Category: Review
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English Vinglish Happy Vappy
So we head out, my sis in law and a couple of friends late last night to catch Engli-Vingli as Pattani insisted on calling it. We reached the theater, settled in and waited for the promos to finish and the movie to start. Start it did to the hustle and bustle of everyday life in…
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To the moon and back
Thursday night. The clock showed 9:03 PM. Kids were in bed. Saathi zoned out in front of the TV while I leaned back on the recliner with a book in hand. A week back, in conversation with a friend the topic veered to books and she said if there was one book that epitomized Romance…
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The Help
I read “The Help” on Kindle courtesy my library. I liked the book but put off writing a review to see how much of it stayed with me after a few weeks. It has been almost a month since and all that remains is a feeling that I enjoyed it. So I try hard to…
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iChanged the world!
The clock showed 2:00 AM. I sat back and closed my eyes for a few minutes before I went to bed. I had just finished reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. I loved the book. It was a fast read considering the technical and business nature of most chapters. It is a book that…
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Book Review – A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
I closed the book a little after midnight yesterday. My heart was heavy and sleep eluded me. I started the book A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry after I found it in my bookshelf this past Friday. The cover was muted. I read the book in stages. At bedtime. In the evening absent mindedly watching the girls.…
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Movies and more!
This past weekend was a record for me. I caught three movies. Yes! three movies. I watched Sweet home Alabama, Julie and Julia and True Grit. Julie and Julia spoke out to me the most for varied reasons. Two scenes stood out for me. One in which Julia and Paul walk by linking hands and…
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An open mind equals a fun experience
Running behind active toddlers in a narrow aisle inside our local desi grocers, we were all set to leave when the owner pulled out a brand new tamil DVD. You are the first to have this she beamed slicing open the shiny plastic wrap. Singam proclaimed the front cover with a rather smart Surya sporting…
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Unaccustomed Earth – My thoughts.
I finally got through and finished the book yesterday. Closing the book, I felt a mix of emotions. I loved Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing style yet there was something about that book that felt incomplete. Not sure if it was because I was expecting something more from the loose trilogy that ended the book. Now that…
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A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Husseini – A Review
In keeping with the rules of Thoughtful Thursdays, here is my review of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Husseini. A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of Mariam and Laila. It is the story of Rasheed the husband they share and the children Aziza and Zalmai. The book is divided into four parts. The first is…
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Book review – Eat pray love
I finally finished reading the book. Yayy!! To recap, starting with this post here, three weeks later than scheduled, here is my take on the book “Eat Pray Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. The book is 333 pages long, divided into three sections each covering the author’s travels in Italy, India and Indonesia. The typeset is…