Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Photos of my bookcase

Just like some people can't stop taking pictures of their cats, I like to photograph my books. Actually, these photos were taken by my cousin. I missed my Ukrainian bookcase in India, so she did me a huge favor by visiting my parent's house and taking these photos. We've gathered a decent library in India as well, but my Ukrainian bookcase will always hold a special place in my heart - so many wonderful moments were spent over these books in my teens and early twenties.













Monday, 1 June 2015

List of books I enjoy reading (and even rereading :))

Of course, it's a mini version of the list - usually I submit it in different forms when they ask what sort of reading I prefer. I guess in a nutshell it gives an idea of what sort of books I read. As you can see, no "50 shades of grey" or "Eat. Pray. Love" is included :)

Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment", "Idiot"
Lesya Ukrainka "The forest song"
Bulgakov "Master and Margarita"
Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita"
Victor Hugo "Les Miserables", "The hunchback of Notre Damme" Stendal "Red and Black"
Honore de Balzac - quite a few novels
Antoine de Saint ExupĂ©ry  "The planet of people"
Dickens "Dombey and son",
Charlotta Bronte "Jane Eyre"
Oscar Wilde "The picture of Dorian Gray"  John Fowles  "The Magus"
Cervantes "Don Quixote"
Erich Maria Remarque "Three comrades", "Arch of Triumph"
Stefan Zweig "Impatience of the heart"
Salinger "Catcher in the rye"
Ken Kesey "One flew over the cuckoo's nest"
Jack London "Martin Eden"