Gorab's 2017 Explorations

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Ladies and gentlemen,
Manju and I are taking over this thread for a while for our Mera Parivar BR.

Hello Manu!

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I'm 33% done. Finished "Atmika" and "Neelkanth". Too good to be real :P

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But again it raises the question of animal captivity, even though they were happy :/

[Gorab, TheGunman]

I don't remember any "Atmika" even though I believe we read the same Kindle version. Are you talking about the introduction?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "But again it raises the question of animal captivity, even though they were happy :/"

Considering the times it was written, may be animal captivity wasn't considered as cruel as it has become today.
Not very sure about forcing animals either because they willingly flocked around her (ya they didn't have much options either!)

The animal emotions, moods and dynamics portrayed remained the high point for me in every story.

Looking forward to discuss them all with you guys :)

[Ahtims]

Gorab's thread hijacked. Pulice ko bulawo :P

[Gorab, TheGunman]

For such Noble reasons, you can count me as an accomplice :)

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

Arpit wrote: "I'm 33% done. Finished "Atmika" and "Neelkanth". Too good to be real :P"

am reading two stories per day. Atmika did not impressed me much except in end but Neelkanth was awesome right from the start. Names of pets are so cute and the way they treat Mahadevi turns me green with envy.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Whats Atmika about?

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

Mahadevi's initial days at hostel and how she discovered a garden nearby. there she saves a chick from being butchered and served as dinner.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Oh yeah... I remember reading it as intro. But was confused thinking it is about one of her pets,... and "Atmika" is the pet's name. Thx!

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Finished the bitter-sweet tale of Sona, the deer.
G, all the tales are sad-ending?

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

Wait till you read Gora.

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Have read all the stories. Loved them.
Gora, Neelkanth, Sona, Gillu, Rani, Roji....loved all of them.
Didn't like Durmukh. The character, not the story. Nikki and Neelu were okay.

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It's hard to believe that such type of relation could exist between human and animals! It's really touching. The way author treated them with such kindness and love, and they returned with extra amount of added love and loyalty.

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Since I'm more of a cat-person, I was expecting that there would be at least one story on those mean, evil, sly, cute cats...Alas, there wasn't any :(

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Shalini wrote: "Gorab's thread hijacked. Pulice ko bulawo :P"

You are supposed to be the police, right, since you are the mod :/

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Despite my views about animal captivity, I really want to have some pets. We had one puppy when I was myself a puppy, but we had to give him away :(
Manu, your pet history?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "Have read all the stories. Loved them.
Gora, Neelkanth, Sona, Gillu, Rani, Roji....loved all of them.
Didn't like Durmukh. The character, not the story. Nikki and Neelu were okay."

Durmukh was excellent to change my perception about ever cute rabbits :P
No, really I liked that angry creature.

Story wise, I didn't like the last one as much as others.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

44. An Ideal Husband - ★★★½ (weekly group)
45. Innerline Pass - ★★★★☆
X. The Three Sisters - abandoned (weekly group)
46. Agniputr-When Agni First Spoke - ★★½

Another decent reading week.
Have started Elon Musk's bio yesterday with J and I.
Reading only non-fictions at the moment (IAG at 70%, Musk at 10%)

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

I too put three sisters on a hold but now after Sri and Kru's glowing reviews, am ready to give these sisters another chance.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

You can very well be the third sister ;)

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

Gorab wrote: "You can very well be the third sister ;)"

lolss... well said. ;)

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Gorab, we had a pair of rabbits in the past. Only for a month though. I was 3-4 year old then. Or maybe 5.
They were real good. Nothing like Durmukh. Although they were naughty for sure. Mostly used to hide under the bed. And we would cover them with a bamboo basket to protect from cat during nights. Imagine a moving basket...lol.
And I don't want to change that picture of rabbits from my mind, that's why didn't like Durmukh, the angry young rabbit ;)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Sweet :)
Any plans of having another pet?

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Mom doesn't allow :(
But If she does, I would like to have a pair of kittens :)

[Jaya]

Gorab, you done with Uzumaki?
The third story was so lame O.O

[Gorab, TheGunman]

I liked the mother's story. That ear part was.... hilarious. I don't know. I feel funny when it isn't so. My emotional circuits are all twisted up.... like a spiral!

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "Mom doesn't allow :(
But If she does, I would like to have a pair of kittens :)"

So you're a cat person. You should definitely try Murakami.

[Jaya]

Gorab wrote: "I liked the mother's story. That ear part was.... hilarious. I don't know. I feel funny when it isn't so. My emotional circuits are all twisted up.... like a spiral!"

hehehehe i was horribly fascinated when she went snip-snip with her fingers :-O

but its not really scary or anything na?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Scary - No.
Amusing - Yes!

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Gorab wrote: "Arpit wrote: "Mom doesn't allow :(
But If she does, I would like to have a pair of kittens :)"

So you're a cat person. You should definitely try Murakami."

