Saturday, July 26, 2008

A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffery Archer

Finished reaching "A Prisoner of Birth" by Jeffery Archer yesterday night. And I simply loved it.

Started reading it last Friday night to keep me distracted from the darn tooth pain which kept me awake whole night. By morning when hubby and Betu woke up I was already midway in the book. And I managed to read it little by little during the week despite so much work at office. And yesterday night finally managed to finish it! I was so engrossed in it that when hubby came in from work at 8:30 PM, I absent mindedly said "Hi" to him and kept reading it. He was might pissed to see that. But obviously :D

Coming back to the book, I loved the way Jeffery wove the story. I loved the character of Alex Redmayne and even more than him his father Mathew Redmayne despite the fact that they were there for very little part in the book.

Its after very very long I have managed to read a Jeffery Archer. Last I had read was more than 8-9 years ago. And I hope I can keep this book reading habit ignited from now onwards.

Now thinking on what book to start reading next. Any suggestions people?
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18 comments:

  1. MonikaJuly 26, 2008 at 1:17 PM

    sounds like a great book. sorry, no suggestions here coz iis been ages since i have got a chance to read up. i have a couple of books lying unread that i had bought a couple of months back.......it was unthinkable before Ansh came along.......lol.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    hey girl, I loved the book as well! As for some suggestions on books, my personal favourite during recent times is The Kite Runner. Have you read it?

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  3. rayshmaJuly 26, 2008 at 10:21 PM

    i'm thinking of picking up 'brida' by paulo coelho.

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  4. MampiJuly 27, 2008 at 10:34 AM

    Go for Deception Point by Dan Brown. Or more simply, another Jeffery Archer, to cruise you through the capping process too.
    ;)

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  5. RishiJuly 27, 2008 at 3:37 PM

    If you want to pick "Jeffrey", then go for "Not a Penny more Not a penny less". To me, it is jeffrey at his best.
    Another Jeffrey book i recommend is collection of short stories "to cut a long story short".

    Sure to get your reading bug going strong.

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  6. lost on the streetJuly 27, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    WHAT A CO INCIDENCE!! just finished reading the book.and thought of checkin some blog and this is the first thing i come across :-)
    Next suggestion for a book : Rohinton Mistry's family matters

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  7. AnonymousJuly 27, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    WHAT A CO INCIDENCE!! just finished reading the book.and thought of checkin some blog and this is the first thing i come across :-)
    Next suggestion for a book : Rohinton Mistry's family matters

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  8. ManaJuly 27, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    Don't read 3 mistakes of my life.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM

    Hey! Didn't know about this latest one by Archer! Thanks for letting me know! I read "False Impressions" by him some time back. It was good...typical Archer.
    Have you read Shashi Tharoor? Try "The Great Indian Novel"..Kite Runner and "A THousand Splendid Suns" both by Khaled Hosseini are good too..

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  10. ~nmJuly 28, 2008 at 9:04 AM

    @all: Thanks for all your suggestions. I have been wanting to read Kite Runner since long so might pick it up this time.

    Or If I find anyone who is ready to lend me a good book, I would read that :D

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  11. aMusJuly 28, 2008 at 10:40 AM

    hey i read that too, recently when I went to bangalore...enjoyed it too...

    next on my list is 'the japanese wife ' by kunal basu..let's see how that is...

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  12. manuscryptsJuly 28, 2008 at 11:18 AM

    the count of monte cristo 2.0 .. i liked it tho :)

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  13. How do we knowJuly 28, 2008 at 12:07 PM

    try Mary HIggins Clark.. she weaves a good murder mystery and is very engrossing.. want some? I cld lend u the 3-4 that i have.

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  14. How do we knowJuly 28, 2008 at 12:07 PM

    oh, and will borrow this book from u. that ok?

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  15. MonikaJuly 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM

    its a fantastic book, i read it too sometime back and i think jeffery archer is back with this one...

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  16. Mama - MiaJuly 28, 2008 at 12:49 PM

    even i havent jeffrey archer is ages! should pick this up! :)

    have you tried reading Arthur Hailey! i love the thrill in his novels! Evening News, Hotel, Airport, Money Chengers! pick any!

    cheers!

    abha

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  17. MeiraJuly 28, 2008 at 3:27 PM

    Do you read e-books? I've got a huge collection, could mail you some if you want.
    Currently reading The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell . You'l like it if you liked Da Vinci Code. And of course I'l lend it to you :D

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  18. ~nmJuly 28, 2008 at 10:32 PM

    How do we: Thanks, I would love it if you can lend them to me. About the prisoner of birth, I had borrowed it from someone and has been duly returned now. Will ask if she hasn't lent it again to someone and can give it to you!

    Meira: I like to read books in print as in hard copy. I can read short stories online. So if you have some of those do send across.!

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