Any Paulo Coelho Fan here

X-Caliber said:
Did any one completed the Bourne Series ? (Robert Ludlum) I was planning to buy the complete set
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Bourne Identity is one of the best books ever! Bourne Supremacy is almost as bad as identity is good :p And Bourne Ultimatum has the dubious distinction of being the only novel which I had to give up halfway :no:
 
^Me too....i couldnt follow what was happening and go so confused.Then i started again at a snail's pace,finished 3/4th and then quit again.
 
i read "the alchemist" thouroughly coz there was such a brouhaha 'bout it, anyways after that i read "eleven minutes", still trying to figure out what point was paulo trying to put across, to me it was like reading erotica.
 
Any one...read Five point something ? Excellent book

As far as Coelho is concerned I've just bought "Like the flowing river"

Will start reading as soon these slow exams are over.
 
kippu said:
guyz who cannot finish robert ludlum books ... chullu bar ke paani mein doob maro :p
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Apart from identity, gandolfo and idaho, I find most his books quite boring :p No consistency at all, unlike say, archer - all of his books are awesome! :eek:hyeah:
 
^archer is awesome...
4th estate was wonderful...
even kane&able/prodigal/president series
and all his short story collections like cat'o nine tails...mindblowing!

anyone read clive cussler...
i jus read 2 of his books recently...pritty decent...
valhalla rising and
dragon
 
hmmm.....interesting to see that not many actually like much of coelho's work......i read just the alchemist and really loved it.....even if it may appear to be full of excessive romanticism to some.
 
kippu said:
ken follet if you like it with a lot and i repeat a lot of character buildup
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Absolutely.. and what is worse, most of them are based on lazy editing. What irks me most is the way he makes silly mistakes. Childish statements on top of all that and fitting facts without actually minding the chronology/history.

Read "Hornet's flight" a few days ago. The very first page choked me.. Solid mystery build-up abt this guy walking in stiffly to see his pilot brother in the infirmary.. nurse immediately sees the resemblance..

A page later, this gem : Their father married a widow who already had a child i.e the younger brother..

So **ahem** htf did the nurse see any resemblance??

Lots of writers do this.. absolutely rubbish research.. especialyl authors who write abt India and Indians in their stories.. One Forsyth short story had a snake charmer from Gujarat called Chatterjee iirc and to top it all he is a muslim chappie praying to goddess kali.. gak!!!!!

Long post.. I better shut up :D
 
A bit off topic but has anyone read Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. I was planning to buy the book, so wanted to know if it is worth reading.
 
Catch 22 - Either you'll absolutely love it, or give it up halfway :eek:hyeah:

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't , but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
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Get it? :rofl:

Read on to find out how Milo the Mayor buys eggs at 7c each, sells them at 4c each, and still makes a profit. :clap:
 
zhopudey said:
Catch 22 - Either you'll absolutely love it, or give it up halfway :eek:hyeah:

Get it? :rofl:

Read on to find out how Milo the Mayor buys eggs at 7c each, sells them at 4c each, and still makes a profit. :clap:
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Yeah... Not to forget why the harlot was hitting the chappie on the head with her stilettos :bleh: . Yes, Heller can be difficult to read but reading about Rembrandt was an eye-opener of sorts.. (Picture this)..

As for "why can't a Gujarati have a name called chatterjee?" .. please forgive me.. I must be really naive.. sorry to have barged in on the topic
 
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