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Reviewed Swami and Friends - R K Narayan

Will take you back to your childhood

Http://surbhireads.blogspot.in/2012/07/swami-and-friends-by-rk-narayan.html Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan is simple to read book set in pre Independence days of India  in a fictional town Malgudi.The author's style of writing is simple , humorous and subtle still so real. It took me ba...Read more

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Reviewed Sculptress, The - Minette Walters

One of the best murder mysteries

Http://surbhireads.blogspot.in/2012/07/sculptress-by-minette-walters.html The Sculptress by Minette Walters  is surely one of the best a fascinating psychological crime thriller.It's been a while I read this book but I still remember that  I was unable to put it down It is so engrossing that ...Read more

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Reviewed Ten Little Indians - Agatha Christie

Suspensful Murder mystery

Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" or Ten Little Indians Is a suspensful murder mystery.The host U.N Owen invites 10 strangers to an isolated island who have committed murders in their lives but they can never be caught by the law as there is no proof of their crimes.Eventually one per...Read more

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Reviewed Kite Runner, The - Khaled Hosseni

A must Read

This is a truly magnificent book.One of the very best stories I have ever read, it is so beautifully written.It takes place during the last thirty years of history in Afghanistan, and deals with a family and their love for each other and for their country. The book centers on two children: Amir,...Read more

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Reviewed Outliers The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

Why some are more successful than others

Publishers Take:- "In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell examines everyone from business giants to scientific geniuses, sports stars to musicians, and reveals what they have in common. He looks behind the spectacular results, the myths and the legends to show what really ex...Read more

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Reviewed The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Amazing book

I had picked up the Da Vinci Code few years back but left it in between, last week I decided to reread it again and I completed it this time. The book is based on Christianity and its belief, it talks about a Holy Grail an alternative reality of Jesus Christ .The books starts with a murder of...Read more

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Reviewed Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho

A nice read

I was given this book by a friend of mine and it was the first Paulo Coelho book that I had read and enjoyed his writing style. The Book is about a girl Maria who was born in an ordinary family in a Brazilian village, dreamt of ‘prince charming’ since her childhood, fallen in love few times b...Read more

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Reviewed Heidi - Johanna Spyri

Nice Childrens book

Heidi by Johanna Spyri is a children classics. I was so enamored by the Heidi as a kid and used to love watching it on television and used to hum the title song the Heidi series. Recently I ran across this book and thought it would be fun to read it after so many years and yes it was:). The b...Read more

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Reviewed Kindle eReader WiFi

A must have Ereader

I love to read books, so having an e reader was one of my desires. After reading lot about various e readers watching numerous videos, reviews asking my friends understanding difference between wi-fi and 3g-wifi. I finally decided on buying a kindle 3g wifi. Again I had one more choice to de...Read more

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Reviewed Floraindia

Good Service

My experience with online shopping in India has not been so great , but then you have to take chances..can't help..well I had ordered a flower Bouquet for my Father-in-law for his retirement and was unsure if it would reach on time but on the contrary it reached on time without any  hassles of f...Read more

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Reviewed Flipkart

I would recommend flipkart

I had a very good experience from Flipkart. They have a wonderful and easy to use website. I had placed 2 orders from this website in past and they arrieved on time.I'm very pleased with their services We even got a call from them confirming the product we got. I just wish that they had...Read more

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Reviewed Shopping.Rediff

Never to shop form rediff shopping

I want to share my experience about shopping a mobile phone from rediff shopping. I had ordered a nokia x2 red and black model for my dad as a gift. 1.it reached a week later that too after repeated calls to them 2.they had sent a white model instead They say if I want the color I ha...Read more

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