i bought a couple of good books today…..not watching the Parikrama concert DID help out after all…

latest acquisitions:
–Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth”. There is a movie being made on the book, it’s supposed to be hilarious, and it stars Om Puri….i bought the hardcover.

–Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere”. This was one book i had been DESPERATELY looking for….my Gaiman collection is half complete now….the Gaiman novel collection, i mean. btw, i finished reading it in one go yesterday….long time since a book did that to me….

–Ron Kovic’s “Born On The Fourth Of July” , supposed to be a VERY powerful book!!! the first few pages are awesome!!!

–An interesting one….i saw a FAT book with a nice looking female on the cover and from a distance, the name looked like “Samurai”…went closer and looked to find “Samraj”….at the back, the reviewer had said, “A must for fans of Tolkienesque fantasy”…the book was, believe it or not, a historical retelling of the Mahabharata, from the Point of View of Draupadi and Yudhishtira, who have to “lead a band of rag tag rebellers against the army of the mighty Kuru empire. ”
Entertaining to say the least!!! And the author is an American female. :-D

Yeah, yesterday was another major milestone….installed and played my first RPG called “Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn”, a LONG demo version, the full game being a four-cd epic available at MR Book stall…methinks i will buy it before the month is through….