On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote, [on 4/3/2008 5:20 PM]: > > > > > "[Author Ariel Levy's] partner, a green-building consultant, "doesn't > > like to read," Levy said. When she wants to talk about books, she goes > > to her book group. Compatibility in reading taste is a "luxury" and kind > > of irrelevant, Levy said. The goal, she added, is "to find somebody > > where your perversions match and who you can stand."" > > > > Heh. > > As a data point, my wife's reading tastes diverge greatly from mine; with a > glancing intersection at early Harry Potter (pre Book 4) and _Jonathan > Livingston Seagull_. > > Udhay > -- Interesting train of thought Rishab...let's see the stations it takes us to!
I don't know any set of partners in a "relationship" or even the members of a "family" setup, whose reading tastes coincide totally; that's very interesting because those families might gather to watch the same TV serials....leave alone books, Mohan and I read the newspaper each morning and when we compare notes later, it's as if each of us has read a completely different paper. Yet, there are some books that are firm family favourites...indeed, that most people have read...oh, I forgot, they are called best-sellers...and these change quite drastically from generation to generation. I can't imagine today's twenty-somethings reading "Anando Motth" (for lack of a better phonetic spelling), or "Ponniyin Selvan", or "Godaan" or even "David Copperfield"... And then, there is the whole field of poetry....however, I am hoping to be contradicted. Deepa. > >
