Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

2014-12-04 Thread John Sundman
On Dec 4, 2014, at 6:59 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Thaths wrote: > >> Where is everyone else on this thread this year? Sankarshan? Udhay? Rashmi? >> Lahar? Suresh? Divya? Sumant? Etc. > This year I discovered Flann O'Brien & read all of his novels -- the be

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

2014-12-04 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Thaths wrote: > Where is everyone else on this thread this year? Sankarshan? Udhay? Rashmi? > Lahar? Suresh? Divya? Sumant? Etc. The two most impressive books I read this year are _Cooked_ by Michael Pollan and _Gulp_ by Mary Roach. Otherwise, it's been a slow-ish

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

2014-12-04 Thread Thaths
Speaking of cyber and crime, I did read a Wired novella sized e-book about John McAfee that was pretty good. That guy is wacked up on some crazy drugs. Thaths On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 17:15 Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > On 04-Dec-2014, at 16:33, Thaths wrote: > > > > Where is everyone else on t

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

2014-12-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
> On 04-Dec-2014, at 16:33, Thaths wrote: > > Where is everyone else on this thread this year? Sankarshan? Udhay? Rashmi? > Lahar? Suresh? Divya? Sumant? Etc. Mostly studiously avoiding the thread. I just got done donating a ton of my books (mostly old pulp) to a colonel friend whose regiment

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

2014-12-04 Thread Thaths
On Thu Dec 04 2014 at 4:27:40 PM harry wrote: > Would also recommend (though not connected to India) "The people in the > trees" - Hanya Yanagihara ... > > That does sound interesting. Where is everyone else on this thread this year? Sankarshan? Udhay? Rashmi? Lahar? Suresh? Divya? Sumant? Etc.

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

2014-12-04 Thread harry
Would also recommend (though not connected to India) "The people in the trees" - Hanya Yanagihara ... ashok On 3 December 2014 at 00:12, harry wrote: > I can recommend this one, its not a work of fiction, neither is it a > paperback, its actually a coffee-table sort of book (but far more readab