Right now I am trying to read three books at a time and not doing justice to any one of them.
Catch - 22 lies open, so does a collection of short stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Emma by Austen (which I have more or less given up on. No classics for me Thank you. Been reading Emma for 3 months now and successfully finished 22 pages).
Dostoevsky errrr. let me say is not for light reading. I mean I begged for it from R of mine who rather graciously "gifted" the book to me (He already had it, didnt like it and gave it me and signed it "To the creature, with loathing :-|.". Thanks R. someone ever told ya you are the politest person there ever was??)
I have been trying to read it slowly and I DO like it but it is soooo slow at times that it bores me.
Catch 22 again started off well, with a lot of promising humor but again it lost pace midway and now i find myself struggling to complete the book something which I have never done before.
But somehow I have this warm and nice feeling inside that I have so many books which I can fall back and nowadays that I am home alone I am having quite a capital time reading and reading without caring a damn about the time.
I dont think anything in this world could give me more pleasure than a good book after a great dinner!!
Great dinner reminds me that after reading my last post I had both S and R asking me if I would like to have Aloo Paranthas. And before I could go "Awwwwwww, you guys are the best" they were quick to remind me that I would be the one treating them for accompanying me to eat Aloo Paranthas.
R: Yaar. Aloo Parantha khane chalegi?
Me: Huh!! How did u know I have an Aloo Parantha craving
R: I can read minds
Me: My blog!! Sheeesh! Of course. Thanks man!! I would love to eat.
R: Cool!! Chal mujhe treat de de.
Me: Sighhhh
THANKS guys!! :-\
Tomorrow is a holiday (For now let me not think of the fact that we will be compensating by working Saturday). Just the fact that tomorrow is not working is quite thrilling!! Yayyy!!
Aishwarya said...
Even I have three books to fall back on, feels great na.. :D
Oye! I'm working today, but on Sat i'll be sleeping till 11.00 :P :P
Aww le le revs!
April 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Anonymous said...
Oye Creature.. I've leave today.. Planning to bunk tomorrow and have leave on Saturday Sunday too.. :P :P poor you.. :P
and tune ek baar 'thank- you' bhi nahi bola.. talk bout others manners huh..
April 23, 2009 at 4:19 AM
Jass said...
I want also! Aloo parantha!!
April 24, 2009 at 3:02 AM
Srinath S said...
welcome back...
U should read doestovsky's crime and punis..or brothers karamazov...
not easy reading by any means ..but stay at it:D..
not read emma yet...i usually like most classics...but some can be a drag.
catch22..aha...one book i really HATE...
i mean i pride myself on a decent level of iq but this book beats me..
well...nothing like a blog on books to wake me from my stupor..
well i go back to sleeping again..
adios:D
April 24, 2009 at 3:08 AM
R@hul said...
In my entire reading career of 10+ years, from Enid Blyton to O'Henry, never, and I repeat never has a book held me so completely at its mercy than Catch 22.
I found it unreadable, unintelligible and in really bad taste. Is Heller still alive? I'd like to ask him a few questions. And he'd better answer or else!
May 11, 2009 at 6:10 AM