On reading

As the title already says the post is about books. I have a raffle going with books.

I do feel my reading is in bursts. There are days when I don’t touch anything. And other times when I start feeling that it has been forever since I read. I want to grow a more regular way of reading. The past few weeks have kept me really occupied. Between house hunt, work, and helping Divya, I did manage to read something withal in snippets.

House hunt reminds me, I have finally relocated to my new apartment. There is little else to say except that I have enough tending to do to make it home like. So for the present, given the lack of time and energy to shop I put off honoring my plans and whims.

With no internet I can have some sustained reading time now. Last evening I was talking to my house-mate about her reading habits. I adore reading and more the people who read. She is just learning English and has a nice collection of all English classics.

I like discussing books. It is nice to talk to people about the books they read/have read. What have I been reading?

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières. The story is set in Greece in the days of second world war. There are some frivolous elements to it but presents a good slow-moving literary work..

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The book revolves around only two people though personally I would have preferred more characters. The beginning specially arrests attention and later the story moves smoothly.  A simple story in the 19th century grandeur English. Perhaps the ending could have been a bit different..

Wuthering Heights from Emily Brontë. I love the way it is called. The book is baffling in the beginning particularly the names of the characters. It is a story within a story well written rather well told..

What am I reading?

1984, The Iliad, Guesstimation, and The Selfish Gene.

I delight myself seeing the list