Comments on: A Million Words http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/ ... an amalgam of haphazard strokes Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Kunal http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15231 Kunal Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:00:45 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15231 Taks, I'd recommend "The Innocent Man", but be aware it is not meant for light reading :) asr, nice calculations dude :P Sreejith, dude if we were neighbours, we'd have been playing CS/Quake non-stop :D Sarah, thanks for the praise... and somehow, of all the books that you have mentioned, I have not read any of them!!! Taks, I’d recommend “The Innocent Man”, but be aware it is not meant for light reading :)

asr, nice calculations dude :P

Sreejith, dude if we were neighbours, we’d have been playing CS/Quake non-stop :D

Sarah, thanks for the praise… and somehow, of all the books that you have mentioned, I have not read any of them!!!

]]> By: sarah http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15226 sarah Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:47:15 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15226 I've enjoyed reading your book reviews! I'm always looking for a good book. . . but of course, a great book to me may only be a fair book to another. ;-) Have you read any of these books? (Of course, I liked all of them; not sure that you would, but I grew curious). 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden The Canterbury Papers by Judith Koll Healey The Illuminator by Brenda-Rickman Vantrease The Good Women of China : Hidden Voices by Xinran Xue They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benjamin Ajak (Author), Benson Deng (Author), Alephonsian Deng (Author), Judy Bernstein (Author) God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir by John Bul Dau (Author), Michael S. Sweeney (Author) Truly, too many books, too little time... I’ve enjoyed reading your book reviews! I’m always looking for a good book. . . but of course, a great book to me may only be a fair book to another. ;-)

Have you read any of these books?
(Of course, I liked all of them; not sure that you would, but I grew curious).

‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ by Arthur Golden

The Canterbury Papers by Judith Koll Healey

The Illuminator by Brenda-Rickman Vantrease

The Good Women of China : Hidden Voices by Xinran Xue

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benjamin Ajak (Author), Benson Deng (Author), Alephonsian Deng (Author), Judy Bernstein (Author)

God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir by John Bul Dau (Author), Michael S. Sweeney (Author)

Truly, too many books, too little time…

]]> By: Sreejith http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15211 Sreejith Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:23:07 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15211 i wish we were neighbors :D i wish we were neighbors :D

]]> By: asr http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15197 asr Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:37:59 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15197 Thats more than a million words! :P The math is simple. There are 50 odd books, 350 pages per book on an average & roughly 250 words per page. Thats more than a million. Excellent that you have the reading habit while I am still at it inculcating. Thats more than a million words! :P
The math is simple. There are 50 odd books, 350 pages per book on an average & roughly 250 words per page. Thats more than a million.

Excellent that you have the reading habit while I am still at it inculcating.

]]> By: Taks http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15194 Taks Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:23:43 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15194 hey, nice collection of books ... & nice pic i could notice books by quite a few of my fav. authors - Forsyth, Grisham, Sheldon, Archer. and since its not a work of fiction, i am still contemplating whether to read "The Innocent Man" - what do you say ? - cheers, Taks :) hey, nice collection of books … & nice pic
i could notice books by quite a few of my fav. authors - Forsyth, Grisham, Sheldon, Archer.
and since its not a work of fiction, i am still contemplating whether to read “The Innocent Man” - what do you say ?
- cheers, Taks :)

]]> By: Kunal http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15193 Kunal Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:08:31 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15193 Vishnu, that I am :P Sangfroid, thanks dude :) Utkarsh, dude this is my home! :D alosh, :) Sukesh, not by a long long way... you should see the bookshelf of my landlord... my collection is nothing... Vishnu, that I am :P

Sangfroid, thanks dude :)

Utkarsh, dude this is my home! :D

alosh, :)

Sukesh, not by a long long way… you should see the bookshelf of my landlord… my collection is nothing…

]]> By: Kunal http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15192 Kunal Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:06:20 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15192 Rama, the bottom right book is the RD compilation of four abridged novels :) obelix, that would be my personal library :P kiran, haha, but I have learned not to lend books the harder way - by having people not returning them :) Chittaranjan, not all but most of them. Just 3-4 would be unread... skp, :D Rama, the bottom right book is the RD compilation of four abridged novels :)

obelix, that would be my personal library :P

kiran, haha, but I have learned not to lend books the harder way - by having people not returning them :)

Chittaranjan, not all but most of them. Just 3-4 would be unread…

skp, :D

]]> By: Sukesh http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15191 Sukesh Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:24:02 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15191 Bloody Hell that is!! It could be guinness record Bloody Hell that is!!
It could be guinness record

]]> By: alosh http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15189 alosh Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:36:29 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15189 'Rent-A-Book'! That would be cool :-p ‘Rent-A-Book’! That would be cool :-p

]]> By: utkarsh http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15188 utkarsh Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:50:53 +0000 http://kunal.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-million-words/#comment-15188 you clicked this at home or at the oxford book store ?? you clicked this at home or at the oxford book store ??

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