I shall try him for sure :)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

47. Uzumaki, Vol. 1 - ★★★+
48. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - ★★★★☆ (weekly read)
49. Uzumaki, Vol. 2 - ★★★★☆
50. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy - ★★★★+ (with Arpit)

*raises books as a toast for half century*
Had been reading IAG since mid Jan, and immensely enjoyed spending so much of time with it.
This book opens up gates to explore more personalities and stuff related to Indian history. Very glad to have picked it in spite of averse interest,

[Ahtims]

Congratulations :-)

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

Congratulations! party toh banti hai!;)

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Already read 50 books!! Gawd, I took one whole year to complete 50 books, and here you!!
Mr. Jain, you rock ;)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Thank you so much guys :) You are the inspiration for it, and you know that already.

Jotting down some decided BRs lest I foget it....
-One Part Woman (with Sharadha and Lis, waiting on Lis to start)

-Ready Player One (with Jaya... after Musk maybe)

-Sapiens (with Arpit, Phani, Rebecca - 15th May)

-A Fine Balance or CnP (with Arpit and Sharadha.... whichever we decide)

I know I've already forgotten more than a couple of them. Oh yeah
Hangwoman - Starting 1st May with Smi, Reb n others.

Yay yay yay! BR season is on again :)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Four completed books in last couple of weeks :
51. My Man Jeeves - ★★☆☆☆ (weekly group)
# A House to Let - ★☆☆☆☆ Abandoned at 70% (weekly group)
52. The Mahabharata Re Imagined - ★★★☆☆
53. Money Man: 21st Century Super Hero - ★★★☆☆
# Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - ★★☆☆☆ Abandoned at 50% (weekly group)
54. Elon Musk: Inventing the Future - ★★★★+ (with Inny, Jaya)

Musk has been the most enriching and most enjoyable among these. Enjoyed the discussions with Inny, Jaya, Phani.

Currently Reading:
One Part Woman (at 80%)
Hangwoman (0%)

Upcoming:
Aavarna the veil. (before the others in message 237)

[Ahtims]

How are you finding the two women? (one part and hang)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Not weird to say the least :P

Immensely enjoying OPW. Quite dark. Feeling pity for them. On to the last part and it breaks my heart seeing the kind of relation they share and the deceit they have to handle :(
Very impressive writing.

Yet to start H.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

they = Ponna and Kali (the protagonist couple)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

55. One Part Woman - ★★★★☆
56. मोहनदास - ★★★★☆
57. Aripan And Other Stories - ★★☆☆☆

First two were very realistic... and enjoyed them both immensely. The short stories turned out to be a bad experiment :(

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Wife's journal:
DNF Suitable boy after a couple of chapters - not in a mood to pursue such a huge one. And it didn't strike as anything special.

I'm very happy that irked by my recos, she has started picking books ahead of me. She's also very happy to have read One and a Half Wife in a couple of days. 4 stars she says... and doesn't gives any review. Her excuse being to avoid any spoilers for me. Yes she has recod that as a time pass book which I'll eventually read. No idea what she's reading next - DNF Dhai Ghar after a couple of pages.... because the hardcover was not comfortable to read. (And I'm like :O!!!!!)
Next DNF Three Plays: Naga-Mandala; Hayavadana; Tughlaq - Read the 18 page long intro, but found the starting of play too difficult and hence.....

By the way, she is also able to watch more movies than me :) :) :)
We watched Arrival (5+7) and Lion (8+7.5) together in the past two days. And she continued watching La La Land (4) and Moonlight (6).

In brackets are our ratings. Somehow we rate books on a scale of 5, and movies on a scale of 10. Must be GR and IMDB effects.

So long... Goodbye for now.

[Ahtims]

AAwwwww..... Suitable Boy DNFd? Perhaps she felt there's no need to search for one, at this late stage. :P

One and a half wife - I will surely read

I understand the thing about DNFing Hard Cover... been there, done that.... but I exchanged it for ebook, rather than DNFing

Movies - no comments :D

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One question: does your wife used to read books before marriage? Or watch so many movies?

Or your effect?

Also which rating is yours? The second ones, imo?!

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

Wife's Journal! I liked that title. Any movie or book that one of you hated and other absolutely loved?

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Also, if she's reading so much books lately, why don't you introduce her to GR as well? Or are you afraid? :P :P

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Dhai Ghar, which she DNF bcoz of hardcover doesn't has a paperback edition. And Kindle edition costs more than hardcover :|

She's started The Sari Shop and going to continue it.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

We are rubbing our characteristics on to each other :)
She used to read books (only academic and finance related :P), but no movies.
Yes 2nd ratings were mine... how did you guess Sherlock?

Movies I hate and she loves:
1. Almost everything from Romedy Now.
2. I don't even remember the movie names.

Reverse:
1. All sci-fi. Most of Christopher Nolan - Inception, Interstellar.
2. Gangs of Wasseypur.

Introduce her to GR? She knows about it and I'm not holding her back to join. She considers it an utter waste of time. [Afraid? YES!]

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

Gorab wrote: "Movies I hate and she loves:
1. Almost everything from Romedy Now.
2. I don't even remember the movie names.

Reverse:
1. All sci-fi. Most of Christopher Nolan - Inception, Interstellar.
2. Gangs of Wasseypur.s..."

You watch Romedy Now? O.O am curious!