I was never an avid book lover as a kid or teenager much against efforts on part of my elder sister and father. In college I joined the British Council Library in Delhi but visited it only a few times. It was during my MSc days when I was staying in a hostel that I first started grabbing hold of whatever few books that our mini hostel library had.
While packing my bags for coming to Uppsala I had to leave my small collection of books behind. Afraid that I wouldn't know how to pass time in the first few days in a new city I bought three books at the Chennai airport just before boarding my flight. The hotel where I stayed for five months kept some books at the reception. Though most of them were in Swedish, a few of them were in English. When I shifted to a new locality in April I discovered a library close by. Since then I have been issuing and reading books ever so often.
As the number of books is limited I am no longer choosy. Below is the list of books that I have read during my stay here. The stories do not belong to any particular genre. I have read a mix of chit-lit, serious, fun, and mystery books. I plan to share my thoughts on the readability factor of these books through a series of posts.
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffery Archer
3. Stilettos in the Boardroom by Shruti Saxena
4. The Last Testament by Sam Bourne
5. Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
6. One Day by David Nicholls
7. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
8. Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
9. Breaking the Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford
10. The Three Day Rule by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
11. This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
12. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
13. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
14. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
15. History of Love by Nicole Krauss
16. Kiss, Kiss by Roald Dahl
17. Run for Your Life by James Patterson
18. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
19. Her by Laura Zigman
20. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
21. Custody by Manju Kapur
22. Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
23. Everything You Know by Zoe Heller
24. Change Baby by June Spence
25. Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
26. Shout Down the Moon by Lisa Tucker
27. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, and Marriage by Alice Munro
28. The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
29. Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
30. Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
31. Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
32. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
33. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
34. A Season to Remember by Sheila O'Flanagan
35. Revenge of the Middle-aged Woman by Elisabeth Buchan
36. Felllowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkein
37. Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali
38. The Litigators by John Grisham
39. The Appeal by John Grisham
The above list will only continue to grow, so keep coming back.
While packing my bags for coming to Uppsala I had to leave my small collection of books behind. Afraid that I wouldn't know how to pass time in the first few days in a new city I bought three books at the Chennai airport just before boarding my flight. The hotel where I stayed for five months kept some books at the reception. Though most of them were in Swedish, a few of them were in English. When I shifted to a new locality in April I discovered a library close by. Since then I have been issuing and reading books ever so often.
As the number of books is limited I am no longer choosy. Below is the list of books that I have read during my stay here. The stories do not belong to any particular genre. I have read a mix of chit-lit, serious, fun, and mystery books. I plan to share my thoughts on the readability factor of these books through a series of posts.
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffery Archer
3. Stilettos in the Boardroom by Shruti Saxena
4. The Last Testament by Sam Bourne
5. Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
6. One Day by David Nicholls
7. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
8. Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
9. Breaking the Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford
10. The Three Day Rule by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
11. This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
12. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
13. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
14. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
15. History of Love by Nicole Krauss
16. Kiss, Kiss by Roald Dahl
17. Run for Your Life by James Patterson
18. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
19. Her by Laura Zigman
20. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
21. Custody by Manju Kapur
22. Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
23. Everything You Know by Zoe Heller
24. Change Baby by June Spence
25. Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
26. Shout Down the Moon by Lisa Tucker
27. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, and Marriage by Alice Munro
28. The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
29. Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
30. Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
31. Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
32. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
33. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
34. A Season to Remember by Sheila O'Flanagan
35. Revenge of the Middle-aged Woman by Elisabeth Buchan
36. Felllowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkein
37. Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali
38. The Litigators by John Grisham
39. The Appeal by John Grisham
The above list will only continue to grow, so keep coming back.
