Yash’s Comments (group member since Dec 16, 2015)

Yash’s comments from the BYOB Club group.

I have read 8 chapters. So far, I am really liking it. I like the subtle sense of humour with which the narrator talks. He is very cognisant of the differences in his time and the era of which he talks about. He is aware of the silliness of some of the customs and of the women's dress etc. I like that he has a light touch while describing the events and the people involved. The mores of the time are all up for him to make light of but not in a way that makes the writer seem smug or superior. So far, I can't tell much about the characters.

Jaya wrote: "Oh good, tonight it is then... since I read a couple of books parallely, keeping up should'nt be a problem.

But no spoliers (if any) till we all are done with that portion, sounds good?"

Of course. No spoliers until we are all there. Sounds great!

PS. We are all reading many things in parallel.

So, we are planning on starting tonight. Are you up for it Jaya? Tentatively let's keep 15 days for the book, but we can speed up or slow down as we go. The book has are around 60 chapters, so it is about 4 chapters a day. We can discuss here.

Nikita, Jaya and I are going to be doing a buddy read for this book. Join us here, if you would like to participate. We are planning to start soon!

Yash wrote: "Nikita and I are planning to buddy read in the near future. We have yet to set a reading speed or start date.

Is anyone else interested in joining us?"

Hi Jaya, I am setting up the thread now. We are tentatively planning to start in a day or two and not going to read too fast. Is that convenient for you? Feel free to join us.

Yuvraj wrote: "Shivam wrote: "Yuvraj wrote: "I'm starting Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee.

Anyone interested ping me!"
Want to start tomorrow?"

Yes. I started this morning. The first few pages hit m..."

Hi, guys, feel free to make a thread for your discussion within the buddy reads folder and discuss the book there. If you want any help with setting up the thread let me know.

Nikita wrote: "Hello yash I thought I adjusted pretty well with you last time ! I mean the reading speed rather waited for you to finish. Will be more specific this time ,with how much to read each day ."

Actually, you do have a point. It's difficult to set a an artificial stop point during the reading, because something interesting might be happening and you just want to go on and on. We'll just try to keep a similar pace as much as possible and if we go out of synch, then wait for the other person to catch up and discuss. What say you?

Nikita and I are planning to buddy read in the near future. We have yet to set a reading speed or start date.

Is anyone else interested in joining us?

Shwetha wrote: "Out of slight OCD, I have stacked and arranged 36 books to be read in the same order :D"

That's quite the liberal use of slight, Shwetha.

Hi Lenny, Rohan, Vishal!

Drop by our various discussion threads and see if anything catches your interest.

Also check out our website and social media for upcoming events and meetups.

Kavya wrote: "Hey guys!

Am looking for a buddy to read The Danish Girl, by David Ebershoff, on which the Eddie Redmayne Oscar nominee of the same name is based. :)

Just begun the book, and I read pretty fast.
..."

Hi Kavya, I'd recommend starting out with first making a comment on the 'Set up your buddy reads here' thread. After you have a buddy or two and have decided when you want to start, you can make a new thread and discuss to kingdom come.

Pulkit wrote: "Can anyone recommend good translations/editions for:

1. The book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa
2. Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
3. Any work by Epictetus/Seneca/Zeno."

for Meditations. I recommend it unequivocally.

Nikita wrote: "I have finished book 1 going to start with book 2 Tomm
Will discuss after you read the first part ."

And here I was thinking you were going to read it slowly. I've only read 15 pages or so.

Just finished The Rosie Project. It's pretty good. A charming and effortless read.

Natasha wrote: "I've bought 'The Rosie Project' by Graeme Simision and I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. I exhchanged them for two old Agatha Christie novels that I had at Bookworm"

Nice. I am planning on to read The Rosie Project soon. I've heard it's pretty funny.

Bookworm is a bookstore?

Natasha wrote: "Hello! I'm Natasha, I'm a total bookworm, reading since the age of six. I've always felt like Matilda was based on my life. :P"

Hello and welcome!

Please tell me you can do telekinesis.

Jaya wrote: "Hi! I am Jaya. Never been able to attend any of the meets, so decided to follow the group here... Have had a personal record of reading 10 books in parallel. And once I intentionally missed my coll..."

Hi Jaya, it's great of you to join us here. Feel free to come by our meets and join our facebook group as well to keep track of upcoming stuff.

Nikita wrote: "Of course . The trial by Kafka is one of my favourite books . This one is sort of a sequel to that"

I really like The Trial too. It's my first, and (so far) only Kafka.

Nikita wrote: "Have you read the Indian author book . I am finding it hard to choose as I don't particularly like many"

I recommend Manu Joseph.

Nikita wrote: "Can't decide what to read next .so mAny books in front finding it hard to choose . Do you guys face this dilemma too ? Happens with me all the time ."

That generally doesn't happen to me. I usually have a feel of what type of book I want to read next.