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What are your thoughts on the NYT list of best books of the 21st century? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

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My first Bill Bryson and it's about my favourite and the most fascinating corner of the world. Earlier this year, I read a Tamil travelogue about Australia and mentally comparing the perceptions of these two very different writers as I run along with this book.

People! What do you think about Ishiguro winning the Nobel?

Snobbery incarnate, this whining British guy Tarquin portrays India as a special edition of perdition peopled by uncivilized boors. This vapid book would've been out the window by now were this not a true incident. *Reading through gritted teeth*

Why doesn't Ali Smith believe in justifying the text in her books?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

If you are a fairly serious reader who reads dozens of (mostly good) books in succession, do you continue reading because all the books you read really excite you? Do you abandon midway all the ones that don't stimulate you? Or, do you read one book after the other mechanically without deriving much pleasure? Were you ever bored because even the good books don't really EXCITE you much anymore? Any similar experience?

http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man...

This year's Booker Longlist is out! Disappointed that I'm familiar with and have read so many of these :(

Neel Mukherjee has a book out and I'm excited! http://www.neelmukherjee.com/

2017 is turning out to be a great year with new releases from most of my favorite authors :D

I LOVE Ballard!

Australia has always fascinated me and this book has some mind-blowing geographical & cultural insights about the island country. Architecture, art, topography, general history, environmental history, politics, language, oppression & immigration - this book is A Short History of Nearly Everything Australian. This shows what an insightful mind can do with travel books.

Singling out the good books from that ocean of crappy books in a book fair is a delicate art in itself. Seriously who the fuck are Danielle steel, norah roberts and Jodi picoult?

Books should not have page numbers.

Dear Chennaities, did you hear? Hanya Yanagihara, Markus Zusak and a lot other awesome writers are coming to the Hindu Litfest. Super excited!

My first proper Stephen King.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/art...

How many have you read in this list?

One of this year's best reads.

Just recently found that Kindle has Tamil books! Surprising. 9 out of 10 books in the "Literature" section are crap. But, the worthy books are available for a great price! Google Play Books has a good Tamil collection, but does not have a language filter exasperatingly. Kindle Store has a language filter but doesn't have a good collection.

Paula Hawkins has announced a new book! Yaay :D

Wow.

Wow. I had no idea that Henry James & Oscar Wilde were arch enemies. James sure was insanely jealous of Wilde though.

oh my freaking god
the prose is breathtaking

This one's about how various sections of Telugu ppl came to settle in TN.

I'm at the part where the hero is arguing that politics of hatred would never work out in a society and the irony of seeing Trump win - something's going wrong with humans.

It's kinda creepy and strangely exciting that I'm in the middle of 1984 during this national crisis :P

Upset that this is gonna end so soon. 800 pages flew off in a jiffy!

The whole world loves this. But why am I feeling this to be a tedious bore? Why, god, why?