There has been absolutely no action on TTTW in the last few months.
Reasons are life, schedules, boredom, writer's block, nose block, trips, weddings, boy friends, girl friends, recession, unemployment so on and so forth. I am suffering with a bad block. It's probably the lack of inspiration or maybe it's just certain amount of frustration.
But writing is important.
I have this realization everyday. But I can't do much...
Manavi suffers from a disease called "MediA" and she has absolutely no time. The Dawg suffers from a block, some mind games and certain peace issues.
There is this something very interesting that I found in one of the twitter posts. Please go ahead and read it...
279 days to overnight success!
http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/overnight-success/
It's a 79 page free e book with a lot of useful links. If you plan to make your career out of your Internet writing, it is definitely worth a read. Stories of success are always worth reading. I derive a lot of inspiration from them.
For instance, The White Tiger...I picked it up...only cuz it spoke about the journey of a big entrepreneur based in Bangalore. The story offered nothing about entrepreneurship. It was a fast and interesting read. The poverty factor of our country has become the X-factor over the book shelves.
More coming on TTTW...after all we are a surprise package!
Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Which book are you guys reading today?
I just finished Chetan Bhagat's latest. It is called "The 3 mistakes of my life" and it is his third book. I never though very highly of "Five point someone", I am one of the people who enjoyed the call center one much more. Well moving on, I feel Chetan should start writing scripts for bollywood movies. His stories are extremely gripping, however the endings are usually hurried and very melodramatic. The good thing is, they are always happy! I believe in happy endings...
If I ever met him, I think we will have a good chat.
Nevertheless, I have finished all his books in a day flat.... so I hold high opinions about him.
They became good friends...en route!
My dad has stopped travelling like before, so this time when he landed at the airport. He saw that the airport was under construction and the his favorite shop wasn't there. He was sad and decided to grab some coffee. Just next to the coffee stand, was a small new bookshop with the name changed. When he entered the store...he met his friend. They were glad and this time he introduced my dad to this "The Ghost" by Robert Harris.
I didn't wanna give a review on it, but just highly recommend it.
And then there's the book I read this weekend "The Secret"
A best seller and even has a movie on it. However, it gives all the funda's of life that we are all aware of. We do understand the difference between right and wrong. Sometimes, we apply it and sometimes we don't. I wish I could make money stating the obvious. I was never born with a golden spoon. So things would come hard to me.
By the way, the book's cover is brilliant.... "Kabhi naye packet mein beche...tumko cheez puraani"
:-)
Kudos to the cover designer!
Delhi has lovely weather today. I just took a stroll with my good friends....
Enjoy the unlucky Tuesday!
If I ever met him, I think we will have a good chat.
Nevertheless, I have finished all his books in a day flat.... so I hold high opinions about him.
In all the three books, the characters come alive and you actually start feeling for them.
So this one is definitely my recommendation.
Completely off the topic....
A very interesting thing...that my dad told me was about his rendezvous with an old friend at the Mumbai airport. This man owns a book store at the airport. And has introduced my dad to several authors over the years....They became good friends...en route!
My dad has stopped travelling like before, so this time when he landed at the airport. He saw that the airport was under construction and the his favorite shop wasn't there. He was sad and decided to grab some coffee. Just next to the coffee stand, was a small new bookshop with the name changed. When he entered the store...he met his friend. They were glad and this time he introduced my dad to this "The Ghost" by Robert Harris.
I didn't wanna give a review on it, but just highly recommend it.
And then there's the book I read this weekend "The Secret"
A best seller and even has a movie on it. However, it gives all the funda's of life that we are all aware of. We do understand the difference between right and wrong. Sometimes, we apply it and sometimes we don't. I wish I could make money stating the obvious. I was never born with a golden spoon. So things would come hard to me.
By the way, the book's cover is brilliant.... "Kabhi naye packet mein beche...tumko cheez puraani"
:-)
Kudos to the cover designer!
Delhi has lovely weather today. I just took a stroll with my good friends....
Enjoy the unlucky Tuesday!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Being Single
Since the time I got back home, I decided that I will become an ardent reader. I always tried to make time to read but somehow bangalore kept me busy. Now call it a lack of friends in Delhi...I decided I'd make books my friends.
However such lines work only for my dad and my sister.
They can survive on books...I realized I couldn't.
I had 2 books staring at me. I picked up the first one "To kill a mocking bird". It is supposed to be a legendary novel and everyone who's read it tells me that. But then I couldn't go past the second chapter. I am still trying but the snooze alarm in my head always bursts out when i read the same page the 27th time.
It has it's own pros. It lets me sleep.
The other was a biography on Shah rukh Khan by Anupama Chopra. I read the first chapter. I learnt things about bollywood I already knew. Then I saw a couple of pictures in between the book, that I had already seen. I decided that this book would give me no insights or motivations to one of the greatest success stories in India. No matter how big a fan you are... I don't really recommend this one.
