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amright has read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
amright has read Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and His Song.
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amright has read Sesher Kobita, the Last Poem.
amright is planning to read The Big Sky.
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amright has read In Your Blossoming Flower-Garden ; Rabindranath Tagore and Victoria Ocampo.
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Hi Amright!Answering your note on BTS re: the Beginnings poem. I am now following you-so if you follow me in return I believe we can send personal messages.:)
Happy new year to you too! Here's to a fabulous book-filled 2012. I was lucky to receive a Kindle Fire for Christmas!
Happy New Year to you and yours, Jayati! We were in India for 2 hectic weeks - Siyona finally met her grandparents in Mangalore - and just got back to Antwerp earlier this week. Was a lovely time! I am now reading 2 books at the same time - "The Tigerclaw tree(P.A.Krishnan)" and "Greyhound (Steffan Piper)". What are you currently reading?
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2012!
Hi,actually i wanted to retain my old picture but it is not possible unless old one gets deleted. deletion is also not working out though tried. that is the confusing world of technology, i gave up. did you try to look down from aircraft while flying above those snow clad mountains. it used to be a routine for me for a stretch of first three years in 1992-95 and then again in 2002-2005. first brought me face to face with siachen saga and then later one to kargil karma. whenever i flew above them it looked enticing and serene. the vastness of it swallows you. you are speechless and breathless. you realise how insignificant your ownself is in such surroundings. human ego is diminished to nothing. nature could not have been more beautiful. purity is par excellence. now since you have seen ateast part of it, surely you would agree, it has to be seen to be believed. while i have lived this experience,may be that is why they are so close to my heart and soul. have a great day.
hi, at last found you. donot know how to invite to friendship. the setting of this site has changed. be my friend.
Hi Jayati! Am back here on shelfari after a loonnng hiatus! :-) I saw that you have already read Ghosh's River of Smoke. I just got my copy a few weeks ago, and havent started on it yet. Looking forward to starting it soon.... Hope all is well at your end. My little one, Siyona Kriti, is now 6 1/2 months old and keeping me on my toes. :-)) I am still able to sneak in some reading here and there, phew!
I see you finished, and rated River of Smoke. I would be interested in your thoughts . . . I am currently engrossed in Sea of Poppies.
They responded to me and will be looking into it - no timeframe given.
I've forwarded the information to the shelfari folks who are the only ones who can help Silverline. I don't understand why no one has responded to their request for assistance, unless it's that shelfari staff is overwhelmed with similar problems and is taking them in order received. Feel free to contact me again if you don't have their official response or resolution within a few days.
I would like to suggest reading THE ENDLESS HOUR- The True Story of a Haunted Soul.I completed publicationin November 2010.Over eighteen years in the making,THE ENDLESS HOUR is about an illustration I created in 1988 that became reality two years later,which involves a spiritual death experience.This touching and terrifying true story is not only about me.It is also about... you.For more information go to theendlesshour.com. Once you enter the website you can watch the book video andread reviews. You may also want to visit amazon.com and read the first seven chapters of THE ENDLESS HOUR.Thanks,Jesse
Hi Jayati - Great to hear from you! Yes, I loved The Forsyte Saga. I am now watching the televised series and it's quite well made. Water for Elephants is also very interesting - not even halfway through though. Had a baby in the meantime. Siyona Kriti Berghmans was born last week on the 9th of Feb and we are now back home from the hospital settling into a rhythm and getting adjusted to each other. :-) Not sure how much reading I can manage in the next few months, but i do hope atleast some. Do keep the recommendations coming - it's always a pleasure. :-)
