A civilization, of God-kings and serfs, constructed physically impossible and geometrically daunting tombs for their dead kings, displaying unparalleled artistic and engineering abilities. Stone boulders more than twice the size of any man are placed in a circle, with astronomical significance and…
Day 15: Favourite book dealing with foreign culture - The kite runner
The description of erstwhile Afghanistan was heart warming and the unintentional comparison that one makes with the Afghanistan of today was heart wrenching.
Day 14- Book that should be on hs/college required reading list - Seven habits of highly effective people
I know tons of people who could benefit from this book, even those who think self help is a load of bull shit.
DAY 13 - favourite childhood book : The famous five series by Enid Blyton
she taught me to read and enjoy books very early in life…
God’s debris - Scott Adams
“When belief does not control your most important
decisions, it is not belief in the underlying reality, it is belief
in the usefulness of believing.”
Day 12- A book so emotionally draining you couldn’t complete it or had to set aside for a bit - AIDS SUTRA
The fact that it has true stories about people battling aids and the realization that the world isn’t as rosy as one would imagine it to be, made this book very hard to read. I muster courage to read one short story at a time and then take out time to let the story sink in and when i recover i pick it up again.
Day 12: Book that is most like your life- Never Let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Well, since it’s fiction, it cannot be the story of my life but the first half of the book which is based in a residential school reminded a lot of my residential school when i was young.
Day 11: book by your favourite author
it’s very hard to pick one so i’m just going to name a few of my top favourites.
1. Doctors by Erich Segal
2. The god of small things by Arundhati Roy
3. The fountainhead by Ayn Rand
