Three Bots in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Lurkers)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Fine Balance Thread :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "But wasn't the Sadhu guy the one who painted "Quit India"? @_@
Uh uh...I thought he first painted "Quit India", then became a successful businessman, then quitted his family, to teach meditation to..."

Better leave it :)
I don't even remember if there was a tiger at all :P

[Sharadha]

Gorab wrote: "Fine Balance Thread :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Thanks, Gorab! :D

[Gorab, TheGunman]

What all you are reading Arpit at the moment? And whats happening in vacations?

[[deleted user]]

Hullo buddy! We need to revive this iconic thread again. We? More like I am the one who needs to be a lil more organized.

Anyway, all is well here. What about you?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

It is revived already with your esteemed presence now! You and organized? I won't hold my breath for that...

All good here as well. Suffering with giving in to gluttony..... Trying to chew more than I can bite :\ Silver lining being the currently reading list is loaded... but loaded with awesomeness :)

Realised that reading gets boring for me when I don't bring at least a new book every week.

See, a drop of a hint out of courtesy from you, and here I started rambling :P

So... what about you?

[Ahtims]

I am too aware of that gluttony... I am a keen sufferer. :/

[Girish, The Good cop]

aren't we all? Just discovered this thread.. will lurk

[[deleted user]]

What about me? Same as you, being greedy.
If you're talking about books, then I'm trying to clear my CR and fulfil my BR promises, so I can take a month's rest and read The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and after that The God of Small Things without any distractions :P

about other stuff, well, trying to sort out this thing called "life and career" -_-

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Was able to clear a couple of them off my CR. Tempted to pick new ones but will hold on for now. That means hitting the pedal for Sapiens.

About the last line... well its evergreen, classic, eternal... never ends! All the very besht :)

[[deleted user]]

Evergreen right!! xD xD

(view spoiler)[How to control yourself from saying "Oh this book?
It's in my tbr. I'll join you. When are you reading it?" ?
I need a WikiHow article on it :P

Greed is again ruining my bookish plans :( (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

BR Plans-

Together:

A Tiger for Malgudi by RKN- From 8th May

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind- From 15th May (ft. Phani, Rebecca- ref message no. 26)

A Fine Balance- From 23r May (with Sharadha and Aparna)

Ruskin Bond Horror stories- From 15th of May (ft. Sundara)

Equal Music- Not decided yet.

Except Equal Music, all our BR plans are done, eh? :P:P

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Quite a feat! High five buddy. We are doing excellent!

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "Evergreen right!! xD xD

How to control yourself from saying "Oh this book?
It's in my tbr. I'll join you. When are you reading it?" ?
I need a WikiHow article on it :P

Greed is again ruining my ..."

:D Well... indulge in the greed is all I can say....

[[deleted user]]

We can BR Bapu's autobio next month?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Yes.... That'll give us a fair chance to finish it before 2nd Oct :)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Hooked badly to manga these days. 50% of my reading time goes to monster...
Have only read 2 volumes. The series has 18!

[[deleted user]]

Gorab wrote: "Yes.... That'll give us a fair chance to finish it before 2nd Oct :)"

Whoops! I forgot about it. It will be great. Good idea buddy 👍

And now you have mentioned October, let's remember another legend that was born in that month.

Oh, no, no, no! Certainly no. You flatter me, Gorab😊. I ain't talking about me... I'm talking about our RKN dear. He was born on 10th of October. Let's read his autobio before his b'day, what say?

[[deleted user]]

And we have already read his major works, so I don't think we will miss anything. Syl has read it thrice and she hasn't read all of RKN novels, so you know....🙃

[[deleted user]]

I thought I'd need to persuade you for that short story collection (I was gonna use RKN-Mulk Raj-Raja Rao card, along with KS uncle. "But it has a story written by Sahitya Akademi Award winner, and not just any winner but Nehru Chacha's niece winner" was my trump card.)

Good thing you saved the work :P

[[deleted user]]

Gorab wrote: "Hooked badly to manga these days. 50% of my reading time goes to monster...
Have only read 2 volumes. The series has 18!"

If somebody had said to me two years ago that Gorab would read Manga/Comics (whatever) and fantasy books in future, I would have laughed at him...but now look at you 😱🙀

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

G is reading fantasy? O.o

[[deleted user]]

Manju wrote: "G is reading fantasy? O.o"

He read The Hobbit and a Narnia book....was planning to read ASoIAF -_-

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

but they're tomes. he will run away after seeing those page numbers. should start with some other books which have less pages.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

October:
I'm still not keen to do RKN's autobio. But looking at your enthu, will give in and join for that.
Satya ke Prayog will take more than a couple of months and My Diary should be within a couple of weeks.
No way I'm going to do a parallel autobio on two Indian men. Hopefully we'll be able to wrap up Satya well before 2nd Oct, and My Diary just before his bday.
Watsay?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

No persuasion for any short story collections! I looked that book up during my KU subscription and found it very interesting. Skipped in in favor of a better story collection by Raja Rao and Full story collection by KS.

However, this mix would be better to taste all of them. In for it after Sapiens, when you'll parallely do Happiness :D

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Forget fantasy, my history with series is also very bad...
LOTR, Hunger Games, Red Rising.... all left after reading just first part. Only series I've completed is Arthur Clarke's Space Odyssey 3 books.
Never imagined I'd pursue a series of 18 volumes.

