I know what I did last summer

I know what I did last summer
.. savored the potpourri of these books and movies.

Books -

1. Life of Pi By Yann Martel
I am intrigued by the cover of this book. It's stunning: A small brown figure lays huddled at the rear of a tiny boat. Underneath and around the boat the sea is streaming with marine life while at the front of the ship lays a fully grown tiger, head resting, and one paw dangling over the water.


2. The Monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma.
Just another self help book.

3. Good to Great by Jim Collins
A sequel to "Built to Last". Jim tries to figure out why only a handful of companies become great leaving behind a pool of good companies.

4. Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon.
Author ka bas nam hi kafi hai.

5. Are you afraid of dark? by Sidney Sheldon.
When finished reading Sands of Time, I just thought to read one more novel by Sidney Sheldon. There is something about this guy. He really makes the reader "feel" the plot.

6. The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO by Robin Sharma.
Don't know whether it is a prequel or a sequel to 'Monk who....'

Movies -

1. The Constant Gardner Directed by Fernando Meirelles ( "City of Gods" ) Cast :Ralph Fiennes & Rachel Weisz
Exploitation of a Third World country by a Pharma company makes Rachel Weisz (Tessa Quayle )concerned. She gets brutally murdered by the bullies in this game. Her husband, Ralph Fiennes (Justin Quayle) , haunted by remorse, embarks on a personal odyssey. Using privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he risks his own life but stops at nothing, to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than he could ever have imagined.

2. The Man
Hollywood never runs out of such "Cop-Comedy" movies. Samuel Jackson and Eugene Levy are found making humble efforts to make the audience (is there anyone BTW) laugh. Thanks to a "less" well-known director Les Mayfield, this movie is a flop. Even the humble efforts by Samuel Jackson and Eugene Levy couldn't save this movie.

3. The 40 Year Old Virgin:
Paisa Vasul Movie ... great job Steve Carell. Keep it up.

4. Monster In Law
Watched for JeLo.

5. Wedding Crashers
Why can't David Dhawan think of such a theme? I bet, Govinda and Aarshad Warsi would knock down Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.

6. Something's gotta give
I can not stop myself watching this one thrice over a weekend Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton are at their best. I added Nancy Meyers in my list of favorite directors.

7. 50 First Dates
"Can I have the last first kiss?" sums up everything. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are awesome.

8. Ant Z
Just watched again.

9. Finding Nemo
Just watched again.

10. A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe's Cinderella Man directed by the same director Ron Howard is now on my TO DO list.

11. The Transporter - II
Jason Statham is the "six-sigma" compliant transporter with a simple mantra "Rules are made to be broken" .