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17th June 2008, 11:18 PM
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 Bookmarks 1. What is the total number of books you own? Around 250. All I collected before my marriage were left behind. So all my kiddy books and Mills and Boons and Barbara Cartlands went to my sister - the youngest in the family. She wisely carried it all along as a part of her trousseau! 2. Which are the books you have bought recently? Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri I love Indian authors. I love collections of short stories…. So this gem is going to be a double delight for me. Desert Flower by Warris Dirrie This I bought at Magrudy’s It is the autobiography of a successful model who is born as a Somali nomad and undergoes unbelievable atrocities as a girl child… It is a painful experience, reading this. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I love reading … African literature… can relate to the portrayal of life there…This seems to be a very promising book… Living With Mother by Michele Hanson One genre I can’t resist is Humour… If I find a humourous book in a bookshop, I will not leave the place without buying it….or shall make sure I return to buy it… This one has me chuckling and giggling as I read the author’s roller coaster life with her family after her octogenarian mother starts living with her… The Sound of Laughter by Peter Key Picked this up from the W H Smith outlet at the 3. Which is the last book you read? At Wit’s End by Erma Bombeck It is very old book, first published in 1965… very humourous accounts of 4. Which book are you currently reading? Like A Flowing River by Paulo Coelho I resisted reading Paulo Coelho ever since I flipped through the Alchemist and found it too dry for my taste… But this book seemed different. It is. It is a collection of his blogs and snippets… I am a sucker for anything short and sweet… and I am almost through reading the guy….but am certainly not through enjoying his writing! 5. Which are the five Books that meant a lot to you? All the Ships at Sea by William J. Lederer My Dad forced me to read this immensely humourous book. He was sowing the seeds of sense of humour in me. A shade too naughty ...about the hilarious escapades of a few sailors onboard some American ship. Thirty years back…just remember a few episodes. Naturally, P.G. Wodehouse followed… Airport by Arthur Hailey My first taste of adventure and drama. I have been planning to read it gain… Exodus by Leon Uris I was at a very impressionable age when I read this book and…I am unable to forget it. I don’t have political convictions…I never pronounce judgements over political issues. I read…I enjoy…period! The Harry Potter Series I resisted reading the first book for nearly a year, in spite of my niece beeging me to try one… I picked up the first book only after the release of the third…and I have not looked back. J. K. Rowling has a fantastic imagination and an unparalleled mastery for creating…coining… new words which delighted me and made me her fan. I am not into it for the movies…or for Daniel Radcliffe… I am transported by the sheer magic of Rowling’s pen! Aithihyamala It is a collection of legends and temples and people of Kerala and I must have read it more than a dozen times. I can recall every story…every character…My parents and I even have sessions quoting verses and one-liners from the omnibus. 6. What do you wish to buy next? Anything worth reading… I feel like getting to know all Indian authors… Paolo Coelho’s books Haven’t read a single Paolo Coelho novel …yet! You Said It Want to buy the full series of R.K. Laxman’s You Said It. Ramayana by Ashok Banker I feel like buying the whole set... may be for my grandchildren to read...I grew up reading my grandparents' copies of Adhyathma Ramayana and Rajaji's version. Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki I have drooled over the new translated editions in Gangarams and the 7. Which are the books that caught your attention…but never had a chance to read? Quite a lot…Thomas Hardy…Somehow except for Far from the Madding Crowd I haven’t really bothered to read him… I know that being a literature student I had committed sacrilege…but just didn’t gel with him! Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Never got a chance to read this… Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Another supposedly great book… Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki My mom has the Tamil version of Kalki’s magnum opus. I have seen the English translation… and been planning to buy a set…but…( I read Tamil v-e-r-y slowly so I may finish the Tamil version by my 60th birthday…provided I don’t read anything else in the meantime…which is unlikely…) 8. Which are the books you have owned (had with you) but never read? Very few in the list…Normally I buy only those books I want to read or have read and want to own! Hence the option in the parentheses. Autobiography of a Yogi My friend gave me this praising it to the stars…I got stuck between pages 10 and 11… When I recall that I have read the biographies of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Vivekananda, of Don Bosco and similar ones before I turned twenty…and now The yogi doesn’t interest me…I wonder in which direction in life I am moving! Eragon I bought the book but have not got round to reading it…Deliberately avoided buying a copy of Eldest for my collection. Gifted it to two or three kids though. How Opal Mehta... blah, blah, blah… Curiosity made me buy a pirated edition from the Blogwild! The book about how everyone can go blogging…I bought this….never read it but started blogging by trial and error methods…so here I am… 9. Which are the books you got presented to you? A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer The Appeal by John Grisham Magic Seeds by V.S. Naipaul The first three are from my sister... the last from my friend 10. Which are your favourite bookshops? Borders at Mall of the Emirates Magrudy's Book Mall Gangaram's in Bangalore Sapna Book Stall in Bangalore Interested readers can Blog about their own lists as separate blogs… in their own space. It will make nice reading…      |
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