This one i got from aisha's blog who in turn got it from huda's blog. and it couldnt be more perfect as its about books. and books and more books :) i'm going to do it differently than the original ones coz i dont want to any impose limits; so here goes:
My absolute favourites: i am a die hard romantic, who still sees life through rose colored glass-atleast most of the time. the only thing im truly cynical about is money. so its no surprize that my favourites would mostly be romantics.
Gone with the wind: read it once and you will get hooked. it is one of those truly romantic novels written in a time when chastity was coveted not ridiculed, and it details the journey of a remarkable woman; remarkable not because she was a perfect woman, an ideal wife, mother, sister and daughter but because she was neither. she was far from perfect but she fought hard and overcame enormous obstacles. another reason is Rhett Butler; i have three men who in my life stand on pedestels; he is one of them. i lovvveeee the character. the movie to be is the most acurate representation of the novel which is quite rare. i always picture vivian leigh as scarlett and clark gable as rhett when ever i read it.
Scarlett: it is the sequel to gone with the wind; she gets the man and goes to ireland, what more could i want?? :)
Love story: this is a fabulous book in the sence that it is an out and out romance but doesnt have an ounce of obsenity. it is also one of the cult books of the 1970s. how can i help but love Oliver Barrett IV!! he is another one of my men on pedestals. this book came highly recommended to me by none other than mama; i think she is more in love with ob than i. she had already told me the story before i even read it but that did not make the read less enjoyable.
Oliver's story: this is the sequel to love story. i read this one before i read love story and i loved it for what it was. it is an amazing book. erich segal has a tact for writting which is so clever so sharp yet there is no crap to be found, no beating around the bush for no reason; he is such a natural writer than you cant help but fall in love with the book.Must reads:
Boy-tales of childhood: this a true gem. it is Roald Dahl's autobiography and is completely hilarious. it is full of pranks played, punishments received, growing up, schools everything he experienced in his life; incidents which make a wonderful story. this is a book everyone should read no matter what their age.
Out of the dust: this is all in prose and one of the most beautiful things i have ever read. it is one of those kinds of books which make you want to think that you reallly are previlaged and that when mum says look at those less fortunate than you she really is right.
Howls moving castle: its really funny how i got my hands on this, one of my sisters friends was disposing it and she got it to see if it might me nice. it turned out to be completely fabulous like an amazing presecessor to Harry Potter. i cant nderstand how any one could bring themselves to through it away. btw i read it ages before the movie was made.
Harry Potter: i lovvvveeeee these books, all six of them. i have read them so many times i know them by heart. we are so hooked on to this (me, my sis and bro) tht my sis actually wrote this examm type quiz of the first four books an dmade us solve them as a part of game, it was bloody long and she even marked them. thts how crazy we are!! Lol! :)i think im going to stop now; its long enough and has taken me absolute ages.
i tag Omie, Ghazal and the Karachi mutant.
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