I have been a book lover for as long as I can remember. Books are a big part of my life and I love surrouding myself with books though of late this is the only thing that I seem to be doing, surrounding myself with more and more books and not actually reading them. Still I can proudly say that at any point of time, I would be having at least a book in my current reading list. Allz not lost yet!
So when I came across this Challenge, I thought of grabbing up the opportunity. I have been reading more books by Indian Authors lately and this seems to gel in so well with my current interest. (Out of the measly 12 books that I read in 2010, 7 are by Indian Authors!!) Its also such a great opportunity to come across new authors. This is also the first time that I am taking up any kind of challenge here and really have no clue as to how well I will be able to progress with the time constraints. But why to put limits ….. I am ambitious and planning to read at least 10 South Asian books in 2011! Here’s a list I have drawn up immediately upon hearing of the challenge. Longing to start working on this and to add more!
1) The Mistress of Spices – Chitra Banerjee
2) The House of Blue Mangoes – David Davidar
3) Shalimar The Clown – Salman Rushdie
4) Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts
5) Saraswati Park
6) Six Suspects – Vikas Swarup
7) The Inheritance of Loss – Kiran Desai (This is a re-read partly. I am not sure if it counts)
8) Mahashwetha - Sudha Murthy
So while you read up more about the challenge, I will go ahead and sign up here. Happy reading to you all!
