tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75173917461378414032024-03-19T18:22:22.292+05:30My Bookshelf and other mundane things...This Blog currently features reviews of my reads since August, 2013 and other books related posts.
The books are not restricted to any genre - the "Bookshelf" will have a fair representation of Classics, Fantasy, Mysteries, Thrillers, Sci-Fi, Non Fiction, Philosophy, Humour & Horror - Plays and Poetry may constitute a minority.
In future, I may consider adding a few posts on Manga, Mahnwa and Graphic Novels.Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-10175303230234994772020-05-13T21:04:00.005+05:302020-05-14T15:29:13.264+05:30My Top Fantasy Recommendations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: cambria, serif;">Fantasy is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, genres in
literature. While some credit George MacDonald (mentor of Lewis Carroll) as the
first fantasy author (John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River published in 1841 not withstanding)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: cambria, serif;">, others point to the Grimms' Fairy Tales published earlier in the
century, while the puritans would, not without merit, trace the history of
Fantasy all the way back to the Epic Mythologies (Beowulf anyone?). The
earliest Fantasy book that still remains popular would perhaps be The Wizard of
Oz, even though it would now qualify more as a Children's book with limited
appeal to the adults.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">As
with the history of fantasy, the sub-genres of Fantasy remains an equally
contentious discussion point and varies from a few to over 50, depending on whom
you ask and how granular the sub-division. In this post, I would try to provide
my reading recommendations under the main two sub-genres, High and Low
Fantasies. The categories are fairly broad and I think I do more justice in
keeping the categorisation limited than splitting them into a large number of unmanageable,
and perhaps less useful, sub-genres for the casual fan of the genre. I have also
tried to split my reading recommendations into casual and advanced categories, since
some of the recommendations would be quite heavy for a casual reader of the genre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">High
/ Epic Fantasy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">This
is probably one of the most famous sub-genre of Fantasy. The term High Fantasy
itself was coined by Lloyd Alexander, an excellent fantasy author who wrote mostly
YA literature, The Book of Three being his most famous work. This sub-genre
includes complex world building, feature fantastical races and usually (but not
always) features a Hero’s journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><i>Reading
recommendations for casual readers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">Chronicles
of Narnia series by Lewis Carroll<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">Mistborn
series by Brandon Sanderson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Lord
of the Rings series by JRR Tolkien</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">4. </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">Farseer Trilogy by</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> Robin Hobb</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">Chalion Series by Lois McMaster Bujold</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><i>Reading
recommendations for advanced readers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">1.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">A Song
of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">2.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">The
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (concluded by Brandon Sanderson)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">3.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Malazan Book of the Fallen Series by
Steven Erikson</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">4.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">5.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">Low
/ Contemporary / Urban Fantasy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">The
key feature that differentiates low fantasy from high fantasy is that low
fantasy doesn’t undertake massive world building, but builds on / tweaks the
existing world. There is a lot of overlap between this sub-genre, Contemporary
Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy, and it is largely a matter of personal preference on
which book to be classified under which sub-genre. I have therefore decided to categorised
these books under one common, all inclusive sub-genre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><i>Reading
recommendations for casual readers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">1.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Harry
Potter series by JK Rowling</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">2.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Artemis
Fowl series by Eoin Colfer</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">3.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Percy
Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">4.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (anything by Neil Gaiman really, but this is as good a place to start as any)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"><i>Reading
recommendations for advanced readers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">1.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">His
Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">2.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Dresden
Files by Jim Butcher</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">3.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Watch
Series by Sergei Lukyanenko</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">4. The Once and Future King by T. H. White</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></div>
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<span style="font-family: cambria, serif;">Disclaimer:
