Tag: books
member name: gautami tripathy
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September 13, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
Smell of smoke and gunpowder filled the air. There were explosions all around the tower. Tom sounded the alarm and began returning fire, trying in vain to stop the screams of his fellow soldiers reaching . . .
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October 21, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
What’s the worst typographical error you’ve ever found in (or on) a book?
Although I have come across a few, I do not recall glaring typographical errors as such. A few . . .
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November 10, 2007 12:29 PM EST --
My Own Little Reading Room
Would you say that you read about the same amount now as when you were younger? More? Less? Why?
When I was in school, I used to read a book a day. All the . . .
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December 03, 2007 08:27 AM EST --
"Do you get on a roll , while reading where one book leads to the next, and so on?"
At any given time, I am reading three books. They are as diverse as can be. However, after reading . . .
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December 28, 2007 09:54 AM EST --
I joined many reading challenges this year. Some of those focussed my reading habits. Not that it mattered to me how I was reading before as long I had a book in my hand! This year, I have read lesser . . .
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September 21, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
I was tagged. Posted this on my blog. Enumerating what came first in my mind. There are too many....I left out Kafka, Nietzsche....
BOOK MEME
1. One book that changed your life?
Fountainhead by Ayn . . .
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June 29, 2006 03:25 PM EDT --
I read "A Passage to India" by E.M.Forster more than 2 decades back. This was one of the novels prescribed for in the English Elective syllabus in my 12th std. I had read that from the exam point . . .
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August 14, 2006 08:44 AM EDT --
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
I finished reading yet another book about the holy grail. It seems to be one of the favourite topic for most writers. Coming after The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, this book holds . . .
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August 24, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" is a fascinating book that traces out story of two generations of two families whose lives are somehow interlinked. We can say that its by chance rather than . . .
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September 10, 2006 12:43 PM EDT --
Whatif by Shel Silverstein
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in . . .
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September 22, 2006 07:06 AM EDT --
I had picked this book long time back. I only got around reading it recently. After I finished it, I felt nothing has changed. A woman is still dubbed a scarlet one if she has a child outside of marriage . . .
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October 01, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
First weeks of Jan, April, July and Oct are BAFAB weeks.
That is when you buy a book for your friend for no reason. Just like that.
" promote reading, promote friendships" That is the idea! . . .
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October 06, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Do you have problem with too much vulgarity or overly explicit scenes in books? Do you take them in stride?
I usually do not read romances. When I am in the mood to read one, which is rare nowadays, . . .
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December 21, 2007 11:50 AM EST --
Disclaimer: I have only reviewed the book. I am yet to follow it through.
Title: The Ultimate Tea Diet
Author: Mark "dr. tea" Ukra with Sharyn Kolberg
ISBN: 9780061441752 . . .
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October 05, 2006 10:47 AM EDT --
Just Beyond: Short Stories
by Anjan Ray. Stellar OmBooks International. Pages 251. Rs 195
When a friend of mine gave me this to read and comment upon, I was kind of thrilled for two reasons. . . .
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September 28, 2007 06:34 AM EDT --
Buy a Friend a Book Week is October 1-7 (as well as the first weeks of January, April, and July). During this week, you’re encouraged to buy a friend a book for no good reason. Not for their birthday, . . .
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October 04, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Title: The Handmaid’s Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
ISBN: 0770428207
Publisher: Seal Books
Genre: Fiction/388 pages
The Handmaid’s Tale is my first book by Atwood. It kept lingering in my . . .
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October 16, 2007 09:05 AM EDT --
Have you ever met one of your favorite authors and gotten their autograph?
Actually no. I have not really met any author at any close quarters unless one considers Vikram Seth. He was in Delhi to promote . . .
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December 13, 2007 07:43 AM EST --
Title: For the Love of Rachel
Author: David Loewenstein
ISBN: 0979194342
Publisher: Enalan Communications
Pages: 147
David offered this book and I won it from here in a draw. . . .
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December 15, 2007 12:34 PM EST --
Title: Sunset Embrace
Author: Sandra Brown
ISBN: 0446356859
Publisher: Warner Brothers
Genre: Historical Romance
Pages: 360/Paperback
I picked this up from one of my friend's . . .
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