Recent Book Activity

Wings:

I have been gifted wings for December’09-January’10. Since it is Christmas, I changed them to Santa hats! Thank you shemchin!
I have been gifted wings for February’10-March’10. Since I am busy with deadlines, I changed to running men! Thank you ApoloniaX!
I have been gifted wings for April’10-May’10. Since I saw my first of the season, I changed them to butterflies! Thank you tempestsans!

Birthday Buddies:

The first is prachitulshan from India. She celebrates her birthday on April 12th and is an Aries.
The second is Lemon-Crisis from England, who shares the same birth date as me. We celebrate our birthday on July 6th and are Cancerians.
The third is chucklesthescot from Scotland. She celebrates her birthday on August 11th and is a Leo.

Reading Challenges:

Study-Free Summer Challenge: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/431119 .
Girl’s Names Challenge: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/439327 .
The Sea Challenge: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/436404 .
Numbers Challenge: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/434878 .
Food & Drink Challenge: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/431171 .
666 Challenge: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/6516572 .

Book Lists I Am Reading:

The Times 100 Best Books of the Decade 8/100
Richard & Judy Book Club Shortlists 22/100
The Guardian’s 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read 55/998
Waterstone's Top 100 Books Of The Century 18/100
The Telegraph’s 110 Best Books - The Perfect Library 15/110
The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 17/100
The Telegraph’s 50 Best Cult Books 4/50
The Translators Association Of The Society Of Authors - 50 Outstanding Literary Translations From The Last 50 Years 3/50
London Libraries Recommend Reel Fiction 4/50
National Geographic Extreme Classics - The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time 1/100
National Geographic Traveller - Ultimate Travel Library - Around the World in 80+ Books 2/79
1001 Books To Read Before You Die 57/1001
The Independent Banned Books 5/25
Bloomsbury 21 Great Reads For The 21st Century 3/21
BBC The Big Read Book of Books 43/200

Literature I am interested in reading:

Nordic Literature
Indian Literature
Japanese Literature

Genres I Love:

Historical Fiction
Fantasy Literature
Gothic Fiction
Romanticism
Paranormal Fiction
Southern Literature
Adventure Novels
Travel Literature
Postmodern Literature
Modernist Literature
Victorian Literature
Naturalism
Realism
Graphic Novels
Non Fiction

Books And Authors I Love:

Andrew Davidson - The Gargoyle It tugged at my dormant heartstrings!
Anthony Kiedis - Scar Tissue The music behind the lyrics from my favourite rocker!
Daniel Clowes - Ghost World It appeals to the Enid in me!
Danny Scheinmann - Random Acts of Heroic Love If I had a physics teacher like Roberto, I might have understood it better!
Dave Gibbons & Alan Moore – Watchmen Roarshack is one cool dude!
Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights Dark and primal!
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries; Notes on a Latin American Journey I can only dream of motorcycling as my parents will not let me ride one!
Frank Miller - Sin City I enjoy its noir style
Jean-Dominique Bauby - Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon Awe-Inspiring, it makes me realise how lucky I am!
June Campion & Kate Pullinger - The Piano Beautiful film, beautiful novel!
Junot Diaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Wow wow wow!
Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth An epic!
Kent Williams - The Fountain My favourite film!
Magnus Magnusson & Hermann Palsson - The Vinland sagas; The Norse discovery of America I want to discover!
Tim Burton - The Melancholy Death of the Oysterboy & Other Stories Tim Burton can do no wrong!

Arundhati Roy The God Of Small Things is an absolute masterpiece!
Bruce Chatwin I enjoy his light hearted manner!
Charlaine Harris Team Eric!
Charles Dickens His stories always make me cry!
Cornelia Funke I want to be part of The Thief Lord gang running free in Venice!
Daniel Handler So cute!
Elizabeth Gaskell The plot of North and South kept me dying to know what happened next!
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vivid narratives transport me to another place!
Garth Nix Sabriel is amazing, I want to be her!
Haruki Murakami His snapshots of life completely capture present day life!
Indra Sinha Animal’s People is a very touching book!
Italo Calvino Invisible Cities is a dreamer’s paradise!
Jack Kerouac On The Road defines freedom!
Jane Austen Northanger Abbey is the best!
Jerome David Salinger The Catcher in the Rye is one of my top books!
Joe Simpson Touching The Void kept me on edge!
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien An utter legend!
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki I am enlightened every time I read In Praise Of Shadows!
Kazuo Ishiguro Stunning works!
Mary Shelley Frankenstein is dreadfully tragic!
Norbert Casteret I want to explore!
Paulo Coelho The Alchemist is extraordinarily thought provoking!
Patrick Süskind Perfume is scentsational!
Scarlett Thomas I love her lively mix of science and philosophy!
Tom Robbins Pure poetry, a true wordsmith!
Valerio Massimo Manfredi I read the Alexander trilogy and have adored him ever since!
Victor Hugo Sheer enchantment!
Vladimir Nabokov I was hooked on Lolita from the very first line!
Wilbur Smith I want to adventure!
William Shakespeare Timeless tales!

Quotes From Literature I Love:

Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story Arundhati Roy - The God Of Small Things
Any book on photographic technique can show you the image of a nocturnal landscape with the full moon shining and the accompanying text revealing the secret of sunlit darkness. But the reader doesn't know what kind of sensitive fluid covers my retina Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? — it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-by. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies Jack Kerouac - On the Road
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody Jerome David Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye
It's never too late to have a happy childhood Tom Robbins - Still Life With Woodpecker