The Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate - Jeffrey Archer

The book is about Keith Townsend and Richard Armstrong, and their rivalry to become the biggest Newspaper Baron. The book first acquaints us with the families and childhood of the these two characters. In typical Archer style, it then moves into their personal and professional life. How their paths cross, how each of them tries to go one up on the other, who wins in the end is for you to read and find out.
In my opinion, the middle part of the book is boring. Also the end is very hurried... Some people say that this book is similar to "Kane and Abel", but I don't agree!
The good part about the book is the excellent character build up and the duel between the two characters.

Overall, I would rate this book as 3/5.. but Archer has written better books.

Inglourious Basterds

Another masterpiece by Tarantino.

"The Basterds" are a group of Jewish soldiers led by Brad Pitt who take pleasure in brutally killing Nazi soldiers. Their paths cross with a Jewish woman who runs a movie theater which is going to host a German movie premiere. The Jewish woman incidentally has a revenge tale of her own..
Brad Pitt is excellent. But he is overshadowed by Christoph Walz, who is awesome!!

The movie is typical Tarantino with excellent dialogues and fantastic screenplay. Dont miss it...

Ajab Prem ki Gazab kahani

Avoid!!

Avatar

The movie is super awesome!!
Dont watch it for the storyline... just watch it for the effects!!

Two States - The story of my marriage

The title says it all!

Punjabi Boy meets South Indian girl...they fall in love...parents dont agree...the usual complications involved in an inter caste marriage in India...

You have seen it a million times in bollywood movies or heard about it trillion times from Indian couples themselves....

The usual drama, hiccups, close calls, opportunities, dreams, depression, luck... yes its got it all!! In fact looks like Mr.Bhagat has written this book with solely one intention.. to clinch another movie deal :) ... but be more careful with the contract this time mate!!

BUT.... I would still recommend this book....for many reasons...

As usual, Mr.Bhagat's storytelling ability is fantastic.. though the book is predictable, it has a good pace (the end is a bit hurried though) ..so you never get bored..
There are many instances in the book which make you smile... and there are a few which actually make you laugh too....
The characters are well portrayed...most of them are ideal representatives of their states...
You can relate to the characters and the incidents...


So, if you are planning to watch the new Himesh movie "RADIO" for 100 bucks, skip it.. buy this book for 95.. Its a better way to spend three hours.