ratings

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author, title, myrating (scale of 1--5 5 being best), two-second summary

vikram seth, suitable boy, 3, post-independence soap dragged to infinity
gabriel garcia marquez, one hundred years of solitude, 2, give people different names else history repeats itself
salman rushdie, shame, 2.5, not enough fundaes to appreciate pakistan's history
salman rushdie, midnights children, 3.5, post-independence india through the eyes of a sorry dude
salman rushdie, haroun and the sea of stories, 3, should have read it 15-20 years back
daniel keyes, flowers for algernon, 4, dumb-->smart-->dumb;smart aint good
robert kanigel, the man who new infinity, 3.5,
levitt/lubner, freakonomics, 3.5, correlation != causality
varian/shapiro, information rules, 3.5, economists are intuitive but highly repetitive
herbert simon, models of my life, 2.5, didnt try to be especially ambitious did whatever was the right thing to do at a given point in space-time
jhumpa lahiri, namesake, 3, nice story not enough fundaes to appreciate parallels
yann martel, life of pi, 1.5, arbit
paulo coelho, alchemist, 2, bordering on self-help crap
rk narayan, the world of nagraj, 3, timepass
rk narayan, mr sampath, 3, timepass
rk narayan, talkative man, 3, timepass
david davidar, house of blue mangoes, 3, first chapter reminds of ramarajan movie
anton chekov, collection of comic stories, 1.5, most of them are abrupt prefer roald dahl anyday
shashi tharoor,the great indian novel, 3, cute tricks in drawing parallels
mark haddon, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, 4.5, scary similarities (minesweeper, emotions as being just reference models in brain, belief in MDL etc)
jerry seinfeld, seinlanguage, 3.5, nice collection of witticisms only caveat is it gets predictable after having watched (alomost) every seinfeld episode 5-6 times
hardy, a mathematicians apology, 3, interesting rant
will clarke, lord vishnus love handles, 1, masala
salman rushdie, satanic verses, 2, confusing
amartya sen, the argumentative indian, 2.5, repetitive number of theories is >> number of actual facts
bill bryson, a short history of nearly everything, 2, remember this quote from an eminent computer scientist "people can sell you fantastic stories by multiplying large numbers"
jared diamond, guns germs and steel, 1.5, it takes an academic to write a really really long book based on just one really really small idea!
malcolm gladwell, tipping point, 3, small hypothesis many anecdotes but nothing conclusive well written though
malcolm gladwell, blink, 3, decent attempt at trying to elaborate the mystery of intuition
gita mehta , karma cola, 0.5, absolutely arbit
keith donahue, stolen child, 1, requires tremendous patience to read this

unrated:
shyam selvadurai ed, storywallah
jerome k jerome, three men in a boat