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Has There Been A Book That...

Topic started by Simon_Templar on Jul 27, 2005 8:48:17 pm

...changed your life in any meaningful way ?. Good or bad.
Because I want to read that book this summer. Doesn’t
have to be some classic, hoity-toity book.

Can be anything --as long as it did the trick.

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Post by Simon_Templar on Sep 4, 2005 8:32:25 pm
Thank you all, for your wonderful suggestions. They have been most helpful to me, and I am sure, for many others/lurkers here as well. flag objectionable content

Post by ixno on Aug 5, 2005 9:46:08 am
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Post by amrita on Aug 5, 2005 3:45:09 am
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Post by ixno on Aug 4, 2005 2:01:08 pm
well you know what they say about books - you recommend/reread a particular one because it takes you back to a special time in your life. Now all things being relative - one mans food is another mans poison. So do you really want to know what my recommendations are?? flag objectionable content

Post by learner on Aug 4, 2005 9:43:00 am
Book : Veronica decides to die Author: Paulo Coelho Good for people who are looking for hope when they are feeling suicidal. I went through it some time ago and this book gave hope enough. Book : Eleven Minutes Author: Paulo Coelho Good for people who are looking for validation after being a sex maniac. I went through it some time ago and felt validated. I am a big fan of this writer except I dont like its rosy endings but worth while to read the other aspect of life the books offer. Waiting on for ’’The Zahir’’ by the same author which comes out some time in September. flag objectionable content

Post by sohabd on Aug 3, 2005 10:31:13 pm
well the two books that i would love to re-read in the free time are: The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Arundhati has cut deep. She really spoke about the moments the things that are hardly managed by writers. The other one by Oscar Wilde is so refreshing with points to ponder and reasons to laugh and cry. flag objectionable content

Post by amrita on Aug 3, 2005 7:45:45 am
t - um, that’d be the last part of the three part list i.e name of book - author - reason it [the book] struck me. mainly each of ’em taught me something new and thus changed my life. as you [?] said, there’s no such thing as ONE definitive life changing book coz you’re constantly evolving - or you should be. flag objectionable content

Post by MastRam2 on Aug 2, 2005 8:20:21 pm
Bhang Ki Pakori by Mast Ram flag objectionable content

Post by aimie on Aug 1, 2005 1:40:54 am
i found gypsy masala by preeti nair profound! not completely but enoug to make me think about it! flag objectionable content

Post by temporal on Jul 31, 2005 3:57:59 pm
am: next assignment: elucidate how they changed your life flag objectionable content

Post by amrita on Jul 31, 2005 12:39:54 pm
in no particular order - 1. gone with the wind - margaret mitchell - first ’grown up’ book i ever read 2. the ordinary princess - mm kaye - fairytales can be kick ass too 3. my invented country - isabel allende - someone else felt things i felt, and she’s not a dork! 4. shadow of the moon - mm kaye - truth has many versions 5. chicken soup for the soul - whoever the hell wrote it, i dont care - never read books just coz they made it to the bestseller lists 6. eye of the world - robert jordan - fantasy fiction’s where its at! 7. the old man and the sea - ernest hemingway - i hate hemingway :O 8. ariel - sylvia plath - i love plath :O 9. satanic verses - salman rushdie - writing can be a fulltime career 10. frederica - georgette heyer - i too like romances flag objectionable content

Post by rahul_capri on Jul 29, 2005 11:07:57 pm
People do say that about Ayn Rand.I specially like her book the Romantic Manifesto. flag objectionable content

Post by temporal on Jul 29, 2005 3:18:33 pm
you too flag objectionable content

Post by Raw_Dust on Jul 29, 2005 1:48:42 pm
oh man.. ) delusional? fallacy? thats more like it, now You are talking but i was never interested. have a good one flag objectionable content

Post by temporal on Jul 29, 2005 12:52:20 pm
#9: dont be delusional please i just point out your incessant fallacity flag objectionable content

Post by Raw_Dust on Jul 29, 2005 12:37:45 pm
temporal: you arent allowed to condescend me.. find someone else..... flag objectionable content

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