<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782357</id><updated>2011-10-27T11:42:32.793-07:00</updated><category term='2010'/><category term='tag'/><category term='fiction'/><category term='books'/><title type='text'>Books, books, books.</title><subtitle type='html'>Perhaps we didn't discuss books enough. Perhaps you wish to know what I was like when I was young. The kind of books I read...did I like romance better or humor? What genre did I love reading? And maybe you will take a look at this list and feel you have known me better...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>RS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11472333363851646195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r3MyXMyVVQg/SRZcqIPffsI/AAAAAAAAB68/ckAAhae-TMQ/S220/bangle.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782357.post-4525621922272752753</id><published>2010-08-04T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T08:17:43.119-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010'/><title type='text'>Books I read in 2010 contd.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ill-Mature-When-Dead-Adulthood/dp/039915650X?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=039915650X&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Shopaholic-Novel-Sophie-Kinsella/dp/0385342047?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Mini Shopaholic: A Novel" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0385342047&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0385342047" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Into-Thin-Air-Personal-Disaster/dp/B001HMDGWY?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=B001HMDGWY&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B001HMDGWY" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Forgotten-Nothing-Lost-Novel/dp/0393063062?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost: A Novel" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0393063062&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0393063062" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Julia-Roberts/dp/B0042816YK?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Eat Pray Love" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=B0042816YK&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B0042816YK" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Real-Dont-Primroses-alpine-style-ascent/dp/8186211845?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Real Men Don't Pick Primroses (on an alpine-style ascent)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=8186211845&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=8186211845" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/2-States-Story-My-Marriage/dp/8129115301?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="2 States: The Story of My Marriage" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=8129115301&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=8129115301" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Project-Morning-Aristotle-Generally/dp/0061583251?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0061583251&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0061583251" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=039915650X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Eyes-Her-Red-Dress/dp/0373895518?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;link_code=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="All Eyes on Her (Red Dress Ink)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0373895518&amp;amp;tag=iamthatmom-20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iamthatmom-20&amp;amp;l=bil&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0373895518" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notes:&lt;br /&gt;Into thin air -- Haunting book, hard to get out of my head...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mini-shopaholic -- fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22782357-4525621922272752753?l=books-and-me.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/4525621922272752753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/4525621922272752753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/2010/08/books-i-read-in-2010-contd.html' title='Books I read in 2010 contd.'/><author><name>RS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11472333363851646195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r3MyXMyVVQg/SRZcqIPffsI/AAAAAAAAB68/ckAAhae-TMQ/S220/bangle.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782357.post-114053580152509151</id><published>2007-07-13T19:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-04T08:20:03.072-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Recently-Read</title><content type='html'>2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;May - If I could tell you - Soumya Bhattacharya &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March - As it was written - Sujatha Hampton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March - Happiest toddler in the block - Harvey Karp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March - Sleeping arrangemtns - Madeliene Wickam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2010 - The everything parent's guide to vaccines - Leslie Young&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2010 - Jemima J - Jane Greene&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2010 - Something blue - Emily Giffin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2009 - You are here - Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;December 2009 - Cocktails for three - Madeleine Wickam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2009 - The Mistress - Anita Nair&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;November 2009 - Bridget Jones's diary - Helen Fielding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2009 - Babyville - Jane Greene&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2009 - Good in bed - Jennifer Weiner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;October 2009 - Best friends forever - Jennifer Weiner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2009 - This is where I leave you - Jonathan Tropper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2009 - The secret life of bees - Sue Monk Kidd&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;September 2009 - Charlotte's web - E.B.White&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;August 2009 - The other side of the story - Marian Keyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2009 - Twenties girl - Sophie Kinsella&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2009 - Love the one you're with - Emily Griffin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;July 2009 - This charming man - Marian Keyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2009 - Sundays at Tiffany's - James Patterson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2009 - The men I didn't marry - Janice Kaplan, Lynn Schnurberger&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;June 2009 - Climbing the stairs - Padma Venkatraman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;May 2009 - Sputnik sweetheart - Haruki Murakami&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2009 - Remember me? - Sophie Kinsella&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2009 - The no-cry sleep solution - Elizabeth Pantley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;April 2009 - The baby whisperer solves all your problems - Tracy Hogg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2009 - The thyroid solution - Ridha Arem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2009 - The design of everyday things - Donald A.Norman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;March 2009 - The camera my mother gave me - Susanna Kaysen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/8/2009 - Many masters, many lives - Brian Weiss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/3/2009 - Krishnavatara I (The magic flute) - K.M.Munshi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2009 - Marley and me - John Grogan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 2009 - The white tiger - Aravinda Adiga&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;9/22/2008 - Forever Dawn - Stephenie Meyer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9/21/2008 - Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer (3 books in 3 days!