Favourite book-to-movie

Well,that has to be To kill a mockingbird...



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The book was so good and the movie was too.Very few movies manage to capture the essence of books mostly due to sheer volume of imagination put forth by the famous books.But To kill mocking a bird as movie was just right.



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I enjoyed the movie as much as I enjoyed the book :)

 

A book that disappointed me..

It was with huge hype that I bought this book,

Favorite Quotes From Favorite Books

So,lets get started...

• “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
  ― George Orwell, Animal Farm


• “A small fact:
  You are going to die....does this worry you?”
  ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief


• "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. ”
  ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

Favorite :Female Character

These are the few female characters who came to my mind,

• Kalyanikutty of Nakshathrangale Kaval


• Della of The Gift of the Magi


• Dominique Francon of The Fountainhead


• Gowri of Gowri


• Madhavikutti :) of Neermatalam Poothakaalam

You bet there are so many more!

:)

Favorite : Male Character

Quickly from my mind,they are my favourites,

• Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird


• Howard Roark of The Fountainhead


• Morris of Tuesdays with Morrie


• Sherlock Homes of The Complete Sherlock Holmes


• Christopher Johnson McCandless  of Into the Wild


• Noah Calhoun of  The Notebook 

My favourite writer

As always,we can never single out from among any of our favourites,its a difficult task to just pick one from my list of favourite authors,poets.I always feel that even if a person in his life writes just one line which can touch your heart in any way,(s)he will always be a favourite to you!

Nanditha - a lover of love and of death.She was a versatile and talented poet who has a special place in my heart.



Her words,their meanings ; they sting you so deep...and you are left in awe.

Quoting here is some of my favourite lines from her poems,

” My Mask too fine and serene,
My smile ugly, words worthless
The mask is torn to pieces 
Still I wear a self conscious laugh….”

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A book I love but hate at the same time!

Its definitely  Kafka on the Shore,

A book I hated!

I was young,when I read this book and I could not comprehend what the author wanted to convey.I was thinking,what is there in this novel for it to be a Nobel prize winner!!!.I felt absolutely stupid,not being able to get to the bottom.

I hated it.Period.

I want to re-read this once again...who know,may be I can then understand the depth in those words :)

A book that reminds me of home

This is the book that came to mind instantly when I tried to jog my memory about the book that reminds me of home,though this was anything but my home :)

This book is one of the masterpieces of my favorite author Malayatoor. His style is of etching a deep nostalgic mark of the story,of incidents he portrays in his books.Verukal is one such book full of incidents,each a story of its own and collectively the story of the author!

The book I ended up loving!

A thick book with thousands of words in a single sentence!

I gulped when I first saw the book and I absolutely didn't want to read it,but then I also wanted to know why people were praising this book so much! :P

Thus slowly I began reading the book.It was very difficult especially the first 100 pages or so,but then I fell into a rhythmic track of reading.Slowly I fell in love with Roark,Dominique and their lives!

And when I finished,I became an object-fan of Ayn Rand ;)

Most overrated book I have read

Oh there are so many!! But nothing beats these:





Agreed that these books did instil a surge of "reading" into many new readers esp in our country,but I simply could not agree to the popularity of these books on lines of being great reads!!?? :(

The one book that made me sad!

Though there are many books that had made me sad,this book made me realise how much can the humanity degrade,that was one of a kind of sadness I experienced.!!.It made me so insecure as well,the thought that one mad leader and his charming speeches can make our world a living hell.This book is a poignant read on holocaust!

And I read it during my college days and quite incidentally was all alone at the hostel due a scare of chicken pox ;).I believe that situation added to the melancholy of the book!

A book that makes me happy :)

As there is no point in talking about the favourite book from my favourite series,I shall share you about that book which makes me happy, All the time :)



This is the book which transformed me from a just-another-book-reader to a book-worm,at an age about 12-13.

A friend of mine bought this book to our class.Just to show off :P,the kind of books she was reading.Anyways,I also got a peek of the green cover and the small snippet of the story behind the book cover.

"Baammm....I was hooked ".

I wanted to know Totto-chan.

I wanted to read the book somehow.But my friend was in no mood to lend me the book,so that I can read at home.She said,"Mom will scold me for not bringing back the book".

I cajoled,tried to bribe her..even literally begged her to lend me the book.Now to think about it,I didn't know why I behaved so :).Anyways,my friend took pity on me and said she will bring the book the next day as well.Since that day we had some function at school,and there were no class,I could read it :).

Even today,I can vividly see myself bound by that feeling of being able to read Totto-chan the very next day.My restlessness even got me scoldings from my mamma :P.

Next day,I finished the book in like about 3 hours (if i remember correctly,I'm old now :P).That day I realised,

I love books, I am a spreader and most importantly I can do anything I wanted,if I really want it ;) ;)

The book,its green cover,the school,various incidents that happen there,the head master..and most importantly Totto-chan ,everything is still etched in my head.

Every time,after reading a book which made me happy,I realise I can never be happier than the day on which I finished Totto-chan! I am still looking for a book that can bring me the same feelings,I felt after reading Totto-chan :)

My Favourite Book Series ?

Well,much to my surprise and dismay,I realise that I have never read a complete book series !!! :D

Yes,not even the famous Harry Potter Series :)

A book that I have read for more than 3 times..

Well,there are many books which I have read,re-read for more than three times.Then there is,

Randamoozham



which I can keep on reading for any number of times :)

This book is a masterpiece.

Its one of a kind.

And this is the besets book I have ever read! :)

The guts to retell the story of "Mahabharata" which practically every one in this country grew up hearing and to be able to convince or at least put in doubt, almost everyone that his version is truer,that is simply the sheer brilliance of the M.T.

Giving a twist,Bheema becomes the protagonist in this story and the entire tale is told from his perspective.It includes his  joys, sadness, frustrations,vengeance.

Best book I read last year!

Undoubtedly it is "Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick".



I bought this book on a whim during an annual sale of books @amazon.Even though the book was of the genre which I would never have thought of reading :),I certainly did not make any mistake in picking this up!

This book has definitely led me to find a pattern in everything that is chaotic.I was hooked onto this little devil right from the start and each chapter is packed with such information,that I admit James Gleick  has done a marvellous job in giving me an introduction to The Chaos Theory!.

30 Day Book Challenge!

I am so very happy to finally dive into this 30 Day Book Challenge,telling all about my favourite books,characters,authors :) in my favourite place!!