Hat trick!

Finally, the book worm has bitten me.

In my childhood days I use to hear people say “A book is man’s best friend”. But I ignored it on the point that I’m still a child. I was rather inspired by the saying- “All work and no play makes jack a dull boy” (only in my version work was substituted by study). Soft-hearted as I am, I felt very bad for Jack who lost his intelligence to the books and decided never to fall prey to them myself. So my tryst with book was limited to those covered with brown papers and with school stickers pasted on them (I later learnt a new name for them – Text Books). Thus, my style of study was somewhat similar to reading ‘text messages’, short and sweet with a bitter taste at the time of exams.

Then I grew up to realise the real meaning of the saying. I understood the power of books and its role in the overall development of a human being and realised what I was missing all these days. Suddenly I felt an urge to explore the wonderful world of books and make up for the mistake that I had made earlier. Still, as it happens all the time with me, my plan of making reading a habit was never realised due to my laziness which I have now diplomatically started referring as ‘lack of time management’.

But finally I’ve somehow won over my laziness and managed to finish a few fictions- three to be specific. Two of them were by Chetan Bhagat and the third one is a little serious stuff- Animal Farm by George Orwell. Ok, I agree it’s a child’s play for an avid reader. All the three are novella and very easy reading stuff. But nevertheless, for me it’s not a small feat. It was all about self-belief and determination [I know yaar; I’m exaggerating a lot :) but it’s pretty natural].

Coming back to the books I read, it goes beyond saying that I liked them very much. Thanks to the two writers who kept me hooked till the end with their power-packed writing skills. I liked Five point someone and One Night @ the Call Center because of its contemporary topic. Both were such a simple slice of life story but yet so well-written. And Animal Farm was superb. I won’t say more than that because I don’t have the audacity to comment on the work of such a great writer.

But this is just a few drops of the ocean. I hope I keep the spirit going and continue reading such gems regularly. So pleazzzzzzzzz, wish me Happy Reading!