M back... :)

M missing u Bloggers...
don' get enuf tym to ryt blogs nowadays....
Hav been reading books...bt m sory ...i cudn't ryt d reviews....newaz ...da reviews n all wil cum latr...
2day i jus wantd to wish all my frnds here a very very HAPPY NEW YEAR....Hav a BLAST frnds... :D

2010 has been a great year for me..... i gav HSLC....got a good result.., my cuzn gav me LG cookie fresh cellphone...wid wich i am addctd to nw...dnt leav my cel alone for a singl momnt.. :P heheh... Den i recievd a laptop..HCL ME...frm da govrnmnt of my place..... chnged my skul....nw m in a co-ed school... n surprisngly...i notcd dat i gt attention frm boys... :P hehehe..(..i nevr thot i wil gt actualy...dats y i thot of rytng dis....coz for me..i thnk..it is a big deal.. )...though i get headaches due to the dialogues of these guys....it sometimes makes me happy... ;) 

My new lappy... :)

N da most special frnds i made this year....is here..in bloggers...i never knew..by not knwng someone in real life also...i can be missing them....but i really miss you guys.... we had so much fun here... love you all a lot... 

This year was truly special......from tomorrow....we'l step into another year...which i hope wil be as good as this year....







Wish u ol a JOYOUS, FABULOUS n a FRUITFUL 2011... :) 

And i'll try to update my blog more often.. Till then bye... !!

Novel reviews- The keeper's tattoo and the Alchemist

Hey frnds....Its been long since i posted anythng on my blog..
I have recently read two books...n i thot about rytng a review on da books..

The first book i read is "THE KEEPER'S TATOO" written by Gill arbuthnott..
It is her debut novel.

The story in brief.....

Orphaned as an infant, Nyssa can only dream about who she is, where she has come from - and the meaning behind the mysterious words branded on her skin...


It all began 10 years ago when twins Nyssa and Kit were four years old. Alarac, the evil leader of the Shadowmen, set out to eliminate the Keeper’s—a group of people who share the profound and ancient knowledge needed to keep the world afloat. Only once the Keepers were out of the way could Alaric rule. When he and his Shadowmen attacked, he kidnapped Kit. Fortunately Nyssa escaped.


Could the future of all free people depend on Nyssa ??


I totally loved the book....The Keeper’s Tattoo by Gill Arbuthnott is a very original story. It explores bravery, fear, stubbornness, and the power of a family bond.It is very fast-paced.  The Keeper’s Tattoo is an all-round exciting adventure.




Next I read The international bestseller."THE ALCHEMIST" written by Paolo Coelho..

Its a fable about following ur Dream...

Dreams, symbols, signs, and adventure follow the reader like echoes of ancient wise voices in "The Alchemist", a novel that combines an atmosphere of Medieval mysticism with the song of the desert. With this symbolic masterpiece Coelho states that we should not avoid our destinies, and urges people to follow their dreams, because to find our "Personal Myth" and our mission on Earth is the way to find "God", meaning happiness, fulfillment, and the ultimate purpose of creation. The novel tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. After listening to "the signs" the boy ventures in his personal, Ulysses-like journey of exploration and self-discovery, symbolically searching for a hidden treasure located near the pyramids in Egypt.

 "The Alchemist", is an exciting novel that bursts with optimism; it is the kind of novel that tells you that everything is possible as long as you really want it to happen. That may sound like an oversimplified version of new-age philosophy and mysticism, but as Coelho states "simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".

I really liked both these books a lot..

If you have read these books before ..do share ur views with me..

thanx for dropping by.. :)

Horror...

I Love 

HORROR...!!

Watching horror movies or listening to horror stories.....n unsolved mysteries...are my favorite..!!

The unearthly and paranormal kind of things.....i have a great interest...

(Sudhi,try,beany,taru n bella already knws dat ...)hehe..

But i don't read much horror books....not that i never tried to read one....I did ....
but my problem was....i couldn't understand the high language the authors used....it was too tough for me...
I tried reading H.H.Munro (saki)'s horror story "The open window"....well i liked it...but it was not so scary....maybe because i didn't understand it completely..
Then i tried Edgar Allan Poe's "A tale of the ragged mountains"...mmm...but...didn't read more than 2 pages...
I didn't understand anything..


Wen i was small....i used to read "GoosebumpS"..even now if i get a "goosebumps" book ...i read it at one go..
It is interesting...well i think that way...but some of the goosebumps books are not scary at all....


