Booker Hit List - Girish and Vimal (feat Syl and Srividya) Showing 951-1,000 of 1,017

[Girish, The Good cop]

@Manju, @Syl @Vimal : Hope to start true history of kelly gang by Friday so that I can end the book this year (or try to)

[Ahtims]

All the best. 😊.
Manju is interested in the gang .😁..Me not... am a conscientious law abiding citizen.

[Vimal]

My plate terribly cluttered at the moment, so might not be able to join in for this one.. Good luck Girish and Manju!

[Girish, The Good cop]

ok V and S.

@Manju: All the best to us..slightly intimidating.. intimidating enough that I might postpone writing my year in books to the last day..

btw: Ghostwritten is so far captivating!

[Girish, The Good cop]

btw Vimal.. most of the Booker choices we agree.. loved Remains of the Day more than Never let me go..

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

hello!!

I will start Ghostwritten today. :)

[Ahtims]

Am in 2nd chap. So far so good.

[Vimal]

Girish wrote: "btw Vimal.. most of the Booker choices we agree.. loved Remains of the Day more than Never let me go.."

True that.. And Remains of the day and Wolf Hall have been perennial tbrs, must get to them sometime.

[Vimal]

The first 3 stories in GW were filthy fantastic. A pity that I had to leave it dangling.Will try my best to join in this week.

[Ahtims]

Am into second story. And got the minute connecting thread between stories 1 and 2.

[Girish, The Good cop]

Kickstarting this year's Booker with True History of Kelly Gang which won the Man Booker Prize for 2001.

"Out of 19th century Australia rides a hero of his people and a man for all nations: Ned Kelly, the son of poor Irish immigrants, viewed by the authorities as a thief (especially of horses) and, as a cold-blooded killer. To the people, though, he was a patriot hounded unfairly by rich English landlords and their stooges. In the end, Kelly and his so-called gang (his younger brother and two friends) led a massive police manhunt on a wild goose chase that lasted twenty months, in which Ned’s talents as a bushman were augmented by bank robberies and the support of nearly everyone not in a uniform"

Narrated as an autobiography of letters to the daughter he would never meet this is touted as an epic in reconstruction fiction!

[Girish, The Good cop]

@Manju, @Vimal, @Sri, @Kru @Smi(?) in for the BR

[Vimal]

Will start it this weekend

[Ahtims]

Giving it a pass. Barely reading 20 mins a day 😣

[Ahtims]

But will keep an eye here if you guys are discussing it. 😊

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

Girish wrote: "@Manju, @Vimal, @Sri, @Kru @Smi(?) in for the BR"

Will start it next week.

[Girish, The Good cop]

Reached 20% and must say the book is considerably easier read than I imagined it would be. The language is simple and the voice of Ned Kelly is that of an emotional narrator.

[Srividya]

Just got back and am definitely in for this one! :)

Will start this evening. A Booker and a BR with all of you... yayyyy!!! :D

[Girish, The Good cop]

At around 45% and this book sure reads like a 80s movie script! Are we sure this hasn't been made into a movie yet?!
@Vimal, Manju : Where have you reached?

[Srividya]

Finished the book. Liked it. Agree with you G, it reads like a movie script. Kept thinking westerns and had to constantly tell myself that it is colonial Australia, the wild back!

If I had read the book instead of listening to it, I might not have liked it... not sure, it is just a feeling I have.

[Girish, The Good cop]

Nice Sri! Reached around 80%.. Found the last 5% a bit boring so far what with nothing new coming from the characters.. We now know them so well, I feel like telling them 'Get it over with Mate!'

[Srividya]

I totally agree! Hence why I feel this book was better in audio. Reading would have led us to skim....

[Girish, The Good cop]

Finished it.. 3 stars.. End was a bit drawn out..

There is some fascination for outlaws in Australia! Incidentally I read another booker last year called The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith which was also about the 'first outlaw'.

[Girish, The Good cop]

A month almost.. Syl and I Kind of managed to squeeze in Number9Dream with a weekly read excuse..
Sri, I hope you finish it too! And Vimal - recommended for David Mitchell fans.

What's the next booker we are reading, maybe in March?

Vimal, your last reco was The Fishermen. I am okay with that or I have A Spool of Blue Thread among 5 other physical copies.

[Ahtims]

Finished No9. Liked it.. though not as much as Jacob deZeut.

[Parikhit]

Girish wrote: "A month almost.. Syl and I Kind of managed to squeeze in Number9Dream with a weekly read excuse..
Sri, I hope you finish it too! And Vimal - recommended for David Mitchell fans.

