. one. Of many tentative 'best of' lists. will update as I come across more. Posted by Janaki @ 11:20 am 0 comments. View my complete profile. The Museum of Fragile Things. The Online Books Page. Its All About the Food. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.