To-Read List

For the Tamil cinema lover in me, April 14 was a red letter day since movies with Rajni, Kamal and Vijay all got released the same day. For the reader in me, yesterday was April 14 all over again with three books landing up on my to-read list the same day!

I have been waiting to read David Baldacci’s The Camel Club ever since it was released a couple of weeks ago and I finally managed to lay my hands on the book yesterday. Though a little sad that it doesn’t involve Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, the leads in his new, two book-old series, this book about a club of Washington conspiracy theorists seems right up Baldacci’s alley.

James Patterson’s new Alex Cross novel, Mary Mary, was also released yesterday and to my very pleasant surprise, I was able to pick that one up too from the library yesterday. Though Patterson has started the Women’s club series(which is already 4 books old) and co-authors a few stand-alone thrillers, the Alex Cross books hold a special place in my heart since it was a Cross book(Kiss The Girls) that introduced me to Patterson first. So it will be nice catching up with the detective as he goes after a female serial killer.

I was recently contacted by Priya Raghavan, who along with her husband Siva Nara, has written a book called Dollar Wise Penny Foolish. She is apparently a regular reader of this blog(and bbreviews) and enquired if I would be interested in reading their book. The book’s tagline(“romantic book on stocks for aspiring millionaires”) and subject(simplifying stock market concepts through fiction) seemed interesting and I expressed my interest. Priya graciously agreed to send me a complimentary copy of the book and so that book found its way to the coffee table yesterday too.

Its time to start reading!