Few good books to read

Thanks to my kindle...I have gone berserk since last 2 months. These are all crime/thrillers written by Indian authors.

1. Penumbra
2. A murder in Gurgaon
3. Patang
4. Second lives
5. Ashvamedha
6. The Murder of Sonia Raikkonen
7. Seduced by murder
8. The Monsoon murders

Good movies and good books

Movies:
1. Nighcrawler
2. The Theory of everything
3. Bahubali
4. Locke
5. Drishyam

Books:
1. The devotion of suspect X
2. Narcopolis
3. The White tiger.

Movies and books

Dabangg : 3/5 (Without Salman it would be around 1.5)

Ek ruka hua faisla: 3.5/5 (Excellent performances by Pankaj Kapoor and the other theatre actors)

Paanch: 3.5/5 (An Anurag Kashyap masterpiece all the way..)

Juno: 3/5

Pulp Fiction: 4/5

The Man from St.Petersburg-Ken Follett : 3.5/5

Movies n books...

Grown Ups (2010): 3/5

The Expendables (2010): 1/5 (I would love to dissect this movie..but am busy with a lot of other things)


Keep the change- Nirupama Subramanian : 3/5 (I would have added another 0.5..but the end wasn't too great). But overall...its much much better than many of the Indian authors I have read. Recommended!

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.

My review of I too had a Love story

I too had a Love story – Ravinder Singh

As I have said before, the best stories are the ones which are felt in the heart.
The book is a tragic love story of a common guy who works for Infy. As quoted by Mr.Narayana Murthy, the book is simple, honest and touching. I completely agree.

The book is a must read for everyone who has fallen in love. You can relate to the story easily and you will definitely end up loving your partner even more once you are through.

Thanks to Mr.S.P. for recommending this book.

Moments

He flipped the page of his novel and at the same time utilized the free moment to scan the other seats in the coffee parlor. Most of them were still empty, since it was too early in the afternoon to have coffee. He was always here at this time every Saturday, to enjoy the space and silence. And of course the superb black coffee too!
The moment lingered for a little longer than usual as he sipped his coffee and let the refreshing taste please his taste buds. Then he was back to his book. The book was the latest work of his favorite author and it was nearing the climax. Within a few minutes, it was time to turn the page again. This time, since the story was at its thrilling best, he decided to compress the free moment. He flipped the page with one hand, grabbed the coffee mug with his other hand and threw a quick glance at the other seats. This is when the moment froze…
She wasn’t less than a Goddess. Long jet-black straight hair, twinkling mischievous brown eyes, luscious rosy lips… the effect was dizzying. Her face was beautiful. No! Beautiful was too ordinary a word to define her facial features, which were sharp and sculpted with great care by the Almighty himself. She was looking stunning in a black embroidered salwaar kameez. The matching stunning high-heeled sandals also did their part in the whole image. She c across to him as a representation of beauty and grace and much more which couldn’t be put into words.
He tried to take his eyes off her, but they refused to obey. He wanted to speak to her, know her, understand her and worship her. He wanted to love her and wanted her to love him back. He had decided all this in a single moment. A Single Moment!
The very next moment the dream was shattered. A guy with long hair and bulging biceps with two cups of coffee in his hands made his way to her table and sat across her, smiling at her. She smiled back at him.
He returned to his book and his coffee…

Life is made up of many such moments, some good and some bad…. So sit back and enjoy the journey… also enjoy your books and your drinks.