My Favorite Books: Member’s Pick for Week 11/23/09

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In a series here on Goods, we will be spotlighting various Matador community members and providing links to their favorite books.

Matador Member – Reeti Roy

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Favorite books: The Bell Jar, Little Women, At the bottom of the river, In an antique Land, My name is Red, Midnight’s Children, The God of Small Things, The Jungle Book, The Steam House, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, The Namesake, Atonement.

      

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  • Candice replied on November 23, 2009

    I read “The God of Small Things” for a world lit class in university, and the story has stayed with me ever since.

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  • Ben | Backpack Australia replied on November 23, 2009

    I’ve read “The junglebook”, “Atonement”, “Pride & Prejudice” and “The Great Gatsby” and found all of them very entertaining.

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  • reeti replied on November 24, 2009

    @ Candice : that’s great! I didn’t know that The God of Small Things was part of a world lit course :) Where did you go to for school?

    @ Ben: They’re lovely books, all of them :)

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    • Candice replied to reeti on November 24, 2009

      I attended Memorial University of Newfoundland, and I just realized that “Midnight’s Children” was also used for the course, hahaha. Seems you would have liked the class!

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  • reeti replied on November 24, 2009

    Hehe yea, I’m a Literature student and have a natural affinity towards books !

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  • AirTreks Nico replied on November 30, 2009

    Great list! Salmon Rushdie is one of my favorite authors, with Midnight’s Children I feel is one of his best.

    I also love Orhan Pamuk’s novel Snow. So much depth to his writing. I have to read Red soon.

    I wrote a blog post of some of the best travel-related books from people that work at our company. In case you need some inspiration on you next book choice! http://bit.ly/hKsOO

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