Hey readers, how is it going on with you? I am super-busy here what with having to write an article for the ICFAI Charter magazine, composing questions for FRM 2008 and simultaneously working on 2 top-secret (not defense level) projects! Besides, having to constantly go up against my IT team and the HR guys here at office and I got my hands full! And oh, I forgot to add the bit about me missing out on my reading and the arrival of my cousins, along with their daughters, for the summer vacations! All in all, life sure is super crazy / busy / fun at the moment!
I hope to share with you more on my secret projects in the days to come – provided my efforts bear fruit! Else, it will all go down the toilet with not even a trace left for you to ponder over! Meanwhile, work at office is exciting – got 2 downgrade/upgrade calls right on the button! But heck, this isn’t the place to discuss my work, is it? Oh, and are any of you wondering why I haven’t published any photos from Canon S5 camera that I dedicated so much space to a month back?
Well, frankly, though I do have a lot of photos on the camera, the net connection at home has been nothing short of pathetic – I am using Reliance’s NetConnect and man, the speed is not only super slow, but it also takes an eternity to open a page! I am super tired and fed up of the slow connection – I’ll upload a bevy of photos once I get a new connection – probably sometime next month.
By the way, I have finished reading James Patterson’s Hide and Seek – I might be tempted to write a review of this book sometime during the weekend! ‘Til next time, take care and play safe!
Showing posts with label James Patterson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Patterson. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Sundays at Tiffany's -- The Book Review
"I miss you already" .. Or so said Michael and now a few hours after finishing the book, I feel a similar longing in my heart: I am already missing James Patterson's Sundays at Tiffany's (co-written with) Gabriel Charbonnet). Apart from Love story and then Oliver's Story, no other romantic book has been able to capture my attention like this one. And what a splendid write-up this book was!
Now I associate James Patterson normally with novels centered around crime, mystery and serial killers. James Patterson has produced some awesome fictional characters - Alex Cross, The Women's Murder Club and the Maximum Ride series. So, this novel was a bit of a pleasant shocker for me. I mean, the romance genre is as far and as diverse as he could manage. Now, I am no romantic - The only romantic novels I ever read were Erich Segal's Love Story and Oliver's Story. Both of these were great novels, so simply, eloquently and emotionally written. And something told me that this novel might turn out to be just as good, despite romance not being the author's forte (at least, with the number of novels published in the serial killer and mystery genre, no one can question his knack for getting the chill across).
Now getting back to the book, the story trails the life of a young girl whose world is built around an imaginary friend. Actually, saying that it trails the life of Jane is a bit of a misnomer -- The book is only about the aprt where Michael has to leave Jane when she turns 9 and then the second aprt deals with how Michael and Jane are reunited. However, nothing has been mentioned of the interim period when the imaginary friend leaves the young kid and by a quirky twist of fate, is reunited with the now grown-up girl Jane. I am actually thankful to the author for not dragging the book or making it too complicated. Besides Jane and Michael, there are only a handful of characters to deal with and with a crisp writing style, you can't just help but keep turning the pages one after another. Though readers may find the other characters quite sterotyped and atypical, it's the girl and her imaginary friend who grasp the attention of the readers from Page 1.
Most romantic novels have a happy ending yet after going through Eric Segal's Love Story and Oliver's Story, I know that happy endings are not a must. And with the way this book has been composed, it had a surreal feeling about it all throughout! And yet there is always the feleing that this was just the sweetener, somewhere somehow the author will lose the plot and make a mess of this fine love story. But credit to both the authors for maintaining, sustaining and ultimately delivering one of the most suspensefully joyful endings I've stumbled across!
I'll suggest all readers to try this book at least once; if not buy it then just go to the coffee shop somewhere in the bookshop and devote a spare hour to this novel. I am sure you'll be hooked to the novel and ultimately, just like me, you too will start missing the book once it's over!
N.B.: Just a word of caution: Do not go in expecting a lot of complicated stuff or a flood of emotions from the book, it's written very simply and hence it's imperative that you treat it like a simple book too! Try and feel the undercurrents of love flowing through the book. Though the authors could have tried harder and made the other characters feel a bit more real and wanted, I am nonetheless pleased with the book and well... Yes, I've been missing it already! ... sigh ...
