New book I am currently reading.
"Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed." -Anne Rice
I am a very restrictive reader. I usually stick to the authors whose works Iam familiar with already. But last December, I have made a resolution to actually expand my horizons and got this book -- The Bibliophile's Devotional by Hallie Ephron. It was disappointing to have read only ten books out of the 365 that made it to the list.
Coelho never reached the list. Anne Rice, Stephen King disappeared among the slew of authors enumerated in the book. The only titles familiar to me and are my personal favorites are: The Brothers Karamasov, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kite Runner, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Time Traveler's Wife. I know this may seem unforgivable but I have not actually read Life of Pi and Memoirs of a Geisha.
These are some of the authors who would have the most spaces in my bookshelf:
1. Paulo Coelho - Don't ask me why. I love his philosophical mind. I love how he captures so profoundly the things I feel at a certain point in time.
2. Anne Rice - I love vampires. And probably witches. Period.
3. Haruki Murakami - I seem to be attracted to weird stuff. I think Murakami is the King of Weird.
4. Neil Gaiman - Weird.
5. Laurell Hamilton. - Vampires. Werewolves. Slayers. Weird.
6. Stephen King. - Dark. Monsters. Aliens. MPDs. Weird.
7. Philosophical books like Kundera's.
8. Some Albom's.
9. Books on happiness and some inspirational samples as well.
10. Marketing books. Godin's. Gladwell's. Lindstrom's.
11. Some George Martin's. Sheldon's. Dan Brown's.
Those are probably the most noticeable ones though I have some very few classics which I am trying to love. I wanted to die when I was reading Jane Eyre. It made me so sleepy that until now, probably five months after I have started with the book, I am still not done with it. Hehe. Pardon me. Maybe Mark Twain was right when he defined Classic as "a book which people praise and don't read."
My books are my guilty pleasures. Any bookstore is my secret garden. There is always something new to find. There is always something beautiful that it has to offer.
What about you? Have you discovered the joys of reading yet?
xx,
Corporate Junkie
