tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post1861554087351191456..comments2024-03-28T10:58:05.404+05:30Comments on THE READING ROOM: Meet ad executive Swapan Seth, the man who buys a book every dayRamesh Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678034444539598327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post-19021169737078826352011-09-26T14:09:20.549+05:302011-09-26T14:09:20.549+05:30I have read 'This Is All I Have to Say'. H...I have read 'This Is All I Have to Say'. He is so insightful.Roshnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827553615550612079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post-55570671006592667402011-09-25T09:55:39.493+05:302011-09-25T09:55:39.493+05:30Padmini (Greenhorn): Make that nine books. Flipkar...Padmini (Greenhorn): Make that nine books. Flipkart delivered "The Copy Editing and Headline Handbook", by Barbara G. Ellis, last evening and I couldn't resist dipping into it right away.Ramesh Prabhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678034444539598327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post-24680081080553591352011-09-24T12:56:02.304+05:302011-09-24T12:56:02.304+05:30Padmini (Greenhorn): I am reading eight books at p...Padmini (Greenhorn): I am reading eight books at present:<br /><br />1. Hiroshima -- John Hersey<br />2. Frank Sinatra Has a Cold: And Other Essays -- Gay Talese<br />3. Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years -- Charles Schulz<br />4. How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays -- Umberto Eco<br />5. Interviews with History, Conversations with Power -- Oriana Fallaci<br />6. The Writerly Life: Selected Non-fiction -- R.K. Narayan<br />7. Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker -- ed. David Remnick, Henry Finder<br />8. Hitch-22: A Memoir -- Christopher HitchensRamesh Prabhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678034444539598327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post-89869935922798609952011-09-24T12:30:16.455+05:302011-09-24T12:30:16.455+05:30I totally relate to this person. I never grew up o...I totally relate to this person. I never grew up on books. Books were for nerds. When I was 18, someone gave me J.D. Salinger...the catcher in the rye...i was converted. Now, i dont even switch on the television because a book keeps me more satisfied!Arathi Krishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339364922304573958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post-43030509000365931252011-09-23T17:09:52.224+05:302011-09-23T17:09:52.224+05:30I completely relate with Mr. Seth's reading 3 ...I completely relate with Mr. Seth's reading 3 books at a time syndrome. Please note, I am calling it a syndrome because 'normal' readers do not understand why and how we do it. :)Padminihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432274619821417533noreply@blogger.com