tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post4138694560133651593..comments2023-12-06T14:39:25.446+05:30Comments on of this and that: Books make a difference!dipalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-2534703573930112252010-06-15T23:45:49.599+05:302010-06-15T23:45:49.599+05:30My all-time favourite is To Kill a Mockingbird :)
...My all-time favourite is To Kill a Mockingbird :)<br /><br />Sadly I don't have the attention span to read a full-length novel thse days. All I manage are books for 3-year olds! And of late, short stories. Hope to resume reading, really reading, soon. Its always been the thing I loved the most. And like you said, I wish I can read till the very end. <br /><br />Following you!Arundhatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175971860205359849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-90645091369397933432010-06-05T09:08:32.516+05:302010-06-05T09:08:32.516+05:30This is such a lovely initiative. I wish I'd s...This is such a lovely initiative. I wish I'd stopped by your blog a week or so earlier :( next time.Chinkurlihttp://www.chinkurli.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-53771178041772710342010-06-05T04:55:20.819+05:302010-06-05T04:55:20.819+05:30You unlocked so many dear memories Dips with this ...You unlocked so many dear memories Dips with this post...:) too many for me to list too but if I had to choos eone to read over and over again, Fountainhead would be it.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698772298245110817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-17957069140670507432010-06-04T09:01:27.988+05:302010-06-04T09:01:27.988+05:30We love a lot of the same books, Dipali! Loved Bly...We love a lot of the same books, Dipali! Loved Blyton as a kid -- oh that Frederick Algernon Trotville! (I may have messed up the spelling, but I haven't forgotten how he got his name Fatty!) He was definitely a favorite, as were the Famous Five and all the boarding school books. Scott Peck and Salinger are in my favorite author list. I haven't read any Sheila Dhar -- must pick up some in my next trip to des. Other, more recent books that have left a lasting impression on me include the Harry Potter series, Lessing's The Golden Notebook and Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. Am just in the process of re-reading Byatt's Possession -- another beautiful book. No, can't imagine life without books.A Muserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132780122731029205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-79570896497156716262010-06-02T11:36:35.463+05:302010-06-02T11:36:35.463+05:30Guess I am a few days late, would have loved to ha...Guess I am a few days late, would have loved to have blogged about this initiative.<br /><br />It is so difficult to pick one book....mine would be The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. Just because I thoroughly enjoyed the plot and because the memories of childhood it evokes!suvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290863434143816214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-71073075087169437602010-06-01T07:34:49.048+05:302010-06-01T07:34:49.048+05:30Dips - I am moving to wordpress. Will send you the...Dips - I am moving to wordpress. Will send you the link in a few days. Hugs.nityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017617104996292813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-91549571275682153962010-05-30T15:35:49.313+05:302010-05-30T15:35:49.313+05:30I came by a day too late. I strongly feel that chi...I came by a day too late. I strongly feel that children should be encouraged to read. My dad was a voracious reader and encouraged my mother to pick up the habit soon after they got married. Like everything else, we children picked up the habit too. There can not be a better gift for children. And now, there is such a wide choice too.radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837846875386312338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-13113034623675963192010-05-28T09:57:11.492+05:302010-05-28T09:57:11.492+05:30It's still 28th so this still counts right?
...It's still 28th so this still counts right? <br /><br />So hard to pick one book but I'll go with The Diary of Anne Frank. I read it when I was 12 and my sister and I decided we would each start writing a diary. My sis gave up after two days, but I continued and have had a diary ever since. Recently, it's become a blog.The Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402100518464137956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-57687320013956917612010-05-27T20:47:44.010+05:302010-05-27T20:47:44.010+05:30This is a very wonderful post... I know I feel the...This is a very wonderful post... I know I feel the same about books. Following books I really loved.<br />Anne of avonlea series.<br />Little Women<br />Scarlet Pimpernel<br />Agatha Christie<br />and of course <br />Pride and Prejudice :)Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301594456333085935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-66279772572094260872010-05-27T20:33:49.080+05:302010-05-27T20:33:49.080+05:30lovely!leaving a comment after a long time...
