All about Abhay and Polo (The snail pals :P)

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

And tell me when you want to read Orient. We can BR that too. :)

[Jaya]

Abhay wrote: "@Jaya : Ah okay. Legion is a very small read. We will catch up with you in a day or two :P Smitha hows your schedule for tday/tmrw. Or coming week.."

Not starting anytime soon...

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Smitha wrote: "I wanted to read Legion too."

Me too. Ughhh! Why are you bringing up all the great books together, Abby? :P

Let's do Legion next week. A bit busy this week.

[Ahtims]

Abhay, nothing drastic It his week, but as usual,I am reading multiple books. I would be fine with starting on Tuesday or if you are reading something elsewhere postponing it for a couple of weeks or months. Am flexible with my reading.

[Ahtims]

Yes, legion next week is perfect with me.

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Smitha wrote: "Yes, legion next week is perfect with me."

Okay!
This thread is becoming my 2nd Shack somehow. :P

[Ahtims]

he he...
I wander through so many varied shacks daily...sometimes I lose count :-P
And mine own lies neglected :-P

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Smitha wrote: "he he...
I wander through so many varied shacks daily...sometimes I lose count :-P
And mine own lies neglected :-P"

Lol! Don't worry, you got the moderator ticket. Its your duty to keep an eye on all threads.. :D

Btw, Legion (fantasy) and you? Is this Manju's doing? :P

[Ahtims]

He he... don't remember. Think I did it on my own, some brain addled day. :-)

[Jaya]

Smitha wrote: "He he... don't remember. Think I did it on my own, some brain addled day. :-)"

Its different, you'l like it. More of an urban fantasy and its a short book.

[Ahtims]

Good to know, Jaya.

[Ahtims]

All are good.:-)

[Jaya]

At Bertrams n Nemesis were good as I recall...

[Ahtims]

Mrs. McGintys dead
Elephants can remember
mirror cracked from side to side

[Jaya]

Ohh forgot abt 4 50from Paddington amd Murder is Announced

[Jaya]

Those r marples only the ones col. n i suggested

[Jaya]

Yes theres inspector battle

[Jaya]

I dont compare the two. And i am a Christie bhakt so....

[Ahtims]

Bertrams is good.

[Ahtims]

I am anti Sherlock. I don't like him much, though I have read all his books repeatedly in my teens.

[Ahtims]

apart from Marple and Pour it, Tommy and Tuppence

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

I read Sherlock when I was a kid. But I loved them all. He is very observant. I dunno if I'll like them now, but probably I will. Had a soft corner for him since childhood. :)

The Hound Of Baskervilles was a particular favorite.

[Jaya]

Abhay wrote: "The only bummer with these A C Doyle / Christie waale old styled mysteries is that the convos are too formal and text booky and a lil boring. People are too serious. There's not much fun n masala i..."

Hahaahha thts why i liked them, i think. And some christies have minor love stories or where one character gets to have a HEA

[Jaya]

And its all very British and staid. If you notice many characters would scorn display of intense emotions and even berate foreigners like the french, spanish or italian charaters of being too passionate of their emotions

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Upcoming read: Legion by Brandon Sanderson

Synopsis: Stephen Leeds, AKA 'Legion,' is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his 'aspects' are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society.

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Signing in!

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

DJ Smitha?

Plz play DJ wale babu.:P

[Ahtims]

This DJ can only play select old songs.. :P
Plus the blurb makes me scared to read this one. I was taken in by one PERTINENT SELLING POINT - the length of the book (rather, the lack of).

[Ahtims]

Yucky - it is URBAN fantasy. And my track record with Urban Fantasy is dismal. :/

[Ahtims]

Manju wrote: "DJ Smitha?

Plz play DJ wale babu.:P"

Especially for Manju

https://youtu.be/GbcKfTJPtKU

[Utkarsh]

it's sci-fi book DJ smitha, no need to worry. just keep rocking :P

[Ahtims]

haan.. first line is catchy. My kind of book - with hallucinations and schizoid characters (NOT THAT I AM ONE, just that I love reading about suchlike :P)

[Jaya]

I love dj waaley Babu :P

Il keep an eye... If and when you all read the second one...

