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I like to read science fiction, classics, thrillers, history and technology.

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James Clear: Atomic Habits (Paperback, 2018, Random House Business Books)
Strauss, William.: Generations (1991, Quill)
Mortimer J. Adler: How to read a book (Paperback, 1972, Touchstone Books, Simon and Schuster)

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Eiichiro Oda: One Piece, Vol. 1 (2009, Viz Media)
Anthony Everitt: The Rise of Athens (Paperback, 2017, Random House Trade Paperbacks)
R. F. Kuang: Babel (2022, Harper Voyager)

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reviewed Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard by Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai: Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard (1998, Faber)

Fired from his job, the good-for-nothing Indian postal clerk, Sampath Chawla, 20, climbs a guava …

Review of 'Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard' on 'Goodreads'

Kiran Desai debuts with a fun read, full of creative small town imagery, funny characters and bountiful culinary aromas. The book is especially strong in the first half, but peters out towards the end.

My full review:
https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/hullabaloo-in-the-guava-orchard/

reviewed The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Hardcover, 1997, Alfred A. Knopf)

With three novels and one short-story collection now translated into English, Haruki Murakami has emerged …

Review of 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' on 'Goodreads'

A quest across time and space, across the real and the unreal. Masterful storytelling by Murakami.

My full review:
https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle/

reviewed Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Hound of the Baskervilles (2011, Penguin Books, Limited)

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British …

Review of 'Hound of the Baskervilles' on 'Goodreads'

Pure chills guaranteed in what is surely the best Sherlock Holmes novel.

Review:
https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles/

reviewed The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Nessa Carey: The Emperor of All Maladies (Paperback, 2011, Scribner)

appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, …

Review of 'The Emperor of All Maladies' on 'Goodreads'

A fascinating biography of cancer. If you can skim the first half, you are rewarded with a crackling journey of cancer research in the second half.

My full review:
https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/the-emperor-of-all-maladies/

reviewed English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee (New York Review Books classics)

Upamanyu Chatterjee: English, August (2006, New York Review Books)

Agastya Sen, the hero of English, August, is a child of the Indian elite. His …

Review of 'English, August' on 'Goodreads'

A brilliant satire and meditation on the absurd existence and functioning of the Indian government machinery in small towns. And oh, also a journey of finding himself for the protagonist. Brilliant work that can only be Indian.

Full review:
https://daariga.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/english-august-an-indian-story/

reviewed The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle (Red classics)

Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (Paperback, 2007, Penguin Books)

A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr …

Review of 'The Sign of Four' on 'Goodreads'

The Sign of Four is a good second book of Holmes. Its a bit disappointing since we only see Holmes' mind in action only a couple of times instead of all through in the book.

My full review:
http://daariga.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/the-sign-of-four/

reviewed Zero Day by Mark E. Russinovich

Mark E. Russinovich: Zero Day (Hardcover, 2011, Thomas Dunne Books)

Over the Atlantic, an airliner's controls suddenly stop reacting. In Japan, an oil tanker runs …

Review of 'Zero Day' on 'Goodreads'

Bad amateurish writing, one dimensional characters and cliched plot (Arabs are the terrorists!). Stay away from this one.

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http://daariga.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/zero-day/