BYOB Club discussion
What are you reading now or just finished?
Somanatha, the Many Voices of a History This book by Romila Thapar - a scholarly history, but very readable as all her books. Relevant to the politics of the times....
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(Though I am on the last page right now). And then I'll be reading "The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest', that will the last part of Mil..."
Ooooh I have both those two books on my TBR pile since forever!
Just finished
. Not sure where I'll go next.
I am reading jodi picoult's - plain truth . Half way through .
currently reading The Invisible Man by HG Wells. I was almost halfway through when I had to go back 4 chapters. Being a new reader and not wont to the old English, the reading rate is slow. But I guess I'll get used to it.
Shivam wrote: "currently reading The Invisible Man by HG Wells. I was almost halfway through when I had to go back 4 chapters. Being a new reader and not wont to the old English, the reading rate is slow. But I g..."I'm reading The Luminaries.
Shivam: You definitely get used to the language. It is quite readable after the first few chapters.
Nidhi wrote: "Tanya wrote: "I am reading 'The Girl who played with Fire' by Stieg Larsson.(Though I am on the last page right now). And then I'll be reading "The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest', that will the la..."
Its a must either start from The Girl with the dragon tattoo or read a Jhumpa Lahiri. They are totally different genre though.
Rajat wrote: "Anyone read the 
?"It's on my list. A Mitchell mood is yet to strike me though.
Guys I'm reading David Wong and woah. Imagination unleashed.What a crazy-good book (and funny!)
John Dies at the End
No not really. It's more like, a self destructive protagonist who finds out the world is gonna be taken over by interdimensional beings in a very subtle, secret way and how he and his best friend try to stop that from happening, with bits of black humor thrown in.It's a light read, and some interesting theories to think about. (There's one about Time right at the end that really got me thinking.)
Harry Potter and the order of phoenix. JK Rowling.
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That book was discussed at our very first meet! http://delhi.bringyourownbook.org/pos...
David Wong is a favourite with many members for throwing surprises when you least expect them :)
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?" Varsha!
I just finished
. Blown away. Currently reading
. I love sarcastic, wisecracking protagonists. I love science fiction. This is gold.I also read the Millennium Trilogy this year and am about to start
. It's a different author, for tragic reasons, and I'm keeping my expectations low. The thing I love most about this series is its almost aggressive insistence on liberalism. Which was your favorite one in the series? Mine was
.
Just started the series(Millenium). It was boring in the beginning but can't put down the book now. Hope to complete all of them by Feb.
Chaitanya wrote: "Just started the series(Millenium). It was boring in the beginning but can't put down the book now. Hope to complete all of them by Feb."Millenium is pretty good and it gets quite complex as the series goes on. The new one also came out recently: The Girl in the Spider's Web, as Utkarsh mentioned.
Has anyone read The Girl in the Spider's Web yet? I was meaning to ask, what do people think about it?
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. Blown away. Currently reading . I love sarcastic, wisecracking protagonists. I love sc..."Had no idea even! Whoa! Somebody else is writing the series now? I read the first in the series in 2014...purchased the remaining two in 2015 but they have been lying around unread. Time to read it seems!
Nidhi wrote: "Had no idea even! Whoa! Somebody else is writing the series now?"Larsson unfortunately died before his books were published, so he was never at the receiving end of the praise and the love.
still reading as Plum Island by Nelson Demille. it's funny, but only first time and not as interesting as a crime novel should be.
Currently reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. Soon moving on to The Great Railway Bazaar!
Currently reading
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper &
The Archived by VictoriaSchwab
Currently reading "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch
Just finished Sarah waters ' night watch ' . Had heard a lot about her . One of her highly rated books is ' fingersmith '
Just finished Sarah waters ' night watch ' . Had heard a lot about her . One of her highly rated books is ' fingersmith '
I just started
3 days back after I dropped
in the middle. For a person who himself joke a lot and is sarcastic all the time, this book is plain offensive to him (in this case, me). The protagonist wants to have sex with every woman he sees, regardless of the age, early 30s or late 70s, while he himself is in mid 40s and is 'convalescing detective' Same dry humor repeated again and again. All guys according to him are jerk, he's the only brainer in this whole world and thinks the whole world revolves around him.I was bored when I finished one-fourth of book, still read half of it in hope it will get interesting, but didn't and I finalised to drop it.