Then came the book that I actually really wanna talk about. Well not a lot....no...not this time.
I have been recommending this book to everyone who reads. The men don't seem to listen...however the women always seem excited.
The book is called "Almost Single" and it is written by a first time writer Advaita Kala. I got this book at a book club meeting in office.
When she entered the room, she seemed a bit arrogant and a "shallow" author. I wish I could chew my words before saying this....cuz when I got reading I thoroughly and truly enjoyed this book.
I have even been inspired to write a "Being Single", if the title hasn't already been taken.
But on a more serious note, it's a delight.Exclamation point.
It is extremely funny and very relatable(Btw that's not a word). The protagonist of the book is Aisha Bhatia who is a Guest Relations Manager in a 5 star hotel who tolerates her job, hates her boss, bonds with her friends, doesn't care much about the way she looks, and is in search for love and matrimony. She is 29 and goes through a plethora emotions at work, life, home, love and not to forget - her mom who's absolutely frantic about marrying her off and she truly believes that her girl is way past her marriageable age.
And then there is Karan. As soon as I got to know that the lover or the hero or the actor (;)) of this book is named Karan, I developed a new found respect for Advaita. After all Maya's fiance was also Karan and I am in love with the name.
Secret : Every time a guy named Karan sends me a friend request on Orkut. I don't blindly reject!
Reasons why I loved it so much.
1. It was the fastest ever read of my life. It took me an entire Sunday and yea I finished it.
2. It was the Indian version of SATC. I told you people we loved it.
But then it's all about grandma underwear (oh I so love that concept) , sex, love, stress at work, meeting the right people, marriages and the special bond that we share only with our friends.
3. The most important reason was relating to it. I relate to Aisha and at times life does become hard but then you still deal with it cuz its your own. The best part of the book is still the fact that Aisha is so damn funny!
So please read it.
To all the women I know - it's a gift! Go ahead and pick up a copy.
To all the men - Firstly it's extremely funny and care to understand us more...?? And yea...it's just not another chick-lit!
However such lines work only for my dad and my sister.
They can survive on books...I realized I couldn't.
I had 2 books staring at me. I picked up the first one "To kill a mocking bird". It is supposed to be a legendary novel and everyone who's read it tells me that. But then I couldn't go past the second chapter. I am still trying but the snooze alarm in my head always bursts out when i read the same page the 27th time.
It has it's own pros. It lets me sleep.
The other was a biography on Shah rukh Khan by Anupama Chopra. I read the first chapter. I learnt things about bollywood I already knew. Then I saw a couple of pictures in between the book, that I had already seen. I decided that this book would give me no insights or motivations to one of the greatest success stories in India. No matter how big a fan you are... I don't really recommend this one.
Then came the book that I actually really wanna talk about. Well not a lot....no...not this time.
I have been recommending this book to everyone who reads. The men don't seem to listen...however the women always seem excited.
The book is called "Almost Single" and it is written by a first time writer Advaita Kala. I got this book at a book club meeting in office.
When she entered the room, she seemed a bit arrogant and a "shallow" author. I wish I could chew my words before saying this....cuz when I got reading I thoroughly and truly enjoyed this book.
I have even been inspired to write a "Being Single", if the title hasn't already been taken.
But on a more serious note, it's a delight.Exclamation point.
It is extremely funny and very relatable(Btw that's not a word). The protagonist of the book is Aisha Bhatia who is a Guest Relations Manager in a 5 star hotel who tolerates her job, hates her boss, bonds with her friends, doesn't care much about the way she looks, and is in search for love and matrimony. She is 29 and goes through a plethora emotions at work, life, home, love and not to forget - her mom who's absolutely frantic about marrying her off and she truly believes that her girl is way past her marriageable age.
And then there is Karan. As soon as I got to know that the lover or the hero or the actor (;)) of this book is named Karan, I developed a new found respect for Advaita. After all Maya's fiance was also Karan and I am in love with the name.
Secret : Every time a guy named Karan sends me a friend request on Orkut. I don't blindly reject!
Reasons why I loved it so much.
1. It was the fastest ever read of my life. It took me an entire Sunday and yea I finished it.
2. It was the Indian version of SATC. I told you people we loved it.
But then it's all about grandma underwear (oh I so love that concept) , sex, love, stress at work, meeting the right people, marriages and the special bond that we share only with our friends.
3. The most important reason was relating to it. I relate to Aisha and at times life does become hard but then you still deal with it cuz its your own. The best part of the book is still the fact that Aisha is so damn funny!
So please read it.
To all the women I know - it's a gift! Go ahead and pick up a copy.
To all the men - Firstly it's extremely funny and care to understand us more...?? And yea...it's just not another chick-lit!
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