Fatherhood - Bill Cosby

A must for anyone who wants to be a parent. And if you are already a parent it gives you something to laugh about. Hilarious!

My rating 4 on 5

The Thama stories - Kamala Laxman

This is a bunch of stories about the adventures of Thama, the little elephant. The characters have names like Gumchikki, Anilu and Hebbavoo. Delightful :D

Gone with the wind - Margaret Mitchell

How I loved this book! Despite being a hundred years old in every sense. I loved it. I haven't watched the film. I try not to watch the films before reading a book. And this one was worth the wait. The mega book took me two weeks to finish but well :)

I am astonished at the time warp we are in after reading the book. Take the ideas in the book like how women are expected behave to get a man. It hasn't changed since the 1800s! The fact about pregnancy being too delicate a subject to even discuss with your husband let alone be seen in public. My god it still happens! The fact that Scarlett can do math quicker than her husband offends him so much. And I know such show of intelligence isn't acceptable even today! We have moved to internet era from quills, hemlines may have risen but somethings have remained the same! Incredible!!!!

I was also pleasantly surprised at how Scarlett's character was created. She's not your average damsel in distress beauty. She had gumption. She had thoughts that weren't "respectable." She went after what she wanted single mindedly. And she was still the heroine. Where we have such women now in literray or celluloid? In real life such women have to masquerade as damsels in distress to save their sanity if anything!

As for Rhett Butler. I would've loved to meet a man like that.

The American civil war details however didn't register entirely. For I do not have enough context or background info for it. The fact that my knowledge of American Geography is non-exstent didn't help the matters. I will have to some research on this one.

My rating 5 on 5

Things I didn't read from my reading list

Jane Austen's Emma and Herman Melville's Moby Dick proved to too hard to read! I am probably too old for Emma. I was getting mighty irritated with Emma's pre-occupations in life! Even after plodding 100 pages I couldn't move ahead. Moby Dick was well didn't even take off.

I hope to go back to them some time in life...

a purple sea - Ambai

How beautifully she writes! Although this is the translation of Ambai's (C S Lakshmi) original in Tamil, How beautifully she writes? This is the proof of the fact that I can't do reviews especially books. I don't know enough words to do that!

My rating 5 0n 5

Although this isn't the best book to pick up to cheer yourselves.

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

What can I say? I had not read the full version. And Tis was such a joy! This birthday present I like :)

The Da Vinci Cod

No that isn't a spelling mistake the book is really called so. It has the tagline A fish Parody. Even the author's name is a parody - Don Brine (Real name Adam Roberts). The book goes to painful extents to disprove everything the original book The Da Vinci Code but the pun and PJs in it are entertaining. Hilarious at places. I am very very tempted to spill the spoilers but will desist :)

One thing though, Don Brine suggests that this parody be made into a film and have the gorgeous George Clooney play the lead role. I'd say they should remake the original itself with Clooney. As much as I like Tom Hanks he wasn't convincing in the role of Robert Langdon or was it Robert Donglan? I can't remember now :)

My rating 3.5 on 5