I have included only one set of work from each author, some authors deserve multiple nominations on the list, but for the sake of variety, I have refrained from doing so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-89498944040762397702015-04-04T21:16:00.002+05:302015-04-04T21:16:18.764+05:30March 2015 Reading Summary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.in/Malice-Keigo-Higashino/dp/0349141061/&tag=mybook097-21" target="_blank">Malice by Keigo Higashino</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. <a href="http://www.amazon.in/Ayesha-Return-H-Rider-Haggard/dp/1483972690/&tag=mybook097-21" target="_blank">Ayesha: The Return of She by H. Rider Haggard</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. <a href="http://www.amazon.in/Way-All-Flesh-Samuel-Butler-ebook/dp/B0082XOBCA/ref=mybook097-21" target="_blank">The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. <a href="http://www.amazon.in/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-Piketty/dp/067443000X/ref=mybook097-21" target="_blank">Capital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Picketty</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">1. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12264261" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Captain Vorpatril's Alliance</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/bujoldloismcmaster" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Lois McMaster Bujold</a><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">2. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15265596" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Alterworld</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rusd" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">D. Rus</a><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">3. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13570546" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">The Cuckoo's Calling</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/galbraithrobert" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Robert Galbraith</a><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">4. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/173670" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">The Lightening Thief</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/riordanrick" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Rick Riordan</a><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">5. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/115255" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Blott on the Landscape</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by</span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/sharpetom" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Tom Sharpe</a><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">6. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/24052" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">When Eight Bells Toll</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/macleanalistair" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Alistair MacLean</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">7. Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/geithnertimothyf" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Timothy F. Geithner</a><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">8. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/45000" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Dead Beat</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/butcherjim" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Jim Butcher</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">9. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/32210" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Running Blind</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/childlee" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Lee Child</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">10. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/32388" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Les Liaisons Dangereuses</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/laclospierreambroise" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Pierre Choderlos de Laclos</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">11. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/4194080" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Matter</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/banksiainm" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Iain M. Banks</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;">12. </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15673553" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">The Clan</a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px;"> by </span><a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rusd" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(100, 12, 149) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">D. Rus</a><br />
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-66149622802027696312014-12-07T23:24:00.000+05:302014-12-07T23:30:35.662+05:30November 2014 Reading Summary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">2. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">3. Full Moon by P. G. Wodehouse</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">4. Tripwire (Jack Reacher Series) by Lee Child</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">5. The Fault in our Stars by John Green</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">6. Cryoburn </span>(Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold</span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-54547826503950564802014-11-08T21:50:00.002+05:302014-11-08T21:50:49.657+05:30October 2014 Reading Summary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
October turned out to be a good month for reading with me getting through a couple of books other than my Halloween 7.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">1. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">2. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">3. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">4. World War Z by Max Brooks </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">5. Turn of the Screw by Henry James </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">6. The Stand by Stephen King </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">7. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. Rob Roy by Walter Scott </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-36118675917818962782014-11-06T01:49:00.003+05:302014-11-06T01:49:44.461+05:30Halloween 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is that time of the year again! This was the fourth year in a row in which I drew up my own Halloween List for October reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As usual, Stephen King makes his appearance fourth year in a row, followed by <span style="color: #111111; line-height: 16px;">Sergei Lukyanenko's third entry in as many years with his delightful Night Watch series. Dropped this year, mid-series, was Dean Koontz, whose Odd Thomas series kept getting progressively worse and I haven't had the patience to try another one out. Turn of the Screw and The Haunting of Hill House represent the Classics. Vampires and Zombies get their turn with The Historian and World War Z; I doubt anyone needs any introduction to the 7 book, Rosemary's Baby (and the Mia Farrow starrer movie adaptation)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">The complete list for this year is here:-</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">1. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">2. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">3. World War Z by Max Brooks </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">4. Turn of the Screw by Henry James </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">5. The Stand by Stephen King </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">6. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">7. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin </span></span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-44070066465707919972014-11-06T01:29:00.002+05:302014-11-06T01:31:17.575+05:30September Reading Summary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">September was a bad month for reading and blogging alike with my Shanghai trip and other distractions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Off on a Comet by Jules Verne </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span></div>
Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-49940209744108252412014-08-31T20:15:00.001+05:302014-11-06T01:30:53.758+05:30July and August Reading Summary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I seem to have been horribly lagging in maintaining my Logbook here, with 2 months of readings now, unreported.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While the previous 2 months were bad for my blogging, they went quite well as far as reading is concerned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">1. Be Careful What You Wish For (Book 4 of the Clifton Chronicles) by Jeffrey Archer </span></span><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />2. The Tailor of Panama by John Le Carre <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Excession (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks <span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. The Billionaire's Apprentice by Anita Raghavan <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller <span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Spring Tide by Cilla Borjlind <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Inversions (Book 6 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">4. Memory </span>by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">5. Towers of Silence by Paul Scott </span><span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">6. Total Control by David Baldacci </span><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">7. Heidi by Johanna Spyri </span><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">8. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie </span><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">9. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins </span><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">(</span></span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</span></div>
Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-66536020477922081862014-07-13T03:18:00.000+05:302014-08-31T20:07:46.654+05:30June Reading Summary and July Plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2.The Art of Fielding by<span style="color: #111111; line-height: 17px;"> </span>Chad Harbach</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">3. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">4. Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">5. Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">1. Be Careful What You Wish For (Book 4 of the Clifton Chronicles) by Jeffrey Archer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Excession (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />3. The Billionaire's Apprentice by Anita Raghavan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />4. Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Inversions (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />6. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller</span></div>
Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-70691844594897399902014-06-08T22:05:00.000+05:302014-08-31T20:46:21.017+05:30May Reading Summary and June Plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="text-align: justify;">While an erratic internet connection at home for the last one week has resulted in this delay in posting my May summary, a week long Moscow trip resulted in me not finishing my reading goals for the first month this year (not that I am complaining!)</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">1. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (for my RL Book Club) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">2. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath </span><span style="text-align: justify;">(for my RL Book Club) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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3. Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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4. Allegiant (Book 3 of Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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5. Words of Radiance (Book 2 of The Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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6. Runaway Jury by John Grisham <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">7. Nude Before God by Shiv Kumar </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span><br />
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The two leftover books from my May schedule and a few more constitute my June reading plans. There is a week long domestic travel for this month too, but I am hoping it won't derail my reading this month too.<br />
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1. Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber<br />
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2. Excession (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks<br />
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3. Before the Dawn (Non-Fiction) - Nicholas Wade<br />
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4. The Day of the Scorpion (Historical Fiction) - Paul Scott<br />
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5. The Canterbury Tales (Anthology, Medieval Poetry) - Geoffrey Chaucer<br />
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6. Mirror Dance (Science Fiction) - Bujold<br />
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7. The Art of Fielding (Contemporary Fiction) - Chad Harbach</div>
Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-8968737036900244862014-05-04T19:36:00.000+05:302014-05-04T19:38:57.575+05:30April Reading Summary and May Plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I did better than my start of the month reading plans, helped in part with the ample holidays and the fact that a few of those books were short reads. My reads for the month (not necessarily in the order of my reading) are as follows:-<br />
