Books to read
Now. I am done with my PhD (thank you, you can sit down now), i have a little bit more time to follow-up on my other interests. I am moderately avid reader and, often when i drop my wife at the mall for shopping, i sneak into Borders to scan some new books. While driving home this afternoon, i tuned my radio to NPR (i think it was NPR), i came across a segment called Dialogue. By chance, they had the Pulitzer prize winner Frank McCourt on. Frankly, i did not know him so i would like to admit that right away (unlike that hypocritic dog point5). It was a really good segment and i am intrigued now. His book Angela's ashes is up next on my to-read list. He also recommends two other books: No great mischief and By the lake. These two books are probably fiction but it has been a while since i have read good fiction. I have been sick for a while reading sidney sheldon, john grisham and all those desi writers.
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8 Comments:
Reading Simplexity currently..it is not all that great..I mean its good...but nowhere near Freakonomics or Outliers...
I am curios to read Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell now
Also NPR is a good radio station to listen in red neck Boise..it will keep you little balanced
i like desi writers
Desi writers rock..Do not look down upon them..I can give you a few names if you want to check out....
Oops..my apologies..i do not know what i was thinking..i do not hate desi writers...on the contrary, i enjoy several of their writings.
Wonder who those are? For starters, who is that one desi writer that you like to read the most?
I like to read Jhumpa lahiri, RK, Arundati Roy.. i have to say i have not read anything recently. Still reading Guns, germs and steel ..by Jared Diamond
Excellent choice my friend. If you ever get time try reading "The Great Indian Novel" by Shashi Tharoor. (He's re-written Mahabharatha)
Shashi Tharoor..is it? let me check that out..
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