Bits And Pieces

Target:    100 books Current:      5 books I wanted something light, especially after my previous, slightly heavier reads. I found the perfect book. I picked it up thinking it was fiction, but it turned out to be non-fiction. Not that it mattered. These days, I find that I'm equally receptive to both fiction and non-fiction, unlike during my childhood days, when, I considered it a waste of time reading anything that wasn't completely made up. #5 The Cat Who Came for Christmas - Cleveland Amory Liked it, Non-fiction, Amusing, Sarcastic, Cat love, Animal rights, 1980's We all know that one person who is a Cat Person. The one who thinks the world of their cat(s). The Cat Owned Person is probably more accurate. Maybe you are that person. If so, this book should resonate even more with you. Cleveland Amory, a self professed dog lover, takes in an extraordinarily dirty and skinny Manhattan alley stray cat one fine Christmas eve. Thus begins his slow but su...

Target:    100 books Current:      4 books I've been up to some things. I didn't forget my reading, just that I haven't gone all guns blazing as yet. I picked up Poor Economics several months back from my favourite book store, and I finally decided to commit myself to it. #4 Poor Economics - A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty - Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo Loved it, Non-fiction, Interesting, Widely acclaimed, Well researched, Layperson's book, Relevant  Many of us have been witness to poverty around us at one point or another. Especially those of us from countries in Asia and Africa. How many times have we seen a beggar on the streets carrying her scrawny little baby, and cringed inwardly, while turning away? Do you remember the kid at the traffic stop, who'd give your car windscreen a quick, unasked for cleaning, and hold out her/his hand for some money? Maybe we'd even give them something sometimes, but mostly we lea...

Target:    100 books Current:      3 books I paid for this book in Bitcoin. It was a super snowy weekend when I visited my friends up in Boston. I still cannot believe that my reasonably comfortable journey on a Wi-Fi equipped bus cost me just $4! I suppose it had something to do with my ungodly hour of arrival. It was my first time in Boston, and I wanted to take a walk around the Harvard and MIT campuses. Along the way, I learnt a cringeworthy little something about the tradition of peeing on John Harvard's foot. I learnt of the infamous three lies of Harvard. And I visited the Harvard Book Store. While there, I picked up His Monkey Wife, and my friend paid for it because yours truly had a problem with her card. He asked to be paid back in Bitcoin, and that's when I decided to get a Bitcoin of my own. It tanked right after I bought it. Sigh! #3 His Monkey Wife - John Collier Mildly amusing, Fiction, Tough read, Literary gold mine, Satirical, 1920's wom...