Utkarsh’s Comments (group member since Dec 29, 2015)

Utkarsh’s comments from the BYOB Club group.

Just finished . Feels like I'd forgtten how good books can get.

Ready when you are. Monday, maybe?

I was thinking of giving it a reread. This might just be the right push.

Pankaja wrote: "It's better than The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest."
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Wow, okay, that is some seriously high praise. I'll get on to it soon as I can.

Pankaja wrote: "Done with The Girl in the Spider's Web. Book`s awesome. Life feels dull now that the book`s over:("

How does it compare with the original trilogy?

Shivam wrote: "Utkarsh wrote: "Shivam wrote: "I just started 3 days back after I dropped in the middle. For a person who himself joke a lot and is sarcasti..."

Interestingly enough, I actually did enjoy the roast :p Not so much because of the cussing, but the irreverence. Also the self-awareness.

Shivam wrote: "I just started 3 days back after I dropped in the middle. For a person who himself joke a lot and is sarcastic all the time, this book is pl..."

All this negativity interests me, because the book seems to have highly positive reviews. Could you go through some of them and try to figure out exactly where the difference of opinion arises?

Malvika wrote: "I absolutely loved Maus! The illustrations were what made the account so much more amazing. Utkarsh wrote: "Malvika wrote: "I think mine were [bookcover:Aristot..."

I know, right? All the metaphors!

Pankaja wrote: "Started The Girl in the Spider's Web Can't wait to finish it!"

Me too!

Nikita wrote: "Where is this brigade road ?"

Bangalore.

Shivam wrote: "Hi, I'm Shivam Jokesbane"

You just need to add Ra's al Ghul in there somehow and life will be perfect.

Also, there were a lot of Dean Koontz books there, but not the one I was looking for, Demon Seed. If anyone sees it, could you buy a copy for me? I'll take it in the next meet. Thanks a bunch!

Been there once, couldn't explore much. HarperCollins is great, Penguin is pretty good, Oxford is boring and Hachette is aesthetically the best one I found. Then there were the tiny blink-and-you-miss-it second-hand stalls, where a friend of mine discovered The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (on my recommendation, of course). I'm hoping for some tips and tricks myself, for future visits.

I ended up buying only four books, but they're four of the books near the very top of my want-to-read list. The Help by Kathryn Stockett, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, House of Cards by Michael Dobbs and the one I'm most excited about, Foundation by Isaac Asimov (you see, I'm a big SF fan in movies, so I've always wanted to explore it in books).

Just had my first go with the World Book Fair. Bought , , and . WOOHOO!

Malvika wrote: "I think mine were and [bookcover:Paying for It..."

Maus! By far the best Nazi Germany/WWII book I've ever read. (Unfortunately, also the worst. I haven't read all that many of them.)

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..."

You have me beat.

Ah, I see. I read The Metamorphosis and couldn't really get into it. I think I'll give The Trial a try, though.

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

If you didn't really like the ones you tried, then I guess try an author you haven't read. One style might just suit you.

Nikita wrote: ""

Have you read any Kafka in the past?

Nidhi wrote: "Hello! I'm Nidhi! I eat books alive!"

You're evil. There's a special place in Hell reserved for book eaters, child molesters and people who talk during movies.

Hello, I am Utkarsh. I read way too many books in parallel. Also, I'm about as mainstream as it gets. And I'm a bit like Abed from Community in the sense that I see the world as a collection of movie/tv/book references.