Books, movies, pre-occupations

So a general listing of books read, movies devoured and series seen, as lets face it, this blog has become in recent times a bit of a personal journal. I skip through the same time last year kind of days every once in a while. Realising how I feel changed but seriously, on revisiting, not really.

Bipolar? Check.
Ditsy? Check.
Idealist in garb of pessimist? Check.

Hmm. So whats new?
Well list of books and movies then.

a. Luka and the fire of life: a gorgeous follow up of older brother Haroun's adventure. The thing I really like about this twin set is simply this sense of getting the inside joke thanks to knowing hindi and loving all the implied meanings in the book :)

b. The case of the exploding mangoes and The reluctant fundamentalist: Two fantastically talented Pakistani writers with much to say and gifted in many ways to say it.

c. The painted veil, The way we were, Funny girl: Bunch of beautiful sweet complex yet romantic movies from the past and present.

d. Choker bali: The book not the movie. A strange tale really of love and life intertwined and sullen. To be Binodini. What torture. It is the competent responsible who cornered and choiceless, suffer the most with the knowledge of recognising a better.

e. Glee: Let hollywood never again snigger at our world of song and dance! Its not so much the storyline but the songs and the joy of music... I must confess I did the most shameful marathon watch of this series.

f. Pride and Prejudice: the BBC series which made colin firth so famous as mr. darcy. I was thinking that maybe harry potter needed to be a series like this. Would allow it to be more true and put in all the delightful details the author has so lovingly added.

g. The wizard of Oz: revisited after a long long time. its sweet isn't it? how each of them seems to so sub-conciously possess exactly those qualities which they find lacking in them?

So thats a good list. I do work in between and manage to cook my meals and amuse fellow beings.
Not a bad life.