The Book Tagging Business

1.Number of books I own : Somewhere around 250 perhaps.I don't count tinkle, chandamama,champak and the likes as books here :)

2.Last book I bought :Not very sure , but was either 'Feynman's rainbow' by Leonard Mlodinow (don't trust my spelling:) or 'Fermat's last thorem' by Simon Singh.

3.Last book I read : Alchemist.Has been in my possession for a long time now.Atlast got around to reading it.

4.Five Books which mean a lot to me:

• Awaken the giant within, by Anthony Robbins : It's a book on shaping your destiny instead of 'letting things happen to you'.Discovered this book when I needed it the most and it has had a profound impact on my life.
• The world of Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse : Though most Wodehouse fans love Jeeves, I vote for Psmith.This book is a mastepiece.Again, though I'd already read several Wodehouse books inlcluding Jeeves before I discovered found this one,I felt this one was in a league of its own.
• The Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle:One of the very few works that I can read countless number of times without experiencing any boredom whatsoever.
• The 7 habits of highly effective people, by Stephen Covey : A book on how to live. Uses 7 short phrases to list the habits and the rest of the book to elaborate on them.The book's slowly growing on me , but easily one of the most important books I shall have read in my life.
• The Reader's Digest : Have been reading this since I was 12 and is one of the main reasons why my English is not as rotten as it might have been.The broad range of topics it covers instilled in me a liking and appreciation for all kinds of things.

I have definitely enjoyed several technical books but they aren't as important to me as the ones listed above.Can turn to any of the 5 listed above for relaxed reading , though can't say the same when it comes to technical books:)Will list out some of the less well known books that I've enjoyed in another post.