Books

[Alan]

What r ur all-time favourite books?

As a school kid, I enjoyed Sci-Fic but now, I am more into Non-Fiction & Religious books.

[great]

Amar chitra katha :thumbsup: :roll:

[Shakthiprabha.]

archie comics.

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

BETTY COOPER.

[dsath]

Top of my head i can only think of these

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
Malgudi Days by R K Narayan.
A Squirell ful of arrows by J Archer.

[rocketboy]

I like Wilbur Smith's novels. Transports you into a different era. Wild life have alway fascinated me . And his novels will have atleast a few pages dedicated to the wild beasts of Africa. He discusses at length about lions, leopards, elephants. Makes interesting reading. Also big time fan of Ruskin Bond.

[Surya]

archie comics.

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

BETTY COOPER.

Betty - Pretty, Down to earth

Veronica - Hot, Bitchy.

But my most fav was Cheryl Blossom. Enchanting. 8-)

I was and still am a Die Hard fan of Tintin. 8-) I even named my dog "Snowy" :roll: :P

[ramky]

I like Wilbur Smith's novels. Transports you into a different era. Wild life have alway fascinated me . And his novels will have atleast a few pages dedicated to the wild beasts of Africa. He discusses at length about lions, leopards, elephants. Makes interesting reading. Also big time fan of Ruskin Bond.

Rocketboy : I also like his style of writing, characterisation & the content... I have read almost all of them ..

[dsath]

I liked the Monsoon and River God. by Wilbur Smith. Infact i liked River God so much that i picked up the Warlocak which i thought was positively boring and dragging towards the end. The same can be said abt the sequels of Monsoon. They somewhat lacked the tempo in his previous books. Don't abt his latest books though.

[ramky]

Monsoon was fine. Warlock - nope i dont think i have read it.
My favorites are the ones about the Ballantynes and Courtneys.
I also liked "The Leopard Hunts In Darkness" though it was not about either of these clans.

[Alan]

I had enjoyed Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" immensely, the winner of Man Booker Prize, 2002!

[swathy]

Top of my head i can only think of these

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
Malgudi Days by R K Narayan.
A Squirell ful of arrows by J Archer.

The small boy who did malgudi days is now my manager :-)

[Badri]

I love

Terry Pratchet (author of Discworld) and Douglas Adams (author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)for their highly intelligent, humor Sci-Fi. They make you laugh, but they also make you think. Often they discuss deep philosophical issues laced with humour.

For instance in Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, there is a scene where a cow walks up to a character, Dent and asks him to choose which part of her body he would like, and how would he like it cooked. It is a kind of alien menu card, where the animal walks up to you and asks you to choose! It was hilarious!

Dent is unable to choose as it is a talking, intelligent cow.

But the cow says, "I was created for this purpose and I am quite happy to be of service"

Dent refuses, saying "I cant take the life of a creature that is so willing"

And here comes the punch line, the cow asks him, "Oh, so you'd prefer killing an animal that is unwilling?"

I found it profound, though simply laced with humour!

[rocketboy]

Top of my head i can only think of these

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
Malgudi Days by R K Narayan.
A Squirell ful of arrows by J Archer.

The small boy who did malgudi days is now my manager :-)

do you mean the boy who played the role of swami ? his name is some manjunath or something right. Tell him I liked his role very much. Played it to perfection.

[swathy]

Top of my head i can only think of these

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
Malgudi Days by R K Narayan.
A Squirell ful of arrows by J Archer.

The small boy who did malgudi days is now my manager :-)

do you mean the boy who played the role of swami ? his name is some manjunath or something right. Tell him I liked his role very much. Played it to perfection.

His name is Raghuram.


Sure I'll say that :-)

[rocketboy]

Then he didn't play the role of swami. I checked the video. It was indeed manjunath who played the lead . sorry have to take back the compliments. Raghuram is one of his friends in that episode.

[swathy]

Then he didn't play the role of swamy. I checked the video. It was indeed manjunath who played the lead . sorry have to take back the compliments.

I dunno the name of the role but im sure he played the role of shankarnag's son.

no probs still I didn't speak with him regarding this :D

[rami]

My all time fav books are
"Ponniyin Selvan" by Kalki
"Tell me your dreams" by Sidney Sheldon

Even now I do recollect the fun I had reading
"Amar chitra Katha"
"Tinkle "
"Gokulam"
"Ambulimama" (Can never forget my ambulimama collection which I had to let go when we shifted homes)
But I rarely find time to read them

[Lambretta]

archie comics.
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
BETTY COOPER.
Hmm......ya I think she is chubby cheeked! :wink: :lol:



Betty - Pretty, Down to earth

Veronica - Hot, Bitchy.

