Reading and Reminescing. Reading Log of Syl and her Alteregos AND her Offspring

[Ahtims]

Reading Log of Syl and her Alteregos AND her Offspring


I love setting up Reading threads for the new year, though I may not love maintaining those as much.
This year, trying something different. I am participating in 4 random challenges borrowed off the net.
Not going to set a limit to my reading
Planning to diversify.
And will be updating this thread haphazardly throughout the year. I may talk about books, I may ramble on.
My reading progress: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...

MY UPCOMING BUDDY READS >
March 15 -lThe Son - with Manju
April 1 - Ghachar Ghochar - with Girish and Sri - completed April 2
April 1 - Dead Poets Society - IR group read
April 4 or thereabouts - Arthur & George - Girish
April 4 -The Age of Innocence - with Srividya
April 15 - A Feast for Crows - with Manju
April 15 - We Need to Talk About Kevin - with Aditya and Pranjali.
May 1 - The Pickwick Papers - with Gehna
May 1 River of Smoke -Aravind & Jaya
May 15 The Slaves of Solitude
May The Passage - Manju and Jaya
May Flood of Fire - Arvind & Jaya
June Company of Liars - HF group read in RR - ABANDONED FOR THE TIME BEING
June The Secret Adversary - Christie Carnage IR
June The Vegetarian - Whatsapp Biblio group
June Let the Right One In - with Manju
June Never Let Me Go - with Vimal and Girish
June The Mating Season with Vimal
July The Man in the Brown Suit - Christie Carnage
July The Alienist - Manju and Jaya - Manju left, Jaya staggering along, Sri did a corker in a days' time.
War and Peace - RR historical read
Summer Knight- Read Runners
The Hungry Tide - Gorab and Jaya
Dark Matter Aug - Jaya, Sri, Indrani, Gorab
Possession- Girish, Vimal, Sri, Indrani, Krubha
The Queen of Bedlam - Manju
Fingersmith - Manju, Girish, Jaya
The Night Circus - Manju, Jaya ABANDONED
The Hating Game - Manju

BOOKS GAUTHAM READ AT HIS MA'S RECO
1. Real World
2. Ghachar Ghochar
3. The Kite Runner - May 2016
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - June 2016
5. House Rules - June 2016
6. The Martian - July 2016

BOOKS GAUTHAM READ AT HIS OWN INITIATIVE
1. Harry Potter series reread
2. Percy Jackson series reread
3. Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville
4. Death note series - re read
5. One Piece, Volume 01: Romance Dawn
6. The Hidden Oracle
7. The Diary of a Young Girl - on Kindle
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

BOOKS GAUTHAM MADE ME READ

1. The Hidden Oracle
2. Medusa - from his friend's collection
3. Writers And Their Tall Tales- from his school lib

[Ahtims]

Apocalyptical - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Best selling novel - All the Light We Cannot See
Cat on the cover -
Diary - Flowers for Algernon
Element in the title - Mango Cheeks, Metal Teeth
For Free - The Cat's Table
Ghost story -The Orphan Choir
Hot country - any of the umpteen Indian books I have read will do. A random one is One Part Woman
Industrial theme - Fall of Giants-Coal mining
Junior novel
Where no one gets killed -The Grand Sophy
A book from a list - Misery- List on 100 best horror novels
Month in the title
My name in the title - difficult. Still shall try
Orange cover
Poetry
Question in the title - Henrietta Who?
Rare book?
SciFi book - The Heart Goes Last, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Traveller
Unhappy ending
Water on cover
Author has X in the name
Author Younger than me - :/
Zombie version of a classic

[Ahtims]

More than 500 pages - At a mammoth 1087, I presentThe Way of Kings
Classic Romance -The Grand Sophy
Book that became a movie - Misery
A book published this year -The Nest
- fulfills 4 criteria
A popular author's first book A Dark-Adapted Eye
mystery/thriller A Dark-Adapted Eye
female author A Dark-Adapted Eye
set in a different country A Dark-Adapted Eye
A book with a number in the title - Five Little Pigs
Written by someone under 30

Book that became a movie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
A funny book The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Author that I have never read before The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Non Human characters -

A book a friend recommended -

A book that was originally written in a different language -

A book with magic -

A book that you can finish in one day -
Mystery or thriller - Marrow
Short stories
Non fiction book In a Land Far from Home

