And here's one on Zak's request
One that changed my life:
Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier because it set a stereotype that I lived with and then deviated from and I thought it was just a little decision but it the road is not the same. I’m surprised I’m not being clearer about this but I guess that just means I’m still not comfortable with what I did though I accept it.
One that I’ve read more than once:
Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. I still want to build a tree house for myself with a Slippery Slope.
One I’d want on a desert island:
Chronicles of Narnnia by C.S. Lewis. I was thinking Screwtape Letters but I think I would probably start thinking the tree was Wormwood or something so for my sanity I think Chronicles would be good. I’d have ample time to deconstruct it to paperhell and beyond.
One that made me laugh:
Belly laughs from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett.
One that made me cry:
Pshaw. Everything makes me cry. I’m a serial crier. Even I don’t pay myself attention anymore.
One I am currently reading:
My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. I tell you, translations suck royally.
One I have been meaning to read:
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. I read an excerpt and I was hooked. Or maybe it was another of her books. O vell. Meaning to read Didion one way or the other.
One I think everyone should own:
Kamasutra. So you can practice looking good in some positions before actually decide to try them out. Kidding. Calvin and Hobbes. Seriously. Good learnings.
One I wish had never been written:
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Bannerjee. Abysmal is not the word.
One I wish had been written:
How to run a multicultural tea house.
9 comments:
Cross my heart - although this book may not be quite the answer you are looking for - but there is one I was given in Japan: How To Translate the Japanese Tea Ceremony Across Cultures.
(BTW, having attended a tea ceremony in Japan, the very one in which the book was presented to the victims, I'd prefer watching a winter holiday in Siberia)
Nobody in pakistan should read kamasutra (or watch porn for that matter) so that they never know what they are missing out on. I don't mean to stereotype, especially considering how limited the sample is in my case, but pakistani women tend to stick to the basics when it comes to positions i.e: missionary with the lights out. Any suggestions to the contrary are chortled at, making you feel like a pervert.
haha ahmad you sound so disgruntled *grins*
i will do meme also although nobody asked me to yay to be thus wela.
Zak: I'm sure I can innovate. Sounds like an interesting book. I hope they haven't made it sound dry.
Ahmad: Not true. Woman on top is much better. But that's just one other position so I guess you may be right.
Minchka: I ASK ASK ASK you my wuv.
wats meme?
Terry Pratchett is definitely the way to go. Even the graphic novels.
Ahmad: Meme is in the blogworld a practice that is repeated from blog to blog sort of like a personal chain letter. Strict meaning I think referes to cultural acts that are carried along by imitation.
Fabric:I've never read the graphic novels:( Haven't really found them.
@moizza: the book's a bit of a bore. you know right up front that the butler did it.
@moizza and ahmed: as for positions, '1744' is the most popular one among our religious zealots. it's pronounced in urdu as ayk saat chaar chaar!
Zak: I can't get my head around that. I'm too young, I'm still stuck on double digits:P
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