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9/20/2008 - New Moon - Stephenie Meyer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9/19/2008 - Twilight - Stephenie Meyer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9/2008 - The Vaccine Book - Robert Sears&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8/2008 - Five point someone - Chetan Bhagat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8/2008 - Baby-proof - Emily Giffin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7/2008 - The undomestic goddess - Sophie Kinsella&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7/2008 - Serving crazy with curry - Amulya Malladi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6/2008 - Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5/2008 - Life isn't all ha ha hee hee - Meera Syal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5/2008 - Palace of Illusions - Chitra Divakaruni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/2008 - Olivia Joules and the overactive imagination - Helen Fielding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/2008 - The green book - Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/2008 - High Fidelity - Nick Hornby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3/2008 - Wings of Fire: An autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam - Arun Tiwari and Abul Kalam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3/2008 - Thirtynothing - Lisa Jewell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/2008 - What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations - &lt;span class="author"&gt;Stephanie Cave, M.D., F. A.A.F.P., Deborah Mitchell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/2008 - The village bride of Beverly Hills - Kavita Daswani&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/2008 - Shopaholic &amp;amp; baby - Sophie Kinsella (Yay! 3 books in 3 days!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/2008 - Queen of Dreams - Chitra Divakaruni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/2008 - For Matrimonial Purposes - Kavita Daswani&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2008 - Next - Michael Crichton&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;12/2007 - Home Safe Home - Debra Lynn Dadd&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;12/2007 - Notes to myself - Hugh Prather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;11/2007 - The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10/2007 - The four-hour work-week - Timothy Ferris&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9/2007 - Chasing life - Sanjay Gupta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8/2007 - The house of blue mangoes - David Davidar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7/2007 - Darjeeling - Bharti Kirchner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7/2007 - Pastries - Bharti Kirchner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6/2007 - Maximum City - Suketu Mehta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6/2007 - Woe is I - Patricia T. O'Conner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5/2007 - The Grouchy Grammarian - Thomas Parrish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/2007 - Jasmine - Bharati Mukherjee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/2007 - Super Foods: Fourteen Foods that will Change Your Life by Steven Pratt, M.D &amp;amp; Kathy Matthews&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/2007 - Eating with Conscience: Bioethics for Consumers - by Fox&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3/30/2007 Stumbling on happiness - Daniel Gilbert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3/15/2007 The inheritance of loss - Kiran Desai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2/12/2007 Lisey's story - Stephen King&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2007 The female brain - Louann Md Brizendine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2007 Be happy or I'll scream - Sheri Lynch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;12/2006 FengShui for modern living - Stephen Skinner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;12/2006   Desirable Daughters - Bharti Mukherjee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;11/28/06 Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;7/06 The Devil Wears Prada - Laura Weisenberg&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;7/6/06 God's Debris - Scott Adams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6/06 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5/06 Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (Second time down!)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5/15/06 How Opal Mehta got kissed, got wild and got a life! - Kaavya Vishwanathan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/9/06 Can you keep a secret? -  Sophie Kinsella&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4/3/06 The Nanny diaries -  Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mistress of Spices - Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Alchemist - Paul Coehlo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Freakonomics - Steven Levitt &amp;amp; Stephen Dubner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sister of my heart - Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vine of desire - Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bombay Time - Thrity Umrikar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Unknown Errors of our lives - Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Diary of a young girl - Anne Frank&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The curious incident of the dog in the night time - Mark Haddon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Mango season - Amulya Malladi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Five people you meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stella in Heaven - Art Buchwald&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Separate Journeys - compiled by Geetha Dharmarajan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rich dad, poor dad - Robert T.Kiyosaki&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The shopaholic series - Sophie Kinsella&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22782357-114053580152509151?l=books-and-me.