I have been reading for the past few weeks, and i just thought i would mention some great novels that i have read, (I highly recommend these novels!)
Midnight’s Children- Salman Rushdie
The Twentieth Wife- Indu Sandresan
A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry
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i also love a fine balance...it is such a well written book. Your completely into the book. I went on a road trip a week ago and i could not put it down. Im still not done however. 2 weeks doesnt give me enough time u really need peace and quiet while ur reading it. but i love it
i also heard feroz something by him is also good..
the davinici code is also an amazing book...havent watched the movie however--heard it got a bad rating---we'll see;)
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the davinici code is also an amazing book...havent watched the movie however--heard it got a bad rating---we'll see;)
Yes, A fine balance is an amazing book, btw have you read any other books by rohinton mistry, they are also very good and highly recommended to read:)
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Fiction? blah....
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Currently i'm reading "Accounting Principles" by Weygandt, Kieso and Kimmel :)
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1) Midnight's Children- Salman Rushdie
I loved it!
You should read Satanic Verses too.
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A Fine Balance was one of the worst books I have ever read in my life. It made me want to kill myself, that is how utterly depressing the book was. I was so happy when the book was over, but of course, it ended in the most depressing way .... even more depressing than the contents of the book itself.
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Wats it abt ????? U can PM me if u don wanna share D:
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Twentieth Wife is a great book, the sequel Feast of Roses leaves something to be desired...
great books that Ive recently read or am reading...
1) Maps for Lost Lovers - Nadeem Aslam (someone described this book as the book that has been written in the style of the great poets Ghalib and like - i think it was an accurate description.
2) 1421: the year China Discovered the world - Gavin Menzies (very interesting
3) Shake Hands with the Devil
4) The Line of Beauty - Alan hollinghurst
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The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell, Dustin
a very good read. Dwarfs the davinci code.
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I read it too. F’in book cost like 120 and I still didn’t learn anything.
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i’m taking it a second time, its not even the book we’re sposed to buy but im not buying another $200 book to use for four weeks 
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Does myhead look big in this? by Author Randa Abdel-Fattah is a good read.
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I read Maps for Lost Lovers recently and it is an amazing book, indeed. I feel its also a running commentary or rather a critique on our culture, brilliantly depicting the dimemma faced by the Pakistani community residing in Europe...religious bigotry and cultural malpractices reflective of their claustrophobic thinking/mindset; their own identity being a Muslim and a Pakistani clashing with the liberal values espoused by the Western societies.
There are times when one feels the writer is committing blasphemy through his characters but then such questions are raised about religion, culture and society everywhere, whether we like them or not.
(there is however so much abt the insects and plants that it seems as if its written by an entomologist or a botanist. But I still liked it for the writer's wierd yet interesting choice of analogies and linkages he draws with issues and events back home).
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a very good read. Dwarfs the davinci code.
i read it a while ago. it was way interesting! a total page turner.
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–thanks MQ, you made life easier for me. I thought I had missed out something very important. I wish to read Season for Rainbirds by Nadeem Aslam.
–gonna buy Battle for God by Karen Armstrong and reread it.
I have been reading a lot lately, particularly the Indian writers, the new as well as the old crop and then the rest are all in one way or the other about politics and am just too lazy to write abt 'em.