Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Sitting on the park bench... like bookends?

I have been tagged by Shalome to fill in the following and I in turn tag all of you who come this way.
Especially you Dips (Veena I think will enjoy doing this too.)

The Worst Book Award:
Err… Can I change this to the book I have despised the most?
I have already now and there’s no going back.
I despised ‘Written on the Body’ by Jeanette Winterson. She writes beautifully this woman does. Beautifully!
But there is so much melancholy, misery and out right down in the dumpiness although in superbly crafted sentences, I don’t like the book. Ugh!

The Grossest Character Award:
This would have to be the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. Allegory or not that woman epitomizes fear for me as much when I was four as she does today. Shudder!

The Largest Collection of Books belongs to:
How I wish it were me! Sigh… but well of all the people I know, it’s this certain bachelor friend-uncle I know (Alan). He has books all over his house and in his car and I presume whatever other piece of land or ledge he owns. They’re stacked on all the shelves and even on one part of the kitchen counter. On top of the fridge (obviously!) and he has now confirmed his bachelorhood by stacking them on that side of the bed one would usually attribute to the significant other.
The comics (Marvel) along with a few really old and tattered porn magazines are confined to this ingenious shelf in the loo! Real nice.

Five Lifechanging Books are: (in no specific order or importance)
A) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: Because I read it when I was going through the same kind of turmoil as Plath. Because when I was done reading it, I swore never to do myself an injustice again
Sigh~ … that too is a work in progress

B) The BFG by Roald Dahl: Because it’s so full of love and goodness and just the right amount of macabre. And most importantly it’s about a little girl and a wrinkly old man. Like me and me gramps!

C) The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarner: Because this book knows no boundaries, your imagination goes into overdrive. You can’t stop. Its brilliant.

D) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery: She had an astonishing influence on my mind. This was the second “real book WITHOUT pictures” I read. I think it’s her optimism that rubbed on to me; really, sometimes I am more than convinced that I managed to trap quite a bit of Anne in me! (this also happens to be one of the first books I intend buying for my children)

F) Illusions by Richard Bach: Because all that may be written in that book could be wrong. ;)

The Hyped Beyond Belief Award:
‘Sophie’s World’ by Jostein Gaarder! Pft!

What Am I Reading Now?
‘The Ringmasters Daughter’ by Jostein Gaarder

The One Book You Couldn't Finish Reading:
Atlas Shrugged. It was too bulky to carry to read while traveling.

5 comments:

Sinfully Pinstripe said...

did too. check blog.

thebootlebumtrinket said...

duuuuuuuude! I dint know you were an Anne-Fan! I loooooove her. But Anne of the Island is my favourite. I kiss the book everytime i read it. YAY! you've got a blog. HUGGGGGGS

indolentcreature said...

Have you checked out Huxley? Thot u may like it

indolentcreature said...

really?! i thought huxley wasnt as widely read as he shd be..thats great..and yeah, if u r too lazy to type my name , u cud try 'shank'... all my frnds call me that way :))

Anonymous said...

weierdos like jane austen