Anyways...other  than goosebumps..i haven't read much horror fiction novels but the following are a few books which i would really want to read....and i hope and i think ..probably i'll understand them now..

   

• Charlaine Harris's DEAD UNTIL DARK.....
  
• William Peter Blatty's THE EXORCIST.....well the movie is soo scary....then what will be the book.!!...i'll surely want to read this book....The film "Exorcist" is still the most favorite horror movie of all times...it was released as early as 1973...
• James Herbert's THE RATS and its sequel LAIR
• Stephen King's SALEM'S LOT....(king of horror books...stephen king..!!..This Must be Good..)
• Anne Rice's THE VAMPIRE LESTAT... (m always interested in vampire stuff...Bella...have u already read this book?)

I think this many books will be enough to start with...

If you have some more horror books which are your favorite....please share with me..

 "Love this pic..!"

Party time...!!

Today i m exactly 2 months old in bloggers....

And I have a century votes now...!!
Time to party......
But still M not in da mood to party......
This cake is for da ppl who askd me for party....

I love you all......for being my friend and for giving me ur love....

Thanx soo much...

Mmm...The cake is too big....so a LarGe...piece to each one of u...........!!

Congrats to tarunita also.....for makng century... :)

Leadership Wisdom

I have started reading a new book...
Name of the book is..."Leadership Wisdom"....This book is written by Robin Sharma...an Indian Author..


His first book was "The Monk who Sold his Ferrari".... I bet most of u have heard the name...
It was a phenomenal national bestseller...


I didn't get the chance to read his first book...
But now wen I m reading the sequel of his first book ....I really want to read the first one ..

"Leadership Wisdom" is an Internationally Acclaimed Leadership guru....

Each page of this book contains treasures of wisdom that can enrich and enhance the life of every single person....


It is a captivating book that teaches as it delights...

I want to share a story with you which I read in this book........

"Once a young student traveled many miles to find a famous spiritual master. When he finally met this man , he told this man that his main goal in life was to be the wisest man in land.
Seeing the boy's enthusiasm, the master agreed to share his knowledge with him and took him under his wing. 
'How long will it take before I find enlightenment?' the boy immediately asked.
 'At least five years,' replied the master.
 'That is too long,' said the boy. 'I cannot wait five years! 
What if i study twice as hard as the rest of your students?'
 'Ten years' came the response. 
'Ten years! Well, then how about if i study day and night, with every ounce of my mental concentration? Then how long would it take for me to become wise?
 'Fifteen years' replied the master.


The boy grew very frustrated. 'How come every time I tell you I will work harder to reach my goal, you tell me it will take longer?'


'The answer is clear', said the master. "With one eye focused on the reward, there is only one eye let\ft to focus on your purpose."


I liked the story a lot..
And I want to share some leadership traits which I learnt from this book..
If you guys are there to listen then I'll share. Let me know...if you liked the story...
And want to hear more....
Thanx for visiting.. :)

More awards....!!

I want to say sorry ..to all those people who opened my blog these days and saw nothing on books but just awards...

I know I have not done any real work...these days...

I have just been passing awards  without doing anything....

But this is not my fault...ryt!!?? U guys r giving me so much love....I am not getting time to write about books..

Within a single month ..I received 8 awards.... Among which I already passed 5 awards...

Now its time to pass the other three which were given to me by...

Tarunita, Anuradha and Mayaa...

Thanx a lot for all ur love and warmth Tarunita....

RuLes 

 

Pass this award along to those wonderful people on bloggers who have made a difference to yr life and blog by giving their support and love......

I want to pass this award to all my Blogger Friends here...

Each and every one of you who made blogging fun for me....

Though there are some special ones.. I think its best not to take their names as they will know it themselves......

Moving on to the next award ....It's from Ms. Doc...Anuradha..who is a recent friend of mine..i didn't speak to her much but m happy that she thought of me while giving this award.... 

Thanx a lot Anu...

 There r no specific rules for this award...So, I think I'll give this award to my most recent friends here...Mayaa, April and Ruppi...

The next award is from Mayaa....

Thank u Maya..

Rules

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

The rules for this award are same as that of the versatile blogger....As I already passed that award...

And gave it to those people whom I discovered recently...I have no one else left...

So, I think my work is reduced...

i can't pass this award....

So, please don't mind...

I m keeping this award for myself.......

I am very Happy...!!!

Receiving too much love !! : P

I am in a great mood...
Too happy to get so much love from my blogger friends..!!


Within these days... I received three more awards and gifts....

Thanx a lot Tarunita and Beanizer..!!

