tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post8944689664210899751..comments2023-08-07T16:43:34.477+05:30Comments on the blog formerly known as musings from mumbai: What to read?Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-81366375096095332732009-03-05T06:43:00.000+05:302009-03-05T06:43:00.000+05:30aah you bin blogging again. yay!n3 wanted me to as...aah you bin blogging again. yay!<BR/><BR/>n3 wanted me to ask you which wodehouse she can start with. my Q to you - should she?Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-70016968333134035162009-03-01T19:01:00.000+05:302009-03-01T19:01:00.000+05:30ludwig-go for it (photo). hope my nose does not sh...ludwig-<BR/>go for it (photo). hope my nose does not show. i am downright irritated with nose right now.<BR/>gerald durrell yes, i just bought the world famous My Family & at CW. Ruskin Bond yes. Usually PGW works for bestest for me but being able to recite dialogues and knowing story too thoroughly is a problem. <BR/>Go Hungry Tide. Slimily the man has released a book of essays now but it Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-38689110583319984882009-03-01T15:23:00.000+05:302009-03-01T15:23:00.000+05:30you're back in the land of the living. so also me....you're back in the land of the living. so also me...<BR/><BR/>read Gerald Durrell. always good, best when sick/otherwise needing comforting memories. Ruskin Bond also, no?<BR/><BR/>The Hungry Tide rocks all over the place.<BR/><BR/>can i post that photo of you and monster (from the back) that i took with my cellphone last time? public has a right to know, i think.<BR/><BR/>welcome back.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03710107146505111876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-46401550929476987762009-02-28T19:27:00.000+05:302009-02-28T19:27:00.000+05:30Glass elevator I have always only seen in a double...Glass elevator I have always only seen in a double volume with Chocolate factory.. that's the edition I have myself. . If crossword lets you down, try that L'amour library guy in Eden market. He sells second hand books, in decent condition, if you don't mind those. And he always has Dahl.wordjunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767884710407108103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-16412138292148931992009-02-28T17:34:00.000+05:302009-02-28T17:34:00.000+05:30wj- longer the comment, more welcome it is!i did n...wj- longer the comment, more welcome it is!<BR/>i did not mind the movie. i like johnny depp irrespective of how he behaves. :)<BR/>cant bloody find glass elevator. getting frustrated.Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-30009334514728330832009-02-28T15:53:00.000+05:302009-02-28T15:53:00.000+05:30Me loves Murakami and Ghosh too. (And five stars t...Me loves Murakami and Ghosh too. (And five stars too !!) And I vote Feynman from that list - funny and uplifting, clever without even trying. <BR/><BR/>Charlie.. the movie was very dark, it totally wipes out the innocence of the story. The focus is entirely Wonka's issues. You should see the first movie made on the book, starring a goggly-eyed wonder called Gene Wilder - it's faithful to the wordjunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767884710407108103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-46189237673477119162009-02-28T12:54:00.000+05:302009-02-28T12:54:00.000+05:30Perakath - have to get hold of the Glass Elevator....Perakath - have to get hold of the Glass Elevator. We will love it I am sure. The oompaloompa rock! She likes them of course!<BR/><BR/>Babbi - i cannot read Daniel Steele. Imposs. And Calvin is banned in the house currently since resident Calvin gets too many ideas from him. :-)<BR/><BR/>asaaan - never dared tried those, will do so when my daughter is older!<BR/><BR/>sb - yes, exactly the type ofPreeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-91211317467263927962009-02-28T10:02:00.000+05:302009-02-28T10:02:00.000+05:30i read the whole mary stewart merlin series when i...i read the whole mary stewart merlin series when i was mildly flu'd in school. loved it. always remember it as a woozily happy experience.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-15297643152878770582009-02-28T06:01:00.000+05:302009-02-28T06:01:00.000+05:30I have been on a chick lit kick. My 2nd child gets...I have been on a chick lit kick. My 2nd child gets off 1/2 hour earlier than 1st child so I always have a book in the car to read when the boys are either napping or playing at the playground.<BR/><BR/>So far I read<BR/>Meg Cabot<BR/>Sophia Kinsellla's shopaholic series<BR/>Jennifer Cruise<BR/>Erin McCarthy<BR/><BR/>Some other really light books I read,<BR/>The Adultery Diet<BR/>Tuesday Erotic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-38801776286714504052009-02-27T20:29:00.000+05:302009-02-27T20:29:00.000+05:30try calvin n hobbes.. or read any Daniel Steel so ...try calvin n hobbes.. or read any Daniel Steel so all your inclination towards reading dies.. :P<BR/><BR/>Johnny Depp is terrible in that film nah ?? He looks like a gay evil..Babbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804297272407512355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-56979640411483725622009-02-27T18:42:00.000+05:302009-02-27T18:42:00.000+05:30I read the Great Glass Elevator before the Chocola...I read the Great Glass Elevator before the Chocolate Factory, and still think it's a far better book. I hope Tim Burton doesn't get his hands on that one as well though. And haha, didn't your Monster love the Oompa-Loompa (singular)?Perakathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108830079471227958noreply@blogger.com