Indian Readers discussion

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Yayy...
Good Luck :)

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Thanks Syl :)

superrrrr fast!!! all the best.;)

Manju wrote: "superrrrr fast!!! all the best.;)"

superrrr fast... vrooming past :D

All the best Kru :-) Will be following this thread...

Iniya wrote: "All the best Kru :-) Will be following this thread..."

Thanks Ini :)

Marking my attendance here :) Good luck, Kru <3

Sharadha wrote: "Marking my attendance here :) Good luck, Kru <3"

Thanks Shar :)

With just 16 more days to this year, a few books completed past my challenge target, looking back and reminiscing on my reading, I should say it was one more great year though I kept whining and ranting on having no quality reading time. I did sway a little towards gaming, as work needed more attention than it usually asks for, and reading in the teeny weeny bit of available time made me read and re-read the same page several times, and it was frustrating to start the same book and end at the same place making no progress.

The initial half year was very conducive in helping reach my target thanks to the challenges, weekly group reads, buddy reads and so on. They were very helpful in keeping me focused. The latter half of the year kept me busy, with family, work and friends needing more of my time and filling me with guilt about not reading as I did.

But truth be told my reading has actually bettered over this year, though not much happened as planned. That makes me rush towards an unplanned 2018. But my OCD or whatever, will never let me do that. So plans and scheduling can not be ruled out of my weird self, and yes there will be plans though I may try not to feel guilty when I don't stick to them strictly.

Completing a book irrespective of it losing my interest is one of my concerns too. It makes me feel defeated to abandon a book, deflates the pride of being a reader and makes me spend several hours criticizing myself for being incapable of completing a book and of course more loathing when it is a more popular book.

But then not everyone read the same book, and so I think I should try accepting my imperfect self.

The overall plan for the year will be

☘️Taking part in the POFM (Indian Readers) and read 12 books at least of my TBR.

☘️Taking part in the BOTM (Indian Readers) as long as it is completely not-my-kind of book, and be more active in the thread, and follow discussions even if not actively discussing. This was very helpful in shaping my reading during my initial years in GoodReads, got me introduced to some really awesome books and authors that I would have never tried all my life. And helped see finer details that I probably didn't get to see. Trying to challenge myself with a minimum of 8 books here, discounting the ones that might have already been read by me and lack of time, if it so happens.

☘️Taking part in the Weekly and monthly reads of the Biblios whenever possible. Challenging a minimum of 30 books here.

☘️Also Planning to read new authors for the review requests. Planning at least 15 books.

My personal goals 🏆⚽⛳🏆🏅⚽🏅🏆⛳⚽ 🎣 🎮 which will be more sort of l e i s u r e read, and with no time frame attached will be

🌾Non fiction - Science based - 15 books.

🌾Tamil - 10 books, could be review requests, new authors but only original work and strictly no translations. Some of the hard copies I bought this year were translations, so I will try to complete them. Also planning to read classics/popular authors. Looking forward to the Book Fair to add some more to my shelf, leave alone a library, I hardly have my own book shelf :(

🌾Indian books - won't go for many this year. Will keep it at 5 more than Tamil books, that will make it 15.

So keeping my target at 100 wonly, and looking forward to another 40 over this if the year weaves some magic around me.

For magic 🌈 happens to those who believe in magic 🌈,

and maybe

the whole universe ☀ 🌜🌟 may conspire to make this magic ✨ happen,

and still I may end up ranting 😏😣😓,

so many books📚 🕮️ so little time ⏳

like I always do 😎

... So I may just beat on, boats ⛵⛵ against the current 🌊, borne back ceaselessly into time ⌚ lost in my past.

🙋PIFM (Indian Readers)

Target - 12 Books.
completed - 2

✅Jan - The Sign of Four

✅Feb - Sleeping on Jupiter

Mar - Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
- The Hungry Tide
Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

🏆 BOTM (Indian Readers)

Target - 8 Books.

Jan - Norwegian Wood (Read already)

Feb - A man called Ove (Not in TBR)

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Lovely post kru!! all the best for 2018. :D:D

Weekly and monthly reads of the Biblios 🤗🐵😹🐯🐶🐊🐖😡🌶 whenever possible.

Target - 30 books.

Completed - 5 books.

1. Lesley Castle
2. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
3. Sula
4. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
5. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

✍ Review requests

Target - 12 to 15 books

Completed - 7

1. Korian and Lucy: A Cult of the Cat Short Story - Part I
2. Korian and Lucy: A Cult of the Cat Short Story - Part II
3. Daughter of the Sun
4. Two Graves
5.* Chameleon
6. Ben O'reilly
7. Three Minutes of Eternity
8. I'm Not From Around Here

Manju wrote: "Lovely post kru!! all the best for 2018. :D:D"

Thank you so much Manju 💓

Non fiction

Target - 15

தமிழில் வாசிக்க, சுவாசிக்க - 10

Indian Authors in English

Target - 5

All the best with your challenge! You added a lot of books too!

dely wrote: "All the best with your challenge! You added a lot of books too!"

Thanks.

