"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." Franz Kafka
For any author who would like his/her book to be reviewed, contact me. Poetry books too are solicited for reviewing. However, there are some genres I tend to avoid. Feel free to ask me.
gautami.tripathy[at]gmail.com
I must mention here that I read at my own pace and depending on my mood. Don't ask me to hurry.
What elements do you think lands a book in that ‘best’ category? Think of your top 5 best books and tune in next week to see the collated list.
For the best book category, there has to be some criterias. I think, great story line, good plotting, wonderful charactisation and plausible settings are essential. It has to hold interest till the end and also long after reading it.
I like to talk about good books to anyone who can listen to me. Mostly perfect strangers. It gives me high if someone buys a book on my recommendations.
I don't believe I can list 5 best books. I have too many in my list. However, in the recent weeks, I read the following great books:
The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Mind you these are only two books out of too many!
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Monday Mailbox is hosted by Marcia.
I did not receive anything this past week.
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In the past week:
I finished:
The Cutting by James Hayman
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
I am in midst of
none
I posted reviews of:
The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
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It is hard to name just 5 books that you love, isn't it? My book week was slow and I think next week will be even slower.
I'll be reading the Murderer's Daughters next week...can't wait!
I loved the two books you listed, although they would not make my top 5, and I agree it is very hard to pick.
But I gave it A GO! lol
I'm going to have to read this set.
Here is mine
I'm glad that you enjoyed The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. I personally found it a great disappointment, but I know I'm in a huge minority.
About time I visited...
The last novel I read (a few weeks ago) was The Tesseract by Alex Garland - author of The Beach.
I received one book last week and none the previous week. My post is here.
My mailbox has been slow also but that's okay. I am using the time to catch up on the books that are here. Have a great week!
I can't list 5, the others will get jealous. [Here's Mine].
Here is my mailbox; http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-my-mailbox_10.html
and my musing; http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/04/musing-best-books.html
I read the first in Larsson's trilogy, but not the second one yet. Actually, I started it a few months ago but didn't get very far into the book. With your recommendation now, I am more apt to pick it up again, sooner rather than later.
sounds like you've been busy reading...wow...and just those 2 books...fantastic.
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