2 Years and 1 Book!

It almost took me about 2 years to read one full, complete book! Yeah, it sounds pretty weird that I was not able to take up and finish off a book completely ever since I've been in the US.

For almost a year, I'd given up my habit of reading but I thank my friend Bhawna for putting me back on track. Never mind her unintentional effect, but I was able to start of with a book! In one of her mails, she casually asked me what was I reading those days and also asked me for some suggestions on her new read. Well, I could suggest her fine but I was quite helpless with her first question.

That's the time when I thought of pulling up my socks. And to begin with something after such a long time, I needed a book that was interesting enough for me to go on till the very end. So I got "The Catcher In The Rye". It was just the right choice! Actually, I didn't mind reading it for a second time too! The first time I scanned through it was during my college days. I always liked this book...for its narration and the whole set up. I was so inclined to finish reading this book, as finishing one had become more like a jinx. The last couple of novels that I picked, both went half-read. On top of it, I ended up watching a movie based on those novels! So I never got back to pick up those books again. Thankfully, this time I didn't lay my hands on any movie based on the work of Mr. J.D. Salinger.

My next stop will be "A Thousand Splendid Suns". I'm glad I haven't heard of any movie based on this novel. The last novel by Mr. Khaled Hosseini, "The Kite Runner", gave way to some visualization and I lost my drive to read the stuff. Watching a novel-based movie is lethargic if you haven't read the novel prior to that and worse still, if you're right in the middle of reading that book. Alright, I acted lethargic.

From here on, encouragement will be appreciated guys! Plus, moving from a tale of American teenage idiosyncrasy to an Afghanistani story-telling would need some tune up of thoughts. Tell me about cultural shock! :)