About my Library

Books are truly a great company. Everyone is approachable when they have have a nice book in their hands. Ive made lots of short but memorable conversations with strangers just because they were reading something that caught my eye or I was reading something that caught theirs!
For instance, on one of my 60 minute ride back home, my silent neighbour was reading Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" I am yet to read that but have read and totally love "The Kite Runner". I waited patiently for her to put down the book or just look away for a minute to strike a conversation. You see, Im not a big fan of speaking to everyone who sits beside me, this lady was reading a book I plan on buying soon hence I was a wee bit curious!
She just didnt pull her eyes away, not even once...she read all the way till her stop and finally she asked me..."Will you be getting down too?" phew!
"No mam, the next one's mine. By the way, sorry for bothering, but how is the book?" she seemed happy I asked, and gave the obvious answer...
"Oh its lovely, its about this...woman"
"Oh really, Ive read the Kite Runner and its amazing, I plan on reading this next" "Oh have you? Im yet to read it"
well, our conversation went on about books;you get the picture right.

There was this other time, while waiting at the bus stop reading "Nicolai Gogol's short stories". The only other guy was this typical hooded high school/Freshman with an i-pod, playing LOUD rock. The bus came, I shut my book and as I was climbing, he pulled his ear plugs off, exclaimed..."Nicolai Gogol!man, I so rarely get to see people read Russian literature!I love all of his works, what do you think of it?" there was the start of another conversation and another interesting bus ride!

Ps; Once at an interview, "Shantaram by Gregory Davis Roberts" fell off my bag and that was one fun interview, well atleast they did feel bad they could not hire me!

So whats going to fall off your bag today?

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams has done such an amazing job with "The Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy" I think its one of the only Alien / outer space related book I could digest! Cant wait to read the rest of the series....
Babel fish, such a cute lil thing. If you havent read this book and plan on doing so, Im not giving out anything that can spoil the interest. Babel fish as introduced in the first novel of the series is a species of fish that can instantly translate any language to any other language:
Its a good read, Id say a must if you have the capacity to digest some serious fiction or is it really one????( Nowz when you hear me laugh like a witch )

Ayn Rand

" We the living ", an impressionable novel by Ayn Rand is just the 2nd one that has had quite an impact on me. " Atlas Shrugged " being the first, also an Ayn Rand creation. She really has her special way of letting each reader imagine the whole setting, the characters though are so vividly described that she leaves no room, absolutely nothing at all for our imagination. So I believe John Galt in everybody's vision would be so akin that if I get into someone's head, I can say hello to him!(Please assume this person knows who John Galt is)
Getting back to "We the living", I would love to suggest it as a read for any person who needs to be motivated in a, well.....strange way!I also decided that this would be the perfect gift for someone special, for any occasion until it bombed. It was Raji's B'day and I thought Id suprise her with the novel, assuming she wouldnt have read it. I was so wrong, not only had she read it, but also had bought her own copy!!well, that was the last time I gifted a novel without checking if they already had one!