Goals update 3g. Books

My fetish for books can be described with the kind of attraction some people have towards food.

Just like some people cannot control themselves against mouthwatering foods, without giving any thought regarding their possible ill effect. In the same manner I’m hungry about books. My reading list includes all sort of opposites. From autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi to books of Khuswant Singh and 50 shades of grey. From Harry Potter to Paul Coelho. From Chetan Bhagat to Mark Twain. From Angles to Ayn Rand.

But what irritates my wife most is that I even read newspaper pieces and brochures etc. used while serving street foods at vendors. My appetite for reading is never ending.

But of late, I’m trying to change this habit.  Two quotes were the reason for this. One was “What you eat / read is what you become.” (I don’t remember exactly where I read this but it stayed in my mind.)

Second I read in the school where I used to go for attending Toastmaster’s meeting. It says “Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

So enough is enough, I thought and decided I’ll be more prudent and selective in deciding what I’ll read.

After digging the internet for quite some time, I came across following illustration for Books (above) everyone should read.

There are a few books in this chart that I have already read.

Namely Harry Potter, Atlas Shrugged, Pride and Prejudice, Kite Runner, Life of PI, The Fountainhead, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Da Vinci Code.

Some more that I have tried and could not read due to complicated Victorian English or did not like the flow.

Nonetheless the list gave me quite a few options of books to read.

So I started with Siddhartha. One major reason for that is that I’m really feeling inclined towards spiritual books right now.

Have already finished this book at the time of writing this post but the review of this book will be in another post.

PS: Again just missed my deadline with writing a blog post every 2 weeks by just a whisker. From now onward will change it to one blog post every alternate Sunday.