Well I won’t say that I am reading a lot but I can definitely say that I never read fiction back to back. After finishing The Lost Symbol which actually tested my patience, I have now picked up a more lighter but yet a really funny novel; 2 States. The moment I read the preface of the book, I got to know that this was my kinda book which would be a mixed bag of sorts. One which contains, Comedy, Romance, Love, Jealousy, and lots of Emotions – a perfect mix for a soap opera. The book contains tonnes of sarcasm against south indians especially tamils but it is still enjoyable. Lets see how Krish and Ananya get married.

Today I turn wiser by a year. Lots of good wishes and lots of blessings and to top it all lots of gifts courtesy my wife.  From a brand new pair of eyes (CC) to  Polaroid  Glasses and to top it all a PS3 that I never thought that I would own. Thanks a lot Kala for making this day really special.

Ah! I forgot. Another culprit who had kept me away from my blog is “The Lost Symbol”. I gifted it to my wife the day it was released in India. I was hoping it would be another “Da Vinci Code” or “Angels & Demons”.  Frankly speaking The Lost Symbol isn’t a bad book but it was let down. It is surely a page turner (so that you could finish the book soon). The story moves at a good pace and in parts the book is really good to read. But for most part of the book the screenplay is same and often repeated. The book should have ideally gone through one more round of edits, which would have made the book even more better. Another annoying stuff in the book is that Dan Brown, explains every single characters movement as which street they walked, which turn they took et al.

In most part of the book the setup is the same.

A: Have you heard of X?
B (usually Langdon): Yes, but I thought that was just a myth.
A shows or tells B something.
B reacts with shock.
Then, insert scenes of people walking from one place to another, being chased.
Then, insert the sentence “Suddenly everything made sense.” At least for the next ten pages.

This is really annoying. On the whole, the book is a good read in parts but didn’t keep up to its expectations.

It has been quite a while since I posted. Sorry for that. Now where was I? The last update was Facebook. Ah I remember that culprit. Ever since I joined Facebook, I haven’t posted much. I haven’t even posted on my wall much, courtesy Zynga.com. Facebook is loaded with lot of this simple yet addictive community games that have kept me busy during my leisure time and some times even during work. Mafia wars, Special Forces, Farmville, and a lot more. All but Farmville are HTML based games, that makes hardcore gamers like me even sit up sometimes all nit to get the energy up and complete tasks. And whats worse, I even got tempted to use my credit card to buy some favor point and get ahead of the competition. I had even called up a few of my friends to join me in Mafia wars, so that I could buy mission items. Such has been the effect of the social games that are present in Facebook. Now I am forcing myself to login to facebook only twice a day and for 10 minutes only so that I could spend some time usefully.

Started facebooking….. Simple user interface… has the potential to make me come back on a daily basis but for how many days.