something attempted,something done, has earned a night's repose

What would one do when confronted with time table and portion for Annual Exam? Not one. Three ! Read Wodehouse n lift up the spirit. Yes!

Ludicrously Chucklesome . Not so much of ROFL moments. The cunning manipulation of phrases n idioms. The word play. Jesus H Christ ! Awwwsome

@ Garden la illuminati

How to get out of this labyrinth of suffering?

Suffering. Yes. I'm going through one of the worst guilt trips of my life.......hope time would heal the wounds. No energy for serious reading so I grab whatever my resident teenager grazed through for a breezy change.

 Since Tintin  I've never spotted Junior giggling through out except while reading The Fault In Our Stars ; but what has this book to do with an Indian- Middle East-teenager? It's riddled with booze , smoking, exaggerated guilt trips , suicide, making out, sex and other naughty stuff and is totally anti- parental. Old values and discussions on religions? My foot. 

The book poses a serious question and doesn't bother to answer it. How will we ever get out of this labyrinth ? How will we ?

If only there weren't so many other people in the world

Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence

To own a banned book is such a pride; so I buy the book from Broadway with much enthusiasm during my college days  but I don't remember why I didn't read the book. Now I know. Though the classic is mind blowingly open and explicit, the serious discussions seemed to mar its flow and beauty. But now I find them debates more interesting than the torrid scenes. No wonder they ban the book! A must read for those who strive to understand the secret behind physical intimacy ,women's liberation and freedom. Actually I prefer the men read this novel n do the needful. Ha ha !

The night is still young, baby !

Paro: Dreams of Passion - Namita Gokhale

Written in 1984, the debut novel of Namita Gokhale is a dark social satire alarmingly frank in its adult content. The story revolves around a compulsive male nymphomaniac, an exotic elite temptress and the nebulous protagonist. A few comets add charm to the show.

So. My first book of this year is an easy breezy read; totally ticklish and quite entertaining. Moreover no moral to offer which is good at times. 

Happy New Year ! May your passionate dreams come true ❤️

The books I didn't read this year...

I own these books. They are scattered all over my nest. I'm yet to read them. No excuses to offer. Most of them are of my favorite authors'. Yet. Sometimes the pressure weighs me down. Otherwise I'm happy to have them around. My great escapades as long as I remember. I wish to enjoy them soon.

I haven't abandoned you my dearies. Let me take you out.
 Here you are :

1. Mullappooniramulla Pakalukal  - Benyamin
2. Al Arabian Novel Factory        - Benyamin
3. Thalpam                                 - Subhash Chandran
4. Kathakal                                  - Benyamin
5. The Great Indian Novel              - Shashi Tharoor
6. The mustard seed                       - Osho
7. Shalimar the clown                    - Salman Rushdie
8. Shame                                      - Salman Rushdie
9. The return of the native              - Thomas Hardy
10. Nicholas Nickleby                      - Charles Dickens
11. American notes                           - Charles Dickens
12. Jane Eyre                                   - Charlotte Bronte
13. The autumn of the Patriarch        - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
14. Moll Flanders                             - Daniel Defoe
15. The war of the worlds                 - H.G.Wells
16. The last temptation                     -  Nikos Kazatzakis
17. Journey to Ithaca                         - Anita Desai
18. Mr Darcy's daughters                   - Elizabeth Aston
19. The circle of reason                      - Amitav Ghosh
20. The Fountainhead                       - Ayn Rand
21. Atlas shrugged                            - Ayn Rand
22. Mein Kampf                               - Adolf Hitler
23. Mansfield park                            - Jane Austen
24. The enigma of arrival                  - V.S.Naipaul
25. Pravachakanmarude Randampusthakam - Benyamin

Also a few omnibus by some famous writers. And most importantly 5 books written by my own uncle !  No worries. Adorn my tiny library for the time being. Be patient. Hope to hold you soon.

    

Meet Mr Mulliner - P. G . Wodehouse

Funny that I haven't read PG until now. What took me so long? Anyways... Mr Mulliner is simply hilarious. Heee heee