Books (Oct 2 2019 to Oct 2nd 2020)

 My proudest moment is perhaps that I religiously maintained my list of sticky notes with the names of the books. This is my 13th year of books. I forgot the date for some , so I am just giving the names : 

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  1. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
  2. Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie
  3. Asterix : All at Sea(Asterix is technically a comic book though)- Uderzo and Goscinny
  4. Asterix: Magic Carpet - Uderzo and Goscinny
  5.  Asterix: Omnibus - Uderzo and Goscinny
  6. Cat among the pigeons- - Agatha Christie
  7. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
  8. Passenger to Frankfurt- Agatha Christie
  9. Cards on the Table- Agatha Christie
  10. Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll
  11. Through the looking glass- Lewis Carroll
  12. Artemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident- Eoin Colfer
  13. The Inimitable Jeeves- P.G. Wodehouse
  14. Appointment with Death- Agatha Christie
  15. I am Malala- Malala Yousufzai
  16. Artemis Fowl : The Eternity Code- Eoin Colfer
  17. Percy Jackson : The LIghtning Thief - Rick Riordan
  18. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
  19. Home to Roost- Tessa Hainsworth
  20. Murder on the LInks - Agatha Christie
  21. After the Funeral- Agatha Christie
  22. The Adventures of Christmas Pudding- Agatha Christie
  23. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
  24. Around the world in 80 days - Jules Verne
  25. To sir, with love - E. R. Braithwaite
  26. Daddy Long legs - Jean Webster
  27. Animal Farm - George Orwell
  28. Tell Tale - Jeffrey Archer
  29. Malgudi Schooldays - R.K. Narayan
  30. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - Richard Bach
  31. One, Two, Buckle my shoe- Agatha Christie
  32. The Old man and the sea- Ernest Hemingway
  33. The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
  34. Pygmalion- George Bernard Shaw
  35. Uncle Fred in the Springtime - P.G. Wodehouse
  36. Poirot investigates -- Agatha Christie
  37. Third Girl - Agatha Christie
  38. Taken at the flood- Agatha Christie
  39. The Hollow- Agatha Christie
  40. Black Coffee- Agatha Christie
  41. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie
  42. The Monogram Murders- Sophie Hannah
  43. Nemesis- - Agatha Christie
  44. The Men Within- Harimohan Paruvu
  45. Charlotte's Web -E. B. White
I think 45 is a great number for me! Perfectly divisible by 3 and 9 and 5. 
Book reviews to follow. Hopefully. Soon. 

Comments

  1. Harimohan3 October 2020 at 16:20

    That's an impressive list Anjali (and I especially liked the one that is in bold). I am so glad you read 'The Men Within' before your 13th and that it made its way into your list. Here's to more reading and writing and sharing.

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  2. Dr. Seven3 October 2020 at 23:41

    Wow! That is quite a list. Keep reading!
    “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” – Descartes

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