The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett's best book is unquestionably the Pillars of the Earth.

I first read it around 10 years ago. I don't know why I ever picked up such a fat book. Guess I was so taken with 'Eye of the Needle' that I thought such a big book would be twice as good.

Well soon after I started I realised that this book was nothing like the other Ken Follett novels. This one had no spies, no cliff hangers, and yet... I kept reading. And when I finished I knew that one day, some day, I would buy the book.

I'd forgotten all about that thought, conceived so many years ago. But a fortuitous chain of incidents made me the owner of this 1076 page classic.

If you enjoy reading please go out and get this book. I thought I could no longer get lost in a book. This book showed me how wrong I was. I was away from my computer this weekend and I had a lot of catching up to do yesterday, BUT... I made the mistake of starting with the book. I didn't put it down till about 3 or 4 am. Today morning I was so engrossed in it I only realised the time when the driver gave me a buzz. I even skipped lunch just so I could focus on the book. And finally, it's finished. I can eat, drink and blog. :) Leave behind the 12th centuary and rejoin this one...

Damn.. now I wish it was twice as big...

Hi5 and Men are from Mars

Today when I logged in to Hi5 i found the entire format changed. N though it was sleeker n looked much nicer I was upset. I found testimonials had been renamed comments n other small changes abounded. Then I found a link which i actually appreciated....it was to chk all b'days coming up this month. Well did that n then tried to send a card to a friend whose b'day is tomorrow....while doing that I clicked on a link which was invisible right then n somehow i reached his profile in the old format. When I went back to my page everything was back to normal making it seem like a very surreal experience. I'm not sure whether the link I clicked had something to do with opting for the old format or whether the site was just trying out new stuff and then reverted to the old format....N now I'm not sure what I feel abt the whole thing. Am I so resistant to change that the moment I saw the new format I wanted to go back? That wud depend on how I feel now that the format has reverted...am i happy or sad? I wish I knew....

If I don't know so many things about myself how can anyone else ever figure me out?

Just finished reading 'Men are from mars and women are from Venus'....it is so much more meaningful this time. Last time I read it I was a child, and even though I appreciated many pointers even back then there is so much more to the book that I didn't remember ever reading before. It's nice to think something positive about guys after so much of 'He's just not that into you!'