Just fixing up a target, not sure of what I might end up reading :)

All the best Kru. Hope you block some space for FD too

Girish wrote: "All the best Kru. Hope you block some space for FD too"

Thanks Girish. Space for FD - definitely :-)

Started the year's reading with Jane Austen's Lesley Castle

It was a collection of communications between Miss Lesley, Miss Lutterell - Charlotte, Eloisa, Lady Lesley, Mrs Marlowe. Overall it was like listening to gossips laced with subtle humor and myriad emotions of love, possessiveness, jealousy and mild envy. Three stars, Not a bad start. :)

Tracking women authors read this year

1. Jane Austen - Lesley Castle
2. Kate Moore - The Radium girls

Fangirling here

Fyodor Dostoevsky


Haruki Murakami

Index to Challenges Post

1. Popsugar Reading Challenge
2. Ultimate Reading Challenge
3. Armchair Travels Challenge
4. Indian Reads Challenge
5. Read Woman

A book you read in school - Don Quixote
A book from your childhood
A book published over 100 years ago - Eugene Onegin
A book published in the last year - Jasoda
A non fiction book - Cosmos
A book written by a male author
A book written by a female author
A book by someone who isn’t a writer
A book that became a film
A book published in the 20th Century Zuleika Dobson
A book set in your hometown/region - Madras on rainy days
A book with a name in the title - Ben O'reilly
A book with a number in the title - A sign of Four
A book based on a true story -
A book someone else recommended
A book with over 500 pages
A book you can finish in a day
A previously banned book
A book with a one-word title
A book translated from another language
A personal growth book
A memoir or journal
A book by someone from another country
A book set somewhere you'll visit this year
An award-winning book
A book you read in school A book with a character with your first name
A book with a place in the title
A book set in the future
A play
A scary book
A funny book
A book of short stories
A trilogy or series
A bestseller
A book you own but haven't read
A book about philosophy
An epic poem
A Victorian novel
A book of poetry
A book with a colour in the title
A book with an appealing cover
A book about psychology
A book about science
A graphic novel
A self-published book
A book from a different culture
A young adult book
A book of non-fiction essays
A book by an author you haven't read before
A book set in a country you've never been to
A book set in the place you live today

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

Due : 32/40

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins - One
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

Completed : 8/40


🏆3. The next book in a series you started - Korian and Lucy: A Cult of the Cat Short Story

🏆6. A novel based on a real person - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
🏆7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Daughter of the Sun -> Istanbul

🏆10. A book about death or grief - I'm Not From Around Here

🏆15. A book about feminism - Sula

🏆25. A book set at sea - Sleeping on Jupiter

🏆36. A book set in the decade you were born - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
🏆37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - The Sign of Four


2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

Due - 8/10
1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory

Completed - 2/10

9. A book about a problem facing society today - Ben O'reilly
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Armchair Travel Challenge 2018 - Indian Readers

Pledged - 15 Books

Completed - 9

1. Lesley Castle - UK
2. Radium girls - US
3. Daughter of the Sun - Istanbul
4. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - Chechnya
5. Embroideries - Iran
6. The Vegetarian - South Korea
7. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History - Poland
8. Eugene Onegin - Russia
9. Our Lady of Alice Bhatti - Pakistan
10. Don Quixote - Spain
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Indian Reads Challenge 2018 - Indian Readers

No. of Books - 15

Woman Authors Challenge 2018 -Read Woman

No. of Books - 40

Shelf

Completed - 19

So many books and goals..!!! All the best Kru :-D

Iniya wrote: "So many books and goals..!!! All the best Kru :-D"

Thanks Ini :-*

All the best Kruuu :D :D

Thank you HP... :D

Authors read for the first time, looking forward to read more of

Kate Moore
Toni Morrison
Zoe Kalo
Samina Ali
George Eliot
Elif Shafak
Han Kang
Daphne Du Maurier
Pa. Visalam

superb choices Kru
15 non fic science! lovely. anything already planned?

Gorab wrote: "superb choices Kru
15 non fic science! lovely. anything already planned?"

Thank you :-)

I have around 10 books in TBR for now. That reminds me of making a separate post for the list. ;-)

Nonfiction Science

Progress - 1/15

Kate Moore -

✅The Radium Girls

Nick Lane -
* The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
* Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World
* Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

Randi James -
* The Faith Healers

Darrel Ray -
* The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture

Dava Sobel -
* Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
* Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
* A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

Jon Ronson -
* The Men Who Stare at Goats

Then science books sound awesome. I always think of reading more science books, but end up reading 1 or no books in the year. This is inspiring 😁

Jayanth wrote: "Then science books sound awesome. I always think of reading more science books, but end up reading 1 or no books in the year. This is inspiring 😁"

:-)

My god! Look at those challenges! (am seriously daunted, just by looking at the lists)
All the best Kru :))

Jaya wrote: "My god! Look at those challenges! (am seriously daunted, just by looking at the lists)
All the best Kru :))"

Thanks J! <3

Don't know if I am choosing the best books or if I am easily impressed... the books this year are awesome.

Was stuck at some 5% of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and almost DNF-ed it. Reading Zoe Kalo was refreshing, loosened me up, and now Anthony Marra looks too appetizing ... (lol I sound like a monster)

Now @42% , this is <3

Kruuuuuuuuuu!!!!!! Fabulous take on 2017 and 2018 looks delectable! :)

Love the books and challenges and of course the presence of FD!! :D :D

Am sure you will do all this and more and have a wonderfully impressive 2018! <333

Srividya wrote: "Kruuuuuuuuuu!!!!!! Fabulous take on 2017 and 2018 looks delectable! :)

Love the books and challenges and of course the presence of FD!! :D :D

Am sure you will do all this and more and have a wond..."

So many delectable songs going in loops right now :-*

MAD being the first? :P

Srividya wrote: "MAD being the first? :P"

Ejactly ... ROFL

Kru wrote: "Srividya wrote: "MAD being the first? :P"

Ejactly ... ROFL"

LMAO!!

During one of my walking tours in Kilkenny, Ireland, I heard 'Oonchi hai building' being played from someplace. I literally stopped and laughed out loud and remembered you a lot that day! :D