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grubyhalo said:
Interesting. I'll see if I can get a copy of Wolf's Fang. Incidentally, I picked up Tenzing's book (and I think Smash and Grab) from Rachna Books, based on the recommendation of a friend of Tenzing's, at whose B&B I stayed in Gangtok...
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Chapter 7 "Spider's Web" is about my hometown. There was a time when the book was banned in India.
 
Oh, wow. The book was quite an eye-opener for me. It is a beautiful state with lovely people. But I am not quite sure if Gangtok would stay that way for long...
 
Dont Ask Any Old Bloke For Directions by PG Tenzing is an excellent read, both from style and content point of view. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. A shame that the author passed away..
 
Thank you for your thoughts, it is a shame indeed that he's no more. I'm amazed and envious at the speed you procure and devour books...
 
I need to confess that I'm a fast and addicted reader, reading about 5 books a week for many decades. I took a break when I got into this hobby, but am happily back on track, finding reading non fiction now more rewarding. I've read all of Morris West a few decades ago. Tenzing's book was very well written with good insights for people who have travelled extensively in India by road (like me). He is modest about himself, and had very basic needs during his travels. he definitely had good potential for some more books that unfortunately he wasnt able to write. A recommended read!
 
One more: Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh. A wonderful debut travelogue, written without any biases, excellent descriptions. The writer traverses the length and breadth of the country by all kinds of trains-passenger, long distance express trains, Konkan Railway, Palace on Wheels, narrow gauge mountain railways and writes very well.

I will stop reviewing books for some time, though I will continue to read, since I have some travel coming up. I will take the Seige and From Dongri to Dubai to read and post my reviews once I return.
 
Monisha Rajesh's book has left me with a desire to catch up on train travel. Konkan Railway, some more narrow gauge lines, maybe a Rajdhani or two, Rajasthan esp Jaisalmer, a trip to Dibrugarh and Arunachal perhaps, Bangalore-Mangalore via Hassan, are a few.
 
Finished reading 'the Lone Survivor' - the book on which the movie is based. Reading through SEAL training etc sounds brutal and did make me wonder is everything real as mentioned by the author or whether there's a bit of exaggeration... Anyway was an ok read, I've started reading more of non fiction books now and 'American Sniper's the next book on my kindle... :)
 
Have been out of circulation for the past few weeks helped me catch up on my reading, among other things:

The Siege-Scott Clerk and Levy- good, detailed book about the attack on the Taj, worth a read.

The Zealot- Reza Aslan, a best seller written by a Muslim about the life and times of Jesus Christ, highly readable, recommended.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist-Mohsin Hamid, an interesting fictional dialogue format type of book, which Mira Nair has turned into a movie.

Hot Tea Across India-Rishad Saam Menhta-a travelogue about a trip on a Bullet, my third one in the recent past, the other two were mentioned my in earlier posts. This is also well written.
 
From Dongri to Dubai -S Hassan Zaidi is an interesting history of Bombay gang wars, written by a knowledgeable journalist,the content is fairly detailed and some of the incidents and history interesting for someone like me who didint know too much about it. The style is a bit disjointed, better editing would have made it a lot more readable.
 
Christopher MacDougall's Born to Run starts a bit slowly with a wry whimsical style, but picks up speed as it goes along. His insights into how homo sapiens evolved from a four legged to a two legged walker and runner is fascinating, as is his account of a tribe in deep Mexico who are legendary long distance runners.
 
It's called The Long Walk Home.

Another couple of books that I got from Flipkart are a biography of the mathematical genius Ramanujam

The Man who knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel

Rahul Pandita's book Our Moon has Blood Clots, a memoir of a lost home in Kashmir

So you could say that I've got a bit of reading to catch up on now..
 
No one that reads books can ever be lonely

Interesting thread.
I really don't know where to start - for over 30 years, I have read about 300 books a year. Every possible genre, in fiction/non fiction.
Kindle has been a great gift.
An author that I had heard about that I very recently got into - Terry Pratchett. Highly recommended.
Using a fantasy/Lord of the Rings kind of background, he mercilessly and gently pokes fun at every human foible possible, and there is a laugh out loud moment almost on every page.
Some examples from just todays reading:
He was one of those people who didn't have a waist. He had an equator.
It is a poor woman that can't eavesdrop while making noise at the same time.
She located the men's privy which stank of inaccuracy.
You needed a complete lack of imagination to eat a modern sausage.
A prolific writer, he has written about 40 gems.
A link I found that was very useful:
How to Read Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series
It takes a little while to get on his wavelength, but thereafter it is great fun.
He covers things like Policing, War, Quantum Physics, Football, Feminism, Racism, Patriotism, and much more over the many years he has been writing.
 
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Sawyer said:
Interesting thread.

Kindle has been a great gift.
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I agree, this is an interesteing thread and having a kindle has made me get quite a lot of books...sadly havent got around to reading most of the books.

I prefer non fiction books nowadays, may have a look at Pratchett's books at some point.
 
I've shifted completely into non fiction now.

On another note, someone was telling me recently that there is a re issue now of an old favourite of mine from school days-Oliver Strange's Sudden series, apparently the whole set is available for around 800 or so. Great stuff and wonderful memories!
 
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