 Tarunita gave me my third award....Thank u for remembering me taru..!!

The Rules :

i) Thank the person who gave this award.

ii)Tell about 5 of your addictions.

iii) Pass this award along to 2 bloggers who you think deserve it.

    Thank u , thank u....so much tarunita....

    

 2/ Five addictions....

• Of course, Blogging first.... U can see me available ..most of the time in a day..!!
• Then  computer...hehe..same thing I know... But I couldn't think of anything else..
• I don't have many other addictions but I love shopping ..
• Specially I have a craze for beautiful shoes,sandals, bags, hair accessories, earrings....though I hav a fairly big collection I don't like to wear dem much... :P 
• mmm... then good books..probably...!!

Done...thank god..this was harder than I imagined...!!

Now time to pass this award to two bloggers...

But sorry for breaking the rule...i'll pass it on to 4 bloggers.... 

And they are:   Beany, Bella, Try and Sudhi....!

~~~~ Moving on to the second award~~~~

A big "THANK YOU" to my MIND Blowing Bro Beany..!!

  Rules: 

- In order to accept the award, please post it on your blog with the name of the person who awarded it,    including the link to their blog.
- Pass the award onto 5-10 of your most loyal followers.

- Remember to contact those followers and let them know they have been chosen for this award.              

     

I don't have many followers .... 

So I won't be able to follow the exact rules...for this award....

 I am giving this award only to ma'am Robbie,.... 

Another gift from Beanizer...!!

                                                    

Rule 1: I need to reveal 5 things i love to do
Rule 2: Pass onto 10 blogger friends.

Okay ....another revelation...!! 

1. I love to read fiction, fantasy , mystery, horror and unsolved mysteries....
2. I love to play basketball
3. I love to sleep....zzzzzz
4. I love to think about my future.... I keep daydreaming ....
5. I love to keep quiet.. I don't like crowd and too much noise...

Now I want to pass this award to evry1...

• Beanizer
• Bella
• Tryant
• Ravali
• Sudheera
• Tarunita
• Anuradha
• Robbie
• Nicks
• Mulan
• Lupe
• Ms. Jolly Princess
• Ms. Jill Wellinton
• Chriszy
• mmm and... did I forget any1....?  This award is for all...from me since I want everybody's friendship...!!

Accept ur awards...and

ENJOY....!!!

Spreading the love I got... : D

Passing awards

There is a lot of homework to be done...and I m not getting time to complete them......
Sorry, for keeping the awards with myself for soo long.....


I am toooo happy.. to get two awards already....Thanx a lot guys..!!




My first award given to me by Beany...

                                                              
The Rules....


1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.




I already thanked Beany for this award by writing a long post....


7 things about me...:

1.  Actually I don't know much about myself.....hehehe..1st thing I know about me...
2. Mmmm....Let me start with the simplest... I like reading Books...*except my text books*..which I think  u all know..
3. I love music....soft music specially...
4. I am a trained singer... though I am not sure that I am a good singer...
5. My favourite actor is Shahid Kapoor...and I have a crush on all cute actors...!! ; )
6. I am very shy....don't know why?? Don't know when I'll be able to overcome my shyness....
7. In spite of my shyness..I can say that I am friendly...though I don't have a best friend....!!

Now I have to pass this award to 15 bloggers whom i have recently discovered....

 They are... :             Chriszyghurl, Eva is awesome, Toobizzare, Ms.Jill Wellington, Greekforcheerful, 

                                Simply Mwa, Kim Realubit, Order of the Fez, Artists-square, Star Gazer           

                               Travelingcebuano, Gurpreet, April Morgan, Janzie and  Erich......      

Now moving on to the next award... which is given to me by Bella...

Thank u bella..

The Rules:

1.write five things about yourself..

2.pass to 2 persons

                                                      

Okay, so again i have to write five things about myself.....I m not used to breaking rule...so....*Thinking hard*

• Got one.... I am a sweet girl ...hehe.... really!!
• I have no enemies...till date fortunately...
  
• I am damn lazy....
• I love basketball... Its my favorite sport.
• I don't talk much..  : )

Two persons with whom I would like to share  this award are... Tryant and Ravali....

Finally I am done.....!!

Enjoy .... : )

Banned Books

Banned books are books to which free access is not permitted. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, and often has political, religious or moral motivations.              

"Almost every country places some restrictions on what may be published, although the emphasis and the degree of control differ from country to country and at different periods."

Books are banned for a variety of reasons. Materials are often suppressed due to the perceived notion of obscenity.Governments have also sought to ban certain books it perceives to contain material that could threaten, embarrass, or criticize it.

Governments may also ban books to protect the public from their contents, including materials that may endanger public safety.

Listed below is a list of some famous books which were banned in a few places due to various reasons... These books on the other hand also remained Bestsellers in other states...!!

 "Alice's adventures in wonderland- by Lewis Carol" was banned in the province of Hunan(China) in the 1931 for the portrayal of Anthropomorphized (recognition of human characteristics in non-human creatures and beings) animals acting on same level as humans.