From an author you love, but you had not read yet - Brimstone Wedding
Friend recommended - Fall of Giants
Pulitzer prize winning - The Age of Innocence
Based on true story- Arthur & George
Bottom of my toreadlist
My mom loved
that scares me
more than 100 years old - The Age of Innocence
based entirely on its cover
Supposed to read in school but didn't
memoir
antonyms in title
finish in one day - Mile 81
Set somewhere I have always wanted to visit Flood of Fire - Hong Kong, China
Came out the year I was born - making it decade, for more selection
bad reviews
trilogy - Sea of Poppies,River of Smoke, Flood of Fire
from my childhood
love triangle - Five Little Pigs
Set in the future The Passage
Set in highschool
With a color in the title
that made me cry
Graphic novel
author I have never read before -Vivek Shanbaug Ghachar Ghochar
I own but never read -
Hometown - expanding it to home state (kerala) Mango Cheeks, Metal Teeth
Originally written in different language- One Part Woman
Set during christmas
Author with my same initials - S P
A play
A banned book
Based on or turned into TV show - A Feast for Crows
Started but never finished

[Ahtims]

Book with color in the title - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... ANY ONE

More than one title https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...


Read book by an author you have read before A Dark-Adapted Eye
A book I do not own/borrowed A Dark-Adapted Eye
A book with a lawyer/courtroom/judge A Dark-Adapted Eye
A book by an author with a synonym A Dark-Adapted Eye

A book other than in US/UK - A Midsummer's Equation- Japan
Detective team - A Midsummer's Equation
Made into a movie - A Midsummer's Equation
Time , day, month etc. in title - A Midsummer's Equation
Translation - A Midsummer's Equation

[Ahtims]

a book about relationships. A Dark-Adapted Eye [much emphasis on the relationship between siblings]

A book outside your comfort zone - not a fan of Paranormal fantasy

A book about history -All the Light We Cannot See

A book that won the Pulitzer - All the Light We Cannot See ABANDONED CHALLENGE :/

[Jarvis]

I will steal one of those challenges for myself :D

[Shoa, @TheCupboardUnderTheStairs]

Good luck, Col! Wish the second challenge in particular had a bigger font size though :P

[Ahtims]

Joined one more challenge in Bookworm Bitches group
CHUNKSTER CHALLENGE. Message 41
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Take a Bite Out of Those Chunksters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2016- December 31, 2016
Completed:

1.Flood of Fire 616 pages
2.The Passage 766 pages
3.Fall of Giants 918 pages
4.A Feast for Crows 852 pages
5.Sea of Poppies 513 pages

COMPLETED. YAY


POSSIBLE CHOICES FOR BOOKWORM BITCHES PREVIOUS READ CHALLENGE

The Final Empire
The Lake House
Red Queen
Luckiest Girl Alive
A Tale of Two Cities
Pines
Station Eleven

[Shoa, @TheCupboardUnderTheStairs]

Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "Sure, Gehna :-)
Steal away ....(as I did)
Shoa , thou may save the pic, then look at it."

Alrighty!

[Ahtims]

Ho ho ho... am I peeking into the future? say 50 years from now?

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Good luck!:) & don't forget our deal.;)

[Ahtims]

Manju, sure, no.
I will fit in those to any of the above categories. :P

[dely]

Lol, Shoa, I have the same problem! I'm not as young as Smitha :D

As usual a lot of interesting challenges.
Good luck!

[Ahtims]

thanks, dely. :P

[Ahtims]

NOTES TO MYSELF
Apocalyptic fiction possibilities -
The Stand
Fahrenheit 451
The Road
The Passage

CAT ON COVER


A DIARY - hmmm, this one should be interesting.


ELEMENT IN THE TITLE

Arsenic and Old Lace
The Hydrogen Murder
Altered Carbon

INDUSTRIAL THEME

Factory Girl

JUNIOR NOVEL

The Breadwinner
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

MONTH IN THE TITLE

September
The Septembers of Shiraz
A Wedding in December

MY NAME IN THE TITLE - :/ getting only obscure books which I am not at all interested in

ORANGE COVER

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

If you read the passage, let me know we can BR but only after March.:)

[Ahtims]

Sure. It is a mammoth. More than 1000 pages

[Ahtims]

766. (stand is the mammoth)

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

You have scifi to read for challenge. ;)

[Ahtims]

Yes :-)
we can read the book you suggested.

