Me & My Bookshelf !

I got this at a book fair when I was in college. This book fair which was held inside the huge library was like a blessing in disguise for many of us. Right on the first day, I picked up 3 of Jeffrey Archer's books after I overheard one of my college mate describing the works of the author. This book was born out of the authors personal experience with near-bankruptcy. This also happens to be his first book and it was published in the year 1976!  Four men- Stephen Bradley,an oxford don, Jean Pierre, an art dealer, James Brigsley, an English Lord , Dr. Robin Oakley, a revered society Physician suddenly find that the oil company shares that they had purchased have gone done to the lowest possible price and they are left penniless. To get it back, Stephen calls in the other three whom he has never met before and puts forth a plan to get each penny back from the con - Harvey Metcalfe,a Polish immigrant. Each one of these men have to come up with a plan to bring Harvey down ...

I became a huge fan of Robin Cook after I read 'Sphinx'. I loved it to the core and re-read it so many times in the past. Then the time came when all my novels and other books had to be shelved.I would sneak through a few pages of my favorite novels and put them away quickly for I knew I had other duties to attend to-like running behind 2 lil kids! Now that my daughter is in school, I have a few free hours when my lil one takes a nap. I now happily sit with my favorite novels to do the 2014 reading challenge. Like I mentioned before, I have taken down half a dozen cardboard boxes full of book that I have collected over the years.Some of these book have not even been touched! In one of the boxes, I saw this book and picked it up for this week's review. Though I remember reading it as soon as I bought it in the year 2000, many parts seem new to me now!I just did not have the mind to put in down and finished this book in 3 days !!! This is a thriller involving bio-t...

A few weeks back, I saw this on a discount sale and thought it would be a nice read .Since I have heard quite a few reviews about the author and his books I bought this one without hesitation.                                             This book was born when the author met a young girl on an over night train journey.She tells him the story about the lives of 6 people working in a call center / BPO and the time when their world up side down! After a conversation with God, they make life changing decisions that make them feel better and happier. My Thoughts.... Since this is a small book, I chose to read this one for week 1. I read this book within a couple of days. The book, as the name suggests, is based on what happened one night in the workplace. The story is narrated by Shyam who works with Radhika, Esha, Priyanka, Vroom[a nickname given to Varun coz he ...

Yeah, I know, I wrote this here too.But then I started this blog just for the reading Challenges :).So here we go again..... In spite of signing up for the  Foodies Read 201 4, I have joined another reading challenge!!! Looking at the number of challenges and the categories[click the   link  to know more], I just could not help myself from stopping with just one reading challenge! So here I am, joining the  Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks  - 2014 Reading Challenge. As the name suggests we have to read 52 books by the end of the year.The reading week starts on Sunday and  all genres are allowed except children's books. And there are some mini challenges too !! Quite recently I started buying novels apart from my favorite - cookbooks!I have them all stacked up on the shelf. I am surely going to enjoy doing all the reading and reviewing. And the best part is re-reads are allowed too!!Yay! So I can get to read those books that I got long back! For f...

Hello World!! I know this will sound crazy but sometimes it is nice to get a little crazy, right!! Yes, I have started another blog to share my experiences and reviews for the Reading Challenges that I am taking part in 2014! I am the author of a food blog - Seduce your Tastebuds and a Travel blog - My Foot Prints on Earth . Check these out if you love to cook and travel! This blog is basically about all the books I read, the ones that I would love to read, and all other stuff relating to reading and reading Challenges. Come back soon to see my very first post on the subject!! Happy Browsing,