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1. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/04/22-state-of-art-by-iain-m-banks.html" target="_blank">The State of the Art</a> (Book 4 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
2. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/04/22-cetaganda-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold.html" target="_blank">Cetaganda</a> (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
3. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
4. Ethan of Ethos (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
5. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/04/24-insurgent-by-veronica-roth.html" target="_blank">Insurgent</a> (Book 2 of Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
6. Fault Lines (Non-Fiction) by Raghuram Rajan <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
7. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/04/26-jewel-in-crown-by-paul-scott.html" target="_blank">The Jewel in the Crown</a> (Book 1 of the Raj Quartet) by Paul Scott <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
8. Flash Boys by Michael Lewis <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
9. Labyrinth (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
10. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold <span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I plan, well, at this point of time, it is more of a wish really, to read the following books in May; may fall short in absence of the holidays, my travel plans in the last week of the month and the fact that the there are a few voluminous books in my May list.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">1. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (for my RL Book Club)</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">2. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath </span><span style="text-align: justify;">(for my RL Book Club)</span><br />
3. Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber<br />
4. Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold<br />
5. Excession (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks<br />
6. Allegiant (Book 3 of Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth<br />
7. Words of Radiance (Book 2 of The Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson<br />
8. Runaway Jury by John Grisham</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Jewel in the Crown is the first book in the much acclaimed <b>The Raj Quartet</b>. Set during the British Raj of India, the first book in the series tracks the events that unfolded in the town of Mayapore. The story revolves around young Kumar, an Indian brought up in Britain, but who returns to India under after his father's death, friendless, penniless, in a country he has nothing in common with, other than the colour of his skin - the identity crisis he faces as neither the British in India, nor the Indians recognise him as one of their own - and Daphne Manners, a young British girl who finds herself caught under extraordinary circumstances, culminating in her tragic rape, even if her story doesn't end there - indeed, the strength of her character shines through after the aforementioned tragedy. The book has various other remarkable characters, be it the Rajput born princess, Lili Chatterjee, the British officers (both pro and anti Indian), a couple of remarkable ladies, who serve India and Indians in their own ways, one through education, the other by providing healthcare to those for whom no one, not even their fellow countrymen care.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started this book, with a very skeptic frame of mind, like I usually do whenever reading books based on India, by either Indian authors (for playing to the stereotypes) or foreign ones (for just not getting it right). The premise of the book was specially an explosive one, even if the current generation of Indians blame the politics and policies of the last 60 years of Indian governance rather than the 150 years of British dominion (including 90 years of the British Raj). The author, however, managed to avoid taking sides by presenting the story from the point of view of the amazingly well conceived characters. Through the eyes of those characters, the author also managed to represent the conditions, relationships, political tendencies, etc. of both the communities - whom time had done more to separate than integrate, into an atypical master-servant relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The author also, doesn't excuse the snobbery, high handedness and divisive politics of the British, while also highlighting the anti-social elements of the native population - the kind for whom events of instability, riots, are opportunities for rapine, loot and plunder, indiscriminately, if I may add. The fact that such elements are part of the Indian society, even in today's time and age, makes their existence in those times all the more believable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Insurgent is the second book in the Divergent Series, a series set in a Dystopian world, where the human beings are categorised and segregated into factions, based on their dominant traits, with those failing to qualify in a faction, leading the life of factionless (not much different from our equivalent of homeless). And then, there are the divergent, individuals with multiple dominant traits, who are a closely guarded secret, a dangerous one, since they are immune to one of the critical tools used in the society, the simulations. The factions, all, serve different purposes and between themselves, manage to keep their little society functioning and self sufficient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like in any Utopia, things go wrong, the nature and extent of the wrongness is something the author seems to have reserved for the final installment. The second installment of the series, is not necessarily an improvement on the first. It also fails to significantly add to the storyline so far, since the series has only one more book to go, I am assuming all the action (relating to storyline, blind violence, there was plenty of in this one too) will be concentrated in Allegiant, the third and final installment of the series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think I am doing quite well with my schedule of reading the entire <i>Vorkosigan Saga</i> this year. I should also, perhaps, start my review by saying that this one, so far, stands out for me as the best in the series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was, perhaps the first Miles book I have read, where he is <i>downside</i> and is still full of his usual stratagems and blunderings. The Cetagandans, both the <i>ghem</i> and <i>hauts</i>, are delightful; and then there are the haut women; who reminded me of a cooler version of <i>Aes Sedai</i>, though without the superpowers. I shall refrain from speaking of their other virtues, which I think Miles's inner thoughts in the book have summed up quite well.</span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-13507135846606624062014-04-16T04:07:00.001+05:302014-04-18T01:57:20.988+05:3023. The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-45969491120663610452014-04-01T00:07:00.000+05:302014-04-01T01:03:10.218+05:30March Summary and April Plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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2. The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (<b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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4. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (<b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b><br />
