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May Meme: Classics Club Question #10

Teaser Tuesdays – One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I started reading this book over the weekend, and I absolutely love it so far. It’s full of some really beautiful writing, but here is a fairly light-hearted one.

He soon acquired the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians.

I LOLed at that one, even though I’m vegetarian. I know several friends who think the same…

And here’s another quote on aging and dying…

a process of aging had taken place in him that was so rapid and critical that soon he was being treated as one of those useless great-grandfathers who wander about the bedroom like shades, dragging their feet, remembering better times aloud, and whom no one bother about or remembers really until the morning they find them dead in their bed.

~ One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ouch! That sounds harsh but somewhere it rings true, doesn’t it? I suppose that’s what makes great writers great? The ability to discern and then be brave enough to tell the truth about life? What do you think?

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Mailbox Mondays: April 15, 2013

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Welcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Mari Reads.

I received an interesting set of books by different publishers this week.

The City of Devi by Manil Suri is an interesting book for sure. I am halfway into it, and it’s gripping and well-written. It’s a dystopia set in Mumbai and although I am not very fond of dystopian fiction, this one has certain interesting elements that make me want to keep on reading.
The Homing Pigeons by Sid Bahri comes highly recommended by Shashi Tharoor no less. I don’t know much about this book, but it sounds like a mature love story, and I am looking forward to reading it.
The Secrets of the Dark by Arka Chakravarthi is a Fantasy book based in India. It seems I haven’t had enough of Fantasy even after reading all the books in A Song of Ice and Fire series and so I signed up for this book without actually knowing anything about this book at all. Let’s see how it goes…

What books did you receive this week? What are you looking forward to reading?

Mailbox Mondays: April 1, 2013

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Welcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Mari Reads.

Last week, Random House India sent over the following books:

The Bat by Jo Nesbo – After a wonderful reading experience with Stieg Larsson’s Lizbeth Salander trilogy (see my reviews here, here, and here), I’m back for some more Scandinavian crime fiction. I’ve heard good things about Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series and I can’t wait to get started with The Bat – the first book in the series.
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs – I’ve read a couple of later books in the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs, but I hate reading books out of order as I am never vested in the character or story. So, here I am going back to the beginning of the series.
The Source by Ursula James – This book is a bit of a wild card for me. A book about magic that you can perform to improve your life? Sounds flaky, but after a rather stressful year and generally being in the dumps overall, maybe a little self-help book about bringing positivity into your life may do the trick? I sure hope so.

So, I’m pretty excited about the books I got. What books did you get and what are you looking forward to reading? Have you read any of the books I received?

Wordless Wednesdays: Krishna and his Two Mothers

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Snubnose does an art work of Krishna with his two mothers using oil pastels

A proud snubnose showing off her work

Teaser Tuesdays – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone.

I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live.

What exactly made it worth it? What’s so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What’s so great about feeling and dreaming?

~ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Very touching and moving book but also one of the saddest I ever read

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Teaser Tuesdays – Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

‘My job is to cure people, to cure them at the worst of times. I don’t decide when someone is going to die. He does.’ He raises his forefinger towards the ceiling.

Alice Bhatti looks at the ceiling fan in confusion: Put Your Faith in Philips, it says.

~ Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

This is one funny read. I love Hanif’s wonderful, sarcastic way with words.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Teaser Tuesdays – A Dance with Dragons

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A Dance with Dragons by George R.R.Martin

They were all dead now. Jory, old Ser Rodrik, Lord Eddard, Harwin and Hullen, Cayn and Desmond and Fat Tom, Alyn with his dreams of knighthood, Mikken who had given him his first real sword. Even Old Nan, like as not.

And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of Balon Greyjoy’s loins. Murdered at the Red Wedding, butchered by the Freys. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him.

A sad moment of regret by Theon Greyjoy, who is hopefully a reformed villain.

And here’s a tender moment between father and son villains from A Dance with Dragons LOL! Can you guess who they are?

Don’t make me rue the day I raped your mother.

What can I say…the villains always get the best lines

Quotes are from A Dance with Dragons, the fourth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R.Martin.

Btw, if you want to buy a copy of this book, check out Cuponation. They have some good coupons for use with Flipkart.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Mailbox Mondays: February 25, 2013

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Welcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Unabridged Chick.

Last week, Random House India sent over the following books:

Dear Life by Alice Munro – I have never read any Alice Munro before. I have read good reviews about her books though and I am excited to read and review this set of short stories. I have already finished reading the first two stories and I love her writing style.
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif – Last year, I read and loved A Case of Exploding Mangoes, which was Hanif’s debut novel. I can’t wait to see what he does with this second book.

What books did you get and what are you looking forward to reading? Have you read any of the books I received?

Teaser Tuesdays – The Beautiful and Damned

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The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald

A classic,’ suggested Anthony, ‘is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it’s safe, like a style in architecture or furniture. It’s acquired a picturesque dignity to take the place of its fashion.

~ The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald

I picked up this book from the shelf to keep it on my bedside reading table as a reminder that I plan to read this book in March as part of Allie’s Modern March Reading Event.

You know what happened next, right? I started on a few pages and before I knew it I am completely drawn into the book, and unless something distracts me, I will be well on the way to finishing it by the end of this month itself.

This is probably the first time I finish a reading event before the event even starts .

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!