I never failed to notice the large stacks of books every time I walked along the footpaths of Golpark. Yet it never really struck me I can actually take those books. Strange of me indeed. After all what are the books doing there other than waiting to be read by readers like me?
As this revelation dawned on me I have been reading delightfully ever since. In a few weeks time I have taken the following books having read four already.
- Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat
- Are You Afraid of the Dark - Sydney Sheldon
- Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
- Outbreak - Robin Cook
- Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
- The Other Side of Me - Sydney Sheldon
You may choose to buy or borrow. I of course chose the latter. At first I took FPS by Chetan Bhagat and a novel by Sidney Sheldon. (Mind you, it’s not that I am a great Sheldon fan or anything. Just that I have never read Sheldon before and wanted to try) I was charged Rs. 110. Returning them I got back Rs. 85!
On my 2nd day there, I borrowed A&D and Outbreak which would set me back by Rs. 150 which I din’t expect. The books I returned have already made Rs. 85 and I needed to cough up 65 rupees more which I did’nt have. Taken aback, I asked the man to exclude one book stating my problem. He then asked me how much I had and satisfied himself with the lone fifty-rupees-note I had leaving me walking my way back home.
Last Monday I took DF and The Other Side of Me and still reading them.
The books there are either secondhand purchases or illegal prints. While reading ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ I found several pages missing in two places which was really disturbing. Good for me that I searched and downloaded the PDF and read the missing portions. 
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Ahh… the digital god to the rescue again. The prices you mentioned is very cheap indeed. For instance, the real version of Da Vinci Code (bought from Landmark) cost me 200 rupees alone. Got to go to Golpark.
I also like reading but only tech books /magazines.
I just dont understand what is interesting in the type of books you mentioned.
May be I am not that smart or not that dumb.
hehe.
Hi Rahul, U don like to read? May be u may like to check this http://www.niponwave.com/2005/07/25/youngsters-away-from-reading/
Hey, do read 5 Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. You will surely like it. Take my word for it.
Hey try out Sidney Sheldon’s Dooms Day Conspiracy you will love it.Try also Google Story you shall find my review here.
I havent read Robin Cook books how r they????……..I hv heard that they are more into medicinal stuff r they????
hey by the way its spelt “sidney” not “sydney”
find a review of Google story here……………..http://ktima.wordpress.com/tag/just-books/
can any one of u please send me link where to download the ebook of 5 point someone .
hey..i m lookin for the other side of me by sidney sheldon..in ebook format..can neone plz mail me on ‘mariam.memon@gmail.com’