Sunday, September 27, 2009

Stone Cold by David Baldacci

The least sais the better of this book. The book with three parallel lies running never cross ito each other making you wonder if it is the same book that is being read or a collection of 3 books. Not worth the time specnt on the book. There is never a moment where the reader would be at the edge of his seat inspite of it being a thriller.
Overall rating: 1 star

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Babyland by Holly Chamberlin

The central character of a novel is a 37 and half year old single woman who runs a business of event management. She gets engaged to a mlti-millionaire Ross who is a perfectionist in most ways, always prim and proper and full of social graces. Both of them were getting along just fine till she realises that she is pregnant. Always of the idea, that she would never have a baby, the novel talks about how she adjusts herself to her new lifestyle. Ross and family are overjoyed with the news and suddenly the pending marriage is not of much importance as compared to the baby shower. In the process, our lady realises that her importance is limited to the fact that she has been the vehicle of the gorgeous Ross' baby. Once she loses her baby, she is dumped like a hot potato with numerous accusations. It is then she realised that she was gonna be marrying Ross because he was good and settled in life but she did not love him and vice versa. She also gets to know about the person she loved, who was her dear friend Jack, who had a past of his own, who was not as gorgeous and glorious as Ross was, who had a baby with another woman Leslie.... Yet she loved him inspite of that...
Makes for a very interesting reading on a rainy afternoon. Brings into focus the dilemmas a girl faces as she chooses the one she is gonna spend her life with...
Rating: 3.5 star