Or maybe the fifth time’s the charm? at Rhythmic Dissonance

I don’t read. I don’t know why but I don’t.

And I don’t mind accepting this at all. Although some people find it surprising which again, I have no clue why.

I have read four novels in my life.

The First was Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. It was part of my class 12th curriculum. So I was kind of forced to read it. But it is a great book. I can very well read it again.
The second was Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. It was also a part of my class 12th curriculum. I found it to be pretty great. More so because I could relate with the hero, Pip. I also saw a god-awful movie based on the book after I read the book. They butchered the book completely.
The third was The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. It was part of my B.Tech. Second semester curriculum and it was so boring that I never read the whole thing. I left it midway and just read the synopsis.
The fourth was The Bachelor Of Arts by R K Narayan. This was the first book I read by choice. I saw it with one of my friends one day and just thought I might like it. The name really appealed to me. She also had The God Of Small Things with her and I almost thought of reading that instead (Thank god, I didn’t) but since this book was thinner and Arundhati Roy is a big jerky, the choice was easy.

Now, after years of not having read any other book other than those related to my field, I bought this book last Sunday.

It’s The Da Vinci Code. Yes, people, I finally succumbed to all the hoopla surrounding this book. I have managed to read only 4 chapters till now and I don’t know how long it will take me to complete all the 67 chapters. It’s just okay till now. It better be good and worth all the trouble.

Wish me luck!!

13 Responses to “Or maybe the fifth time's the charm?”

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1 Akanksha Jan 13th, 2006 at 2:24 pm

i hav read all the books mentioned in ur post except the RK narayan 1.. mayb i’ll read it..
and God of small things is a really nice book.. tho the end is a lil yucky..
i am in love with wuthering heights .. its like the most well written book abt love,passion and revenge!
i read the old man and the sea a really long time ago when i was like 12 i think so i dnt remember much but what i do remember is that it is not boring!
2 Lucio Jan 13th, 2006 at 3:37 pm

Best of luck
3 RR Jan 13th, 2006 at 4:28 pm

I am u r variety too.
Look what einstein had to say: ‘Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking’

U r piece reminded me of english classes back at school. Remmember them for the good looking female teachers only.
4 Raj Jan 13th, 2006 at 5:20 pm

@akanksha: Well, I can’t say if you will like Bachelor of Arts or not but you can give it a try. Wuthering heights is pretty good. And i find fishing very boring so a whole novel about it…you can imagine.

@lucio: Thanks

@sej: Great quote. I promise to not read any book for yrs once I finish this one.

Ya, school days were great.
5 Aaki Jan 13th, 2006 at 6:51 pm

‘Wuthering Heights’ was my very first serious English classic. This was waaay back in Class 10 or 11th. And back then, could never get Heathcliff’s obsession. Why would someone be sooo mad? But I do now.:D Da Vincis noice :p
6 Gabreael Jan 14th, 2006 at 5:22 am

It was pretty interesting.

Gabreael

http://gabreaelsbodymindandspirit.blogspot.com/
7 greensatya Jan 14th, 2006 at 4:17 pm

Oh man! how can you not like Hemingway? The book which you mentioned ” The Old Man and The Sea” got him Nobel Prize in 1954.

I have read other books by Hemingway like ” To Have and Have Not” and ” For Whom the Bell Tolls”.they are better than 1000 Da Vinci Code …

But good that you read books, I am great votary of reading.
8 Becky L Jan 15th, 2006 at 2:08 am

I LOVED OLD MAN AND THE SEA!!!

everyone else i know hated it though.

in school, my sister and i had the same teacher for Literature. So, she’d read some books and tell me all about it, and i’d read the other books and tell her all about them. [awe, being twins is great sometimes!]

Old man and the sea is one that i read. Abby just about got a perfect score on it because i filled her in on EVERY detail
9 Xohra Jan 16th, 2006 at 9:45 am

lol good luck!! It is terrible when you’ve sloughed through hundreds of pages to finish a dumb book everyonelse loved:P
10 Xohra Jan 16th, 2006 at 9:47 am

Hey *Waj* do you like my blog in Small or Normal better;;)?
11 Raj Jan 16th, 2006 at 10:05 am

@aaki: So now you know all about love n obsession? I still don’t

@gabreael: Thanks for dropping by

@greensatya: The thing is that we had far too many real subjects to study to waste time on english in B.Tech. Plus, it was only worth 8 marks so I never really tried to read it properly. Just read it on the bus.

@becky: It must have been great to divide the total reading work into two. I never read OMATS seriously so I can’t really blame the book

@xohra: Ya, i’m hoping The Da Vinci Code doesnt end that way.

Its easier to read the normal sized text on ur blog. My already weak eyes have to really put in extra effort to read the small text
12 Mowgli Jan 18th, 2006 at 6:32 pm

well … reading Da Vinci code doesnt making sense after he reveals the true nature of the Holy grail …

one fall out of reading that book is i started to see many “symbolisms” in Hindu religion and customs …
13 Raj Jan 19th, 2006 at 11:01 am

@mowgli: I’m still on the 4th chapter so really not much idea about what the true nature of holy grail might be.

I certainly hope i don’t suffer from such a fallout.