A couple of weeks back, his highness(read the owner of this blog) asked me a question "Which is the best book you have read so far?" I asked myself - What makes a book a "good book"? For people like me who survive on hard-core fiction, the question actually set me thinking and after a lot of thinking(thinking usually doesnt lead me anywhere, but i guess thats besides the point!!), I felt the main thing which decided it was--
--The intensity and the duration of the hangover which the book caused in you.
   I still remember after reading "Evening News" by Arthur Hailey, I was literally breathing and living journalism for a couple of weeks..I had decided I would quit my existing job, go to some dense forests in Peru and broadcast back what was happening!!
   And when I read Bourne Identity a couple of days back, it was with great difficutly I managed to pull myself away from Jason's escapades..
   There are a host of other factors like the style of writing, the depth of the subject which the book deals with, the pace at which the book is set, the potrayal of the characters, the degree with which you can relate to the book or the characters in the book, etc etc..
I guess all these contribute to the effect the book has on you.
   And yet, I do not have an answer to the question, "Which is the best book?"..Does an answer exist?? I dont know...

 -  PriyaTallanje