Twilight!!??!!!

"Twilight Saga"- Well,this is the latest fad now a days with everyone pouncing on one another to get a glimpse of this book or watch this movie. Recently,its sequel 'New Moon' was released!

After hearing numerous hymns and acclamation about "Twilight", I decided to check what this Great Book was all about!

One month ago,I borrowed the book,'Twilight' from library(Thank Goodness that I did not buy this book) and began to read this "great" book.. only to realize that it was not "My Taste"!!

I found this book extremely childish and immature .. in short, It was a 'Teenage Thingy"!! ;)

I even quit reading this book halfway! (which I have not done to any of the books I have read so far..)

I am still wondering what make the adults  so fantasized about this book or movie??!!

I have a habit of purchasing and possessing Fresh copies of Books. I possess a personal collection of around 200 books so far.. My Own Mini Library you can say!! ;)

Thank God that I did not buy this book to add it to my collection!!

No Offense to people who liked this book, I am just saying here that "I Did Not Like It!" ;)

'The Lost Symbol'

Having ran from pillar to post for 3 months in order to procure this latest Dan Brown's book,'The Lost Symbol', I finally succeeded in reading it! Phew! What an achievement!

Dan Brown strikes again with this Awesome Thriller,'The Lost Symbol'. It is a Definitely an 'Engrossing Page Turner' with numerous twists and turns!

I was also fascinated to read and learn about numerous facts like Hands of Mystery,George washington zeus,Apothesis,Neotic sciences,SBB 13,Runic language,Free masons,Circumpunct,Rose Cross,
Rosicrucian Philosophy,Jeova Sanctus Unus,Newton Scale,Verbum Signicatium,TLV,The Order 8th Franklin Square,Heredom,Akedah Knife,Laus Deo and many more...

The plot also reveals the secret buildings,places and spots in US Capitol,Washington D.C, Freedom Plaza,Washington Monument and many more!

If you are a Dan Brown's fan, you should not miss this book!

Paths of Glory- Jeffery Archer

After reading Jeffery Archer's latest novel,'Paths of Glory', I had thought this was just another fictional story,but not until  I googled for 'George Mallory' and bumped myself onto the Wikipedia webpage containing the details of George Mallory!

I was really amazed to read the same sequence of events,incidents,characters pertaining to George Mallory like his ambitions,his family,his school life,his marriage life,his expeditions,his cimbling crew,his conquest etc mentioned in Wikipedia in comparison with Jeffery Archer's 'Paths of Glory'!! Then I realised that 'Paths of Glory' is based on real life incident of George Mallory!!

According to Wikipedia sources and Jeffery Archer's novel 'Paths of Glory', George Mallory,an English Mountaineer,along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine are believed to have reached the summit of  Mt Everest,(the highest peak in the world which is 27000 feet) on June 24th 1924 on their third expedition to conquer Mt Everest. This pair disappeared somewhere on the North East ridge during their attempt to make the first ascent on world's highest mountain. They were last seen by their climbing partners about few hundred meters from the summit.

George Mallory's body was found 75 years after his expedition in 1999. There are huge amount of research,speculation,contradicting theories doing its rounds on whether George Mallory and Andrew Irvine had actually reached the summit of Mt Everest in 1924,before their death on Mt Everest in this expedition!

George Mallory was a passionate mountaineer who had great passion for conquering the Mt Everest.Once when some reporter asked him as to why he wanted to conquer the Everest,he is believed to have told,"Because its there"!!

There are few speculations that George Mallory had actually reached the summit of Mt Everest

1>George Mallory had plans of placing his wife's Ruth's photograph on the summit of Mt Everest. When his body was found, all the items including his clothes,wallet,documents were intact but Ruth's photograph was missing. So the researchers believe that he must have reached the summit and must have deposited her photo there.

But subsequent mountaineers who reached the summit report no evidence of any photograph on the summit.

2>George Mallory's snow goggles were found in his pocket suggesting that they had reached the summit and were descending after sunset. A few days earlier,his climbing partner Norton had suffered serious snow blindness when he had not worn the snow goggles in this expedition on his way up the mountain. So few theories states that George Mallory would not have removed his goggles on his way to the summit,but must have removed his goggles on their way back down.

But few contradicting theories states that George Mallory must have carried an extra pair of snow goggles.

Jeffery Archer's novel 'Paths of Glory' sparked controversies in New Zealand with New Zealanders calling this novel an insult to Sir Edmund Hillary who is considered as the First man to set his foot on the summit of Mt Everest in 1953!

Despite all these controversies, Jeffery Archer's 'Paths of Glory' is an Interesting Read!

Further details on George Mallory can be found on Wikipedia!

Slumdog Millionaire-originally Q/A

A book 'Q /A ' originally by Vikram Swaroop is an excellent story of a boy from slum ,participating in a 'Who Wants to Be a Billionaire' quiz show and winning billion dollars.

The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' was recently released based on this book which created waves throughout the world and won BAFTA and Oscars.

