Adiga Aravind: The White Tiger
Dec 2008 (***)
Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist, ISBN 0739488263
Nov 08
If you have ever, sir, been through the breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what I experienced. There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being liberated; the world seems fresh, as if seen for the first time; then comes the inevitable period of doubt, the desperate and doomed backpedaling of regret; and only later, once emotions have receded, is one able to view with equanimity the journey through which one has passed. (***)
Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Love it. Love it. Love it. (*****)
Greg Mortenson: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
October 08
Found the writing a bit jarring but the story simply riveting. (****)
Lloyd Jones: Mister Pip
October 08 (***)
Li Cunxin: Mao's Last Dancer
October 2008. Book Club Read. (**)
Markus Zusak: The Book Thief
September 08.
(Potentially the book of the year for me) (*****)
Gina Ford: The Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning
September 08 (****)
William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury
August 08 (****)
Heidi Murkoff: What to Expect the First Year, Second Ed
Feb 08 - ongoing
Pressie from work colleague (***)
Victor S. Sierpina: 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses
Feb 08 - Birthday pressie from Ma Avis (****)
Anne Michaels: Fugitive Pieces
Jan - Feb 08
'Sometimes we need both hands to climb out of a place. Sometimes there are steep places, where one has to walk ahead of the other. If I cant find you, I'll look deeper in myself. If I cant keep up, if you're far ahead, look back. Look back.' (****)
Marjane Satrapi: The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture
Jan 08 (****)
American Academy Of Pediatrics: Your Baby's First Year (Second Edition)
Jan 08
(courtesy of Sof, thanks toots) (****)
Posy Simmonds: Tamara Drewe
Jan 08 - Read Azuradec's brandnew purchase in one sitting at home (whilst she and EC checks out the Night Safari). (****)
Karen Armstrong: Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
Dec 07 (****)
Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Dec 07 (****)
Kam Raslan: Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures
Dec 07 (***)
Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Dec 07 (****)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
Nov 07 (****)
Monica Ali: Brick Lane: A Novel
Nov 07 (***)
Stef Penney: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel
Oct 07 (****)
Tash Aw: The Harmony Silk Factory
Oct 07 (***)
Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
6th Oct 2007 (****)
Patrick Holford: Optimum Nutrition for Your Child's Mind
Sept - on going
(purchased by SFM)
Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner
Sept 07 (*****)
Mind Gym: The Mind Gym
Sept 07 (***)
Ian McEwan: Atonement: A Novel
Sept 07 (****)
Vicki Iovine: The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
August 07 (***)
Heidi Murkoff: What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
August 07 (***)
Miriam Dr Stoppard: Dr. Miriam Stoppard's New Pregnancy and Birth Book
August 07 (***)
Kiran Desai: The Inheritance of Loss
August 07 (***)
John Buchan: The 39 Steps
August 07 (****)
Lucy Kellaway: Who Moved My Blackberry?
June 07 (***)
Karen Armstrong: The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
June 07 (****)
Karen Armstrong: Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
May 07 (****)
Mark H. McCormack: What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School: Notes From A Street-Smart Executive
May 07 (***)
Michel Roux: Eggs
May 07 (*****)
Augusten Burroughs: Running with Scissors: A Memoir
April 07 (***)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Infidel
April 07 (***)
David Attenborough: Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster
March 07 (*****)
Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife
March 07 (***)
Peter Godwin: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
Feb 07 (****)
Zadie Smith: On Beauty
Feb 07 (***)
Mark H. McCormack: Never Wrestle with a Pig and Ninety Other Ideas to Build Your Business and Career
Jan 07 (***)
Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking
Jan 07 (****)
Paul Auster: The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel
Jan 07 (****)
Power puff girl managing projects by day, Bohemian Artist wannabe in the evening and Collapsed Heap catching up on the snooze by night.
Fueled by vino tinto, xword puzzles and words.
Hopping on and off planes, trains, wheels and heels to get to the next exciting destination.
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