The Da Vinci Notebooks (A Dazzling Array Of Da Vinci’s Celebrated And Inspirational Inventions, Theories And Observat) by Leonardo Da Vinci

The Da Vinci Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


4 stars for this book.. and 5 stars for Leonardo...



What a person... Everyone who is thinking of taking up painting, must go through this book atleast once.. It is so amazing, how Leonardo noticed every single action in a daily life but we don't notice them.. The rare facts in the books are so amazing..



According to Leonardo, painting is not just something I or any of us do in my classrooms in the kindergarten.. I was so amazed by the tips and essentials recommended by Leonardo to all the painters.. After reading this book, a strange anxiety of taking up painting started in me..



Leonardo is a perfect name to define the word 'Artist'.. He is not just perfect in the field of Painting, but he is a sculptor, engineer, mathematician, philosopher, inventor, architect, anatomist, naturalist and the list goes on..



This book, express lots of key views of Leonardo on lots of fields ranging from painting to sculpture to his own writings to his philosophy on painting and lot more of his interesting stuff...



I think everyone atleast once should get to know about the Master!!!



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Ouch! That 'Hearts'.. By Harsh Snehanshu, Book Review

Ouch! That 'Hearts'.. by Harsh Snehanshu

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


not bad...



All I could say about this novel is NOT BAD... It was nothing like the first book.. It had love, story and humour.. But in this book, the major part, infact 80% was given for the humour.. Anyway, the end was good... I never knew there is there is a third book which is going to be out soon..





The most fascination thing is, he mentioned about him writing the first book in this - second book.. I after reading this book came to know that, these duos are not fictious.. That was little amazing.





Over-all, this book wasnt upto the expectations of the first book..



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OOPS! 'I' fell in love! just by chance... by Harsh Snehanshu, Book Review

OOPS! 'I' fell in love! just by chance... by Harsh Snehanshu

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I liked it!!!



To say, it is just another comedy-love-story-of-a-iitian... But there is something in the latter part of the story, it mesmerised me and I didnt leave the book till I complet reading it.. Now I am going to read the so called sequel of the book - Ouch! that "hearts"..



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Chanakya's Chant by Ashwin Sanghi, Book Review

Chanakya's Chant by Ashwin Sanghi

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


this is one is not like any of the books i've ever read.. it has been a great from the first till the last page..



i couldn't get any fixed picture of the book at first when i read the description... but eventually after 3 chapters, i came to know the pattern the story was following and was very much involved in it.. i took me 4 days to complete first of the book and 1 day to complete the second half.. the thrilling tales of politics was so brilliant..



i am one of those people who hate and dont give a damn for politics.. politics was something very easy, simple and easy earning job for me.. but after reading this book, it gave me a very new propective of politics.. it funny there are people out there still thinking politics a still simple as seen in movies..



All I have to say about the read is "It is a political roller coaster journey for readers"... Damn good...



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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Book Review

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


mind blowing.. just mind blowing...

hope i didnt see the movie first. but still it had no much difference.. every chapter ends with a cliff hanger...

best thing is it has been a long time since i saw the movie, the memory of the story of the movie is very faint... so it was lot more interesting than the movie.. the book covered each and every, minute detail of the story...

as complete one fifth of the book, i developed a special love for symbols and religious history.. da vinci is all over my brain.. symbols are all over my brain.. i started finding connection between every small incident that happens in my life.. THIS BOOK HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED MY PROSPECTIVE!!!

i dont know whether the points in the story are true or not, but i prefer considering it true.. i am so involved with the story... A MUST READ!!!



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The 3 Mistakes of My Life! by Chetan Bhagat, Book Review

The 3 Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


First book of Chetan Bhagat's which I felt boring...

The prologue of the book was so interesting and I couldn't control from completing the book in 2 days (ya, it is a fast read for me).. But after reading this book, I felt the fourth mistake is me reading this book. It was so boring.

But, the book was not so bad. The story had more twists then any B-grade Bollywood movie..

Not so up to Chetan's level (ya, he has some level in my view)...



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Right Fit Wrong Shoe by Varsha Dixit, Book Review

Right fit wrong shoe by Varsha Dixit

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


First of all, a close friend of mine recommended this book to me. Reading the description of the book, I was sure that this is a girl material. I was so bored by reading the description. I am not very much into girlie stuff. But this sounded too much.


First of all, the language was not so good for me. It was so complex. It had lot of shortcuts which not a even a text-junkie like me was able to understand. It takes lot of effort to complete dialogue.

Secondly, when I started reading the book, I was bored to hell. I had no idea why i started this one (as I have a habbit of complete reading the book which I started). I was cursing my friend was going on with the book.

10 pages done - still cursing my friend. 25 pages - still cursing my friend. 50 pages - I lost myself in the book.

If it was someone else, they would've completed it in just a day. As a slow reader (I read fast, but get no time to read), it took me 3 days.. To be precise, 5 hrs.

I was so involved in the back. It was so awesome. There was no girlie about the story. I felt it so interesting. Lost in the story, I got accustomed to the complex language.

A perfect read...



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