Indian Readers discussion

Tempted and inspired by all the other threads here, Here is my attempt to track my reading this year and be vocal about what I read.... Will try to keep this thread updated with this year reads....

Reading goals for 2018:

1. Open a random book from moon reader
2. Random number choosing from TBR pile
3. Book themed after a Game/Sport - From Lukov with Love
4. Book themed after a Profession
5. Reread 5 favorite books
6. Read 4 Tomes
1. The Eye of the World
7. Read 5 Short Stories
8. Read a book by a Debut Author
9. Read a book from Goodreads Award Winners/finalists
10. Read a book from Horror Genre
11. Read a book from Dystopia Genre Legend
12. Read a book from Historical Fiction Genre
13. Read a Girly book – chicklit
14. Write atleast one word review for all the books read
15. Book with animal theme
16. Book written by a late author
17. Book written by author who is alive
18. Book by an Indian author
19. Start and finish at least one series
20. Reco from HP
21. Reco from Manu Okay for Now
22. Reco from Sri, Smi, and Biblio group
23. Participate in atleast 20 weekly reads throughout the year
1. Lesley Castle
2. The Woman in Cabin 10
3. All the Light We Cannot See
4. The Notebook
24. Read a Comic Book
25. Read a Book with Female Protagonist The Cruel Prince
26. A Children's Book Androcles and the Lion
27. Book set in Forest
28. Book with Vampire
29. Western themed book
30. Read/Reread a book from buddy's shelf
31. Read an Old Classic
32. Read a Poem
33. Read a Play
34. Read a Biography
35. Read an Autobiography
36. Read a Graphic Novel
37. Read a book from Science Fiction Genre
38. Read a book in mother tongue Tamil/Telugu
39. Read a Nonfiction book
40. Read a Book turned into Film
41. Read a Book with Interconnected/Fragmented Narrative
42. Spy/Detective Thriller novel
43. World War I Book
44. World War II Book -
45. Book based on Real Events
46. Book based on Politics/Economics
47. A book based in China /Written originally in Chinese
48. Hard Boiled
49. Cyber Punk
50. A Book by Female Author

Buddy Reads:

With Manu:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Booketeers BR:
1. Time to Murder and Create
2. A Discovery of Witches
3. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Favorite quotes from 2018 reads...

Love and Friendship
"Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint--"

Okay for Now
"Nothing should ever sit and gather dust"

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
"Nothing belongs to you"

From Lukov with Love
"When you want something, bad enough, you can always make it happen"
"You can have all the talent in the world and still do nothing with it"

The Notebook
"That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time"
"You can't live your life for other people. You've to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love"

The Eye of the World
"Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute"
"The wheel weaves as the wheel wills"
"It was easier to be brave, he discovered, when someone needs your protection"

Spider's Bite
"Greed would get you every single time, just like luck"

Boy Meets Boy
"Just when you think life's got you in a gutter, a tornado will come along and destroy your house"

A Discovery of Witches
"'Normal' is a bedtime story - a fable- that humans tell themselves to feel better when faced with a overwhelming evidence that most of what's happening around them is not 'normal' at all"

Wait for It
"You can't always wait for someone else to do the right thing, when you can do it yourself"

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
"Nobody is going to watch out for you but you"
"Life could be taking you in one direction, and the next moment, you' be going in a completely different one"
"You can always make time for the things that matter"

Forbidden
"How can love like this be called terrible, when it's not hurting anyone?"

The Illicit Happiness of Other People
"No matter what their delusions are, parents do not really know their children"
"In this world it is very hard to escape happiness, That's how it is"
"Something that even good people did were beyond comprehension"
"A delusion is many more times powerful than a lie"

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
"In order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain"

Foundation
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

The Forgotten Garden
"With a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power"

The Female of the Species
"It is easier to fantasize violence than actually perform it"

Favorites and DNF's this year:

Favorites:

DNF's:
1. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - Not completely DNF'ed but postponing. will try again later this year..

2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Didn't like it a bit, so DNF'd

eepppp... welcome to the party Ini!!!

all the best. needless to say, I will be permanent fixture here. :)

and let me know, I will delete this post if you need this space. :D:D

Favorite Quotes continued

The Little Prince

"Conceited people never hear anything but praise"

"It is the time you've wasted for your rose that makes your rose very important"

"No one is ever satisfied where he is"

"The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen"

Yayyyyyy Buddyyyyyy!!!

All the best for your reading experience this year..

