Friday, January 25, 2008

Books! :D

So I've been tagged by Madam Dreamcatcher herself! How could I miss this one....:-)


Off already:


A book that made you laugh
: Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams...one of the few books which is a blast right from the word Go. Unputdownable once you start!

Also my all time favourite: Calvin and Hobbes.

A book that made you cry: I've contracted a crying disease in the last couple of months or so...I bloody cry in the middle of every half decent movie or book, most of the times unwarranted (half senti scene normally laughable in a B-grade hindi movie included!! Gosh I need a doctor..). Plumbing problems aside, there've been books beautiful enough to make me cry a little including The Kite Runner, Love Story etc

A book that scared you: Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry; Noi Chhoii.

A book that disgusted you: The one and only Mils and Boons I've ever read in life. Downright disgusting. I think it was called "Forsaking all reason" or something like that (sure did read like that!)

A book you loved in elementary school: Alice in Wonderland, Chacha Chaudhary, the first Nancy Drew I read too.

A book you loved in middle school or junior high school: Romeo and Juliet. Can't think of more immediately.

A book you loved in high school
: Love Story, Eric Segal.

A book you loved in college: Plenty. I'm still in college, still loving books day in and day out. Loved Midnight Children, Salman Rushdie. Never Let me go and The Remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro. Shadow Lines, Amitava Ghosh. Siddhartha, Hermen Hesse. English, August.
And more and more...

A book that challenged your identity: Dreamcatcher's remark about Urvashi Butalia’s The Other side of Silence reminded me of the similar effect it had on me too. In addition there was Noi Chhoi, Siddhartha, Husband of a Fanatic, Fountainhead and a few more.

A series that you love: Lord of the Rings, including The Hobbit, by Tolkein.

Your favorite horror book: None. Still looking for one that could scare. The Exorcist was a nice read though.

Your favorite science fiction book: 2001: A space odyssey, and The Invisible Man.but if I included dystopia too, 1984.

Your favorite fantasy: LOTR.

Your favorite mystery: Used to love mystery when I was younger esp Holmes. Never swore by Sheldon or Dan Brown, but I remember enjoying If tomorrow comes.

Your favorite biography:
will be the one I write for myself :P Kidding...My Experiments with truth, I guess.

Your favorite "coming of age" book: Fountainhead

Your favorite classic: Too many. Alice in wonderland, 1984, most by Marquez, Little Women. Macbeth, Pride and Prejudice.


Your favorite romance book
: Love Story, Eric Segal.



I must have missed like a gazillion good ones in this impromptu listing. But still, books are awesome. They are the best, and sometimes the only, friends.


Tag passes on to:

Catalyst (to do in his own anonymous blog and mail me the post :P)
Vikram
Vibhav
Vibhor
Arnav
Shantanu
Yashshri
Doc
Tapasya
Oracle
Akshay
Pooja

16 comments:

radiohead said...

'kya apko kuch kehna hai'
mujhe kuch kehna hai .. la la la ..mujhe kuch kehna hai ..

books are great!!

bas itna hi kehna hai ..la la la ..bas itna hi kehna hai ..

*ya u can call me mad now*

Oracle said...

one thing is amazing. wht i have come to believe that if one looks closely one shall realize tht each book came into ones life at an apposite moment as if one was meant to read that book at precisely tht kerb in the road of life. what do you say ?

Azeem said...

There is a world where elves dance,fairies grant you wishes,where toys can talk,where the road paved with yellow bricks leads to the emerald city,where thers's a new land everyday on the top of a faraway tree,where there is no mystery which the hardy boys cant solve,where love can conquer everything,where people become warriors of light,where the universe conspires to help us achieve everything we want---it is,the world of books.

Pooja said...

family matters was such a heart wrenching book, gosh it scared me so much when i read it :(

Shantanu said...

Done!!

Anonymous said...

"A book that made you cry: I've contracted a crying disease in the last couple of months or so...I bloody cry in the middle of every half decent movie or book, most of the times unwarranted (half senti scene normally laughable in a B-grade hindi movie included!! Gosh I need a doctor..). Plumbing problems aside, there've been books beautiful enough to make me cry a little including The Kite Runner,"

couldn't identify more with anything or anyone

Phoenix said...

[anuj]
Seriously, drunk? ;)
Lol

Love ur energy dude

[oracle]
That's one way to look at it. The other is, everytime we read a book ( at leats a good book) we are introduced to a fresh world and a fresh perspective, which invariably throws some light and some perspective to whatever point we are in life, hence a new depth a new realisation and a new meaning. That's one reason why books are such trustworthy friends :)

[azeem]
It's also the called the world of imagination, the world of hope and the world of faith...jaisa ki aapka SRK kehta hai...books have that "picture abhi khatam nahi hui" element...:)

Phoenix said...

[pooja]
True. Mistry is good in some ways, and there are parts of this book where he's managed to touch with simple descriptions and subtle tragedies. Dont like the excessive loudness of grief, but still a nice read.

[shantanu]
:D
Thanks. Like ur choice.

[:d]
Well...what can i say. Know a good doctor? :P

vibhav said...

So I've been tagged by Madam Phoenix herself! How can I miss this one!

And...done!

Anonymous said...

"Know a good doctor? :P"

Nah!! And neither do I know where or how to look for one. The disease ain't too common...so not much research has been done, I guess.

Tapasya said...

Nice tag! Will take it up soon ! :)

Phoenix said...

[vibhav]
hehe. thanks

[:d]
:(
Ye to sad hai. I hope it goes with the winter (I hope this icy winter will go someday)

[taps]
:D

Anonymous said...

Sad to hai hi, no doubt!! But I don't think it has anything to do with the winter. The winter isn't too bad here .. and certainly wasn't when I first caught the disease... :(

Anonymous said...

we see, we havent been tagged.

We sulk.

Vik said...

I've often whinged about being the last one in the (alphabetical) lists for vivas, of blogrolls, interviews and what not. For once, some list amused me. Thanks!

Your tags happen to be quite coincidental with my plans of a break! And I guess this time break Thoda Aur Chalega (Hope it doesn't invite the Wrath of Phoenix). But when I resume I resume with the tag :)

Phoenix said...

[:d]
Oh, then there has to be something else in the air. At least I'm bored of it already :) Tell me if you find a breakthrough.

[arpz]
Awwwwww....you sounded soo busy and preoccupied with either love or excel sheets in all your posts that I thought you may not have time. Me is shorry. :(
Karo na tag karo na puhlease!


[vik]
:D I just thought of you first...
theek hai no wrath this time, but do write, I'd wait!