Book Tag

Found this amusing & interesting topic on the net and decide to try it moa self. It’s quite simple & anyone who is an ardent book reader will love it. Like the title suggests, I 'book-tag' 5 people who according to me are passionate about reading. This I realized to my dismay wasn't as easy a task as I had thought & that I knew barely a two. So, I contacted friends, friends-friends and far-off friends to compile my honour roll of 5.
These people, might I add haven’t been selected at random, but after doing a lotta in-depth research(my perfect excuse to my mom for my loooong callz).

Right, so the fantastic-five arrrrrrrrrrrre:
1.Pratibha Ramakrishnan
2.Chaitra Rai
3.Ubaid Bin Dhiyan
4.Riya
5.Raj Menon

Now, the next section of my task required me to list the number of books I have. Well, since I started buying books only once I was working, the number is a sorry double digit,'but' steadily increasing.

Ok, now comes the best part, where I list my 5 favourite books of 'all time'.To list just five is immensely difficult, but nevertheless, here are the one's I’ve chosen:

1. The Fountainhead
This one needs no introduction or explanation. I think this one by Ayn Ryand would feature in almost anyone'z top 5.Brilliantly written & thoroughly inspiring, it’s a masterpiece.

2. Works of P.G. Wodehouse
Wodehouse, I think has become synonymous with laughter. From the very first book I read, I was in love with his works. Wry and very Brit,no book collection would be complete without his works.

3. Jeffrey Archer & ilk
By 'JA & ilk' I mean those pacy thrillers which I love so much. The reason why I’ve put Jeffrey Archer in the title and not Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum, Sidney Sheldon, Robin Cook, John Grisham etc is for the simple fact that his "36-collection of short stories" was my last book. Thrillers for me are like chocolate-chip sundaes, you love them
when you've dipped into them & once you’re done, you always want more.

4.Jonathan Livingston Seagull
This extremely small book of 127 pages was one of the most thought provoking works I’ve ever read. Even though Richard Bach went on to write a number of bestsellers like Illusions & The Bridge Across Forever(which also, I enjoyed immensely), even he couldn't recreate the brilliance of Seagull.

5. Calvin & Hobbes
I don’t know if this qualifies as a 'book', but I love it so much that I just had to include it. This comic strip is the first thing I read in the newspaper in the mornings & no matter what my mood is, it invariably makes me smile.

So, that’s it. Now, the rest remains in the hands of the people I’ve book-tagged, who have the repeat the process that I’ve just done. Do it people, cause other than the fact that you'll enjoy doing it, we will get to know about some great authors & wonderful books.