What's the next ..."

Oh you must read 'A Spool of Blue Thread'! Highly recommended.

[Girish, The Good cop]

Parikhit wrote: "Oh you must read 'A Spool of Blue Thread'! Highly recommended.."

What say all? Shall we start this?

[Ahtims]

Am fine with it. Tyler is one of my favourites, and haven't read her for long. Let me know after you fix the date.

[Vimal]

Girish and Syl, you guys carry on with this one.. Currently in an awfully bad form with modern fiction, shelved the Kelly gang too at 25%.. Think it'll be a while before I regain finishing form with these.. Currently plunged headlong into Classics and non-fic.

[Srividya]

Hey V! :)

Which ones are you reading? These days I am also shifting focus to non-fics.

G and Syl - you two carry on. I have promised too many BRs in March to be able to justify another one. That said, if I get intrigued, I might just join. ;)

[Ahtims]

Hi Vimal...classics are awesome get backs. Good luck with your reading.
Sri... a couple of your March Bed are with me 🤣

[Vimal]

Srividya wrote: "Hey V! :)

Which ones are you reading? These days I am also shifting focus to non-fics.

G and Syl - you two carry on. I have promised too many BRs in March to be able to justify another one. That ..."

Hey Sri, awesome. You know what, I've been reading some 'essay' collections lately, and needless to say who amongst us that reminds one of :)

Currently into Twentieth Century interpretations of Utopia, The Tell-Tale brain(it's bloody awesome I tell you) and Weapons of Math Destruction

[Vimal]

Syl wrote: "Hi Vimal...classics are awesome get backs. Good luck with your reading.
Sri... a couple of your March Bed are with me 🤣"

Thanks Syl! True, the warmth and originality that some classics exude, I don't find it in modern books.

[Srividya]

Syl wrote: "Hi Vimal...classics are awesome get backs. Good luck with your reading.
Sri... a couple of your March Bed are with me 🤣"

Exactly! Which is why I am quite reticent to join a new one! :P

[Srividya]

Vimal wrote: "Hey Sri, awesome. You know what, I've been reading some 'essay' collections lately, and needless to say who amongst us that reminds one of :)

Hahahaha!!

Currently into Twentieth Century interpretations of Utopia, The Tell-Tale brain(it's bloody awesome I tell you) and Weapons of Math Destruction"

Sounds fabulous! Will definitely look into The Tell-Tale Brain.

[Girish, The Good cop]

We will wait for you for the next book Vimal. I think with Sivagamiyin Sabatham, my March month will be occupied.

@Syl: A spool of Blue Thread we will BR on this thread maybe in 3rd week on March.

[Ahtims]

3rd week is fine. At present I am nwckdeep in CRs and BRs🙃

[Parikhit]

Girish wrote: "We will wait for you for the next book Vimal. I think with Sivagamiyin Sabatham, my March month will be occupied.

@Syl: A spool of Blue Thread we will BR on this thread maybe in 3rd week on March."

I read it on Jan. But I would love to join in the discussions.

[Ahtims]

please do so..😊

[Girish, The Good cop]

Starting it this week.
@Syl : Join in. The first chapter was funny and somehow I feel this will be right up your alley :D

[Ahtims]

After I finish a brief marriage .. I will entangle myself in this spool.😁

[Ahtims]

Or should I do the otherway round ?

[Girish, The Good cop]

Syl wrote: "After I finish a brief marriage .. I will entangle myself in this spool.😁"

I'm doing both together.. This through the audiobook route and brief marriage on kindle.. For you the above option might be a 2 day work.

[Ahtims]

Brief marriage is too gory for me
Opting out.
in foe spool of blue thread .

[Girish, The Good cop]

ah the violence of marriage! ;)
Do try, but worst case if you cant cross 15% let it go..

btw hope you started Anne Tyler. The first chapter was really nice :)

[Ahtims]

Didn't start Tyler. Still in a brief marriage .

[Girish, The Good cop]

Anne Tyler is funny and almost off-handedly clever! Some 3 chapters down and the book lives up to it's name in some sense..

[Ahtims]

Finished brief marriage and loved it.
A spool of blue thread is my kind of book. Funny and quirky. completed first chapter .

[Parikhit]

I told you all that this A Spool in a Blue Thread is a gem!

[Girish, The Good cop]

Parikhit wrote: "I told you all that this A Spool in a Blue Thread is a gem!"

I agree Parikhit.. It does seem like a gem so far.. In 6th chapter and somehow remember all the family dramas common to every family i guess..