I'll not ask you for deadlines though :P (Please ask me if I keep slacking)

A-Z non-fantasy topic challenge

A: Alaska
B: BC (Before Christ)
C: China
D: Documentary
E: England David Copperfield
F: Fiction (like a free spot)
G: Germany All the Light We Cannot See
H: Historical Fiction - The Palace of Illusions
I: India - Ghachar Ghochar
J: Japan
K: Korea (Jenna Special) - Pachinko
L: Law (fiction or non)
M: Mystery
N: Nonfiction
O: Original (author's first work) All the Ugly and Wonderful Things - Read Jan 30,2018
P: Police (fiction or non)
Q: Queen
R: Russia - Anna Karenina
S: Satire
T: Thriller The Woman in Cabin 10- Read Jan 29, 2018
U: U-Choose
V: Victorian Era - Jane Eyre
W: Wild West
X: Xray (anything medical fiction or non) - Doctors
Y: YA - Along for the Ride - Feb 3,2018
Z: Zoology

Wow..Uni.
High time you started a log😁

Overflowing Bookshelf challenge
Books Owned without reading:
David Copperfield - Currently reading
சிவகாமியின் சபதம் Sivagamiyin Sabatham - Currently reading
Norse Mythology
Peter Pan - read
The Scarlet Letter
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Tale of Two Cities
The Storyteller
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Middlemarch
Nemesis
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Great Expectations
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Books that have been in my TBR for more than an year:

All the best Iniya!

There are a lot of member I don't know. Maybe we don't write in the same discussions (my fault because I never take part in group reads, buddy reads, pick-it-for-me, etc) :-(

Red cover
Orange cover
Yellow cover
Green cover
Blue cover
Purple cover

Pink cover
White cover
Black cover
Metallic cover

Cover with the author’s name in the biggest font
Cover with the title in the biggest font

Cover with a tower
Cover with a cityscape
Cover with a boat/ship
Cover with a house

Cover with a tree
Cover with a mountain
Cover with a night sky

Cover with a man
Cover with a woman
Cover with a dragon
Cover with a bird
Cover with a magical creature

Cover with a weapon
Cover with a crownThe Cruel Prince
Cover with a cloak The Fires of Heaven
Cover with a mask Okay for Now

All the best👍

Space reserved for DNF also :)

Great going Ini!!! Will be lurking here..

Lovely list!
And all the very best :))

Iniya wrote: "Favorite quotes from 2018 reads... "
I like this one. I'll probably incorporate this in my thread too.
Good luck for 2018!

Incomplete series challenge:

Legend: 2/3
Legend - read Feb 11,2018
Prodigy -read Feb 25,2018
Champion

Wheel of time: 1/14
The Eye of the World - read Feb 21,2018

Stormlight Archive: 1/3
The Way of Kings

The folk of the air: 1/3
The Cruel Prince - Jan 23, 2018

Elemental Assasin: 1/17
Spider's Bite - read Mar 4, 2018

Powder Mage Trilogy:
Promise of Blood

Uptodate:
The folk of the air

Bingo challenge:

Going to attempt this as well :-)

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1. A buddy read with someone in the group
2. A debut novel
3. A book under 300 pages
4. A book you own and haven’t read yet
5. A book with a blue cover
6. A book in a series you have already started
7. A book with an anti-hero
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads
9. A Young Adult book
10. A book by an author you have not read before
11. A book with a one-word title
12. A book you can read in one day
13. FREE SPACE
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship
15. A book over 800 pages
16. A book published before 1970
17. A book on your to-read list for more than one year
18. A book with a person on the cover
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read
20. A book by an author under 25 at the time it was published
21. A book with a dragon in it
22. A book published this year
23. A standalone book
24. The last book in a series
25. A book of your choice

Rebecca wrote: "Great going Ini!!! Will be lurking here.."

Sure Resh :-)

Jaya wrote: "Lovely list!
And all the very best :))"

Thanks Jaya... :-)

1. Finished my first book of this year Love and Friendship by Jane austen. Didn't mean to read this one but stumbled upon this unexpectedly as it came along with lesley castle which I'm supposed to read for the biblioweekend read.....

Overly dramatic and hilarious... the lead character reminded highly of my drama buddy. ;-)
Lots of swooning, sensibilities, prejudices, presumptions and matchmaking from the lead character Laura.

Overall a typical Jane Austen. funny but their stupidity can be sometimes irritating.