to k...lovely!leaving a comment after a long time...<br />to kill a mocking bird indeed is perhaps everyone's all time favorite. <br />love in the time of cholera, tuesdays with morrie, god of small things, bridges of madison county...there are so many out there.<br />jonathan livingston seagull-yep one of my favorites too!Sukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687700782885198456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-18872977301613587392010-05-27T19:09:29.063+05:302010-05-27T19:09:29.063+05:30Oh, this could so be my own child hood and book jo...Oh, this could so be my own child hood and book journey...But havent read Sheila Dhar and will definitely look her up..TheGirlNextDoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606038361051959570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-12263881452445886072010-05-27T16:27:20.517+05:302010-05-27T16:27:20.517+05:30Arguably, the book that has made the biggest impac...Arguably, the book that has made the biggest impact on me is Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. The beginning of the awareness of who I really am began to dissolve so much of my self-created pain. And the more I practice it, it appears as if the world is changing according to my drum-beat.<br /><br />The Road Less Travelled by Scot M Peck is also up there in my estimate!Neeraj Balihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245945851036244061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-41318553747711722052010-05-27T13:10:44.386+05:302010-05-27T13:10:44.386+05:30Hi Dipali! I came here through Nino's Mum. Boo...Hi Dipali! I came here through Nino's Mum. Books are my everything...I am not much of a classics reader, but I have loved some popular literature books and have re-read them several times. Naming a few here...<br /><br />0. To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee<br />1. Doctors, by Erich Segal<br />2. Nothing Lasts Forever, by Sidney Sheldon<br />3. The Bridge Across Forever, by Richard Bach<br />4. The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh<br />5. The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde (And all his plays)<br />6. O'Henry's short stories!<br />7. The Naughtiest Girl series, by Enid Blyton<br />8. The Guide, R.K. Narayan<br />9. Veronica Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho<br />10. Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom<br />11. The Beauty Myth, by Naomi Wolf<br />12. Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger<br /><br />and the list goes on :)Henrihttp://www.fromoutsidethemall.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-22199516687538113132010-05-27T12:16:55.183+05:302010-05-27T12:16:55.183+05:30beautiful post and one I related to SO much... lov...beautiful post and one I related to SO much... loved the beautiful and rare peek into your childhood - i just about saw you at the shop eagerly picking your prize! hugs dipali!<br />Love a lot of books on your list - haven't read Diddi - will pick it.<br />For me, it's always been Rushdie. Montonously, maybe. In my nearly 20's it was his Mid-night's children. In my mid-twenties it was The Ground Beneath her Feet and The Moor's Last Sigh. His books changed my life, my outlook, my reasoning. All for richer hues.Nino's Mumhttp://thnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-52382675237400561732010-05-27T12:07:01.150+05:302010-05-27T12:07:01.150+05:30RebeccaRebeccaItchingtowritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763940951418027045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-53099274172650566782010-05-27T09:39:07.240+05:302010-05-27T09:39:07.240+05:30There is no one book but I used to re-read The Lit...There is no one book but I used to re-read <i>The Little Princess</i> every time I felt depressed and have only recently stopped doing that through sheer force of will.<br /><br />There is something about the description of the Magic coming alive, of little treats coming up when you most need them, something about the little parties in the attic, that so speak to me. For the same reason I also adore <i>What Katy Did in School</i>.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819608939555247317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-64758075004380751812010-05-27T02:14:12.825+05:302010-05-27T02:14:12.825+05:30blogged about it as well. Here is the link...
http...blogged about it as well. Here is the link...<br />http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/one-amazing-thing-many-amazing-stories/Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784622943080136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-3245146658630125662010-05-27T00:42:28.469+05:302010-05-27T00:42:28.469+05:30Lovely post. The books I love are one too many but...Lovely post. The books I love are one too many but a few in the fiction category that I enjoyed were Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer, If Tomorrow comes by Sheldon, Love Story by Eric Segal and the list goes on :)Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784622943080136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-40237978878487736522010-05-26T22:24:33.432+05:302010-05-26T22:24:33.432+05:30Diddi I loved more so for the associations my mind...Diddi I loved more so for the associations my mind made with the subject. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the books that I have read many times over . Dr Zhivago is anothe rbook which I treasure very much .I am inspired to do a post , i think .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157665564024320442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-36342206995562850012010-05-26T19:17:41.284+05:302010-05-26T19:17:41.284+05:30Glad you mentioned To Kill A Mockingbird. It's...Glad you mentioned To Kill A Mockingbird. It's 50 years old this year, you know. And yet the story speaks to us! <br /><br />Loved your description of reading in bed and the thrill of being able to read!Thinking Crampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956076662080144333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-40034326221459015652010-05-26T15:11:15.758+05:302010-05-26T15:11:15.758+05:30very nice post...If i was forced to pick it would ...very nice post...If i was forced to pick it would be The Little Prince and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull for me...Artnavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589715849098328840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-33084590722588703642010-05-26T13:22:17.699+05:302010-05-26T13:22:17.699+05:30Lovely. To be able to read until the end of one...Lovely. To be able to read until the end of one's life. That would be such a blessing!Bannohttp://batulm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-456718725226305772010-05-26T12:47:49.722+05:302010-05-26T12:47:49.722+05:30It's so difficult to say which one book had th...It's so difficult to say which one book had the maximum impact on me. But I got addicted to reading when I received an abridged version of Rebecca as a 'return gift' on cousin's birthday. I was 7 or 8 then. And I totally loved the book. When I grew up, I read the unabridged and loved it even more. It remains one of my favouritest books till date.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279878087585603554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-30595658024980727482010-05-26T12:24:01.856+05:302010-05-26T12:24:01.856+05:30What a beautiful post! I am yet to read some of th...What a beautiful post! I am yet to read some of the books you mentioned.. but they're on my list. And you're so right, there's a memory of a place, people, mood and era trapped between the pages of any book, once you've read it. There's a book that smells of anticipation because I read it waiting for the most important result day of my life, and then there's one which I read on the bus on a particularly muggy day. So on and on.The Soul of Alec Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764214297779355751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-23833819240659730532010-05-26T11:37:56.310+05:302010-05-26T11:37:56.310+05:30We have a lot of books in common, dips. I am going...We have a lot of books in common, dips. I am going to blog about this initiative too. <br /><br />My favourite book is To Kill a Mockingbird in English and every book ever penned by the Diddi in the book Diddi, Gaura Pant Shivani.Parulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253359833589556438noreply@blogger.com