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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by vivek of themavericks...remember!! » Sat Oct 26, 2002 11:19 am

The ten \"best\" books to avoid reading<br><br>

This is my maiden attempt in trying to not pretend as if i am a wall street bull by giving you top 10s that apparently relate to none, as some of you have mailed me. I would still continue giving such top 10s though. I don`t know why i am creating this board, but since there\'s some talk goin on about books to read. I recommend you not to go near any of these books and spoil your time like i did. So the following is a list of 10 really bad books to read.<br><br>

Book 1 - How to become a millionaire - Don`t even try to read this , even for free, cuz i am sure the author if this book won`t be a millionaire and even if he was why would someone write a book and spead the secret!<br>

Book 2 - My Presidential Years (R. Venkatraman) - Just to maintain some prestige i used to read some popular books! (that was long time ago). But this one sucks to the core. Best kept in a prominent place in your drawing room, daily wiped.<br>

Book 3 - Vatsyana Kamasutra (Illustrated colour) - You would ask,\"what\'s there to read in it?\". That\'s what i also say. This book is not for reading. The literature is really boring. And if you are one amongst the very few rare items like me, who actually read the literature despite those colour photographs, i know a doctor who could treat us.<br>

Book 4 - Who ate my cheese - No there is no typo it\'s not who moved my cheese, there is actually a book by this name. It\'s very rare, maybe the number of prints would have been just 2 and one copy unfortunately came within my reach. I sometimes think as to why i read it. It\'s a dumb book on developing will power which puts you to sleep.<br>

Book 5 - Indian Cuisines to die for - This was supposed to be a best seller in UK. Whats so horrible is that, this book tries to present bread upuma as \'Tamil Cassatta\' and Idly as \'rice steam cakes\' and a popular dish of kerala as \'Magic of Kerla\'. Look at the first one, anyone knows what \"cassata\" is? What\'s up with the second one? And the third recipe sounds like a cheap porno movie title. This was a real bad one.<br>

Book 6 - 1001 baby names - I am yet to figure out what made me read this. Yes, i actually read this and no i am not married. But i can suggest 1001 names for your baby unless you decide to name your baby as \"Rainbow\" or \"printis\".<br>

Book 7 - How to impress your boss - You won`t believe what this book in the \'For female subordinates\' section says \"In order to impress your immediate boss, it is important to remain attractive althrough the day. A decent looking office gown is the best attire you may wear and a low neck giving prominence to your proud cleavage may also work wonders during official functions\". This author must be shot for inventing nightmarish terms like proud cleavage. I think the author was L. L. Pandey.

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Book 8 - Make money while you sleep - It\'s a very good looking book, it talks about how you should pick equities and invest in them and see the value rise while you sleep. What intrigued me was, while you sleep, the markets are also closed so there is no question of value rising. But the best part was, the kinda stocks this book suggested would made you shoot your self in your temple, simply because those suggested stock were belonging to the infamous dot-com era!!! tell me about it !! :( <br>

Book 9 - What they don`t teach you at Harvard Business School - I think you should buy this book, you will then know why they don`t teach whatever this book says at Harvard Business School.<br>

Book 10 - Linda Goodman Lovesigns/Sun signs - It\'s the ultimate paper weight. I know a lot of them would disagree, but this book is outright pathetic. It talks about some air signs, water signs and nonsense that you need to have a diploma is understanding weird english to get this in your head. The best thing about this book is that, if you burn it, it would burn for a while and you can make a cup of coffee in that.<br><br>


Comming up next - THE TEN BEST MOVIES TO AVOID
vivek of themavericks...remember!!
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by Joan of Arc » Sat Oct 26, 2002 10:14 pm

Hi! I\'m amazed at the effort you put into each topic of yours! I read your entire post and it made interesting reading.
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by neethika » Sat Oct 26, 2002 10:34 pm

Vivek, even i am amazed with the effort you put in your matter. It\'s either extremly informative or hilarious. You are one guy with great GK and humour. I think it\'s a gift. And as far as this board of yours goes, it\'s really funny. But one thing I am not able to understand is, why did you read a baby name book and cookery books? Very very funny indeed, ha ha ha!
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by neethika » Sat Oct 26, 2002 10:36 pm

Vivek, keep your boards simple and easy for others to think like this one here.
neethika
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by seetharam » Sun Oct 27, 2002 3:31 am

I read only one book fully, i.e book-9 in your list, and i found that interseting as well. But, i will never advise anyone not to read any book, simply, because Wise men even learn from fools.
seetharam
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by vivek of themavericks...remember!! » Sun Oct 27, 2002 11:36 am

I must say that was rude enough for me to assume that so many books have not influenced to be judgemental about quality in the true sense.For everything thats good,there has to be something which contradicts thats.Thats the rule of everything that happens.So if there are books that are good there has be atleast 10 books that are really bad.You must know that it is impossible to list the 10 best books to read and its easier to listout 10 bad books bacause books in general are good things.
vivek of themavericks...remember!!
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by Srinu » Sun Oct 27, 2002 2:48 pm

I am sure the guy who wrote \"How to become a millionaire\" made millions selling the book to ppl looking to make a fast million. :)
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by anita » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:55 pm

Maybe you can also suggest the 10 ten best books which must be read by everybody. And I will no way believe that there will be only 10 movies that shud be avoided, almost every movie that comes out from bollywood and tollywood shud be avoided. how can u say that there are only 10 movies???
anita
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by vivek of themavericks..remember!! » Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:15 pm

Its impossible for me to suggest 10 books to read,think about it,anita.Besides,i never said there are ONLY 10 movies to be avoided,i wannagive the list of 10 movies which one must not watch even for free!.Lets see how i fare in that
vivek of themavericks..remember!!
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The 10 "best" books to really avoid

by Aishwarya » Wed Oct 30, 2002 12:22 am

Anitha...what makes you think that \\
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