Book Tagging
thanks to chakra, I'm now hopping on to this book tagging bandwagon :) its actually a good thing, as we can get some good suggestions on books.
here is to book tagging :)
Total Number of Books I own: About 30. I use the library a lot.
Last few Books I bought:
Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The Fifth Mountain, The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelhio
Ponniyin Selvan, Paarthiban Kanavu - Kalki R. Krishnamurthy
Last Book I was gifted: The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Last Book I read: Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Currently Reading: The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Books that Meant a lot to me:
These are some of the books that I'd recommend anytime to anyone:
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (I dunno, just read)
Ponniyin Selvan - Kalki (for the history, fats and fiction)
Angels & Demons - Dan Brown (for the details)
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth (for the sheer thrill)
I do read a lot of short stories, particularly the ones written by Jayakanthan and Sujatha. I'd recommend them as well.
Tag five people and have them do this on their blogs:
(All you hav to do is, prepare similar stuff and post the same on your blog)
Manoj and AP, if you guys are reading this, then please do the same in my comments section (since u don't have a blog). atleast try to suggest a few books, that'll be very good.
27 Comments:
yeaaay first to comment now. :)
Almost all seem to have POnniyim selvan in the list.
I just bought the whole series when in India. planning to read them when I go back.
This blog is the longest of yours I have read :))
"longest blog" -- saranya was that a compliment :) :)
Saranyan, whats that "8 more days to go"? Did i miss something in any of ur posts?
harish, me leaving to India in 8 days. adhaan :) :)
Saranyan,
can you please tell me where you bought the Kalki books from. I would like to buy some too.
"The Alchemist" is the best
naryanan, visit http://www.tamil.net/projectmadurai/pmfinish.html
for online version.
I got the books from India... I was there last november.
Is there any good English transaltion of Ponniyin Selvan to read online, or atleast to order? I came across one by one Mr.Karthik Narayanan but can't find a good site to purchase, here.
Saranyan, you seem to be a frequent traveler to India... Hmm.....
gandalf, english translation isn't that great at all. its even worth learning tamil and then reading the novel :)
search for in google, i'm sure there must be some.
india dho pakkathula irukku, adhaan :)
Currently Reading:
How to solve it - G.Polya
Puranaanooru
Last Book I read:
The affirmative action debate - ed:G.E.Curry
Books that mean a lot to me:
Who says elephants cant dance - Lou Gerstner
Design patterns - Erich gamma, et al.
Mandukya upanishad with shankara's commentary
Books I recommend:
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Annapurna - Arlene Blum
Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich
Siachen: Conflict Without End - V.R.Raghavan
Diplomacy - Henry Kissinger
Or iravu and other plays of anna
All Kalki/Sujatha/Jayakanthan's works
Mudra Rakshasha - Visakhadatta
well.. naaan kumudham, aanandha vikatan, junior vikatan.. yen sometimes mangayar malar, rajam, penmani, ladies special(well.. idhu mattum dhaan enga amma kaasu kuduthu vaanguvaaanga) idhellam dhaan padichi irukken
I have know clue what u guyz r talking abt!!
bhe bhe bhey
ioiio, mangayar malar is one of my fav magazines :) kai kodu, appa neeyum nammla pola dhaan :)
One thing I hated abt Book tagging was - Tag five people and have them do this on their blogs.
Why restrict the fun to 5 ppl... it wd be good if everyone does this. Didn't think of that while I did that. :)
saranyan,
enna pozhappu daa idhu.. seri adhula unga favorite enna
Will do my list in my next post.
The "daa" in the prev comment is absolutely unintentional.. sorry abt that saranyan..
ioiio, idhellam oru matternu sorry vera kekkaraye :) no problemo.
I like the samaiyal kurippugal in mangayar malar :) also the tips in keeping utensils and kitchen clean :)
Well.. In any book, my first try would be "RAASI PALANGAL".. oru kaaalathula adhu dhaan ennoda vetti pozhappu.. veetla naalu perum diff raasi.. elaaru raasiyum padichittu avangala poi sadaikkarathey velai..kodumai ennanna i dont even believe in it..
plus my mom has written a few columns in it.. She wont even tell me whather its published or not.. So I usually skim thru pages to see whether whe has written any..
cha en rangeku ioiio dhan irukan....neengalam bad boys romba padikirenga.....
Saranyan,
Thanks for the link.! Very interesting.!
I think I'll have to do the same...Buy some books the next time I visit India.
Da vinci Code My favourite !!!
Saranyan,
unga blogla it says "5 days more days to go."
jus caught my attention.. u may wanna change that
Fountain head was one of my fav books in college..
Hi saranyan, visiting ur blog after a long time..quite enlightening i must admit. Your tagging indeed is interesting. I would vote for The Alchemist out of all the books u mentioned..true u said..something about that book, cannot be explained.
ippa indha tagging la ennaiyum af add pannittaaanga.. naan orey bhe.. bhe bhebbey dhaan!
Kumudham aanandha vikatan vechi otta vendiyadhu dhaan
Fountain head, Alchemist! I liked them too!
Me too reading FOUNTAINHEAD currently.Hav done 110 pages only.It is awesome
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