5. Salem's Lot by Stephen King (<b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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6. Bleak House by Charles Dickens (<b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b><br />
7. The Great Influenza (Non-Fiction) by John M Barry (<b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b><b style="text-align: justify;"><br /></b><br />
Due to my illness this month and general paucity of time, I have decided to forego reviewing any of my March reads, April should see me resume with my reviews.<br />
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I have another 7 books lined up for April, here it goes:-<br />
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1. The State of the Art (Book 4 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks<br />
2. Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold<br />
3. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood<br />
4. Ethan of Ethos (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold<br />
5. Insurgent (Book 2 of Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth<br />
6. Fault Lines (Non-Fiction) by Raghuram Rajan<br />
7. The Jewel in the Crown (Book 1 of the Raj Quartet) by Paul Scott</div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-34617182819274664502014-03-10T03:47:00.000+05:302014-04-01T01:14:40.236+05:30February Summary and March Plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The month of February ended with another 7 reads, and surprisingly enough, I was able to stick to my schedule posted in my earlier entry "<a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/02/january-summary-and-february-plans.html" target="_blank">January Summary and February Plans</a>".<br />
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The summary of my February reads is as under:-<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/02/8-player-of-games-by-ian-m-banks.html" target="_blank">The Player of Games by Ian M. Banks</a> </span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/02/9-die-trying-by-lee-child.html" target="_blank">Die Trying by Lee Child</a> </span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/02/10-serpents-tooth-book-5-of-empire-of.html" target="_blank">The Serpent's Tooth by Alex Rutherford</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/02/11-barrayar-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold.html" target="_blank">Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(</span><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/02/12-jeeves-in-offing-by-p-g-wodehouse.html" target="_blank">Jeeves in the Offing by P.G. Wodehouse</a> </span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/03/13-history-of-love-by-nicole-krauss.html" target="_blank">The History of Love by Nicole Krauss</a> </span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/03/14-anne-of-green-gables-by-lucy-maud.html" target="_blank">Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery</a> </span>(<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)</b></div>
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My March plans are as under:-</div>
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1. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (for Book Club)</div>
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2. The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (online Group Read)</div>
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3. Use of Weapons (Book 3 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks (online Group Read)</div>
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4. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (for Book Club)</div>
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5. Salem's Lot by Stephen King</div>
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6. Bleak House by Charles Dickens</div>
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7. The Great Influenza by John M Barry (online Group Read)</div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-12982223135808108122014-03-10T03:30:00.002+05:302014-03-10T03:32:22.274+05:3014. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is extremely well written, even as it challenges the reader to keep up with the multiple threads interwoven across lives, across time. While covering the lives of so many characters in detail, the author does an even more amazing job of consciously ignoring some of them, leaving just enough to the imagination of the reader, and all the reader has are the realities and perceptions of those characters, as seen through the eyes of the ones whose lives were covered. There is not a sense of closure to most of the characters and even that is not unwelcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wodehouse was the chosen author for February in my online group reads, and while I rarely participate in the monthly Author reads, any excuse to return to the wonderful world of Wodehouse is a welcome one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Picking a Wodehouse is generally a safe bet, picking one featuring Bertram Wooster and Jeeves is an even safer one. <i>Jeeves in the Offing</i> was no exception. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite not being one of the top Wodehouse works, <i>Jeeves in the Offing</i>, manages to entertain. There was a lot less of Jeeves, but the book was carried admirably by Bertie and Bobbie Wickham. It is surprising how well Wodehouse develops his characters, old and new, even in books as short as his usually are; with most of the characters being sketched and portrayed in conversations among the other characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a refreshing read and it made me get over the disappointment of my last Wodehouse, <i>The Clicking of Cuthbert</i>.</span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-49345598854479272542014-02-24T03:01:00.004+05:302014-02-24T03:01:36.372+05:3011. