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Book Reading -Miscellaneous Books Read -3

May 2, 2009 on 5:02 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

General Comment:As mentioned earlier on my April 19 2007 post, I have embarked on writing a few words on all the books that I may read in my retirement. I will reread few books which I read over last few years - this to allow me to capture some good essence from the readings.

Since I read the book titled  “Economics of Lord Mahavira by Acharya Mahaprajna”, I have completed some more. The last being titled “Payback” by Margaret Atwood. This book I completed last night. My daughter(Nina) is reading the book - she has just brought it from the Deep River library. She kind of encouraged me to read the book and left with me for a couple of days. (They had stayed at our place on Thursday April 30, 2009 night).

Margaret Atwood is a well known Canadian author with many awards . She is very popular and prominent. However, this is my first read of her many books.  She is an excellent writer and weaves her theme in a complex but understandable steps. This book is about human life on earth - (with many facets of debts & sins   - which each one of us is loaded with during our existence on this good earth -  and how payback for such debts/sins is extracted .

In the end , the book ends

” I don’t really own anything, Scrooge thinks.Not even my body. Everything I have is only borrowed. I am not really rich at all, I am heavily in debt. How I do even begin to pay back what I owe? Where should i start?”

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Thursday 3 Sept 2009  —here is the listing of books I completed since my last one  titled “Payback” by Margaret Atwood -see above

1) ” Idiots  at Work”  by Leland Gregory  - Chronicles of Workplave Stupity

2) ” Watchers ” by Dean R. Koontz  -Rivetting terror book - fiction

3) ” The Only Road North ” by Erik Mirandette - adventure & theology - a journey thru Africa on bikes

4) “The Indian Fan” by Victoria Holt - a historical basis - mystary

5) “Economics of Lord Mahavira” by Acharya Mahaprajna - Religious background

6) ” The Spring of the Tiger “ by Victoria Holt - a historical basis - mystary

7) “Icebound” by Dean R. Koontz  -Rivetting terror book - fiction

8) “Dreams of Glory ” by Thomas Fleming - American -  historical basis

9)”Before and After” by Rosellen Brown - a novel

10) ” Curry Is Thicker Than Water - by Jasmine Anita Yvette D’Costa - Indian Background - social context

11) “Night Shift” by Stephen King - suspense

12) “Breach of Trust” by Bonnie MacDougal - a legal thriller

13) ” The Face” by Dean R. Koontz  - A wild adventure

14) “Debt of Honour” by Tom Clancy - American drive - a thriller 

15) Miscellaneous Bridge  games (Card Playing Books) - at least 3 books.

Pravin Shah