Category Archives: reading
“The Inheritance of Loss” by Kiran Desai
Read in December 2006. This book reminds me how much fun I have reading authors of Indian descent. The stories always resonate with me in a special way. This story is about a girl coming of age at the turn … Continue reading
“Spouse” by Shobha De
Read in December 2006. This is a self-help/informational book on the subject of Indian weddings. Particularly timely for me to read it during the trip to India where I met my fiance and proposed to her (don’t you think?). De … Continue reading
“Gandhi” by Louis Fischer
Read in December 2006. This is the second time I read this biography of Gandhi. Louis Fischer spent time with Gandhi and had many interviews with him. I first read this book for a book report in 8th grade. I … Continue reading
“Haunted” by Chuck Palahniuk
Read in November 2006. Unfortunately this is the worst Chuck Palahniuk book I’ve read to date. It is a seemingly clever concept, but overall his attempts to use vulgarity to gross out the reader fall on deaf ears (am I … Continue reading
“The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell
Read in October 2006. Macolm Gladwell’s first book, and it is as excellent as Blink. Highly recommend reading it to anyone. Using the same writing style as Blink Gladwell discusses the causes of epidemics. He covers social, economic, and biological … Continue reading
“Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions” by Ben Mezrich
Listened to in October 2006. I listened to this on my trip to Washington DC in early October 2006. Go KCLS for allowing e-audiobooks to be checked out and listened to. This is the fun and exciting story of card-counting … Continue reading
