Book me3
This is in reply to B's reply to R's chain blog.
Yup, books will always get me going.
Let me get the questions
1. No of Books I Own: Here I will also do a discreet sister and say more than 100 but less than 1000 (though i think I should do a recount sometime soon, we've been less than 1000 for too long)
2. Last book I bought: Three of them, yesterday (well this was yesterday last Monday when I started to write this blog, but is now last Sunday) at Daryagang where my entire trip to and back, including the cost of books came to 170/- Anyway, bought Pasquale's Nose by somebody whose name I don't remember, but is a funny (or so the blurb says) book about life in some village Tuscany.
Then there is Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters the 9th in the series, which I'm verrry happy to get my hands on, because I have a later book waiting that I still haven't read because I want to read them in order (people ageing and falling in love happens later so don't want to miss anything).
And of course, there's something called The Marriage by Dallas Schulze to satisfy my romance reading tendencies
3. Last Book I Read: Of course there've been a steady stream of romances in the past couple of days, but which was the last non-romance I read? Hmmm, I think it would have to be Agatha Christie's Three-Act Tragedy (or Murder in Three Acts) which I found at Kakul's and realised I had not read. Haven't read any Christie in years and was struck again, by what an easy, good read she is.
(Again, that was the last book, last Monday, but since then I have managed to finish Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes which is about her buying a house in Tuscany and doing it up - also some lipsmacking recipes. Not at all like the movie, though.)
4. Five Books that Mean a Lot to Me: Difficult, difficult. Thinking about it, but will state well in advance that it will change often.
Hmmm...
Am afraid there is nothing deep here, just good fun books that I find myself reading again and again, most with a dash (and sometimes a bit more) of romance
Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers - rather obvious mystery, but soooo well-written and descriptive. Also progress in the Wimsey-Vane relationship to add to its appeal
Death in Kashmir by MM Kaye Atmosphere, atmosphere and Kashmir - from Srinagar to Gulmarg, houseboats, skiing on a clear moonlit night, mystery and a romance thrown in. Can't ask for more
The Secret Room by Enid Blyton - The book that revealed the world of disguises, invisible ink, opening locked doors from the inside...
The White Feather by PG Wodehouse One of those good ol' school stories where the outsider wins, and gets in shape in the process (I would have put in a Psmith, but which to choose? BTW did you know that there was some confusion about Psmith's first name - in the school books we are led to believe that his name is Rupert, only for him to turn in Ronald Eustace Psmith in Leave it to Psmith)
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Ed Fitzgerald I find myself looking it up time and again and even own three of this, in different states of repair and illustration.
5. People I want to tag Well the sister and Sheetal have already put up theirs, and Sudha and Alina aren't likely to cotton on to this concept so that leaves a whole new lot - Aishwarya, Deepa, Kakul, Tamara, Payal
Yup, books will always get me going.
Let me get the questions
1. No of Books I Own: Here I will also do a discreet sister and say more than 100 but less than 1000 (though i think I should do a recount sometime soon, we've been less than 1000 for too long)
2. Last book I bought: Three of them, yesterday (well this was yesterday last Monday when I started to write this blog, but is now last Sunday) at Daryagang where my entire trip to and back, including the cost of books came to 170/- Anyway, bought Pasquale's Nose by somebody whose name I don't remember, but is a funny (or so the blurb says) book about life in some village Tuscany.
Then there is Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters the 9th in the series, which I'm verrry happy to get my hands on, because I have a later book waiting that I still haven't read because I want to read them in order (people ageing and falling in love happens later so don't want to miss anything).
And of course, there's something called The Marriage by Dallas Schulze to satisfy my romance reading tendencies
3. Last Book I Read: Of course there've been a steady stream of romances in the past couple of days, but which was the last non-romance I read? Hmmm, I think it would have to be Agatha Christie's Three-Act Tragedy (or Murder in Three Acts) which I found at Kakul's and realised I had not read. Haven't read any Christie in years and was struck again, by what an easy, good read she is.
(Again, that was the last book, last Monday, but since then I have managed to finish Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes which is about her buying a house in Tuscany and doing it up - also some lipsmacking recipes. Not at all like the movie, though.)
4. Five Books that Mean a Lot to Me: Difficult, difficult. Thinking about it, but will state well in advance that it will change often.
Hmmm...
Am afraid there is nothing deep here, just good fun books that I find myself reading again and again, most with a dash (and sometimes a bit more) of romance
Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers - rather obvious mystery, but soooo well-written and descriptive. Also progress in the Wimsey-Vane relationship to add to its appeal
Death in Kashmir by MM Kaye Atmosphere, atmosphere and Kashmir - from Srinagar to Gulmarg, houseboats, skiing on a clear moonlit night, mystery and a romance thrown in. Can't ask for more
The Secret Room by Enid Blyton - The book that revealed the world of disguises, invisible ink, opening locked doors from the inside...
The White Feather by PG Wodehouse One of those good ol' school stories where the outsider wins, and gets in shape in the process (I would have put in a Psmith, but which to choose? BTW did you know that there was some confusion about Psmith's first name - in the school books we are led to believe that his name is Rupert, only for him to turn in Ronald Eustace Psmith in Leave it to Psmith)
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Ed Fitzgerald I find myself looking it up time and again and even own three of this, in different states of repair and illustration.
5. People I want to tag Well the sister and Sheetal have already put up theirs, and Sudha and Alina aren't likely to cotton on to this concept so that leaves a whole new lot - Aishwarya, Deepa, Kakul, Tamara, Payal
posted by i wonder why at 4:32 pm
4 Comments:
I think it's about time you did a book count. I don't think "over 100 and under 1000" does our collection effort any justice. I didn't know sheetal had a blog. What's her blogsite called? I note that Alina has gone incommunicado again. And who are all these new authors--what genre books are these Tuscany types?
Yes, I think we should actually have crossed that 1000 mark sometime back - we are being too modest - I shall go home and do a re-count. Tuscany is of those travel - cookbook types/ direct influence of the job. Sheetal blogs at sheetalvyas.blogspot.com
Alina i blv has checked your blog and written you a mail - commenting on your sly suggestion about a certain boy in Hyd'bad
Don't even remember how I chanced upon your blog post just now while searching for something else on google, but you've listed some of the authors I really enjoy reading, albiet a little guiltily at times, as its considered so passe to be into romatic/ murder mysteries!! I hv re-read Kaye's Death in series so many times, hv read all of Christie ofcourse, many times, and love Elizabeth Peters too. You're the only other person who has actually heard of her! Nice to know good taste exists. Cheers, R.
Also, Wodehouse, Dorothy Sayers, Gerald Durrell, Ngaio Marsh...! Cheers, Rakhi
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