But i personally feel that book is more captivating,has less flaws,neatly woven and is inetresting.

In the book,the boy's name is Ram Mohd Thomas. He has the name Ram and Mohd in order to protect himself during hindu-muslim fights. He is raised by a father of the church,so he is named Thomas.

This is an excellent story of a boy who is from slums reaching the quiz show and wining the cash prize.

The police suspects him of cheating as he is from slums and is an illiterate.

But the boy has actually answered all the questions from his life experiences!

Every question he is asked in the quiz show has a link to an experience in his life.!

Men are from Mars,Women are from Venus

This is an amazing piece of work by John Gray

This book explains why both Men and Women are born different,why they act,think and react different.

This book explains how Men and Women are physically,physchologically,emotionally,logically

different.

John Gray gives various scenarios in the book and explains how Men and Women act,think,react Differently for the same scenarios.

He explains what makes Men happy,angry,wild,sad etc and how women should deal when men are in such emotions.

Same is the case with women also.

This book is a must read for all the people in order to understand the other sex better

Prisoner of Birth

A book by Jerffery Archer.

This is a story of a Danny Cartwright wrongly convicted for his best friend,Bernie's murder whose sister Beth Wilson he is planning to marry.

They all are happily celebrating the occasion of Danny proposing to Beth wilson in a pub.

Everything was fine until some vegabonds picked up a fight and killed Bernie.

Danny is arrested for this murder and sent to prison.

This story then eveolves about how his life changes in prison,how he faces the circumstances and how he proves himself as innocent.

Erich Segal's Love Story

This is a Brilliant Love Story by Erich Segal.

This is a story about a rich boy falling in love with the poor girl and later marrying her despite opposition from his dad.

The story revolves around the couple as to how they struggle hard to earn money,fulfil their amibitions and lead a happy life.

Then the boy discovers that the girl has developed cancer and she will be with him for only short period of time.

The story is all about how the boy faces and accepts this and how this news changes his life

Time to Kill

A book by John Grisham.

This is a story of a Black American girl getting raped by 2 drunkard white americans.

But the court will set the culprits free as they are white americans. The father of the girl is devastated and he kills the culprit as revenge and is put behind bars.

Then a white american lawyer takes up the responsibility of freeing the father who is behind bars.

The lawyer experiences opposition and threats from other white americans for taking up the case of black american.

The lawyer's life,his wife and chil'd life is also under threat.

This is a story of the differenciation meted out between blacks and whites in america and how the lawyer finally succeds and wins the case despite all odds

P.S I Love You

This is an amazing Romantic novel by Cecelia Ahern!

This is a story of a couple Holly and Gerry who are happily married. Gerry dies of brain tumour and Holly is devastated and withdrawn.

She then finds the messages left behind by Gerry for her in twelve envelopes . She has the instructions of opening one envelope per month.

She opens the first envelope the first month and Gerry would have left her a message to do something that she always wanted to do,but had never tried.

Subsequent envelopes also contains messages asking Holly to do things which she was scared of or always wanted to do,but never had tried.

So Gerry acts as her Guardian Angel guiding her through paths,helping her conquering her fears and being with her always through his messages even though he is far away from her.

At the end of 12 months,Holly discovers that she had conquered her fears,fulfilled all her un-fulfilled ambitions and then feels extremely happy.

A lovely book which explains the depth of love,concern and committment

Da Vinci code

This book written by Dan Brown is another favourite book of mine.

This is a story about Robert Langdon investigating the murder of curator of the museum, Jacques Saunière (the Grand Master Of Priory of Sion)

Robert Langdon will be called for deciphering the code written near the body,while the police believe that Robert Langdon is the prime suspect.

Sophia Neveu shows up at the murder scene as a police cryptographer and quickly gains Langdon's trust. Jacques Saunière was Neveu's grandfather.

Both of them start deciphering the codes where one code leads to another and finally to a key of the safe.

Inside the safe deposit box they find the keystone which is actually a large cryptex, a cylindrical device supposedly invented by Leonardo Da Vinci for transporting secure messages. In order to open it the combination of rotating components must be arranged in the correct order. If the cryptex is forced open an enclosed vial of vinegar ruptures and dissolves the message, which was written on papyrus.

How do they find out the combination of the key and read the message?

This is an amazing story with twists and turns.

The ALCHEMIST-Book by Paulo Cohelo

Well,this happens to be my Favourite book!

This is a MUST READ book for all people out there who want to DREAM BIG and ACHEIVE BIG in their life!

This book is all about pursuing your dreams ,not matter how impossible or big it is and finally obtaining the desired results.

Peek-A-Book!

Alchemist is all about the story of a shepherd boy who lives in some remote village. One night he dreams of seeing treasure under a pyramid in Egypt.
He is determined to obtain that treasure,so he sets off to Egypt .
On his way to Egypt,he encounters various obstacles,but he s dtermined to reach his destination.
So he faces all the obstacles and troubles and heads towards his destination!
I would recommend this book to anyone who is determined to acheive their dreams in their life!