That's what I was, am and probably shall always be called.
I can NOT venture out of the house without a book/newspaper/magazine and all other such variations.
The smell of the pages, the style of the written word, the thoughts expressed within have always enticed me.
Give me a book and I can stay shut for hours.
Also, I absolutely have to read a few words before calling it a day.
One friend calls it an OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I don't mind being tagged so.
Books have definitely been one amongst my bestest friends.
Infact, very few things have the power to urge me to dole out money. In normal parlance, I may be called a Kanjus.
But today, after a long time, I actually set out and spent money willingly...
Toh hua yun, ki while traveling back home, my eyes caught the myriad titles that were being sold by a road side vendor.
Amazing bestsellers, thought provoking non-fiction and some cheesy stuff too.
What I couldn't believe was that each book was being sold at a measly 60/- bucks !!
From Ed De Bono's commentaries on creativity to Jonathan Randal's coverage of Osama to aapro Obama's Audacity Of Hope the range was dense !
Now this was tooo good a deal to let go of !
So, there I stood, skimming through all possible titles and grabbing books hungrily.
Finally I shortlisted and bought three books -
- The White Tiger - Arvind Adiga
- The Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
- Osama - Jonathan Randal
But I guess, that's a topic for another post !
Filhaal, am all excited and raring to devour my purchases.
I have been reading Manreet Sodhi Someswar's "Earning The Laundry Stripes" already and now have started Osama too.
Hopefully, I shall do a review of the books once I am done with them.
9 comments:
Wtf...u got "The White Tiger" for 60 bucks and I got it for 395 and to top it all, I had gone to the shop to buy something else and bought this book...
Any which ways kinda nice book – no regrets (and yeah I know grapes are sour)
@What's in a name - Hahahahahahahahaha.....
It's coz of people like You ki authors ki kamai ho jaati hai...
Well Done :)
Hahahahahaha...
koi 395 barbaad karta hain ek novel par...koi 60 bucks...
apun ka scene sabse sahi hain...aap book lenge toh apun ko toh FREE mein milega padhne novels..Thanks Madame.. ;)
White Tiger is another Slumdog type of story, also, I would have given the book to you, I bought it from Hudson News, Seattle for USD 14.99 (What to do, did not plan, well) and here it is for Rs. 60, why didnt you purchase John Grisham's Associate, I need some John Grisham authored books, you have any???
@BS - Jo books par kharch karne ko paise "barbaad" karna samjhe...hum unke saath books share nahi karte :)
@Dhawal - I couldn't wait to buy the book...also want to focus on "quality" stuff rather than popular fiction for some time now...
No Grisham books at home...
first time someone writing herself a kitabhi keeda... hehe... nice self actualisation.. :P
@ashkd - yaa...i feel proud of being one :)
AND now that you have called me a self actualized soul, I want alll of my friends to hear n read it !! Hope this shall put to rest the argument ! :D
waise i got to read "The white Tiger in 30 bucks.. got from the library.. hehe.. i liked it and QnA as well.. :-)
post another post giving link to my comment and the whole world would know that you are self actualised.. hehe..
@ashkd - 30 bucks !! Wow...But i get to own and keep a copy for 60 :)
I have heard that white tiger is very much like the slumdog/q&a..
The idea to write a new post linking your comment is v v tempting ! :)
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