A mere resolution that was not planned to last long is thriving thanks to some simple steps, determination, and guidance. What started as a thought is now a plan in motion. So here is the target - 30 books this year and a stretch of 50 books ;)
With 9 books by 3rd March, I am no track I must say :) Instead of mein aur meir tanhayi, it is mein aur meri books!!!
1. Sophia - probably the most uninterested book I ever read. And picking this as my first one was wrong. But thinking back, it was the best decision. It was gruelling and dragging for 3 weeks but it made my determination stronger to read for 20-30 mins a day.
Then came the Jane o'Hare series, what a savior it was. I loved Jane and Nick as characters and the hating attracting chemistry between them. And the cons they pulled off were fun to read but not believable, but who cares.
2. The Heist by Janet Evanovich; Lee Goldberg
3. The Chase by Janet Evanovich; Lee Goldberg
4. The Shell Game by Janet Evanovich; Lee Goldberg
5. The Job by Janet Evanovich; Lee Goldberg
6. Art of War - managed to squeeze this in on a boring morning in office
James Patterson's Mike Bennett series started slow but the 2nd book was great given the personal story was attached. Few pages made me emotional.
7. Run for your life - James Patterson
8. Step on a Crack - James Patterson
9. The Guide - R K Narayan - good book, I have not watched the full movie so felt the book was a decent read
10. When the wind blows - James Patterson, decent read about scientific experiment kids, was definitely fat, finished it in 3 days.
11. The grand finale Janet Evanovich, a too good to be true romantic book. But the chemistry was good, decent read and was done in 1 day. Not bad speed.
12. Deception Point - After a long break and difficult month, finally finished this book. It was a ok read, nothing like Dan Brown's previous books.
13. SAIL James Patterson- decent read, did have some good bits about dysfunctional family and the grit to fight. A bit too much about very cunning lawyer who got it free, too much movie style.
14. The curious incident of the dog in the night time - very interesting book. The story starts simple with an autistic kid trying to find out who killed the neighbor's dog but it ends up talking about all the complications in his family. One of the best things about the book is how the author has taken the kids point of view and shown how autistic kids think. I was really moved by their hardship and also inspired. I also wish i could think as logically as them and see the world in black and white. Definitely a good read.
15. Sapiens (audiobook) was awesome, just incredible way of putting human history and the coincidence of homo sapiens surviving. A must-read book for all. Loved the last line about humans having super power 'imagine a unhappy God who didn't know what he wants' the future is so scary when you see it from this angle!
16. You are my best friend - total crap, not worth even 1st page read. I went by the title and it was nowhere close to decent. Author's expectations and ways of being with best friend is just so mediocre :D
17. Don't Believe Everything You Think was ok ok, mainly talking about how overthinking dosnt help.
19. I know you got soul - Clarkson, was a brilliant book about some of the best man-made machines. He can actually put life into a machine and see them as living beings. And his sense of humor makes it even more fun the read.
20. Palace of Illusions - really good view from Draupadi point of view
11. It Ends with us - good book, liked the way it was written. Specially the abusive parts and how it impacts people was hard-hitting. I am so glad I did not see any of it growing up which made me a better person.
22. It starts with us - it was ok, again the troubles of separation and how to draw a line made sense. It helped in understand how overthinking makes things really hard.
23. The Last Queen - incredible book, really good story about the last Punjab queen and how she went from rags to being a queen and how she fought her battles. Worth reading.
24. The hidden hindu - Part 1 - i found it very bad, not worth mentioning.
