The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Title:Namesake Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Paperback: 291 pages Publisher: Mariner Books; First edition (September 1, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0618485228 ISBN-13: 978-0618485222 Synopsis: Ashoke and Ashima natives of Calcutta move to United States after their arranged marriage in India.Ashoke is a PhD student at MIT , soon after Ashima gives birth to a son .They are undecided about theirs child’s name , ultimately relying on a postal...

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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Title :Memoirs of a Geisha  Author : Arthur Golden Paperback: 434 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: B002LAYWEC  Publisher: Vintage; Vintage contemporaries ed edition (November 9, 1999)  Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc Language: English Synopsis : Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden is a book about Geisha ( Japanese women entertainer ) who sing, dance , talk and keep men company in order to entertain them.Chiyo...

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Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami

"Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits" by Laila Lalami provides a view on a different world. This book narrates the struggles of four Moroccans who attempt the 14-kilometer journey across the Strait of Gibraltar into Spain, to find better employment and better conditions for themselves and their families. I like the way Lalami structured her book, providing glimpses of each person's story both before and after the crossing. The book opens with...

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The Sculptress by Minette Walters

The Sculptress by Minette Walters  is surely one of the best a fascinating psychological crime thriller.It's been a while I read this book but I still remember that  I was unable to put it down It is so engrossing that I kept on  turning pages as to know what will happen next. The book is about Olive Martin, a huge obese woman who was found with the dead bodies of her mother and younger sister, she pleaded guilty to murder at...

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Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan

Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan is simple to read book set in pre Independence days of India  in a fictional town Malgudi.The author's style of writing is simple , humorous and subtle still so real. It took me back to my childhood memories of school where in little things used to look like huge problems. The story narrates events in life of Swami and his friends Rajam and Mani  as how they became friends their mischief at school...

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help  is an amazing first  book by Kathryn Stockett , it was quite engrossing , I loved reading it till the end as the story developed. The book is about black maids in  Jackson, MS in the early 1960s where the Civil Rights movement was getting  heated.Skeeter Phelan, is a young white woman just graduated from college and wishes to write. She wants to create a novel based on interviews with the black maids .No one wants...

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The Fall by Ryan Quinn

First of all I would like to thank the author for hosting a Giveaway on Goodreads and for sending me the advanced e reader copy. The Fall by Ryan Quinn is story of three friends at University in Florence. Haile wants to break free of her controlling mother and find out what she really wants from life and ability to make her own decisions.  Ian is a film buff who is struggling with being comfortable with who he is and who he thinks others...

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Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued: A Woman's Guide to Unblocking Creativity

A Woman's Guide to Unblocking Creativity by Susan O'Doherty is a self help book especially for women who are experiencing  barriers to their creativity.In This book Susan takes you through stories of 5 women and herself and tells you how to liberate yourself and find creative side of your personality.The book starts with the positive and negative comments we get from our family from early years and impact it has on our creativity.In order to...

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The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is one of the popular self help books which is based on law of attraction  it.It's motivational and an inspiring read and gives HOPE to its reader .It focuses on positive attitude in life, in our thoughts and actions.Being Positive is the only way to go in life and I recommend this book to a...

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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie's  "And Then There Were None" Is a suspensful murder mystery.The host U.N Owen invites 10 strangers to an isolated island who have committed murders in their lives but they can never be caught by the law as there is no proof of their crimes.Eventually one person after other dies in the story and you don't know who is doing it. All people start suspecting each other and there is hate , suspicion confusion in each of their minds.The...

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

This is a truly magnificent book.One of the very best stories I have ever read,it is so beautifully written.It takes place during the last thirty years of  history in Afghanistan, and deals with a family and their love for each other and for their country. The book centers on two children: Amir, son of a prosperous Kabul businessman and Hassan son of his longtime servant. The two boys grow up together , constant companions despite...

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

I had picked up the Da Vinci Code few years back but left it in between,last week I decided to reread it again and I completed it this time. The book is based on Christianity and its belief , it talks about a Holy Grail an alternative reality of Jesus Christ .The books starts with a murder of Louvre  museum curator "Jacques Saunière" in Paris, Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist, along with granddaughter of Jacques Saunière, Sophie Neveu...

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Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

I was given  this book by a friend of mine and it was the first Paulo Coelho book that I had read and enjoyed his writing style.  The Book is about a girl Maria who was born in an ordinary family in a Brazilian village, dreamt of ‘prince charming’ since her childhood, fallen in love few times but always left broken hearted. After a long time, she came to the conclusion that ‘men brought only pain, frustration and suffering . She accepts...

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The Girl in the Italian Bakery by Kenneth Tingle

I had this book on my Kindle, so while browsing through books for my next read I came upon this and thought of reading its reviews which I found  interesting and all the more its based out in Lawrence,MA which is kind of close to the place where I'm residing these days.Hence I decide to read it. The book is about Kenny Tingle and his family which comprises to of his two elder brothers Gary , Tommy and his mom.He is raised by single mother...

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1001 List

 There are now three editions of the 1001 list, with 1294 titles on all three lists.    The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (2010) [France, French]     The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt (2010) [UK, English]     Invisible by Paul Auster (2010) [USA, English]     American Rust by Philipp Meyer (2010) [USA, English]     Cost: A Novel by Roxana Robinson (2010)...

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