About me

I used to be a compulsive reader, now I am reader by compulsion. :-)
My reading history
The earliest book that I vaguely remember reading was a book titled - The Magic Gate. After that it was the usual comics - Harvey, Walt Disney and the like. When I was in 4th std my father presented me -Six cousins at Mistletoe farm and I was hooked to a life time of Enid Blyton. I still remember giggling while reading Circus of Adventure - my second Enid Blyton book. Enid Blyton is still one of my favorite authors, despite her being labeled sexist and racist.

Then my reading evolved? as any other teenager in India to include James Hadley Chase, Alistair Maclean, Harold Robbins, Denise Robins, Arthur Hailey and so on. I guess that my reading pretty much follows the 'popular' books of the given period, which include Rowling and Dan Brown.

Some of my favorite authors are P. G. Wodehouse, Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie); somehow I couldn't stand Ayn Rand and I've read only Fountainhead. These days I find it difficult to list anyone as favorite, because each author probably produces only a few books. But I did love all the Harry Potter books.

My reading is mostly fiction, though I have tried some non-fiction, philosophy etc. « less