My Year 2017 in Books

Another year is coming to an end. Like always, by intention or by chance, we tend to ponder and look behind over the year we have spent. We all have our own moments – While some make us sad, there are others which make us smile out of nowhere. Through all the lenses, there is one which never fail to bend my lips upwards in to a smile – “My lifeline: the kiddos” and then “BOOKS”.

Talking about the lifeline, kiddos are growing fast. While the elder one is learning to read – believe or not, I can-not be more proud when he shows interest in reading, the little one is learning to speak.

When it comes to my year in books, Goodreads did the work for me and gave me a decent view:

Of all the books, I read in the year, I posted the review on this blog for some of them (I know I should have done for all). Below are the links for the same.

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What I Liked About The Book:
1. Letters: The title made it impossible for me to pick it up.
2. Travel Story: The author has very easily managed to present life learning in form of a journey. All teachings were beautifully blended in the locations and their bearers.

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The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma

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I must mention that there is something about horses that almost all writer capture very easily. I could not help but imagine the "beautiful black stallion" at every mention.

I found the plot very crisp and the author did not took much pages to get to main scene. I could not stop reading ahead after that. The story has background of long long time back and thus I could very easily identify the generation gap in all areas - society, dressing up, studies, occupation and many other things.

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Book Review: Thicker than Water by Lexie Conyngham

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The imaginary sarcastic conversation with regard to lawyers statement derived from his own marriage when he tries to prove that the old servant had physical relations with the teenage girl was hilarious. I cannot stop smiling with surprise every-time the concept comes to my mind...

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Book Review - The Killing of Aarushi and The Murder of Justice by Rajesh Talwar

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What I Liked About The Book:
1. Short Book and thus short chapters having big font: Yes, the really like the books with font big enough to be read with naked eyes without much concentration. Full marks to the publishers for it.
2. Failure Scenarios: Generally, book like this skip the hardships people face while applying the underlying strategies or techniques. I really liked the part where Wes had trouble applying Whale Done Principles in his office. The detailing could have been better though.

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Whale Done!: The Power of Positive Relationships by Kenneth Blanchard Ph.D., Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins and Jim Ballard

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It was the title which attracted me to the book. I had no idea what "Pigeon Blood Red" meant until I found it's meaning in the book. The author has describe it in detail. It was only then I went to Google and searched for the precious Gem. According to WIKIPEDIA - "The brightest and most valuable shade of red called blood-red or pigeon blood, commands a large premium over other rubies of similar quality".

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Pigeon-Blood Red by Ed Duncan

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I am absolutely clueless about the content of Vedas. Thus, for me it was a pure fiction without any reference to compare to.

Reading about an era much older than we ever know stories about was quite interesting. Even the custom of marriage was not formalised! It was fun to read the pros and cons. The human nature has always been the same and there are may instances in the story which although belong to very very old times, but so aptly fit even today.

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Book Review-AVISHI - VISHPALA OF RIG VEDA REIMAGINED by Saiswaroopa Iyer

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I could also relate many instances of five-year-old Misry to my own kids. I could sense the pride of parents when they see their kids learning small things by themselves and the sad feeling when they realize that they are learning the lessons of life as well meaning, they are growing up.

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Book Review: Grow Up Messy by Paromita Goswami







Wait I am not done! The little one is not far behind from joining the book club. This is how he browse through the book shelf to choose the book he wants to see pictures in and then always settles on his – ‘tataa’ (Disney/Pixar Cars - "Mater's Tall Tales" and "Heavy Metal Mater and Other Tall Tales")