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/feeds/114053580152509151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22782357&amp;postID=114053580152509151' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/114053580152509151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/114053580152509151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/2006/02/recently-read.html' title='Recently-Read'/><author><name>RS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11472333363851646195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r3MyXMyVVQg/SRZcqIPffsI/AAAAAAAAB68/ckAAhae-TMQ/S220/bangle.JPG'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782357.post-3356607429100867784</id><published>2007-07-01T14:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T20:12:21.299-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiction'/><title type='text'>Book review meme - Darjeeling</title><content type='html'>For &lt;a href="http://sastwingees.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/1/3062595.html"&gt;Sukumar's&lt;/a&gt; tag:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darjeeling-Novel-Bharti-Kirchner/dp/0312316062"&gt;The aroma of tea accompanies the reader throughout the journey with this book&lt;/a&gt;. A grandmother trying to set things right in her very different grand-daughter's lives - Aloka, beautiful, delicate, talented and Sujatha -  independent, smart and rebellious...and the love of their lives, Pranab...and blending with these colorful characters is Darjeeling itself and it's tea. Bharti switches the scene effortlessly to the sisters' lives in America and how their grandmother draws them back together for an interesting finale...one of the best books I have read recently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I tag &lt;a href="http://subhashini.blogspot.com/"&gt;Subhashini&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://two-to-tango.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pradnya&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://parthp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Parth&lt;/a&gt;. Not sure whom else to tag :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22782357-3356607429100867784?l=books-and-me.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/3356607429100867784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/3356607429100867784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/2007/07/book-review-meme-darjeeling.html' title='Book review meme - Darjeeling'/><author><name>RS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11472333363851646195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r3MyXMyVVQg/SRZcqIPffsI/AAAAAAAAB68/ckAAhae-TMQ/S220/bangle.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782357.post-114053755871108730</id><published>2006-02-21T07:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T03:30:21.835-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My books and my thoughts!</title><content type='html'>Posts about books that stayed behind with me :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mosakutti.blogspot.com/2006/02/books-and-such.html" target="_blank"&gt;Indian authors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mosakutti.blogspot.com/2005/11/personal-legends-and-me.html" target="_blank"&gt;The Alchemist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mosakutti.blogspot.com/2005/11/entertaining.html" target="_blank"&gt;The Namesake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mosakutti.blogspot.com/2005/08/in-silence-of-night.html" target="_blank"&gt;Diary of a young girl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mosakutti.blogspot.com/2005/06/black-bachan-bibliomanics-books.html" target="_blank"&gt;Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mosakutti.blogspot.com/2005/06/treasure-hunts-joseph-beth-another.html" target="_blank"&gt;Book store&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stolenimpressions.blogspot.com/2006/02/tension-of-opposites.html" target="_blank"&gt;Tuesdays with Morrie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stolenimpressions.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-many-loves-there-are.html" target="_blank"&gt;Mistress of Spices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stolenimpressions.blogspot.com/2005/07/religion-for-all-right-reasons.html" target="_blank"&gt;Life of Pi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stolenimpressions.blogspot.com/2005/07/love-begins-like-thisperhaps.html" target="_blank"&gt;A suitable boy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stolenimpressions.blogspot.com/2006/02/theory-of-moral-sentiments.html" target="_blank"&gt;Freakonomics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22782357-114053755871108730?l=books-and-me.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/feeds/114053755871108730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22782357&amp;postID=114053755871108730' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/114053755871108730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/114053755871108730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/2006/02/my-books-and-my-thoughts.html' title='My books and my thoughts!'/><author><name>RS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11472333363851646195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r3MyXMyVVQg/SRZcqIPffsI/AAAAAAAAB68/ckAAhae-TMQ/S220/bangle.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782357.post-114053614733909818</id><published>2006-02-21T07:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T03:30:21.532-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Favourite Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Love story - Erich Segal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Doctors - Erich Segal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ice station zebra - Alistair MacLean&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;sphere - Michael Crichton&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prey - Michael Crichton&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The choice - Henry Denker&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Robert, My son - Henry Denker&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Yargo - Jacqueline Susann&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;If tomorrow comes - Sidney Sheldon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Airport - Arthur Hailey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monsoon diary - Shobha Narayanan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Malgudi days - R.K.Narayanan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jeeves Series - P.G.Wodehouse&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K.Rowling&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Writing a Novel - Nigel Watts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Emma - Jane Austen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22782357-114053614733909818?l=books-and-me.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/feeds/114053614733909818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22782357&amp;postID=114053614733909818' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/114053614733909818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22782357/posts/default/114053614733909818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://books-and-me.blogspot.com/2006/02/favourite-books.html' title='Favourite Books!'/><author><name>RS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11472333363851646195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r3MyXMyVVQg/SRZcqIPffsI/AAAAAAAAB68/ckAAhae-TMQ/S220/bangle.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
