I have just took up Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories (James Bond 007) and though I would generally wait to write about it till I finished the book, this one has thrown me off the beaten track. I bought this book because I wanted to see for myself how Fleming had set about [...]
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Befuddled with Bond
Posted in bookworm on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chick lit for the soul
Posted in bookworm, musings on December 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Though my pseudo-intellectual self is loathe to admit it, Chick lit is my junk-food treat in my reading platter. Every time I finish one , I ask myself if my time spent on such a mindless pursuit of 200+ pages would be worth better spent on Pamuks & Hosseinis who undoubtedly fill me with longer wholesome [...]
Back to Old Habits….
Posted in bookworm on October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After spending a small fortune early this year on books, not all of them were classified as books as which I would be proud to buy, I made a resolution to join a library and cut my expenditure especially on pulp-fiction..which is anyways like a literal junk trip…. I stuck to that resolution for more [...]