Currently reading…

I am currently reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and I have secretly added ‘graphic novelist’ to my ultra confidential list of things I aspire to be. Things I aspire to be in my head, that is. By  the respectable age of 30, i am honest enough to realise that maybe five of those may become true at some point.

I have a graphic novel in my head, its there somewhere and flashes lil bits of brilliance from time to time, but it is, by all accounts, shy and needs to be coaxed into the public spotlight.

Here is a list of the top five things I aspire to be: (Confidential, i know but wot the hell…)

1. Design shop owner

2. Award winning screenplay writer

3. Graphic Novelist

4. Genius (read elusive) illustrator

5. The best rally driver in the world

6. Best chef in the world 

Umm, thats six but no harm in getting carried away, eh?

Kari…

Crossword has a sale going on and while I didn’t have the time or money to indulge the bookworm in me yesterday (after having blown a significant part of my Kerala holiday in various nooky bookshops in Palakkad) while grocery shopping at Hypercity but I did manage to sneak into the small Crossword section that they have next to the payment counters. Came across Kari, the graphic novel by former copywriter Amruta Patil. I had heard about it but never gotten around to buying a copy. I tend to behave like a bit of a spaced out cadet when I am in a bookstore, dazed and spellbound, not sure where to start, convinced I missed out some gem in a far flung corner of the store. In this case, I was intrigued enough by the pages that I flipped through, squabbles with parents on a holiday home, a peek into the life of an advertising agency executive, I could relate to most of them. i’ve promised myself that I’ll pick it up in a week’s time…

I recently read through a limited edition of Batman’s graphic novel which Husband picked up from a store in Bandra but have usually stayed away from graphic novels myself. I am, for most part, generously non-discriminatory when it comes to buying new books. Purchases in the last two weeks include, Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth; JM Coetzee’s Inner Workings, a collection of essays; Lauren Weisberger’s Chasing Harry Winston and Joe Dunthorne’s Submarine. Oh and also, Sanjeev Kapoor’s ‘Dal-Rotis’ and ‘Chinese Cooking’ (someday! ever the optimist…)