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Time to read books

I have been visiting Chennai bookfair since 2001 (It was at Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women). I started this with my UG classmates and somehow I manage to go there every year. It is been two visits per year since 2008. And this year, I had two wonderful days spent at St George's Anglo-Indian School. I bought lots of books (My wife didn't scold me!), perhaps I don't need to buy any books for one more year.

I'll be sharing these books with friends once I finish reading them.

My Surprise:
  • I didn't buy any Osho or J Krishnamurthi books.
  • Visited the Muslim book stall, for the first time.
  • The amount spent.
  • The Famous Five book, I wanted to buy it whenever I saw it, didn't buy after seeing this in almost every shops. None of my friends told me about this book.
Disappointment:
  • I couldn't buy something special for my four year old niece.
  • Tired of looking for "Fooled by Randomness" and "Freakonomics"
  • As usual, no good stalls for Christian books.
  • Chetan Bhagat books everywhere
Books bought for my colleagues:
  1. மன இறுக்கத்தை வெல்லுங்கள், ம. லெனின், சிக்ஸ்த் சென்ஸ்
  2. The One Minute Manager Balances Work and Life, Ken Blanchard, HarperCollins Publisher
  3. மாவீரன் அலெக்ஸ்சாண்டர், கோடீஸ்வரன், சாந்தி பதிப்பகம்
  4. My holiday bumper Colouring Book, Spider Book

Books bought for my dad and sister (I'll also read but not to be shared):
  1. விக்கிரமாதித்தன் கதைகள், அரு. ராமநாதன், பிரேமா பிரசுரம்
  2. திராவிட நாட்டுக் கதைகள், சிரஞ்சிவி, பிரேமா பிரசுரம்
  3. குரு சிஷ்யக் கதைகள், எஸ். சந்திரா, பிரேமா பிரசுரம்
  4. வீரபாண்டியக் கட்டபொம்மன், சிரஞ்சிவி, பிரேமா பிரசுரம்
  5. சிந்தனையாளர் பிளேட்டே, அரு. ராமநாதன், பிரேமா பிரசுரம்
  6. அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்துமதம், கண்ணதாசன், கண்ணதாசன் பதிப்பகம்
  7. தியாக தீபம் பிரெட்ரிக் எங்கல்ஸ், N. ராமகிருஷ்ணன், கஸ்தூரி பதிப்பகம்
  8. மாபெரும் தலைவர் நபிகள் நாயகம், K.M. முகம்மது மைதின் உலவி, ஷாஜிதா புக் சென்டர்
  9. மாவீரன் சத்ரபதி சிவாஜி, கோ. சேதுராமன், சாந்தி பதிப்பகம்
  10. லாவோ த்ஸூவின் சீன ஞானக் கதைகள், குருஷி வாசுதேவ், சிக்ஸ்த் சென்ஸ்
  11. சித்தமெல்லாம் சிவமயம், உமா சம்பத், வரம் பதிப்பு


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And my picks:

(1) - (6) to be read by this year end
(7) - (10) for 2012
11, 12, 13 - to play

  1. மின்மினிகளால் ஒரு கடிதம், அப்துல் ரகுமான், நேஷனல் பப்ளிக்கேஷன்ஸ்
    I never buy books by looking at the cover design and I rarely buy "Tamil Kavithai" books. I bought this book without reading, for the beauty of its design.
  2. The Greatness Guide, Robin Sharma, Jaico Books
  3. Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, John Gray, HarperCollins Publisher
  4. The Art of War -- Spirituality for Conflict: Annotated & Explained, Sun Tzu, Thomas Huynh, Jaico Books
  5. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle, Yogi Impressions
  6. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, Bloomsbury
  7. The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession, Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins Publisher
  8. Winner Stands Alone, Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins Publisher
  9. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins Publisher (Previous copy is with someone)
  10. You Can Win, Shiv Khera, MacMillan
  11. How to draw Human Figures, L.S. Prakash, Alka Publications
  12. How to draw Animals, L.S. Prakash, Alka Publications
  13. How to draw Vehicles, L.S. Prakash, Alka Publications
Kovil Pillai P.
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Syed Yusuf said…
Good habit and great collection of books.
We are all thought to read more books right from our childhood. Only few follow that thanks to spoilers like satellite tv and social networking sites.
Don't forget to write your views about each book. Looking forward to hear more from you.
January 20, 2011 at 11:48 AM
DreamingAway said…
Thanks. I will do, at least for few books.
January 20, 2011 at 11:43 PM
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