Who's reading what,when & the experience

batistuta

Aishah, Please, Please, Don't read any reviews of that Book. Once you know the Plot ,half the fun is gone. I read the reviews of most the books I pick up and this is one book i should not have read(the review that is)

Regards,

Aishah

Thanks for hint, Batistuta! I have been scouring the bookshops here in Thamel, Kathmandu, but haven't come up with that title. Back to Delhi this afternoon so maybe more luck there - I will get it I know!

LunavadaLad

Strangers in my Sleeper - Rail journeys and encounters on the Indian subcontinent by Peter Riordan. Fantastic read for all you Indian Raiways buffs. And travellers.

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Barkha

Still stuck on with Holy Cow

There is such a striking similarity between Sarah's trip to Amritsar (the way she has described about Golden Temple) and her trip to Kashmir (Mr. Bhat's housebaot) and the program Destination India on Travel & living which I saw few days back tht it made me wonder whether Sarah was inspired by the show on the channel (though she wrote long back but then the show might be an old one being repeatedly casted) or is it teh other way round that the show host after reading Holy Cow went to these places and covered almost what is written?

Next on line is the classic Sons & lovers by D.H. Lawrence..will be reading it after years (read once in college ..part of the syllabus)

batistuta

Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro. The story of a Butler, taking a journey in the memory lane and looking at things in a New perspective. Initially, the book was a bit of a drag, But picked up the slack later and has a neat albeit sad ending. The protoganist has a tough time coming to terms with his emotions.

I found ' Never let me go to ' be a better read than this. There is no doubt that this bloke can write and the prose in this book reminded me of Arthur conan Doyle and His Sherlock Holmes novels.

Aaron-R

Just finished reading Holy Cow in preparation for the trip. Excellent book.

Hey Barkha, this Destination India show you mentioned, any idea if it is available on Canadian TV? I subscribe to the travel channel, but I never seem to catch the good shows.

iwanttogoback

glad you enjoyed it, he has a few other books out that are worth tracking down but whose names elude my very tired brain right now.

but, i must disagree, i thought 'the remains of the day' a far better book than 'never let me go.'

Aishah

I am still looking for Never Let me Go, Batistuta, but I enjoyed Remains of the Day so looks like I'm in for a treat with this title! When we were Orphans I thought was brilliant.
My holiday reading now I've come back from kathmandu and am up in Landour has been Alice Sebold - The lovely bones (gruesome but not, and I think would be more appealing to females) then a quick Agatha Christie 'Elephants can Remember" and finally I found an Alexander McCall Smith set in Edinburgh (can't recall the title because i'm sitting in a cyber cafe and not my room!) All books found in book exchanges in Kathmandu, and i stocked up because there is a dearth of good titles where I live! I am about to enjoy I hope the McCall Smith - starting it today.

Nick-H

I stocked up on the two No One Ladies Detective books I didn't read before, yesterday.

I also bought the next book by the the author of a short history of tractors in Ukranian

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kidsan

what, about the strawberry pickers? yes, that's on my list too.

I have just read the saffron kitchen by jasmine crowther. It's a highly recommended tale set in iran and london (chiswick and richmond interestingly...areas i know well and have lived in).
It is written by an anglo-iranian women and the story is about an anglo-iranian women and her iranian mother's return to her childhood village in iran after many years of exile in england.

I have one or two 'issues' with the book but over all i loved it and now, i just want to visit iran!

Anyone else read it? what did you think?

Nick-H

Umm... yes, I think it's called two caravans

batistuta

Iwtgbk, When we were Orphans(recommended by Aishah) and an artist in the floating world Are few of the titles that come to my mind. He is a good writer and I will read a few more titles of his.

Aishah, You will find it one of these days, Do give it a read. I am now looking towards buying the complete set of Agatha christie Novels feat Hercule Poirot. At 600 Rs, It looks like a bargain. None better for a good old detective Puzzle. I would still say that Holmes is the better detective though!

kristinm

I loved that - let me know what the next one is like, its on my list!

I heard a really interesting interview with William Dalrymple today - he's here for writers week, must get his new one! Makes me ashamed of my English ancestors, although my family DID come here as convicts so maybe that's a point in our favour!

Aishah

Good to hear there's another title from A short history of tractors.. author. She is brilliant, I just loved that book. The title of the McCall Smith I am now reading is Friends, Lovers and Chocolate and to be honest didn't grab my attention as quickly as his Detective Agency stories. Maybe, the ordinariness of Edinburgh... I thought his writing lacked the verve of the other series.. however.. as I am getting into it am quite enjoying the simple philosophical truths Isabel considers and I will finish it.

jivan

Hope to get the 2 harry potters sometime soon