Meanwhile, Indigo by Satyajit Ray (what we discussed in Shirt Stories meet) is a really interesting one. And the story that Shashank told about, "Ratan Babu and That man", i got a heart attack reading it, to which I want to do the same with Shashank. Please don't mind if he dies and you don't see him ever again.
Just finished reading Princess by Jean Sasson.Shocking revelations of the life Saudi woman spoken out by a real Saudi princess anonymously through the author.Respect for the bold princess Sultana who risks out all just to give the world an unvarnished look inside their closed society.
Just finished Indigo, and now continuing Plum Island where I left off. I just want to finish it, doesn't matter how bad it is.
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I liked the beginning more than the end!
Shivam wrote: "I just started 3 days back after I dropped in the middle. For a person who himself joke a lot and is sarcastic all the time, this book is pl..."All this negativity interests me, because the book seems to have highly positive reviews. Could you go through some of them and try to figure out exactly where the difference of opinion arises?
Utkarsh wrote: "Shivam wrote: "I just started 3 days back after I dropped in the middle. For a person who himself joke a lot and is sarcastic all the time, ..."I read many of those. Those readers who have rated the book 1 or 2 stars match my opinion of the book. First of all, the story is quite nice and one can easily get hooked to it. But the turning point lies in how the story is told. In this case, the story is written in the first person by the protagonist himself. And he's a convalescing detective. He has a sense of humor, he's a sarcastic son of a bitch. But there's a fine line between humor and condescending someone. His humor is dry, and trust me when I say, when he is sarcastic, it isn't sarcasm he actually is looking down on the person. It's just his character that made me quit it.
According to him, every guy is a jerk and he wants to get in bed with every single girl he sees. If you're a guy reading this, you'll feel as if he's mocking you by calling you a jerk, and if you're a girl reading this, you'll feel like he wanna have sex with you.
If you live by the philosophy that, "I'll do whatever the fuck what I want, jisko jo ukhadna hai ukhaad le" and have no public decency, you might like it, but otherwise no. He knows it all, so I saw no point in continuing. You already know he's gonna solve the case, he's the mastermind, so one sees no point in continuing, And the novel is highly exaggerated.
If you're the kind of person who secretly enjoyed AIB roast and giggled "OMG ye gaali de rahe hain" and gossiped to your friends, you'll like it. But if you have slight bit of sense of humor and know the difference between a joke and a straight out insult, you won't like it because he has a say on EVERY LITTLE THING. Reader does not want his professional opinion on everything
Pursuit of happyness! It made me want to work harder at whatever I'm doing. (:
Shivam wrote: "Utkarsh wrote: "Shivam wrote: "I just started 3 days back after I dropped in the middle. For a person who himself joke a lot and is sarcasti..."Interestingly enough, I actually did enjoy the roast :p Not so much because of the cussing, but the irreverence. Also the self-awareness.
Pankaja wrote: "Done with The Girl in the Spider's Web. Book`s awesome. Life feels dull now that the book`s over:("How does it compare with the original trilogy?
Utkarsh wrote: "Pankaja wrote: "Done with The Girl in the Spider's Web. Book`s awesome. Life feels dull now that the book`s over:("How does it compare with the original trilogy?"
The language`s different from that of Larsson. It seems American (Probably cause NSA`s involved). But as I read more, I was hooked on to it. It's better than The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
Pankaja wrote: "It's better than The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest."..."
Wow, okay, that is some seriously high praise. I'll get on to it soon as I can.
Just started inside the o' Briens by Lisa Genova who wrote still alice
My reading speed is getting slower as I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird because I don't want it to end. Less than 100 pages remain :/
Just finished
. Feels like I'd forgtten how good books can get.
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(Though I am on the last page right now). And then I'll be reading "The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest', that will the last part of Millenium Triology.