[Ahtims]

Abhay, this is Syl's Cozy Reading Nook. ^.^

[Jarvis]

Smitha, let's BR some books since two of our challenges are same :D

[Jarvis]

Abhay, recommend me something for 'Y' thingie ;P

[Hajarath Prasad]

Ginny : Yeah you too read some Chetan Bhagat novel :P *runs away*

[Jarvis]

You too matlab??? :P

[Jarvis]

Abhay wrote: "Gehna wrote: "Abhay, recommend me something for 'Y' thingie ;P"

Lol. Thats gonna be hard. Hmm so how old are you? 10? *runs away* :D"

Grrr .... 15 -_-

[Utkarsh]

try Anne frank Ginny, i found out today i share my birthday with her :D

[Jarvis]

Utkarsh wrote: "try Anne frank Ginny, i found out today i share my birthday with her :D"

Have read it, but thanks for the rec :D
12th June, right?
I remember :D

[Ahtims]

Gehna, sure. I was thinking the same:-)
PPZ - shall try, at least the blurb. :-D

[Jarvis]

Abhay wrote: "Ok Ok. So the author has to be younger than you when he wrote the book or even now?"

When he wrote the book, not now. :)

[Jarvis]

Come to my thread :https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Lets not spam here :D

[Utkarsh]

well, then read her other works.

yeah, 12 june :D

[Jarvis]

Smitha, direct the PPZ reply to Abhay :P
He recommended it :P

Okay, do recommend me some :)

[Jarvis]

Utkarsh wrote: "well, then read her other works.

yeah, 12 june :D"

Will see :D

[Girish, The Good cop]

Stealing one of the challenges :D All the very best

[Ahtims]

Girish, good. Then I can steal the books. :-)

[Srividya]

Syl and other alteregos - Love your challenges and I shall be stalking your thread very often I guess! :P

In case, you do decide to read The Stand, let me know as I am planning to read it in 2016. Hopefully my massive tome buddy will wake up in 2016 and not let me down like he did in 2015! :P

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

who is this massive tome buddy?o.O

[Ahtims]

Srividya wrote: "Syl and other alteregos - Love your challenges and I shall be stalking your thread very often I guess! :P

In case, you do decide to read The Stand, let me know as I am planning to read it in 2016...."

sure, Sri.
If you put up a massive tome challenge in 2016, I will take part in that too. But then same book will be included in multiple challenges - like same book for MT, dystopia, historical etc. if it fulfills criteria.

@Manju, I think Anoop, not sure as he's the one who is fond of MT.

[Srividya]

Manu - Smitha is right, it's Anoop. :D

Ah will definitely ask Sumit to set it up for us next year. Let's start bombarding him with the challenges we want. :P

[Srividya]

Smitha - It's best when you can use a single book for multiple challenges. I have a friend who once used a book for as many as 21 challenges. I must say that it takes a lot of creativity to do that! :D

[Ahtims]

Srividya wrote: "Smitha - It's best when you can use a single book for multiple challenges. I have a friend who once used a book for as many as 21 challenges. I must say that it takes a lot of creativity to do that..."

And here I was thinking myself a maestro, sneaking in the same one for 3-4 challenges. :P

[Srividya]

Hahahaha... don't worry we sail in the same boat. In fact, I had proudly claimed that I had managed to fit one book for 4 challenges, when she told me this! *total embarrassment* :P

[Ahtims]

:)

[Ahtims]

Wanted to usher in the year by reading. I had even put up a gloating FB status on that. But then plans changed. Will be watching movie at the T-Time.
The first books of my new year are going to be leftovers from 2015. But I prefer it thus. Gives some sort of continuity.

1. A Dark-Adapted Eye- resuming at 80%
2. One Part Woman - have read first 2 chapters, and am impressed. So looking forward
Brand new reads would be (actually not, as both the books below have been started and given up by me in 2015 or earlier. But am trying again as buddy read and group read, respectively
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - along with Manju
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - as a part of IR group read.
5. Words of Radiance BR with Manju
6. Magic bite - again, BR with Manju
So my Jan is pretty much booked for, unless I can further squeeze in a book or two.s

[Vimal]

Yeah right, and be sure to pick up the Wodehouse book that's picked in the PGW thread for Jan :) I'm sure you'll make short work of it

[Srividya]

I also have quite a few leftovers to finish but despite that I am going to start a new book, one that will take me the whole year to finish! :D :P

[Srividya]

Oh and have fun at the movie! :D :P *giggles*

[Vimal]

@Srividya, Might I suggest one of Infinite Jest, War and Peace, The Idiot, for your whole year read? You can see I very badly want to pull someone into these books :D I ploughed through them all until half-way mark in 2015, but despite liking them I got distracted and couldn't complete

[Srividya]

I can definitely say a BIG YES for War and Peace and The Idiot as I am planning to read both in 2016. However, IJ, I shall only commit to trying! :D