Luminous Infinitus

Went to the library to return the books that I’d taken. Wanted to take Shannon’s way by Cronin. But it wasn’t there. Took ‘A thing of beauty’. I don’t remember the complete poem ..but Keats wrote a gem there - "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams …."

I know I have left the previous reviews(summaries rather!) unfinished. It’s like I love to write when I am reading. It’s a great feeling to relate what one has just finished reading, to relive those moments with the hero/heroine in the novel, to regroup the thoughts in your mind. But once the book is read fully, I lose the interest to write. Some how the specifics are lost (excuse me, but it is much like local variables going out of scope once you come out of a method !!) and what remains in the mind are the unforgettable scenes , memorable dialogues and the complete story itself. At this moment I could start off afresh and write again , now about the whole story but not from where I had left my narrative earlier. Well ! Now that I am all set to write, I have nothing to write about the story. sad !! writer’s block ?? no, this is not called as writer’s block. It is when a writer runs out of a topic to write, right ? Mary meets with Denis again , Matt has reached calcutta and sent ...

My life is changing. I can feel it. I am Listening to the wind of change. May it carry tidings of good news .. only .. This song is a gem. I can lend my ears and mind to it again and again and again .. Wind of change - scorpions Follow the Moskwa Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change An August summer night Soldiers passing by Listening to the wind of change The world is closing in Did you ever think That we could be so close, like brothers The future's in the air Can feel it everywhere Blowing with the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away In the wind of change Walking down the street Distant memories Are buried in the past, forever I follow the Moskwa Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams With you and me Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow...

Before I could even get to completely see the fiction section, it was closing time. Gosh ! 3 hrs and I didn’t do anything but browse through a few books and did I love it .You bet. If I was happy arriving at the library being dropped by a bus driver who let me come here for free since I didn’t have a dollar change , I was completely gleeful at this time – the gladness of having done something for the day. Well ! at first he didn’t let me in the bus since I hadn’t change with me. I gave him 5$ and said it’s fine. I had to go to the library. He said it is fine. I’d come into the library , registered , got a card and had gone straight towards Literature section. As always in a library or a bookstore , I sought Hardy first. Greeted Clym, Michael, Bathsheba, Tess and moved on to the previous row – ‘D’ – duMaurier world. Holding “The King’s General” felt like holding a prestigious medal. If his statue had replaced the faceless soldier at Monument square, wouldn’t I have sat there look...

The FBI and CIA are frantically searching for a clue towards Rosenberg and Jensen murders. They dig up old cases , follow up menacing threats , look out for the vicitms' enemies ..but no avail. they cannot pin anything down to the dozen or odd theories floated. Darby , on her own , spends days and nights researching. comes up with the pelican brief , her theory about why the justices were murdered , gives it to her bf-prof Callahan . Callahan gives it to Gavin Verheek,his close pal in the FBI casually asking him just to look into it . soon it finds its way to higher ups in FBI and then to the president himself. the president is shaken by the contents of the brief. barely 24 hours later a bomb meant for Darby kills Callahan. Darby knows that they are gunning for her and want her to be dead. Darby runs.. and i slept :) couldnt read much more though. was dead tired.

yet another action packed , non-stop thriller with a lot of legal jargons thrown in ? if "To Kill a mocking bird" (Harper Lee) made law a noble career, "A time to kill" , "The Firm", "The Client" make it a challenging , in modern('american' rather) terms , a coool career. but whatever anyone says a John Grisham is almost un-put-down-able ! Pelican Brief - 100 pages through the book and I still dont know what it means ! Two supreme court judges are killed and the whole world (the whole of US rather!) is in search of answers - what is the motive behind the killing ? who killed them ? Darby Shaw , a second year law student , who is brilliant , who is also beautiful , who also sleeps with her talented con-law prof , is also in search of these answers. (ps : con-law = constitutional law . i have a hunch here that she will beat the fibbies and come out with answers first. what else are heroines for? well ! pardon me , it is a crime to jump the ...

I'd heard a lot about Mary Higgins Clark , but never read her. so when I chanced upon one recently , I just bought it. "A Cry in the Night " - took me back to my sidney sheleon reading days though. Did i like it ? I dont know . I didnt dislike it though. But the fact of the matter is , I finished it in a night. Started and there was no stopping. Jenny , a single parent , struggling to make ends meet with two kids to raise and an ex-husband who keeps asking her money , is swept off her feet when she meets Erich - a perfect man, a darling with her children , someone who loves her passionately. Within no time she leaves everything , marries him and moves into his bungalow in a ranch with her children. She slowly begins to discover Erich's unusual attachment to his mother(Erich marries Jenny since Jenny looks like his mother Caroline). Things take a sharp turn when Jenny's ex-husband Ken who comes to visit her is murdered. All fingers are pointed at her. She also hear...