Swaroop’s Comments (group member since Jul 11, 2012)

Swaroop’s comments from the Read by Theme group.

I thought I might have to be a rebel this month, but I realized that qualifies! I had it on my reading list but didn't know it had a teenage protagonist till I found it on this thread! Already started and i am enjoying it so far.

Sarah wrote: "Swaroop wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Finished , and it was pretty good. I love the movie with all the British actors. Next up is [bookcover:The Secret Gar..."

That one's just full of awesome lines! I also like the part where you learn to fly by just not falling! Lol!

Claire-Jane wrote: "After the backstory of a haunting in the shape of The Devil Comes to Dartmoor: The Haunting True Story of Mary Howard, Devon's 'Demon Bride'

I'm onto some UK based speculative fiction in the shape..."

Amanda wrote: "I decided not to read . Now I'm going to read instead. Believe it or not, it will be my first time reading it!"

Did you really just finish 4 books in the last few days?? :O I am impressed, and not just a little envious! :)

sarah wrote: "Just finished A Handful of Dust by British satirist Evelyn Waugh. Now on to Watership Down (which I'm also reading for another book club) and then hopefully The Night Watch and Saturday."

Was not very impressed with Saturday.. found it a bit inconsequential, maybe i just expected a lot more from Ian McEwan. Hope you like it better, though!

Sarah wrote: "Finished , and it was pretty good. I love the movie with all the British actors. Next up is , and I'm excited about th..."

The hitchikers guide has got to be one of the funniest books ever.. dont panic! :)

Vicki wrote: "Anne wrote: "Sara wrote: " I just found that there is a miniseries to it.
The series come out in october. I had ..."

Vicki - You have to read the Song of Ice and Fire series in order. Its basically one long story, nothing standalone about them at all. But its a fabulous series, i havent yet found another quite like it!

I started reading for the August theme. This is the first of the Inspector Rutledge series of historical mysteries, with a possibly-not-completely-sane hero. Seems interesting.

My picks for August's theme -
Definitely starting with A Test of Wills by Charles Todd, have been planning to start this series for some time..
Also, I am already somewhere in the middle of the huge 'Against the Odds' by Thomas Pynchon which has one section of this huge book set in England.
Might be a bit too optimistic, but I would really like to start 'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand' in August as well.. :)

Hi! I am Swaroop, 35 yrs old and i am from India. Have been an avid reader since i was about 7. I am a Computer Science engineer and work unfortunately keeps me pretty busy, but i still spend at least an hour reading every day. So some of the challenges (100 books??) seem kinda impossible to me! I love reading for leisure and pleasure, with crime, mysteries, thrillers as well as contemporary literature being my favourite genres. Am a comics enthusiast too. Some of my favourite authors - Neil Gaiman, Michael Chabon, Colin Cotterill, Henning Mankell.