Aiyoo....I've Been Tagged!!!

No..i am not complaining..that was just for the dramatic entry..still hints of hangover from the mad ads we did on friday...Well getting back to the business at hand..i've been tagged by RK...
Thanks RK..i've lately been losing interest in my blog..imagine..i did not even post up my recent mangalore ride..and after it being one of my best rides.. hope this is a revival of sorts!!
So..here is my two cents worth..

Total number of books I own
Well..lets put it this way.. i had a small library of my own..and had made profits when in school.....but a majority of those were comics..i was into collecting them from a pretty young age.. i was building upon my dad's collection.. he had these Indrajal series..which had the Phantom, Mandrake,Bahadur,Drake,Garth..and such stuff..i remember that i even had copies from the first series..Sadly i lost most of those books..mostly while moving..and that too after i had taken the pains to get them all hard bound volume wise..Later it was archies..and in between i used to invest in the abridged(majorly) versions of great classics.. and the occasional Abridged one..these were most of the times bought when on a family trip.. my dad's guard would be down when he was relaxed.. so that would let me get a bigger better book!!..Soon my dad realised that my book buying sprees were turning out to be expesive..and so he got me memberships in a couple of libraries..he he that was not going to slow me down.. My monthly bill used to always be in excess of 300 rupees or so..and that was when Archies' used to cost 2 Rs a day, and Hardy boys and stuff was about 1 Rs a day..so go figure...And now after getting a job.. i have again started investing in books..so lets see how far this takes me..

The last book bought?:
That would be..umm...shoot I actually forgot what i last bought.. i have actually been buying stuff and stocking them up..and even borrowing and stocking them..ah i got it..it was non-fiction book about the London underworld..with pictures and all....

The last book you read?
..and am still reading "the city of Joy"..bu Dominique Lappierre...since the last two months..and was halfway through "Zen & the art of Motorcycle Maitenance"before i lent it to a friend..hopefully i'll finish them soon..else i will have lost the plot and have to start all over again..

Books I am currently reading:
'Please last question refer maadi...making my work easier aren't I??

Books that mean a lot to me:
this actually kept changing at different points of time..initially Asterix & Obelix ruled every waking hour..then came Enid Blyton..then it was the Agatha Christie series..then moved onto the Sidney Sheldon's(obviously in the adolesence stage)..and Arthur Hailey..and Jeffrey Archer..
amd presently its been the likes of Kiran Nagarkar..and Amitav Ghosh..and a host of indian authors..Oh.. and did i mention.. Playboy..

So..even though i have read quite a few books.. i am not very gravely affected by them.. they do contribute to the thought process..but i can't really pinpoint a few books and say that they have left an indelible mark on me..Guess one man's meat is another's wheat???


Anyways.. me not tagging anybody... i haven't read any blogs in quite a while and they must have already been tagged...

Man..this write up feels like i am coming out of hibernation...he he..so many more posts in the future..and in filmi style.."coming soon to a blog near you"...