Nishant’s Comments (group member since Dec 15, 2011)

Nishant’s comments from the bookshelf IIT Roorkee group.

Richard Branson's autobio i wanted to read for a long time. finally got to it.

Motorcycle diaries i got out of the blue. i didn't know something such as this from Che Guevara existed.

Swami Vivekananda's little book on Karma yoga. i like exploring stuff so i started reading this. let's see what i can gain from it.

i was half hoping nobody takes it for holidays cuz' i wanted to take it myself. ;) but i guess it was good as u have taken it to the opposing junta.

one of the major points of interests for me is to know what a catch-22 situation is!
i want to read the whole book for it rather than let wiki ruin it.

well i was not an early boomer. once i got hold of a book of one of my college going cousins and got hooked to it. i was in class 8th (about 12 or so) and think what you may, but the book was, "The monk who sold his ferrari".

I realised i am not even close to any life crisis as they were talking about(i might be now though) but something in the book did hold my attention.

And then there was harry potter. i somehow got hold of HP4 and there was no stopping from then on. I borrowed till HP6 from a guy who had them and read the last part in front of the monitor within days of its release. first marathon read.

and of course, there were raj comics and such in the earlier childhood.

bookshelf was started a few months back to cater to the needs of heavy readers as well as novices. adding to the vision, rather supplementing it, we have decided to create a community where people from the campus can come together to discuss novels and see what books their friends are reading and have read. Goodreads for that, is a great tool.

Goodreads is a great place for book lovers and you might even find yourself hooked if you have read a lot and you start managing your shelves. Even hanging around browsing stuff and adding it to your shelves is fun. And as Zuckerberg points out in every one of his speeches, social tinge to it enhances its experience multifold. Browsing through a friends shelf, you can make new discoveries as well as recommendations for books. The serendipity is overwhelming. The hardcore readers will know early what am i talking about.

So join in and add people you know as friends on goodreads. I hope you'll like it as i did.