It is interesting what you say about Henry James. He is of course considered a giant of English literature. A few years ago David Lodge (whom I admire a lot) published a novel entitled 'Author Author' (I think) which focused on that phase of Henry James's life in which he (unsuccessfully) tried his hand at play-writing. I had quite enjoyed reading that novel.I have not read any novel of James, but that is not for want of trying. I took up 'Wings of Dove' on two occasions, but could not proceed beyond 2-3 pages. What stumped me was the language and the sentences (for both of which James is renowned). A sentence went on for a page, liberally strewn with hyphens, commas, and semi colons; and by the time I reached its end I had forgotten where it had begun. It was too much, and I gave up after a few pages. I then tried 'The Ambassadors' and gave up on that one too. I very rarely gave up on novels and determinedly carry on till the bitter end (especially when I have paid for the book:)), but the two James novels got the better of me me. Maybe I am starting with the wrong novel. Take V.S. Naipaul, who is my favourite author, and I have read all his novels except the last one. If someone asks me which novel of Naipaul he should read first, I'd definitely not recommend 'The Enigma of Arrival'. It's a great novel, but not the first Naipaul novel one should try, in my opinion. It would put you off Naipaul for life.I am waiting for 'The Finkler Question' to come out in paperback. I have read 2-3 novels of Jacobson. Two of his early novels are superb satirical comedies, similar to 'Lucky Jim', Kingsley Amis's novel, which is my favourite. Do let me know what you make of 'Finkler Question'.I am currently reading a novel by Damon Galgut, entitled 'In A Strange Room', which was short-listed for the Booker this year. It's a strange novel so far. Galgut's writing style is similar to JM Coetzee (I feel) which I like. But so far, the novel seems too surreal. The other book I am reading is a collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer ('And there Hangs A Tale'). I am an unabashed and unapologetic fan of Jeffrey Archer. I am thoroughly enjoying his latest offering. Get hold of it if you can. I promise you won't be disappointed.Take care
Hi,Posting a message after a while. I see that you have read 'Wolf Hall' and are planning to read 'Small Island'.I loved 'Small Island' (although at times felt that it meandered a bit). I had never heard of Andrea Levy until she won a literary award for this novel. She has written a few novels before, which I then ordered, and liked them even more. There is an early novel of hers entitled, 'All Lights in the House Burnin'', which is my favourite.I bought Wolf Hall last year, obviously because it won the Booker. I have read a couple of earlier novels of Mantel of which 'Beyond Black' is very good. She published a memoir entitled 'Giving up the Ghost' a few years ago. She had a very strange childhood. I was a bit daunted by the size of Wolf Hall. (If a book has more than five hundred pages, I prefer if the print is large:))Of the books I have read recently I thoroughly enjoyed Barbara Kingsglover's 'The Lacuna', and another novel called 'The Slap' written by someone called Christos Tsiolkas. 'The Lacuna' is superb.I read an interesting memoir entitled, 'Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in New India', written by a second generation Indian (with a degree in Journalism from Harvard) called Anita Jain, who immigrated to India (Delhi) to find a husband. Very well written, often funny, honest, and shorn of prejudices. Take care.
hi,looked around at bookstalls at airports. will come across some time. we will see. presently i am thinking of Gauhar Khan.will she be as good as Music Room ? Namita's new book does not inspire me much. what about you? though have read review yet Music Room can not be connected to anything else which is not related to music. kink in my mind i suppose.
Don't worry but if you want to change your mind on your only vote then you can do that later, just delete the others. As for the permalink. Permalink gives a blue link to another discussion that will show up in your post. What you do is hit the permalink button under that discussion you want to post within. Then go up to the search window on your browser and highlight and copy it. Then paste that address within your post. You wont see it turn blue until you click out and go back into the discussion and then you will see it has turned blue. It is a little confusing and confusing to explain but once you experiment a few times it is really easy.keep in toucherin
Hi AmrightI am an admin in the Historical Fiction Group. I wanted to let you know that in the voting thread for the November Group read every member gets one vote. Your vote was for Romancing Miss Bronte. I wanted to let you know that your second vote for Children's Book was deleted. If you would rather vote for Children's Book then you can delete your vote for Romancing Miss Bronte. I just wanted to drop you a note so you know why I deleted your second choice. It makes it easier for the admins to count and announce a winner.thankserin
i too am planning to read kaifi and i . did not see on book shelfs at airports. this current book encompasses all that goes on before, during and after war. there is fair coverage of emotions of family, soldier and country all rolled in one. i recommend it.
yes right but one has a unique feeling when in library surrounded by loudly silent books seeking attention and book lovers hovering over some of them as if to balm them. that is missing
oh hi,out on an unusual (unusal because it is so rare to get leave) holiday to USA. and those good libraries out here coax you to get cozy with books. when you have time with you , you do what you love to do best. but suprisingly the footfall at libraries are so thin. where are book loving Americans spending their time ?
