Anmol Sagar
Myriad thoughts on a million things
My Reading List – 2011 (so far…)
Aug 3rd
Last year I managed to read 24 books, which was quite disappointing. So 2011 started with a goal of beating that number and getting to a total of 50 books.
7 months into the year and I have reached 25 books! The Kindle is definitely facilitating quick access to all the books I can ever want and I find I’m not really using my Librarywala subscription.
Here is a list of my conquests so far
1. The Girl who played with Fire – Steig Larsson 2. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Steig Larsson 3. Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth More >
The Dark Tower Series
May 25th
‘Go then, there are other worlds than these’ ….
When I started reading the Dark Tower series, I did not anticipate it to so wholly consume me. I was a skeptic to begin with and had to be much talked into reading the first book ‘The Gunslinger’ by my Husband.
I sort of trudged through the first book… Roland’s world, so weirdly different was a mystery with no immediate answers available. I was at times, frustrated with how little I understood of what really was happening. Who was this Gunslinger and why was he following the mysterious Man in Black? How did More >
My Kindle!
Mar 17th
When my sister visited me last year from Canada she got me the perfect gift – the Amazon Kindle! I was thrilled to bits and totally loved it. The whole kindle experience is seamless, from browsing for books, buying them and downloading them to your kindle…. Everything can be done under a minute and you can start reading your new book.
The device is light weight and idiot proof in terms of use. I loved the features of changing text size, dictionary, note making etc. I also downloaded the kindle app on my android phone. Sometimes, when I would find it More >
My Reading List – 2010
Dec 27th
At the start of this year, I decided to keep a log of all the books I will read during the year. The thought germinated when I read a quote by Shashi Tharoor stating that he read over 100 books a year! I always thought I read a lot and thus was curious to track how many books I read in a year.
Below is the list of books I read this year… the number is disappointingly low given my inspiration for tracking. I hope I will come up with a better tally next year
And oh… do leave your recommendations on More >
Pillars of the Earth
Dec 27th
After I read Ken Follet’s ‘World without End’ (WWE), I didn’t think I would have the commitment to read a similar book. But when my sister praised Follet’s ‘Pillars of the Earth’ (the prequel to World Without End), I decided it might be worth the while to undertake another long journey. The 1000+ pages in small print was not as daunting as I first imagined them to be…each page I turned seemed to embroil me deeper in the lives of the characters and experience their trials and tribulations like they were my own.
The story is set in the early part More >
A Collaborative Story!
Aug 2nd
Dear Friends and Fellow Storytellers,
I would like to try something new….so I’m hosting a collaborative storytelling festival on my blog!
The concept is simple – I start the story with 2-3 lines and then you come and add your bits (ideally not more than 6-7 lines added in the comments section) to build the story line. Please read all the inputs upto the last comment on the page to see where the story is going and then give it your own direction! I’d love to see where our collective creatively can take a tale
So here goes…!
She awoke with a start. The dream More >
A Hatful of Sky – My first Pratchett
Jul 19th
This is a review of my first Terry Pratchett. Being a fan of the fantasy genre… I’d heard a LOT about the Pratchett legacy. I’ve thought of picking a book by Pratchett multiple times… but was always deterred by the sheer volume of his work and never knowing where to begin. The first few books were never available in any book store and I always wondered if I would miss some vital connection if I started somewhere in the middle. One day, I just came over the whole ‘to read or not to read Pratchett’ dilemma and bought ‘A Hatful More >
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Review (of the Book & Movie!)
Jul 19th
You should not pick this book if you’re looking for a racy, sci-fi, fantastical book. This book is for those laid back sorts who want to read a human story and not dwell into the science or question the construct of it all.
The story of Henry (the time traveler with a defective DNA) and his wife Clare (who meets her future 36 year old husband at the ripe age of 6) is one which grows on you as you turn each page.
At the beginning of the book, it takes a little while to grasp the complexity of the multiple space More >
