25 in 6 (books and beyond)

Book 3:  Who Moved my Cheese? Author : Dr Spencer Johnson Genre:  Self-Help Tone:  Metaphorical/ Analogical motivation Published: 1998                                                    Why I chose this book: Its year 2000 and the Harry Potters are still ruling. Amidst them, a tiny book at number two caught my attention. In 2001 it climbs to number one with over twenty six million copies sold in thirty seven languages. Way back in the early 2000's My husband had given me this book to read and for some reason I never did. At that point of time it did not appeal to me. Again this book raised a tingle of nostalgia over lost opportunities. And yet again, I picked up something I had missed.  My Take: Who Moved My Cheese is a single , simple, short, metaphorical  story which could have easily been  a column in a Sunday edition of any newspaper. It is definitely the shortest book I have ever read ,under forty five minutes that is and that too because there is a prelude and an epilogue. I

Book 2: Memoirs of a Geisha Author : Arthur Golden Genre:  Historical Fiction Novel Tone: Autobiographical Published: 1997 Why I chose this book:  The best seller list on Amazon for 1999 is interesting.  The first three books on its list were from the Harry Potter Series !It definitely gave me perspective ; about my age and his! I must say I could not encourage myself to review a character that millions of people across the world acknowledge and love, he needs no review to be picked up, what grabbed my attention instead was this book about a geisha. My first encounter with Japanese culture was a Doordarshan Series called 'Oshin' . As a child, I did not comprehend a thing in that series but I was captivated by the pure richness of that culture. The silk kimonos, the pagodas, the cherry blossoms, the fluttering fans, the nimble feet attracted my curiosity and I saw them with unfettering devotion. This book cover reminded me of that series and I picked it up to fulfill a longing h