[halfstreet]

Yes AR! Agreed, Memoirs of a Geisha is simply a superb novel. I too had this feeling that it was real...... ..

[Gymngatagaica]

my sentiments exactly i almost wish that there was no author's note at the end.

[RsQhyZyR]

Hii Friends!!

Just wondering of anyone here has read Nicholas Evan's "The Divide" or the "Horse Whisperer"...

If anyone has, can u post a short review of these books for me..

Thanks in advance..

[naturaherbal]

Hi
I read a book called "The Goal". This is a management novel.. really nice. The plant manager faces problem in his plant, and he gets a memo from his higher authority saying ... that the plant is going to close down if he fails to show improve productivity within 3 months.

so how the plant manager increases the productivity of his plant within 3 months is the story.

People those who handle inventory can try this ...

[cheapphenonline]

Currently reading "The rough guide to Pregnancy and birth" by Kaz Cooke. Found this book when I was looking to buy a book for my pregnant sis-in-law! I would definetly recommend this book for all would be mothers The book goes week by week of pregnancy and it is hillarious...

[nithhysfusy]

This book lies in the pile of unread books. Will read and post whether it's a ha-ha book. Sue Townsend (Adrian Mole fame) is known for her typical Bristish wry humour, instead slapstick though...

Hi Shoba. Looking for forward to see your review of The Queen and I. I will be starting on Adrian Mole- The Wilderness Years; hopefully tonight. Will review it once I'm done.


Hi Kollywoodfan.
Hope to hear more on A Walk in the Woods.


Lord, glad you have enjoyed the latest HP offering.

[antonyandruleit]

I just finished Lawrence Sanders's first bestseller 'First deadly sin".
It was a real Yawn inducing novel, at 600 pages, it goes on and on.
It is a police procedural about a serial killer and the cop trying to catch him.The serial killer pov has lots of pseudo philosophical drivel. The identity of the killer is known to the cop by the 300th page. the novel goes on for another 300 pages!
It was written in 1972, These days we have short chapters with not more than a few pages.
I heard Lawrenc e Sanders other novels are better have you guys any idea?


It is also interesting to compare novels written in 70s and in the 90s.The present novels are fast reads

[DesautocaD]

I remember reading almost all the "Deadly sins" during college days. Pls don't be a sinner like me. Avoid at all cost.. !

[Mypepraipse]

Hii Friends!!

Just wondering of anyone here has read Nicholas Evan's "The Divide" or the "Horse Whisperer"...

If anyone has, can u post a short review of these books for me..

Thanks in advance..

Hi Malligai.

I have not read the Horse Whisperer though I had once attempted to watch the movie by Robert Redford. It was quite a bore, so I gladfully changed the channel. :P

[Jasonstawnosaa]

A.Ratchasi!

Nice to know that there's atleast another person who is not all weepy over Horse Whisperer....the book might have convinced me otherwise if I had read it, but as the movie goes...no thank you!

[Loonakind]

latest read ... 'The Great Indian Novel' by shashi tharoor. finally got round to reading it. quite an interesting book, actually. it's an honest attempt to go off the beaten track and do something genuinely different - the result is a book that's a trifle confusing at times, but for the most part, quite a pleasant read.

Is it the modern interpretation of mahabharta?

[maysubers]

Is it the modern interpretation of mahabharta?

it's not really an interpretation in that it doesn't try to offer a commentary on the Mahabharata. instead, it recreates the epic and presents it in modern, twentieth century terms. so you'll find that the story itself is an interesting blend of characters from the Mahabharata and events from the indian freedom struggle. lots of parallels drawn between characters and situations ... gets a little contrived at times, but eminently worth reading.

