Dear reader ,
My relationship with books - novels , comics , magazines , texts all began when i was about 3-4 years of age , when my mother used to bring me little comics from her school's library. My parents used to read to me till i was in 8th standard [ aged about 13-14 years ] . As a kid i used to prefer my mother's reading , being a teacher she has an amazing way of narration . Later it became my dad's activity before sleeping and they'd take turns . My dad took the longest turn in reading me books - mythological , kannada [my mother tongue] , english [ mostly mysteries , history ] and some that I'd ask him to.
I joined being a member of a library for the first time ever when i was 7 . It was a small room on the terrace of a family home about 5 streets far . Later , my aunt would bring me books from her library , where she worked as a librarian . Whatever vouchers or prize monies i won , were spent in buying books at Sapna Book House or Gangarams [ book shops in my city ]. And then when i was about 8 or 9 , a few of us friends decided to open our own mini library in a friend's shed - a circulating library. Before i could see it work well , we had to move houses .
My story doesn't end there , luckily for me the books still began to flow . I didn't have as many friends around this house as i did the other and so books became my favourite companions . I soon became member of a library near my house . And widened my reach by visiting other libraries and reading books in school too.
I am now a pride owner of a few classic novels , my favourite novels and am even proud of being a member of different libraries .
Be it a cold night with my handmade-quilt , or a lazy afternoon with fry-yums , or just another day when i want to procrastinate from studying or very simply the time i make to read - these novels leave me happy and satisfied and sometimes thoughtful or scared.
I do not have a specific genre for reading . I read all kinds of books . Really . Sometimes i am bored by the 'popular books' and i don't read them at all . I read for pleasure . For my own i.e. . And i don't really judge a book on its author. Every book has two stories for me. The story inside the book and story of how the author came about to make the book . Its extremely fascinating to me how many different people have infinite ideas and some of them have brilliant imaginations , some have a brilliant way of telling stories and some can simply tell us about everyday life or history in the most amazing ways .
Like i mentioned earlier , i enjoy books of all genre ; mysteries , fantasies , chic lits , adult contemporary , a few teen fictions , children's books [ i used to love Enid Blytons and still do ! ] , romance , horror , scientific fiction , psychology etc. But i have one major limitation , i enjoy stories most [ or rather only] ... so my book reviews are only of those that have a story.. that have made me either sad , happy or thoughtful . So take a look , give it a try and maybe you'll share my passion for reading too.
My relationship with books - novels , comics , magazines , texts all began when i was about 3-4 years of age , when my mother used to bring me little comics from her school's library. My parents used to read to me till i was in 8th standard [ aged about 13-14 years ] . As a kid i used to prefer my mother's reading , being a teacher she has an amazing way of narration . Later it became my dad's activity before sleeping and they'd take turns . My dad took the longest turn in reading me books - mythological , kannada [my mother tongue] , english [ mostly mysteries , history ] and some that I'd ask him to.I joined being a member of a library for the first time ever when i was 7 . It was a small room on the terrace of a family home about 5 streets far . Later , my aunt would bring me books from her library , where she worked as a librarian . Whatever vouchers or prize monies i won , were spent in buying books at Sapna Book House or Gangarams [ book shops in my city ]. And then when i was about 8 or 9 , a few of us friends decided to open our own mini library in a friend's shed - a circulating library. Before i could see it work well , we had to move houses .
I am now a pride owner of a few classic novels , my favourite novels and am even proud of being a member of different libraries .
Be it a cold night with my handmade-quilt , or a lazy afternoon with fry-yums , or just another day when i want to procrastinate from studying or very simply the time i make to read - these novels leave me happy and satisfied and sometimes thoughtful or scared.
I do not have a specific genre for reading . I read all kinds of books . Really . Sometimes i am bored by the 'popular books' and i don't read them at all . I read for pleasure . For my own i.e. . And i don't really judge a book on its author. Every book has two stories for me. The story inside the book and story of how the author came about to make the book . Its extremely fascinating to me how many different people have infinite ideas and some of them have brilliant imaginations , some have a brilliant way of telling stories and some can simply tell us about everyday life or history in the most amazing ways .Like i mentioned earlier , i enjoy books of all genre ; mysteries , fantasies , chic lits , adult contemporary , a few teen fictions , children's books [ i used to love Enid Blytons and still do ! ] , romance , horror , scientific fiction , psychology etc. But i have one major limitation , i enjoy stories most [ or rather only] ... so my book reviews are only of those that have a story.. that have made me either sad , happy or thoughtful . So take a look , give it a try and maybe you'll share my passion for reading too.