Now I associate James Patterson normally with novels centered around crime, mystery and serial killers. James Patterson has produced some awesome fictional characters - Alex Cross, The Women's Murder Club and the Maximum Ride series. So, this novel was a bit of a pleasant shocker for me. I mean, the romance genre is as far and as diverse as he could manage. Now, I am no romantic - The only romantic novels I ever read were Erich Segal's Love Story and Oliver's Story. Both of these were great novels, so simply, eloquently and emotionally written. And something told me that this novel might turn out to be just as good, despite romance not being the author's forte (at least, with the number of novels published in the serial killer and mystery genre, no one can question his knack for getting the chill across).
Now getting back to the book, the story trails the life of a young girl whose world is built around an imaginary friend. Actually, saying that it trails the life of Jane is a bit of a misnomer -- The book is only about the aprt where Michael has to leave Jane when she turns 9 and then the second aprt deals with how Michael and Jane are reunited. However, nothing has been mentioned of the interim period when the imaginary friend leaves the young kid and by a quirky twist of fate, is reunited with the now grown-up girl Jane. I am actually thankful to the author for not dragging the book or making it too complicated. Besides Jane and Michael, there are only a handful of characters to deal with and with a crisp writing style, you can't just help but keep turning the pages one after another. Though readers may find the other characters quite sterotyped and atypical, it's the girl and her imaginary friend who grasp the attention of the readers from Page 1.
Most romantic novels have a happy ending yet after going through Eric Segal's Love Story and Oliver's Story, I know that happy endings are not a must. And with the way this book has been composed, it had a surreal feeling about it all throughout! And yet there is always the feleing that this was just the sweetener, somewhere somehow the author will lose the plot and make a mess of this fine love story. But credit to both the authors for maintaining, sustaining and ultimately delivering one of the most suspensefully joyful endings I've stumbled across!
I'll suggest all readers to try this book at least once; if not buy it then just go to the coffee shop somewhere in the bookshop and devote a spare hour to this novel. I am sure you'll be hooked to the novel and ultimately, just like me, you too will start missing the book once it's over!
N.B.: Just a word of caution: Do not go in expecting a lot of complicated stuff or a flood of emotions from the book, it's written very simply and hence it's imperative that you treat it like a simple book too! Try and feel the undercurrents of love flowing through the book. Though the authors could have tried harder and made the other characters feel a bit more real and wanted, I am nonetheless pleased with the book and well... Yes, I've been missing it already! ... sigh ...
Saturday, March 22, 2008
A weekend drawing to an end!
Hey guys, so how did the Holi weekend go?? Hope you all feasted on the lovely items being cooked around at this time of the year while still remaining recognizable?? Ha ha, with all the chemical colours flying around, I am not sure how true this will be! Anyways, I finally had an awesome weekend, just the way I like it!
Going to bed after midnight these past few nights, I've managed to stay in bed till 9:30 am! After that a quick shower, followed by a yummy breakfast, fruits and then an early lunch and I am back in bed by 1 p.m. !! Finally waking up around 6 pm to an arousing aroma of coffee filtering in through the kitchen and answering the numerous calls on the landline and an occasional friendly call on the cell!!
Meanwhile, I have been doing nothing but lazing around, eating, sleeping and reading novels! These days, I'm hooked on to James Patterson. I quite enjoy his way of writing and most importantly, his topic -- Serial Killers! It's amazing at times to dwelve a bit deeper into the psychology of these killers and the ones who catch them!
Finished off Honeymoon and Jack and Jill (yep, the one featuring his most lovable and awe-inspiringcharacter Alex Cross) in the two offs which I've enjoyed so far but I've left myself with nothing to read for tomorrow. Lets see what I'll do -- maybe go around town with a couple of friends! N hey, do check out his profile -- he writes well, and very often!
By the way, out of the 11 novel published in the Alex Cross series, I've only read 4 till now! So, now my eyes are all set on the xt book in this enthralling Series: Cat and Mouse .. Read the excerpt, I am sure you too will get hooked to it!
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