[Ahtims]

at 20% -enjoying so far

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Wooohooo! Go, Syl! :D
I'll start in another 10 mins. :)

[Utkarsh]

i don't think this book has any fantasy elements in it Abhay. it's science fiction, but not pure sci-fi. the book is awesome btw...have fun

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

This book is so different from Sanderson's usual works.
Agreeing with Utkarsh, it's more sci-fi blended with psychology. I think Smitha won't be bored. :P

At 53%. I'm seriously hooked. :D

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Finished it. :D

Great book, I must say. The schizophrenia concept is used remarkably. I am totally bowled over by Sanderson this time. :O

I have a doubt, though.

(view spoiler)[ What was the thing about the flash in the end? Something to do with broken glass? Didn't understand the explanation. (hide spoiler)]

[Ahtims]

Opening batsman fell asleep. Shall complete today.

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Em wrote: "Opening batsman fell asleep. Shall complete today."

Lol, imagine that happening on-field. :P

[Ahtims]

It is wickedly ingenious .... (can't say ingeniously wicked). Relishing each sentence. Abhay, I owe you one, as without your reco I may never have read it. At 55% and boy, aren't I glad to have taken leave today.
Migraine, but nausea and vertigo element is more, so I can manage to read.

if anybody says, don read, take rest, I am sending Skylar with a gun to shoot them between their eyeballs,

[Ahtims]

he he, Polo, if I were the opening BM, it would have happened.(or At least one of my avtars would have).

[Jaya]

Yay everyone is liking it!!!

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Yayy! Em is liking it tooo! :D

It's fun to see how he channels his schizophrenia into something bizzarely positive and useful. There are many ways one could look into the story, but I think sci-fi suits it better than fantasy, owing to the fact that it's not entirely a make-believe life Steve leads but rather based on a scientific condition, though fictitious in practicality.

[Ahtims]

~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~ wrote: "This book is so different from Sanderson's usual works.
Agreeing with Utkarsh, it's more sci-fi blended with psychology. I think Smitha won't be bored. :P

At 53%. I'm seriously hooked. :D"

You assumed right.
Finished it.
What a book!

[Ahtims]

~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~ wrote: "Finished it. :D

Great book, I must say. The schizophrenia concept is used remarkably. I am totally bowled over by Sanderson this time. :O

I have a doubt, though.

[spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[

I assume the scientist Razon found ingenious way of inventing camera flashes which will show things of the past. But those flashes didnot have much life, fit only for 10 pics or so. So he must have developed more and more flashes. And it must be glass from one of those special flashes that Stephen found in the pocket. And whether Stephen has/hasn't found out the method to device the flash is not clear to me. May be his latest hallucination which comes towards the end of the book is one which is going to built a similar flash.
(hide spoiler)]
This book was an enjoyable hour long read (10 min yest and 50 non stop minutes today). More like a short novella. But no complaints. And am sure to read the series further.
And hope it wont fuel off my alter-egos, ashamed to say, all are equally mundane, and never appear together, they only can do so one after another. But no complaints. I would have gone mad if all appeared at the same time (pun intended. :P)

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Em: (view spoiler)[So they were not REALLY things from the past, but an illusion?
For flashes to be the reason behind it, it would still function like a time travelling camera to be able to capture things from the past, right? Not much difference in what it had been thought to be and what it is actually. (hide spoiler)]



I like the way his hallucinations are attached emotionally to him. A different edge. One would obviously want to get rid of them, so as to lead a normal life. But Steve here doesn't seem to want that.

Btw, alter egos?

[~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~]

Poor Abby.. This BR started and finished in the blink of an eye. :D

[Ahtims]

~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~ wrote: "Poor Abby.. This BR started and finished in the blink of an eye. :D"

He has himself to blame, as he PMd me yesterday and asked me to start. :P :P

[Ahtims]

~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~ wrote: "Em: So they were not REALLY things from the past, but an illusion?
For flashes to be the reason behind it, it would still function like a time travelling camera to be able to capture things from t..."

Yes, even I am hallucinating that his hallucinations and their hallucinations are real.
Alteregos - I keep on changing my names, and somehow my reading pattern gets influenced depending on who I am (not mad, dont worry)