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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

by Matthieu Ricard
- Rated 3 stars
“A Buddhist perspective on happiness with a lot of new scientific data.”

buoyant wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
The Winner Stands Alone: A Novel

by Paulo Coelho
- Rated 3 stars
“A quick read but leaves no impact- a weak thriller that just winds up tamely. PC is losing his touch methinks...”

buoyant wrote this review Tuesday, July 7 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Brida

by Paulo Coelho
- Rated 3 stars
“its a sweet story - fairy tale-ish - the way paulo can make a story. one is even willing to believe that people with tied earlobes have a 'gift'... and other such floozy beliefs... its an easy on the ear book.... great for rides and equally forgettable.”

buoyant wrote this review Tuesday, July 7 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Why Is God Laughing?: The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism

by Deepak Chopra
- Rated 3 stars
“Its an easy read filled with one liners and jokes but couched within are some spiritual insights like the way fear and ego hold us back, the soul connection, gods world and other concepts that may be familiar to DC readers but are still told refreshingly and one can do with reminders. Very american though- when will DC write an indian story??”

buoyant wrote this review Wednesday, December 3 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami
- Rated 4 stars
“i really was totally engaged by this book- it's a metaphorical story of the mind- its unreachable sections and its beauty. Read the book straight through. But you have to possibly like haruki murakami's brand of magical realism to like the book. Its on par with kafka on the shore and wind up bird chronicle. I am in awe of his inventiveness and finely calibrated writing style. Almost minimalistic.”

buoyant wrote this review Thursday, November 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts
- Rated 4 stars
“It draws you in with its very superbly written first few pages. Set in the underworld underbelly of mumbai, india, it traces the years an australian convict-on-the-run spends here. having lived in mumbai for 20 odd years, the world he presents was new yet highly likely to have existed and superimposed on the one i inhabited.

A thick book to read- with a cast of really well etched, interesting characters- its only flaw is a stretched ending. the last 200 pages became trying. But there is so much that is engaging for me to recco. the book”

buoyant wrote this review Monday, October 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Rated 3 stars
“A good read if chick lit is the mood. Its honest and sometimes funny look at searching and finding soul stuff. ”

buoyant wrote this review Sunday, October 19 2008. ( reply | permalink )
The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath
- Rated 5 stars
“its the only book that i think is written with blood- it connects because of its lucidity and power. A story of a young woman's hovering depression though what should have been wonderfully upbeat years.... Its so well crafted and worded that i sometimes think it beats her poetry- something she is far more famous for.”

buoyant wrote this review Wednesday, July 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert M. Pirsig
- Rated 3 stars
“though i read this twenty years back, i remember its effect on me- the strength of argument for quality, the amazing relationship with the machine and their (father's actually) mysterious past all made it incredible reading. Its one book that makes you look at philosophy with fresh eyes (i was a philosophy student then)”

buoyant wrote this review Friday, June 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Rated 0 stars
“Much as this book has been awarded a Booker, I found it painful reading... the ramblings of a butler of a english home and that too in long paragraphs of indulgent descriptions... i certainly missed whatever others see in the book. think this is a rare book where the film may be better!!”

buoyant wrote this review Wednesday, June 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )