Booked

Lalitha book-tagged me. So hear goes the tag.

ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE

World Atlas: When I was 7, I made a sexist comment on my cousin. She hit me with a hard-bound world atlas so hard that till now I never made a sexist comment again, even as a joke.

But, seriously:

Games People Play by Eric Berne: After reading this book I started looking at people, situations and conversations differently.

THE BOOK YOU HAVE READ MORE THAN ONCE

The manual for our Microwave oven: I read it 50 times and I still can't figure out how to set the time on it!

But, seriously:
Stephen Jay Gould's Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes (mostly because I didn't understand it the first time). It's a mesmerizing book with juicy facts about theory of evolution.

ONE BOOK YOU WOULD WANT ON A DESERT ISLAND

Survive on a Desert Island: Of course :)

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU LAUGH

Playboy: Not only do you find pseudo-intellectual interviews of women with enough silicone in them to be qualified by FAA as a flotation device but you also find ironic quizzes such as “Are you completely truthful in your relationship” knowing very well that half the demographic that reads Playboy never admits to reading it.

But, seriously:
Code of Woosters by P.G.Woodhouse: It not only made me laugh uncontrollably until tears trickled down my cheeks but also amused people around me immensely because I was reading the book on a crowded train in India.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY

Check book, after my wife went out shopping with it.

ONE BOOK YOU WISH YOU HAD WRITTEN

American Constitution: I would have made it unconstitutional for anybody of Dubya’s IQ to be the president.

But, seriously:
Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens: The mastery over language and the subtle but scathing sarcasm always made me wish I could write like that.

ONE BOOK THAT YOU WISH HAD NEVER BEEN WRITTEN

Kama Sutra: Because of that incoherent book, now every time I meet a dimwit who goes, “Ohhh India, the land of Kama Sutra” I have to explain that Kama Sutra is a piece of junk with laughable content. India produced much better things than that. 90% of Indians never read Kama Sutra. The only interesting things in the book are the photographs of the white people doing it circus-style.

ONE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING

Children's Story books: What else would any parent of young kid read every day?

But, seriously:
Echo Heron's Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse: It's an autobiography of a nurse and about the tales of the Emergency Room. Must read for any sucker for medical stories.

ONE BOOK YOU HAVE BEEN MEANING TO READ

My wife's diary: I hear there is a lot of interesting stuff about me in there.

But, seriously:Michael Crichton's State of Fear: I am a fan of Michael Crichton. Haven't gotten around to reading this on yet.


I tag:

• Jhantu
• Dilnavaz
• Vidhya

If you are not tagged here, don't celebrate yet. I have more tags coming.


Update:
The following people are also tagged:

• Aparna
• Nida