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- Book that changed your life – "Changed my life" is a bit strong, but books that have had a powerful impact on me are How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein and of course the Bhagavad Gita.
- Book you’ve read more than once – I have read and re-read a lot of Dr.Seuss books. Other than that, I don’t usually re-read entire books, only excerpts and passages I really like. I have done that with The Namesake and Kite Runner, most recently
- Book you’d take to a deserted island – I am really not a fan of deserted island questions.
- Book that made you laugh – Dr. Seuss books 🙂
- Book that made you cry – Night by Elie Wiesle, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Namesake, The Kite Runner, The Unknown Errors of Our Lives, The Upstairs Room…any book with anything remotely sad, really.
- Book you wish you had written – The Namesake
- Book you wish had never been written – The Old Man and the Sea and Life of Pi. Firstly, books about people stranded in oceans bore me to no end. Old Man and the Sea brings back horrible high school memories. I don’t care how much of a classic it is, but that book is absolute torture to be forced to read. Life of Pi has a great point, sure, but did it really require that many pages to make such an obvious point? I also don’t understand why it is hugely popular. Had people really never thought about that concept before?
- Book(s) you’re currently reading – Freakonomics by Stephen Levitt.
- Book you’ve been meaning to read – The World is Flat, A Thousand Splendid Sun and many others.
- Book you’ve been meaning to finish – The Inheritance of Loss. I never got past the first few pages. It failed to catch my interest and I haven’t reattempted since.
lol. i enjoyed life of pi but i did skip a few pages when i felt he was dragging the story unnecessarily! i LOVED the kite runner and i’ve been meaning to read a thousand splendid suns myself. we’ve read the same books in recent months! i thought the inheritance of loss was funny at times and okay at others. i liked it much more than what i read from anita desai.
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