Journey of a Bibliophile!! :)

I am reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaleid Hossaini nowadays and reading has kept me busy for a while. My last book was "Spring Fever" by P G wodehouse. Previous to that I was glued onto "Angels and Demons". I am on a reading spree!! When was the last time i read like there was no tomorrow??Maybe long long ago!!

The ones lined up in queue are- "A thousand splendid suns" by Khaleid Hossaini and P G Wodehouse again!Did i mention earlier that i like to blend a Wodehouse here and a there just to keep my spirits soaring!!

Reading modern fictions has been my new found love! Earlier i used to read more of classics because i found them too challenging (i still do). But now, i am trying to bring about a change in my library by incorporating some modern bestsellers in my archive. I just want to diversify when i can afford to. Prejudice and complacence are 2 vices I have been trying to get rid of! To be a good author, one has to experiment with one's reading habits and try every book under the sun. From "Gulliver's travels" to "Sigmund Freud"- I am talking as diversified as that!

Well, I stil remember my very first book that i read, at age 5 or 6,it was "Three Little Pigs". I owe it to my father (who himself is a very good writer and a voracious reader!!) who imbibed in me this reading habit by getting me story books.
I still have all my story books intact and i read them whenever i go home. It might seem silly to read them now but it surely brings back good old memories..
My favourites were the Arabian Night stories and the Chandamama stories(Kannada).
My first novel was "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" By R L Stevenson(Dad's personal pick).
From the very beginning, my father encouraged me to read medieval classics. I started with English literature and gradually moved onto Russian classics. My very first russian classic was "Anna karenina" by Tolstoy. My interest hovered over Russian classics for a while. I read Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Boris Pasternak. After i read "Dr Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak I got drawn towards poetry in general; and in specific to Pushkin's works. Of course Wordsworth,P B Shelley and Keats have always remained my favourite poets!! For a while i again shifted back to English Literature with Dickens, Bronte, and Hardy. Not long ago, I thought of giving a try on modern fictions. I read "The Godfather". I loved it so much that I decided to switch over to modern fictions but for some reason i couldnt! After a very long gap, i read "The da Vinci Code". But somehow i could never stick to modern literature the way i do now!! I tried P G Wodehouse on a blue moon day and I loved it instantly! For the very first time i was reading classic humour and it was "truly classic". And its been a while since i have been reading modern fictions and have taken a short break on classics.

If i could ever read Kannada Literature in my lifteime I would consider it a great honour and a personal feat accomplished!! Well, I am proud to say that Kannada literature is rife with the literary geniuses of SL Bhairappa, Girish Karnad,Kuvempu and the likes. For the records, Kannada Literature has won the most "Gnaanapeet" awards ever!

Well, thats about it!! I would like to diversify furthermore (If I get a chance). Maybe try a hand on philosophies,religion or biographies someday! Long way to go and I have just started....:):)

Cheers!!!