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cordelia takes off from the first book, doing all the things which endeared her to me and I am sure many other readers. She, then dons her Rambo outfit, and even in that she excels. </span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-70318486340701652482014-02-19T02:33:00.001+05:302014-05-04T19:25:19.913+05:3010. The Serpent's Tooth (Book 5 of the Empire of the Moghul Series) by Alex Rutherford<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Serpent's Tooth is the fifth book in Alex Rutherford's Moghul Series, a series I started and read the first four books of last year. This instalment deals with the ShahJahan's reign and the coming in power of Aurangzeb. This book also includes the making of Taj Mahal, the actual construction of which, was lightly touched upon, a shortcoming in my opinion, given the status of the monument, as well as the general aura of mystery surrounding its construction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The battle scenes have grown stale and all we learn from the book is ShahJahan's sob story, how much he loves his wife, and how much he misses her once she dies, neglecting his kingdom and his children (and yet, oddly, not denouncing the crown in favour of his eldest, who is well into his 30s). We probably were supposed to feel sorry for him, I didn't. Equally lacking was the lacklustre character development of ShahJahan's children, including the wicked-most of them all, Aurangzeb. He comes across as a fanatic, conspiracy freak who is either (or not) a good General. Perhaps the next book (the last in the series I guess) would shed some more light.</span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-46964953249045588242014-02-09T01:53:00.000+05:302014-02-09T02:02:09.342+05:308. The Player of Games by Ian M. Banks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Player of Games is the second book in the Culture Series, the second in a series of ten. As I have already mentioned earlier in my <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/01/6-consider-phlebas-by-iain-m-banks.html" target="_blank">review</a> of <a href="http://thereadersdilemma.blogspot.com/2014/01/6-consider-phlebas-by-iain-m-banks.html" target="_blank">Consider Phlebas</a>, the first book in the series, I am reading this series as part of a year long read on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, while I didn't care much for Book 1 in the series, Book 2 was an entirely different matter altogether. For one, the title of the book is <i>exactly</i> what the book is about; the protagonist, <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">Jernau Morat </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">Gurgeh, is a Player of Games, nothing more, nothing less. There is a hint of Ender's Game, but no more than just a hint. The games themselves, set in a world far too much in future, are no high tech video games, but Board games! Strategy based Board and card games! There is less action of the traditional kind, less bloodshed, and the book is much better for that. While game playing is the premise of the book, from beginning to the end, the change in the protagonist is more fascinating. The book is brilliant in that it doesn't lack congruity at any point of time, the culture of Culture is better understood in this book and so is the place of humans and machines in their culture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">There is travel to a distant civilisation, interaction with other humanoid species, and perhaps the most exhaustive game in the universe. The "Minds" in this book continue to be all knowing, benevolent. I could be wrong, but I suspect an Assimov<i>ish</i> twist to the story in its latter parts.</span></span></div>
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Piyushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520663428287223954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517391746137841403.post-39444941676262927222014-02-06T02:02:00.001+05:302014-03-10T03:48:09.496+05:30January Summary and February Plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The first month of the year ended with 7 books, Jaya by Devdutt Pattnaik and Divergent by Veronica Roth being the top reads for the month.<br />
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This year, I am also trying to create monthly reading plans, how closely will I be able to follow them, only time will tell, but an effort, I am definitely going to make.<br />
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<i>*Edited to add Book 7<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> in the proposed reading plan for February. <span style="color: #111111; line-height: 17px;">I forgot I had signed up for an online group read of </span>Anne of Green Gables<span style="color: #111111; line-height: 17px;"> before drawing up my February schedule. It would be a shame to drop one of the "chosen" ones, even the less deserving ones, and let my monthly schedule run awry in its very first month, I will try to somehow fit this one in as the 7th book for the month and hope for the best.*</span></span></i></div>
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So here are my reading plans for February:-<br />
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1. The Player of Games (Book 2 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks<br />
2. Die Trying (Book 2 of Jack Reacher Series) by Lee Child<br />
3. Jeeves in the Offing by P. G. Wodehouse<br />
4. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold<br />
5. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss<br />
6. The Serpent's Tooth (Book 5 of the Empire of the Moghul Series) by Alex Rutherford<br />
7. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery<br />
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1. Divergent by Veronica Roth (<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)<br />
2. Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold (<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="background-color: #f9fafb; border-style: none; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="background-color: #f9fafb; border-style: none; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="background-color: #f9fafb; border-style: none; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)<br />
3. Second Son by Lee Child (<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)<br />
4. Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith (<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="background-color: #f9fafb; border-style: none; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="background-color: #f9fafb; border-style: none; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="1/2" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-f.gif" style="background-color: #f9fafb; border-style: none; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)<br />
5. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata by Devdutt Pattanaik (<img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" /><img alt="*" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/pics/s-s.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #f9fafb; border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" />)<br />
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