I have been able to salvage my reading habit a bit this month after long time. I would consider I do have a decent appetite for reading books. My interests mostly reside in non-fiction and court room drama occasionally spilling onto other genres as well. I will give a list of some of the works I enjoyed towards the end of this point.
The reason and timing for this post couldnt have been better. I have always been a fan of John Grisham's works. Being a lawyer, almost all of his books I have read till now are court room dramas. What attracted me to his works are usually his theme - a typically-broke lawyer "the underdog" takes on a mighty and corrupt business and exposes its corruption in a court. The honest win and the corrupt loose. This somewhat pro-underdog or liberal theme of his works coupled with my socialist sympathy and capitalistic apathy to some extent have always made reading his work very exciting and satisfying.
Finished his book "The Appeal" yesterday after a week -- call it coincidence, the timing could not have been better. It was deviating a bit from his usual theme and it could not have come at a more opportune time when big wigs like AIG etc are bringing the economy to its knees, wasting tax payers dollars, leaving a still-unborn generation with himalayan debts and breaking innocent families' setups. What boiled my temper more was some AIG big heads calling it quits because they cant get bonuses. If millions of people loose jobs for no fault of theirs, forgoing bonus is nothing compared to what these mess-creaters actually owe to the society. Anyways, I can go on ranting on these. Back to my book, its a good read.
Recommendation from what I have read -
The reason and timing for this post couldnt have been better. I have always been a fan of John Grisham's works. Being a lawyer, almost all of his books I have read till now are court room dramas. What attracted me to his works are usually his theme - a typically-broke lawyer "the underdog" takes on a mighty and corrupt business and exposes its corruption in a court. The honest win and the corrupt loose. This somewhat pro-underdog or liberal theme of his works coupled with my socialist sympathy and capitalistic apathy to some extent have always made reading his work very exciting and satisfying.
Finished his book "The Appeal" yesterday after a week -- call it coincidence, the timing could not have been better. It was deviating a bit from his usual theme and it could not have come at a more opportune time when big wigs like AIG etc are bringing the economy to its knees, wasting tax payers dollars, leaving a still-unborn generation with himalayan debts and breaking innocent families' setups. What boiled my temper more was some AIG big heads calling it quits because they cant get bonuses. If millions of people loose jobs for no fault of theirs, forgoing bonus is nothing compared to what these mess-creaters actually owe to the society. Anyways, I can go on ranting on these. Back to my book, its a good read.
Recommendation from what I have read -
- John Grisham - RainMaker (the best of all), The last Juror, Firm, The partner, The Broker, The Appeal.
- Jurassic Park - The book by Michael Crichton.
- Jefferey Archer - First Among Equals, A matter of Honor. (lot of other books are literally fashioned after his Kane and Abel and hence stopped reading him after that).
- Made in Japan - Akio Morita - Non Fiction
- All Harry Potter books - 4 and 5 will be bit boring but you have to go through it to enjoy 6 and 7. Seven was amazing to say the least.
If you are interested in Tamil, here are is my all time favorite - "Naan Krishnadeva Rayan" - by RKRangarajan. Kalki's works are breath taking as well. Definitely recommend his short stories and "Parthiban Kanavu" (presented by my friend Venky for my wedding). Havent yet gotten to his magnum opus "Sivakamiyin Sabadam".
I asked for my 2.5yr old to pose for a picture for this post. He is not that interested in posing for a camera. When I asked him to sit here, do this etc etc, he let out a sigh and said in his baby-ish accent "paduththal..paduththal" - a term, meaning trouble, that sometimes his maternal grandma uses to refer him as when he creates trouble. It was one cute timely remark.
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