My Fawts

Hi, My name is KJ and welcome to my blog. I am a software developer currently working for a financial institution.

Areas of interest:

• Software development
• Cooking
• Mixing music
• Reading books
• Ancient History (Egypt, Rome, England, Middle East, India and China)

I usually dont read books (novels) but I do read text books. This is mostly when I am trying to learn a new technology in programming or I have to familarise myself with a new language/ database. 2007 is when i started to read story novels.

List of books I have read to date:

• Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (26 June 1997)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2 July 1998)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (8 July 2000)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (21 June 2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (16 July 2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)
• Stardust (Niel Gaimen)
• J.R.R. Tolkein
  • The Hobbit
  • Lord of the Rings - The fellowship of the Ring
  • Lord of the Rings - Two Towers
  • Lord of the Rings - The return of the king
• His Dark Materials  (Phillip Pullman)
  • The Golden Compass
  • The Subtle Knife
  • The Amber Spyglass
• Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice)
• Brams strokers - Dracula
• The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
  • The Magician’s Nephew
  • The Witch and the Wardrobe   
  • The Horse and His Boy
  • Prince Caspian
  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  • The Silver Chair
  • The Last Battle
• Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
• The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
• Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
• Digital Fortress (Dan Brown) 
• Deception Point (Dan Brown)
• Count Karlstein (Phillip Pullman)
• Pay Check (Phillip K. Dick)
• Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
• Eldest (Christoper Paolini)
• I-Robot (Issac Assimov)
• The picture od Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
• Ice Station (Matthew Rielly)
• Area 7 (Matthew Rielly)
• Scarecrow (Matthew Rielly)
• Brisngr (Christopher Paolini)
• Dead until dark (Charlaine Harris)
• Living dead in Dallas(Charlaine Harris)
• Club dead (Charlaine Harris)
• Bringin down the house (21) (Ben Mezrich)
• Sphere (Michael Chricton)
• Dead as a doornail (Charlaine Harris)
• Definitely Dead (Charlaine Harris)
• All Together Dead(Charlaine Harris)
• From Dead to Worse(Charlaine Harris)
•  Twilight Saga (Stephanie Meyer)
  • Twilight
  • New Moon
  • Eclipse
  • Breaking Dawn
• City of Ember *** Currently reading***

 List of books on my list to read:

• Journey to the center of the earth (about half way into the book)
• 20,000 leagues under the sea
• Minority Report (Phillip K. Dick)
• Dearly Devoted Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
• Vampire Le-Stat
• The Queen of the Damned
• Sword of truth - Wizards Rule
• Bhagwad-Gita - As it is (on and off)
  Srimad bhagwad-gita (Comparing with As it is)
• 10,000 years of Ancient Indian History - book I found at Akshardham in Delhi, when I was there late last year. (on and off reading)

All the books that I have read, are also listed in the order I read them in. As I finish reading a book, I then watch the movie (if one exists). Most of the time then books are better than the movie. With LOTR both  the books and movies were excellent. However there are some movies that are much better than the book. Like Stardust, in my opinion, the movie was much better then the book  and the same goes for the TV show Dexter. I give full credits to the author, but the TV show is much better. The book is only one sided view whereas the TV episodes of dexter, show all views.  I think this would have had to happen otherwise the TV show would not have taken off.

 I have just recently read Eragon and re-watched the movie. Once again the book was much better then the movie. But I also didnt think that it was like the LOTR. Some people had said, when the movie was first released, that it was too much like LOTR. The book is now where near like LOTR. It has its own story, places and emenies. Yes it was about dragons and Elves. I guess this could have been the reason why people thought that it was similar to the LOTR.

 I cant wait till the movie Angels and Demons comes out and ofcourse the movie The Subtle Knife.