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Review: New Moon - Twilight Saga Book 2

Posted by Chanakya on November 20th, 2008 under Book Review Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

New Moon is a fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is Meyer’s second novel in the Twilight saga. It is advised to read Twilight first. This book, unlike the previous entry, is about losing true love. It was originally published in hardcover in 2006.
The book begins with Bella turning 18, older than Edward and […]

Review: Twilight - Twilight Saga Book 1

Posted by Chanakya on October 28th, 2008 under Book Review Tags: , ,  •  3 Comments

Twilight is a vampire/romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer. 
Twilight series consists of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and yet unfinished Midnight Sun.
 I read in the news about this series after ‘Breaking Dawn’ was released and was a worldwide bestseller. It was a long wait in the public library and after I saw the […]

Book Review: A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer

Posted by Chanakya on October 8th, 2008 under Book Review Tags: , ,  •  2 Comments

With this post, I welcome aboard Zainab as a part of ChanakyaSpeaks. She is a vivacious reader and has diverse reading interests. ChanakyaSpeaks is fortunate to have her on board.

A Prisoner of Birth is a mystery novel by English author Jeffery Archer.

Having read many books by Jeffery Archer when I chanced upon this brand […]

Book Review: 3 cups of tea

Posted by Chanakya on September 21st, 2008 under Book Review Tags: ,  •  No Comments

This book review is been done by Zainab Mantri. I thank her for giving us a glimpse into such a sensitive topic.

Being an avid & picky fiction reader I do not have a particular liking for autobiographies & I had not heard about this book or its author, so I was a bit apprehensive […]

Book Review: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

Posted by Chanakya on September 4th, 2008 under Book Review Tags: ,  •  2 Comments

                                                     
Although I had learnt that Ramanujan was a genius yet I couldn’t appreciate his discoveries or inventions but as I read the book it compelled me to finish reading my very first autobiography.
The sub title of the book entirely captures his work.
The man who knew infinity
Yes, he was the man who knew infinity, who […]

Book Review: the 3 mistakes of my life by Chetan Bhagat

Posted by Chanakya on May 26th, 2008 under Book Review Tags: , , , ,  •  8 Comments

Yup! He is the same guy who had written “5 point someone” and “One night @ the call centre”. Chetan is an alum of IIT Delhi and IIMA and worked with some investment bank for years before turning to writing.
His “5 point someone” was a rage which connected well with the youth of the […]