Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2008

My Current Reads:- Enduring Love by Ian McEwan & The Appeal by John Grisham

After finishing the gripping novel "The Client" by JG, I have jumped on to his latest book.

As for Enduring Love, I started reading it because I watched Atonement recently, which was an adaptation of IM's novel "Atonement" in 2001.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

My Current Read:- The Client by John Grisham

This book is more than a decade old. It got released in 1994 but I get to read it only now. Am almost at the end of the novel. It's really gripping and certainly one of John's marvels. This novel has been adapted as a movie too. Am planning to watch the movie as well.

After this, I have got "Enduring Love" by Ian McEwan lined up. :)

Friday, November 23, 2007

My Current Read:- Alexander: Ends of the Earth

In a span of one month I have completed the trilogy of books on Alexander. It's been one roller-coaster ride to have known him, his passion to pursue his dreams and his vision for his men. The three volumes have been Child of a dream, Sands of Ammon and Ends of the Earth. What a king and a man he was. Amazing passion. He was undefeated until the end, and only because an unknown illness while returning back to his home country. Very unfortunate. His life story also teaches one about many virtues in life. Character integrity, humanity, belief in destiny, pursuing ones dreams. Amazing work by Valerio Messimo Manfredi. By the way, his companions were Hephaestion, Ptolemy, Perdiccas, Seleucus, Eumenes, Lysimachus and Leonattus, who all grew up together with him and took an oath to stay and follow him until the ends of the earth, until death and they stayed that way.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

My Current Read:- Alexander: Child of a dream

Alexander has learnt the lessons of life from Aristotle and has come back to Pella, his birth town. He has been made as Commander of the Vanguards and given a troop comprising of his closest friends Hephaestion, Seleucus, Ptolemy, Periccadus and others. He has experienced the real pleasure of love making with an experienced prostitute named Pancaspe.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

My Current Read:- Alexander: Child of a dream

I started reading this book because I am very interested in Greek Mythology and intrigued by it at times. A friend of mine, who is a voracious reader suggested to start with this one.

It's very interesting. Am at a phase when Alexander is 10, has made a "Until Death" friendship pact with Hephaestion and has saved a girl from the mines in Mount Pangoes and has named her Leptine.

To be honest, I never knew Cleopatra was Alexander's sister until I started reading this book! That shows my History skills ;)

And I am now much more intrigued by the Greek Gods Zeus, and specially Dionysus.

By the way, there is this Greek restaurant in Piccadilly Circus, London named after Dionysus. Try it out. I have and the food is amazing!