Thus I've been finally tagged by Sophia, so here goes.
One book that changed your life: Man's Search for Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy, Victor Frankl (incidently, today happens to be his death anniversary; your thoughts and findings still influence us, dear doctor)
One book that you’ve read more than once: Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie. This book has nothing but magic I've read it twice (one of the only books to have that distinction) to see if the magic remained on the second reading and it did.
One book you’d want on a desert island: Survive on a Desert Island by Claire Llewellyn. (Which is kind of obvious, no?)
One book that made you laugh: The Great Indian Bores by Jug Suraiya, Times of India columnist and associate editor. Although, many authors ranging from Eric Frank Russell to Grant Naylor and from Janet Evanovich to PG Wodehouse fit the bill, this is the only book that I truly love for being honestly Indian and bitingly satiric. And this is also the first book that I bought with my own money.
One book that made you cry: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy. In fact the only book that made me cry. Unrequited love, endless forests, hopeless romance, this one's got everything.One book that you wish had been written: The one in my head.
One book that you wish had never been written: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. I cannot think of any other book that is so ridiculous in its premise and so sinister in its implication at the same time.
One book you’re currently reading: Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters , by Steinbeck. Letters written to editor and friend, Pat Covici, while writing East of Eden, which offer a unique glimpse into the mind of a master and the art of writing.
One book you’ve been meaning to read: The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand.
And some of my own... for garnish.
One book you own that you don't intend to read. Ever: Ulysses, James Joyce. I don't think I'll ever feel qualified enough to read this book.
One book you never could finish: A book on Church history I was forced to read for Sunday School, for apparent reasons.
One book you love to gift everybody: Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom. This is one of those books whose worth increases as it is shared.
The most boring book you managed to finish: The Tommyknockers, Stephen King. I usually don't have anything against Mr. King. But this book was almost too pointless. Towards the end, I was just struggling to finish the book so that I don't have to add it to my burgeoning list of unfinished books.
Favorite textbook: The War Against The Jews, Lucy Dawidovicz
Sadly, I don't think I know 5 people apart from the ones already tagged.
5 comments:
i really think i need to read!! i hv barely read 2 or 3 of those books uv mentioned...
Hey...
I could've tagged you. Therefore consider yourself tagged, but only if you're free.
Try to read at least a couple of pages a day. Finishing at least 12 books a year really isn't a very hard task.
I very very highly recommend "Tuesdays With Morrie". I think I've gifted this book to at least 5 people. It is worth every penny.
I've not read most of the books you've listed here. I feel like sighing and saying, 'So many books, so little time!'
Ah! I also own Ulysses. I also think that I'll never read it.
The point here is not to show off, but to share. We talk of the books that really mean something for us, so that other people who haven't heard of it, can.
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