I caught this Blog Fest on Madeleine’s Blog a bit late. I just hope my post makes the deadline. It’s
been a bit of a rush to gather my top ten favourites from the different corners
of my mind.
My Top
10 is in random order.
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. Set in post - i
- The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa. A humorous tale that
plunges us into the heart of a parsi
community with the
protagonist Faredoon (Freddie) Junglewalla. The pages are replete with the customs and unique traits of the parsi community.
- Matilda by Roald Dahl. Matilda was my first encounter with the amazing Roald Dahl. Matilda Wormwood who loved to read from the age of two was stuck with parents who had no interest in her whatsoever, she wormed her way into my heart and has continued to stay there.
- Artemis Fowl By Eoin Colfer. The anti hero is
my personal favourite.
- The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. The story set
in Ayemenem Kerala about twins
Rahel and Estha who are trapped in
a rigidly pre- determined social niche
where the female characters suffer twice as much as the male
characters shows the hypocrisy
prevalent in our society.
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. I personally felt that it explored plenty of themes :jealousy, hypocrisy,
infidelity, family, marriage, society. It presented a vast panorama of
Russian Life.
- Harry Potter books by J.K Rowling. All the seven books are
my favourite. Magic and Hogwarts completely bewitched me.
- The Lord Of The
Rings by J.R.R Tolkein is another perennial favourite. This Epic high
fantasy novel was my introduction to Tolkein.
- Gone with the
Wind By Margaret Mitchell was a book I read in high school. Both the book and the movie
will remain fresh in my mind
forever.
Feel free to name your favourites. I would love to know.
Ooh I enjoyed reading The Crow Eaters too and I also love H Potter and Matilda. Lots of your choices are wonderfully romantic. Thanks for sharing.:O)
ReplyDeleteHi Rachna, I've come from Madeleine's blog
ReplyDeleteI love Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl, I've read Matilda and Wuthering Heights also. Thanks for sharing your favourites!
This is a wonderful idea. We share a few favorites:)
ReplyDeleteHave a good week,
Karen
Yay! Books in common! I thought the God of Small Things was really beautifully written. And I love Harry Potter, Matilda (anything Roald Dahl really) and the Lord of the Rings :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot about Wuthering Heights! Love that one!
ReplyDeleteWow. What a great list. I've only read Matilda and Wuthering Heights, but I really should read Gone with the Wind! Thank you for sharing.
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I adore Roald Dahl, although I must admit I've only seen Matilda and James (Giant Peach) in their movie personas. Thanks for reminding me; I will add them to my book list.
ReplyDeleteAs a lover of fantasy, of course, Harry P. and Lord of the Ring are on my list of favorites. But I am intrigued by some of the Indian novels as well.
Thanks for a great list!
Oooh, thanks for all the awesome titles we don't hear so much about on this side of the pond! I'll have to find them and write up a review.
ReplyDeleteI love "Matilda." And you just gave me an idea. My second grade teacher was very much like Mrs. Trunchbull. I will write about that in a future blog posting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your favorites.
Saloma Furlong
http://aboutamish.blogspot.com/
Fantastic list! Love Vikram Seth and Arundhati Roy. And haven't read Wuthering Heights in ages, but of course, it's a great novel. Thanks for this post. I really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteLove your list, Rachna. I've read most of them and agree with you on Lord of the Rings, God of Small Things, and Harry Potter. I still haven't read A Suitable Boy although it's on my list.
ReplyDeleteJai
Hi Friends....It was nice to read everyone's favourite top ten books. Though there were few books we all had in common, there were other books I had never heard about. I made a list of all those books. For the next few months my reading list is taken care of. :)
ReplyDeleteLoved your list, Rachna! And I really loved Friday's post! I'm going to tweet it!
ReplyDeleteGreat list, Rachna! Wuthering Heights and A Suitable Boy would be on my top twenty I think. I loved Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre when I read them first in school. As for A Suitable Boy, I ploughed through it valiantly many years ago. I did like his writing and the story, but at 1500 pages it really tested my patience. My sister has done the wise thing and saved it for her retirement!
ReplyDeleteI loved Wally Lam's earlier books, as well as White Oleander by Janet Fitch. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath has helped mold me as a writer too.
ReplyDeletewell that's certainly a range of books you've listed. I love Lord of the Rings also plus the White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey, Perfume by a German writer whose name escapes me right now. I'm currently reading Chocolat by Joanne Harris. Love it.
ReplyDeleteI left a comment and then clicked off too soon! I've never read Gone with the Wind! How awful is that???
ReplyDeleteI liked your list, Rachna. For one thing, I love recommendations for my next reads, and now I plan to read some the ones on your list I haven't read before. Favorites of mine: I love the books by R. K. Narayan, especially The English Professor and The Dark Room. Also, (I've been harping on this book lately, it was so good,) To Kill a Mockingbird. Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice grabbed me. As did The Kite Runner, Tortilla Sun, A String in the Harp, and the Crystal Cave. I don't know how people can narrow down one list. There are so many good things out there. And I am ashamed to say I never read The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings. Classics! But I never got to them. However, The Five Children by Edith Nesbit were just grand reads!
ReplyDeleteMatilda is great, and could easily have turned up on my list, I ended up with a different Dahl instead.
ReplyDeleteI started reading The Lord Of The Rings just before the films started coming out an what with one thing and another I didn't finish The Two Towers before it had long since left the cinemas.
I still haven't gotten around to reading Harry Potter 7.
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