Entries Tagged as ‘Books’

December 7, 2007

“No Safe Place” by Michael Crichton

Finally, was able to finish the book “Sate of Fear” written by Michael Crichton.
The first few chapters of the book the reader is led to believe that global warming is real and is a catastrophic disaster waiting in the wings, but as the books unveils itself the reader is provided with research data, graphs, papers, [...]

November 20, 2007

“No Second Chance” by Harlan Coben

Book No Second Chance by Harlan Coben. This is my first book written by this author.
This is a suspense novel. It keeps the reader engrossed with the story line, but then it is a disaster – the suspense is too much, and there is one too many twists! Some of the twists strained integrity of [...]

November 17, 2007

“No Safe Place” by Richard North Patterson

Finally, finished the book by Richard North Patterson – “No Safe Place” – a brilliant, emotionally-rich, political drama.
Richard Patterson’s writing is a work of art. He makes you believe with his story-telling (like this book). He is a careful author; puts tremendous research into his books. This book is no exception. “No Safe Place” is [...]

November 10, 2007

“Fatal” by Michael Palmer

A medical thriller masterpiece – stunningly written! I am a big fan of medical thrillers – used to read a lot of Robin Cook. This is my first book by the author Michael Palmer.
“Well crafted, well written medical thriller” – that’s my one line tribute to this novel!
There are three stories woven into one [...]

November 7, 2007

“The Colonel” by Patrick A. Davis

Patrick Davis has a knack of writing a novel with intimate details. He takes you on a jolly good ride with accurate and detailed description of his characters, places, scenes, etc, His novel sounds very real. You are tempted to think that you are one of the characters.
The novel starts when a Colonel (Margaret Wildman) [...]

November 6, 2007

“The Brethren” by John Grisham

I enjoy reading John Grisham. John Grisham graduated from Law School in 1981, with which he was involved for nine years. Following the extraordinary success of his book “The Firm”, John Grisham gave up his practice to write full time. His courtroom drama is always exciting to read and is very articulate.
The quick review is [...]

November 2, 2007

“Day of Confession” by Alan Folsom

The “Day of Confession” is by Alan Folsom.
I came across this book, when I was shopping for novels in a thrift store (yeah, they sell for 50 cents!) Well, I never heard of Alan Folsom, but the summary looked very good, so, I thought to myself – why not? I do like to try out [...]

September 24, 2007

Some favorite Books

Some recent reads –
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! – by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Author), Sharon L. Lechter
The Alchemist - by Paulo Coelho
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything – by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner 
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