The Human Factor...Graham Green

This has been my first book by this author. Came to know about this author from some books community on net so thought will give it a try.

The protagonist in this book is a double agent, now that is something which becomes clear half way through the book. The story is a simple one in which he is passing on secrets & the people in this department are looking for the person who is leaking information. And this person is mostly concerned about is wife & kid. However after commiting the final information leak he has to escape to another country & now is waiting for his family to join him etc etc.

There is not much of suspense in the story considering that it supposingly a "spy" novel, but somehow the way the author has written it, makes a good read. I enjoyed reading the book even though it seems a very simple story. And so I have picked up another book "Brighton Rock" by same author :)

The Gambler...Fyodor Dostoevsky

This is my second book by this author. Actually I had heard a lot about this author that he is amazing this n that. But I just couldn't understand anything that was written in this particular book . I mean neither the story was great in itself, nor it had any humor, or suspense, or anything for that matter. I just kept reading it thinking that maybe I will understand what the author is trying to convey through this book , but I couldn't get anything really except that gambling is addictive :D

Its not about the bike - Lance Armstrong

In this semi autobiographical book, Lance Armstrong writes about his career as a racing cyclist, his fight against cancer & his beating the disease winning the tour de France. It is really amazing to read about such people who in spite of all the odds just DO IT.

The book starts with some background about his childhood & how eventually he took up sports, won triathlon & then started with cycling as a professional. His mother had always been supportive. It just took him few years and loads of training & practice to earn name n fame in it. He was at the peak of his success when cancer hit him & he realized for the first time that he is human and vincible.