"The Da Vinci Code- by Dan Brown" was banned in Lebanon after Catholic leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity.

"The God of Small Things - by Arundhati Roy"    Written in 1996, claimed to be portraying occasional interrelgious sex scenes involving a Christian woman and low caste-Hindu servant. Ban overturned in India in 1997.

"Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence- by Jaswant Singh" Banned in Gujarat, India in August 2009.

"Mein Kampf- by Adolf Hitler" Effectively banned in Germany.Banned in some European nations and the Russian Federation as extremist.

There are still many books which are being loved by the people and at the same time some others are banning them!! 

Encouragement

Encouragement is very important in a person's life.... It is like an ENERGY BOOSTER....


I  am getting much encouragement from my fellow bloggers......So, today.. I am taking my time to thank these people....


Thanks a lot to all the people out there who are reading my blogs....


It was 3rd May 2010... I was only 7 days old in Bloggers.com... when I received my very first award...


                   I was really very very happy.. felt like flying actually..!! I am feeling great.. because.... my web designing teacher.. told me.. that "after making the blog.. you may not get many viewers immediately..!! But after a month or two.. people will visit your blog.. till then keep patience..!"


But surprisingly.. the day I made my first blog and created my profile here  (27th April).. I got a visitor..with  "Welcome to bloggers" note.. And he is .. my cute little 3 year old brother..'Beanizer'.


I was really happy...
Then I started getting more and more visitors and also more votes... which I accept as my friend's love for me..!!


                     My first award was also given to me by my first visitor.. Beany
                                                  

Thanks a lot Bean .. for encouraging this newcomer....... : )

and thinking that I deserve it..

And I thank everyone for your support....

Bestselling authors

HELLO,BLOGGER FRIENDS...... Today i m here to name the bestselling authors of the decade..

This is a list of few such authors.. who have been pleasing their readers ever since they started writing.... 

But I m not saying that I have the complete list... This list includes only a few of them...

Actually I cud have..or maybe..Should have written the whole list.. but I don't get so much time bcoz of my tuitions ....

 DAN BROWN

                              

                          Dan Brown's Latest release is.. THE LOST SYMBOL..which was released on                                                                                            

September 15, 2009.                                                                                                                            

                          His previous works were The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception Point,

                         and Digital Fortress.                                                                                  

                            

 MARY HIGGINS CLARK

                                

                               Mary is the master of psychological thrillers

                               Her latest books are Shadow of your Smile,Dashing Through the Snow and Just        Take My Heart.. 

                                

                               Some of her famous novels are......

                               Daddy's Little Girl, Where are you now, Two Little Girls in Blue,I   have heard that Song Before.. etc etc.... Other than novels she also writes .. Series books, collections, omnibus, picture books, non-fiction and short stories..

 MICHAEL CRICHTON

                              

                             Michael Crichton who was best known for his suspenseful science fiction, died of            cancer in 2008. Crichton published 25 novels and four non-fiction books.               

                                              Some of his famous books were Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost  World , Airframe, Timeline, Prey, State of fear, Sphere and Congo..                                                                                    

  JOHN GRISHAM                                                                                    

                                 John is the master of legal fiction . Out of his works.. The firm, The Rainmaker, The Testament, The Summons and The Broker are the most famous.

                                                                                                                         

 STEPHEN KING                                                                             

                              He is known as the master of horror books..

                             The stand , It ,The Green mile, Wizard and Glass, The shining.. are some of his best books..                                          

 SOPHIE KINSELLA                                                                               

                            Kinsella became famous with Confessions of Shopaholic and continues to thrill fans with light,funny books..

                              Her best books are 'The Shopaholic Series' and 'The Undomestic Goddess'  ...

  STEPHENIE MEYER                                                                         

                               Meyer started by writing young adult fiction but her books have became a phenomenon with people of all ages...

                              Her books are : Twilight , New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Hell on Earth, The Host.. 

This is not the complete list...  It will be continued later...

Thank u for dropping by..