But my most fav was Cheryl Blossom. Enchanting. 8-)
Huh? Whoz tat machi? Is tat an archie comics character? :?
Neways, reminds me of the shoe polish- Cherry Blossom! :P :lol:

[sgokulprathap]

Yaarum Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan yellam padikka mateengala? :roll:

[Lambretta]

Yaarum Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan yellam padikka mateengala? :roll:
Um.....enakau vanthu Tamizh padika varaathu :roll: :)
Also we dont get those here....

[sgokulprathap]

Yaarum Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan yellam padikka mateengala? :roll:
Um.....enakau vanthu Tamizh padika varaathu :roll: :)
Also we dont get those here....

I can understand ur position. But how abt others. :wink:

[dsath]

Yaarum Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan yellam padikka mateengala? :roll:

Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan ellam magazines illai? I thought we were discussing books. :D

[sgokulprathap]

Yaarum Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan yellam padikka mateengala? :roll:

Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan ellam magazines illai? I thought we were discussing books. :D

Appa kooda yaarum Tamil books yellam sollala, except Ramya. :(

[swathy]

naan padippen gokul

kalki novels

parthiban kanavu
sivagami sabadham
ponniyin selvan
alai osai

padichi irukken

[sgokulprathap]

naan padippen gokul

kalki novels

parthiban kanavu
sivagami sabadham
ponniyin selvan
alai osai

padichi irukken

Nice to c this post atleast now. :D

[ramky]

Yaarum Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan yellam padikka mateengala? :roll:

Kumudam, Anandha Vikatan ellam magazines illai? I thought we were discussing books. :D

Appa kooda yaarum Tamil books yellam sollala, except Ramya. :(

1. "47 NaatkaL" - Sivasankari.
2. Jeyakanthanin "Sila nerangallil sila manithargal"
padithirukkiren.

[dsath]

The best Tamil book i have read is ThiruKural, although i think it would be classified as poetry.

The other Tamil books that i have set my eyes on are
Arthamulla Indu Madham
Silapathikaram (not the original but an adapted version)

[ssanjinika]

I remember starting off with Eniyd Blyton when I was a kid and progressed on to Nancy Drew and Hardy boys..Later it was agatha christie,Earl Stanley Gardner,Sidney Sheldon,Robin cook,Robert ludlum,Jeffery archer and so on..
Ofcourse inbetween I got hooked on to Romance books which were soo relaxing since it didnt require too much energy to read,was fun and always had a happy ending :D.(Im a sucker for happy endings)
On the comics side I loved Amar chitra kathas,tinkle,Tintin and asterix.Now ive added Calvin and Hobes to the list.I have the entire collection of Tintin,Asterix & C&Hs still working on Amar chitra kathas :)
I can still remember those summer holidays doing nothing but reading books all day long(sigh...).
These days I dont get too much time to read but still do manage to squeeze in some time to read.

[VENKIRAJA]

my top 5:

1:கலிங்கத்துப்பரணி(செயங்கொண்டார்)only half
2:இது சிறகுகளின் நேரம்(கவிக்கோ அப்துல் ரகுமான்)
3:சுஜாதாவின் படைப்புகள்
4:பாரதியார் கவிதைகள்
5:திருக்குறள்

[Alan]

I used to love Agatha Christie & Erle Stanley Gardner & Alfred Hitchcock as a teenager.

[Alan]

I used to love Agatha Christie & Erle Stanley Gardner & Alfred Hitchcock as a teenager.

[crazy]

I had enjoyed Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" immensely, the winner of Man Booker Prize, 2002!

i read it too, but i dont think i enjoyed it! it was so unbelievable...........god knows whether that was true or?

anyway my fav book

les miserables
uncle toms cabin
the alchemist
AND and DVC
the little prince............(You only see rightly with the heart, what matters is invisible to the eyes, You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" and "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important".)- so beautiful lines!

falling free
for whom the bell tolls
the god of small things
the roots
mahatma's satya sodhanai


i havent read so many tamil novels or books

my fav among tamils novels and book
sila nerangalail sila manidargal............it was a very beautiful book, i made me think after i read, i heard that it has a continuation or sth............i really want to read it too, but couldnt find, here in oslo library! :cry: :)

thats all i can remember for now!

[Alan]

Why should it be true? It is not - u will know that if u have read the Epilogue, crazy

[Shakthiprabha.]

I loved agatha christie too. Almost all of her mysteries are TOO gripping.

I dont remember many books ive read.

I am a fan of sydney sheldon though.

In tamizh I love ponniyin selvan (not read many others seriously)

[crazy]

Why should it be true? It is not - u will know that if u have read the Epilogue, crazy

yes, but the author somehow says that those who belive , its a true story and for those who dont .........its upto them!