Blog of Small Things

August 24th, 2008 · 31 Comments · blogging, books, me

Bad news first : I am yet to finish the book ” God of Small Things”.Now the good news : I am still reading it, and I am reading few other books too.

Yes, I am still reading God of Small Things. I loved it, and was inspired enough to rename my blog to, Blog of Small Things. Offline Blog was a temporary name, and I was looking for a new name all this time. So, here we are , with the new name, “Blog of Small Things” How is that ?

I visited my village library, paid a fine for not returning a book for 1 year. Librarian is a great friend of mine, so I got the fine amount reduced to Rs.100. And yea, I bought 3 more books from Cochin last week.

I am fighting my “readers block” ( Thanks Nikhil for that term ). It is tough, real tough. I tried lot of things, and got a lot of suggestions.

I am going back to Malayalam books now, because that is where I started, and that is where I should start correcting my reading disorders. Reading Malayalam books may help me make reading much faster, hopefully …..

31 responses so far ↓

1 vishesh // Aug 24, 2008 at 10:11 am

lol i have read any book in Tamil ha happy reading
2 Rekha // Aug 24, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Hehehe…u have nt completed it yet ! n keeping a book for 1 year !! hmm !
btw u have got one library over eriyad! o great!
we have one here also looks like it have all the jambhavan stocks … dad said he ll get a membership in there while last holidays , bt now im completely lost from such good habits!
i take only those physics n maths guides from the school library these days !…
3 | Balu | // Aug 24, 2008 at 1:09 pm

I never liked God of Small Things
The writing style was too similar to books like “oru deshathinde katha” which is much better… it was a big let down for me!

Which mal book are reading?
4 Nikhil // Aug 24, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Hehehe!!
God of small things, never read it!
And “readers’ block” is my term? Oh, I didnt know that…!!
5 Rahul // Aug 24, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Heheee Still reading “Gd of Sml Thngs”?

Oh my GOD!
6 arvind // Aug 25, 2008 at 2:03 am

a relief after continuous posts on word press..
i am reading a book from one and half months ..
Am i suffering from readers block ??
7 Philip // Aug 25, 2008 at 6:19 am

my reading habit has also gone down the drain. Last book i read was “We are like that only - Rama Bijapurkar”. And that was a few months ago.

These days all iam reading is BusinessToday, BusinessIndia, BusinessWorld. I need them for my investing tips
8 dinu // Aug 25, 2008 at 7:19 am

@ vishesh

Thank you

@ Rekha

Hmmm .. you better join Ediyad Library .. it’s a good one

@ | Balu |

I am in love with that writing style … it is very new to me …
Malayalam Books : Lajja ( Taslima Nasrin ) Tathwamasi ( Sukumar Azhikode ) Sidhartha ( Hermen Hesse )

@ Nikhil

I know you are not the”creator” of that term, but you are the one who introduced it to me .. you want me to take that thanks back ?

@ Rahul

Yep !! you don’t know how crazy I “was” about books …

@ arvind

Depends .. how many books you used to read, or how fast ?

@ Philip

Hmmm the change when you get an MBA
9 s4n705h // Aug 25, 2008 at 10:38 am

I have started reading because of your post.
10 dinu // Aug 25, 2008 at 10:43 am

@ s4n705h

Vooow !! which book are you reading buddy ?
11 Prarthana // Aug 25, 2008 at 2:21 pm

Ah, the book is dry and boring according to me!!
Took me AGES to finish..
12 Prarthana // Aug 25, 2008 at 2:23 pm

*God of small things, that is!
13 dinu // Aug 25, 2008 at 2:27 pm

@ Prarthana

It’s taking me “ages” too
14 xylene // Aug 25, 2008 at 5:12 pm

Try to spend less time on the net. Or if you are too obsessed with the computer, then read online. You can download pdfs *illegal ofcourse.
15 xylene // Aug 25, 2008 at 5:12 pm

The ‘read more’ cloud is awesome. Now that is whats called a cloud !
16 Scorpria // Aug 25, 2008 at 5:23 pm

Any book that takes you more than 15 days to complete is worthless :D

i took a month to finish Inheritance of Loss…by th time i was done, i realised what th title meant!!! major waste of time!
(all who who liked th book, pardon me; it did not deserve the award!)

read N.Mohanan’s books…i love ‘em
17 Scorpria // Aug 25, 2008 at 5:24 pm

btw, hope yu don again change the blog name wen yu finish th book :D
18 Rekha // Aug 25, 2008 at 6:03 pm

“Try to spend less time on the net.” ..yeah i agreee with Xylene…spending too much time on net kills ur ability to read printed ones!!
19 dinu // Aug 25, 2008 at 7:23 pm

@ xylene

I tried reading online … dint workout … I mean, pdf file and all that stuff .. nowadays, I will keep my laptop near me, connected to internet, and read books sitting infront of it

@ Scorpria

hi hi .. but .. it takes more than 15 days for me to finish each and every book … that I am reading these days .. I think the mistake is on my side .. hmm never heard of n mohanan … more info please ?

and lol won’t change the name again

@ Rekha

that’s what happened to me !!! now, I am fighting…
20 Hasit // Aug 25, 2008 at 11:02 pm

i prefer this theme over the last one. here u can atleast c the number of comments. good good
21 Philip // Aug 26, 2008 at 6:15 am

Not really to do with my MBA, but i do some investing in the stock market (equity and mutual funds). And i need those magazines for information that will help me gather info that i need.
22 dinu // Aug 26, 2008 at 8:43 am

@ Hasit

thanks but the other one also had comments count ?

@ Philip

so, investing in stocks n all ?
23 Philip // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:41 am

yup have been investing in stocks and mutual funds for more than 3 yrs now.
24 dinu // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:56 am

@ Philip

cool
25 Hasit // Aug 26, 2008 at 3:24 pm

well it must have had. i must have failed to see. neway, nice theme.
26 dinu // Aug 26, 2008 at 3:31 pm

@ Hasit

haaaaaa .. it was even bigger in that theme … a bigggg circle next to the post title ..
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28 Alda // Aug 28, 2008 at 3:39 am

I absolutely loved The God of Small Things - it’s one of the few books I’ve read twice and been as deeply moved each time. I always name it as one of my favourite books. Good luck with it!
29 dinu // Aug 28, 2008 at 7:59 am

@ Alda

Thank you I will be completing that book for sure
30 Chirag Chamoli // Sep 3, 2008 at 8:05 pm

I live in Bangalore, You?
31 dinu // Sep 3, 2008 at 8:23 pm

@ Chirag Chamoli

Cochin, kerala good to see you here