Saturday Snapshot: September 10

My hands were manicured by my niece and you can see here that I love to wear rings! I also tried nail art. Amater-ish but so what?! Thought I would show off my hands!

Posted for Saturday Snapshot, hosted by Alyce of At Home With books.

Book Blogger Hop/Follow Friday

Follow Friday, is hosted byParaJunkee,  Book Blogger Hop, is hosted by Jennifer (Crazy-For-Books), and Follow Friday 40 and over is hosted by Java.

Jennifer  asks “Many of us primarily read one genre of books, with others sprinkled in. If authors stopped writing that genre, what genre would you start reading? Or would you give up reading completely if you couldn’t read that genre anymore?

I read a lot of Crime Fiction. However, I can shift to literary fiction in no time. Or read non fiction books on sciences. I will not give up reading. Ever!

 ParaJunkee asks "Have you ever wanted a villain to win at the end of a story?  If so, which one??"

Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

Do feel free to explore my blog. You will definitely find something that interests you as I read wide range of genres, except maybe for a few. I also write poetry. You can read that on my other blog, rooted. Now go, explore both of my blogs! And follow them, if you like!! I follow blogs I like via Google Reader...

Booking Through Queue

What are you reading now?

The Frenchwoman by Barbara Paul

Would you recommend it?

Not really. It is bit slow.

And what’s next?

Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz

What Bird Are You?

You Are a Crow

You are highly intelligent and have a lot of mental strength.
You value self-reliance, and you work hard every day to improve your life.

You believe that life is magical, and you are always looking for new and exciting opportunities.
You follow your own path, and the turns you take are often unexpected and inspired.

What Bird Are You?

Teaser Tuesdays: Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz

In the remains of bombed-out train station at dusk they found an old woman begging for food. Papers and gold safely tucked into their clothes, they showed her their tins of fish and meat from the British and followed her to her house.

~Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz

Mondays: Musings/Mailbox/What Are You Reading

Who do you think is the hottest male/female character from a book?

Rhett Butler, who else! Can anyone disagree?!!

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at A Girl and Her Books. Leah from Amused by Books  is hosting for the month of September.

I received nothing!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey.
The Frenchwoman by Barbara Paul

Saturday Snapshot: September 3

We just celebrated Ganesha's Birthday. Hence I post four of the numerous Ganesha idols I possess. We did the actual Puja for the metallic one.
Posted for Saturday Snapshot, hosted by Alyce of At Home With books.
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These are from Amazon.com.

Book Blogger Hop/Follow Friday

Follow Friday, is hosted by ParaJunkee,  Book Blogger Hop, is hosted by Jennifer (Crazy-For-Books), and Follow Friday 40 and over is hosted by Java.

Jennifer  asks “ What are you most looking forward to this fall/autumn season – A particular book release? Halloween? The leaves changing color? Cooler temperatures? A vacation?"

Not much. Only peaceful reading filled days! Undergoing a reading slump which refuses to go away...

 ParaJunkee asks "If you could change the ending of any book (or series), which book would you choose? Why and to what?"

There are too many to choose from.

Do feel free to explore my blog. You will definitely find something that interests you as I read wide range of genres, except maybe for a few. I also write poetry. You can read that on my other blog, rooted. Now go, explore both of my blogs! And follow them, if you like!! I follow blogs I like via Google Reader...

Booking Through Stormy Weather

 What’s your book with weather events? Hurricanes? Tornadoes? Blizzards? Real? Fiction? Doesn’t matter … weather comes up a lot in books, so there’s got to be a favorite somewhere, huh?

First literary fiction that came into my mind after reading this question was The Tempest by William Shakespeare. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure to the island his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy is entirely based on weather and its effect.

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck : The Drought
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: The Fog 
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak: The Snow and The Cold 
Never Cry Wolf by Cynthia Eden: The Cold

Novels based on Russia do have Snow, Cold and Bleakness as a backdrop