Some words of wisdom from this book for girls:

"Beware of fainting-fits. . . Though at the time they may be refreshing and agreable yet beleive me they will in the end, if too often repeated and at improper seasons, prove destructive to your Constitution. . . My fate will teach you this."

"Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint--"

4 stars to begin this year....

nicee. :-)

Good going Ini, the challenges look interesting , hope you have a fun fillled year :)

Thanks Aparna...😊

Iniya wrote: "Finished my first book of this year Love and Friendship by Jane austen. Didn't mean to read this one but stumbled upon this unexpectedly as it came along with lesley castle which I'm ..."

Stopped myself from fainting lol

Rocking list....Iniya...:D

Best wishes:)

Kru wrote: "Iniya wrote: "Finished my first book of this year Love and Friendship by Jane austen. Didn't mean to read this one but stumbled upon this unexpectedly as it came along with lesley cas..."

:-P Those stupid girls are always fainting in the book..!!!!!

Meera wrote: "Rocking list....Iniya...:D

Best wishes:)"

Thanks Meera :-D

2. Lesley Castle By Jane Austen. Another short book. It is collection of letters between Lesleys, Lutterels, and Mrs. Marlowe. Okayish read with lot of frankness of opinions in the letters. This book made me want to write such frank letter to one of my Girl friends.

3. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt - BR with manu. It was an interesting read of the life of an Eighth grader who moves into a new city... His new friends, learning to draw and learning to read are the highlights.... It was very cute and childish.. and I loved it - 4 stars..

Thanks to manu for recommending this....

It was cute.:) loved how he brought back all paintings and that function where he teamed up with the old guy. It was so much fun. :)

TBRd for now

Manju wrote: "It was cute.:) loved how he brought back all paintings and that function where he teamed up with the old guy. It was so much fun. :)"

yeah... and all his comments about poems and Jane eyre.. ;-)

good luck Ini!

Thanks Gorab...!

If a book has something about Jane Eyre I am definitely going to read it..

Rebecca wrote: "If a book has something about Jane Eyre I am definitely going to read it.."

You should read Okay for now Resh.. It's a nice read :-)

Ini's thread!!!! My new favourite place in this group! :D :D

Lovely list of book ideas Ini. Might borrow a few to try out! :D

Seeing that you started the year by pledging to run and not faint, am sure your drama buddy will have to spend less on revive this year! :P :P

Am sure you will have a rocking year! Looking forward to more of your books read and their reviews. May they all be faint-less! :P :D

Ha ha Thanks sri :-D :-D Hoping to be more vocal this year ;-) lets see....

am sure you will be... :D

4. The Cruel Prince by Holly black..

This story is about Jude and her twin sister who along with her elder sister are brought up in the land of Faeries after their parents are murdered. The misery of being a human mortal in the Faerieland is difficult for Jude and her sister and they tackle in their own different ways...

Towards the end Jude's thought process and activities seems too adult-ish for me rather than a usual 17 year old... It was nice to read about Faeries and their dirty politics.

Had nice twists in the second half and was an interesting read. Will read the future books in this series.

4 stars.

great going ini!! how many books so far?

Thanks manu... 4 books completed.... :-)

5. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware..

First mystery of this year.. and not at all disappointed. Lo Blacklock, a travel journalist, who partly witnesses a murder while travelling in a Cruise... Thought the burgling initially had some link later, but it just added to her nightmares and anxiety.. Towards the end it got filmy, nevertheless enjoyed reading this one....

4 stars

6. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
- Unconventional love story with Weird characters... Can't help but like this one. - 4 stars

7. Along for the Ride
An usual YA . very light read, nothing extraordinary... enjoyed this. 3 stars

8. From Lukov with Love - This one I read as an Allnighter. book by my favorite author,.. After winnipeg and Kulti, this didn't disappoint me.

I loved that the theme is Figure skating - one of favorite sport to watch.. and I loved it throughout.. Some events and characters seemed similar to the other romances I've read. But That aside, I loved reading this one..

And I was more than happy at the appearances of Characters from Dear Aaron Ruby and Aaron in this book...

4.5 stars

you are not updating your challenges?

and i want to ask what are we reading for valentine's day?;)

Manju wrote: "you are not updating your challenges?"

Yet to update manu..! quotes also I've to update

Manju wrote: "and i want to ask what are we reading for valentine's day?;)"

Nothing decided... suggestion ;-) ??? Let's scan through our shelves...