[KimLinbert]

My latest read is "Heartsongs" , this book will be very good for you & you children, it was written by a wonderful boy who is not longer alive. "What is a Heartsong?
Mattie has been writing poetry since he was three years old. "I write to express my thoughts and feelings," he explains. You hear the word "heartsongs" a lot in his work. "Your heartsong is your inner beauty," says Mattie. "It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one."
He wanted to be remembered: As a "Poet, Peacemaker, and Philosopher Who Played" . His name was Mattie Stepanek
http://www.mattieonline.com


Heartsong ( Mattie was 6 years old when he wrote this poem)

I have a song, deep in my heart,
And only I can hear it.
If I close my eyes and sit very still
It is so easy to listen to my song.
When my eyes are open and
I am so busy and moving and busy,
If I take time and listen very hard,
I can still hear my Heartsong.
It makes me feel happy.
Happier than ever.
Happier than everywhere
And everything and everyone
In the whole wide world
Happy like thinking about Going to Heaven when I die.
My Heartsong sounds like this:

I love you! I love you!
How happy you can be!
How happy you can make
The whole world be!

And sometimes it's other
Tunes and words, too,
But it always sings the
Same special feeling to me.
It makes me think of
Jamie, and Katie and Stevie,
And other wonderful things.
This is my special song.
But do you know what?
All people have a special song
Inside their hearts!
Everyone in the show wide world
Has a special Heartsong.
If you believe in magical, musical hearts,
And if you believe you can be happy,
Then you, too, will hear your song.

March 1996
*********

FOR OUR WORLD
We need to stop.
Just stop.
Stop for a moment.
Before anybody
Says or does anything
That may hurt anyone else.
We need to be silent.
Just silent.
Silent for a moment.
Before we forever lose
The blessing of songs
That grow in our hearts.
We need to notice.
Just notice.
Notice for a moment.
Before the future slips away
Into ashes and dust of humility.
Stop, be silent, and notice.
In so many ways, we are the same.
Our differences are unique treasures.
We have, we are, a mosaic of gifts
To nurture, to offer, to accept.
We need to be.
Just be.
Be for a moment.
Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting,
Like children and lambs,
Never judging or vengeful
Like the judging and vengeful.
And now, let us pray,
Differently, yet together,
Before there is no earth, no life,
No chance for peace.

September 12, 2001

[kazinopartnerkae]

I saw him once on the "Oprah".

God only knows what I was thinking when I was six!


Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting,
Like children and lambs,
Children are supposed to be kind and gentle? I heard otherwise!

[Evsltkzl]

abbydoss1969 wrote
I heard otherwise!

this week-end i`ll travel to Toronto. Could someone please recommend me a book store where i could bye some good books in Tamil ? Thank you!

[cjOTw7ov]

Hi Alana thought i could help...have been to two (Shankar and KMBD)

You can go to Murugan Book Depot (1241-A Ellesmere Road
Scarborough) (416-285-9118)

or you can go to Kalai Magal Book Depot @ eglinton and markham...it's in a plaza with lots of other tamil stores...kinda hard to miss. Again another one at Finch and Birchmount.

Or you can go to New Shankar & Co. @ 2365 Eglinton Avenue East
Scarborough (416-750-2370)

[rikdpola]

For those who like to read true stories, read
Murphy's Boy by Torey Hayden. She's a child psychologist and narrates her experiences very well. This book is about a boy who had been mute for several years and started to talk after Torey came into picture and revealed his sad past. She has written few other books as well.. haven't read those yet!

[Quonuttott]

FOR OUR WORLD
We need to stop.
Just stop.
Stop for a moment.
Before anybody
Says or does anything
That may hurt anyone else.
We need to be silent.
Just silent.

Be for a moment.
Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting,
Like children and lambs,
Never judging or vengeful
Like the judging and vengeful.
And now, let us pray,
Differently, yet together,
Before there is no earth, no life,
No chance for peace.

September 12, 2001

Alana,

I read this poem by this little boy somewhere...very touching indeed..

Its sad that only people with short lives have such broader and peaceful insight of life...

[strollerssfsfs]

Something strange in my experience reading Adrian Mole. I read the books while I was visiting Madras. They were so funny that I laughed loud several times and once fell off my chair.

Several months later, when I visited the same books in Canada, they did not appear funny.

Is it something to do with India and the British?

[slimsex]

Managed to read this heart-tugging novel "Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold in which a girl whose rape and murder of course affects her family tremendously...she relates her view of her family and the killer from heaven to the reader...very powerful and sometimes difficult to get through...but worth it after all.