Thursday, March 10, 2011

Heartbreaks and Dreams! - The Girls@IIT - Parul Mittal (2010)

Story looked quite predictable from the title but more close to reality than the earlier two instances of IIT story telling of Five Point Someone and Above Average. But writing style and quality was not as appealing as the other two books are. There are definitely some high points and low points in the book but not a book which will make you keep glued to it. In the days with limited communication opportunities and a closed social circle there is bound to be a lot of inner desire to socialize with the opposite sex. I guess the book focused too much into that aspect than getting to a complete view of the IIT life.

Overall a good read but not a great one.

Beyond the Sky and the Earth - A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa (1999)

Fresh from college, a young woman from Canada leaves everything familiar behind to step into the wilderness of Bhutan in 1987. What begins a...