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This is a testament to how ridiculously bored and nervous I am…here goes.
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Total Number of Books I Own

Hmm…never counted. Again, family pass downs, so lots of almirahs full of ‘em. But I prefer old and yellowed books and I’m not very much into buying books, but I’d still say, in the lower triple digits.

Last Book I bought

Strangely enough, the box set of Hitchhikers. Apart from that, Ice Station Zebra, by Alistair MacLean…I was traveling by train, and I love my action, I do.

Last Book I read

Tortilla Flat, by John Steinbeck. It’s a very short, very sweet little book, a prelude to Sweet Thursday. Like most Steinbeck books, it’s very plain, very simple, and makes you think a lot, and of course, ends well.

Five Books that Mean a Lot to Me

Five is wayyy too little, but anyhow.

1. Pride and Prejudice-by Jane Austen: I don’t Care what you all say. This was the first book that I really liked, and I still do. It’s a wonderful love story, and, if you get down to it, has a lot of women’s rights and equality in it. A lot of my views on love and marriage can be traced to it, but basically, it is a good read.

2. East of Eden, By John Steinbeck: One book which Definitely changed me, my favourite Steinbeck book. The writing is classy, and very appealing: Cathy makes you cringe; Sam’s house makes you lilt- you really get inside the story. The scene with the Azaleas, I think is the most romantic ever, the fight between ‘good’ and ‘evil’ is heartrendingly relatable, but most of all, I love it for teaching me the concept of Timshel…I shall write about it later.

3. The Hitchhikers Guide: well, yeah, how could it not be here? For being one of the classiest humour I have read-apart from William, of course ;D– and the greatest re-reads.

4. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll: if you think these books are for kids, you should just go drown yourself. It gives me comfort, peace, contentment and answers, whenever I read them, and I always enjoy it.
5. Asimov’s Collections of Short Stories: Foundation was never Quite my thing, and reading his short stories got me really into SF. Each is so intricately crafted, it’s delightful. Susan Calvin was my personal favourite, also Nightfall (well, duh!)

I refuse to pick 5 people; I am heartily against chains of any sort. But, apropos nothing, if you haven’t, you reeaaaaallllly should check out Aerosmith’s rendition of Come Together. Damn, it’s Sexy.