Two yrs is a long time. Would I believe I won't read any book at all after a couple of years? Or would pursue Manju's fantasy shelf and recos in a couple of years :P :P Can't say.

I'm in exploration mode, confused about genres in general (including classics!) Happy to explore more :)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Manju wrote: "G is reading fantasy? O.o"

Not even in my wildest fantasies!

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

One more reco for you two buddies. City of Thieves

[[deleted user]]

Why do you think, Gorab, that Bapu will take more than one month? 🤔
It's not political autobio, more like spiritual autobio....I think two weeks at most! Or do you think that his Hindi would be difficult?

[[deleted user]]

And if you wanna read My Diary later, it's okay. But is it only because of "all of his books/novels first" or anything else?

[[deleted user]]

Gorab wrote: "No way I'm going to do a parallel autobio on two Indian men. Hopefully we'll be able to wrap up Satya well before 2nd Oct, and My Diary just before his bday.
Watsay? "

We can start Bapu's autobio once we are done with Sapiens. Let's see how much time it takes... Let's wait for RKN's Diary. Want to make sure that you're equally excited and keen for it :) it's not going anywhere, we can shall wait :)

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Manu for recos!
Blurb is exciting. If Gorab is interested then we can BR sometimes, else I'll try to read it before the year ends :)

[[deleted user]]

And buddy, I'm not sure I'll be able to read An Equal Music this year..or in the first half of the 2018. So, if you wanna go ahead and BR with Smi, then please do so _/\_

[Ahtims]

RKN antibiotics doesn't deal much with the chronology of his books. It deals more r with his early days in Madras and Mysore, his childhood, his struggle to become an author etc.
I found it wonderful .
☆☆☆☆☆ material.

[Ahtims]

Have read RK Laxman autobiography too... not as good, still readable.

[Ahtims]

Equal Music, as of now, no hurries. I too can wait. Provided the book doesn't suddenly beckon me, in which instance I may start reading asap as if my life depends on it. ;-)

[[deleted user]]

So our tentative schedule is-

Gandhiji's autobio (from July first week)
Indian Short Stories (after the autobio) (possibly Mid-August/depends on how much time Gandhi dear takes.)

(view spoiler)[You've read all of KS uncle's novel...not only novels, but short stories and non-fics too! So, can we read his autobio instead of RKN first? I've not read Delhi yet, but I want to try his autobio first. Say, captain?

If you say yes, then we can do it, say, in last September/begining of October? (hide spoiler)]

Okay, now do propose changes and corrections :)

[[deleted user]]

Shalini wrote: "RKN antibiotics doesn't deal much with the chronology of his books. It deals more r with his early days in Madras and Mysore, his childhood, his struggle to become an author etc.
I found it wonderf..."

That's what I want to know why he want to delay it!

[[deleted user]]

Shalini wrote: "Have read RK Laxman autobiography too... not as good, still readable."

Didn't know he too wrote an autobio!
Would be fun to know what he wrote about his brother! Did he write about RKN in his autobio?

[Ahtims]

Yes.. he has written about elder brother. Am not very sure whether I am correct, but what I remember is that he revered him and found him more of an adult figure to be respected , rather than a friend. And Narayan a has written about Laxman with more affection and closeness.

[[deleted user]]

RKN was almost 16 yrs older than Laxman...so the huge gap could only provide the space for brotherly respect. Like when Laxman was in his teens, Narayan must have been dealing with his wife's death or single-handedly raising his daughter while trying to establish himself as an author 🤔
I think I'll read Laxman's autobio as well... That sounds exciting.

Gorab, check it - The Tunnel of Time: An Autobiography
When are we gonna read it? 😋👶

[Ahtims]

Yes... seems like it. I added the book in Read section... but don't remember the year I read it.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "Why do you think, Gorab, that Bapu will take more than one month? 🤔
It's not political autobio, more like spiritual autobio....I think two weeks at most! Or do you think that his Hindi would be dif..."

400+ page Hindi book. Shouldn't be difficult but don't feel it will be a page turner kind of... Let's see. Will close Sapiens in next couple of days and her started with it.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "And if you wanna read My Diary later, it's okay. But is it only because of "all of his books/novels first" or anything else?"

Thought of all his novels first. Because i see glimpses of himself in his characters. Would be fun to compare them while reading my diary. But it can go other way as well ;) to see the characters evolve in unread novels after knowing more about his life.
And yes very much interested for Laxman also.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "Thanks Manu for recos!
Blurb is exciting. If Gorab is interested then we can BR sometimes, else I'll try to read it before the year ends :)"
Interested but don't know when....

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Would be reading HPs reco first, followed by Manu's reco.... Now that Kru's reco will be out any day.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Shalini wrote: "Equal Music, as of now, no hurries. I too can wait. Provided the book doesn't suddenly beckon me, in which instance I may start reading asap as if my life depends on it. ;-)"

Ha ha ha +1 Col!

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Arpit wrote: "So our tentative schedule is-

Gandhiji's autobio (from July first week)
Indian Short Stories (after the autobio) (possibly Mid-August/depends on how much time Gandhi dear takes.)

You've read all ..."

Proposed change: to not delay those short stories. Pick them one at a time while doing SKPrayog? Sounds fine?

[Gorab, TheGunman]

KS Uncle.
I haven't read everything. Burial at Sea is lying on shelf unread. Short story collection on Kindle unread... What's that book name? You found out it was the complete collection. With a sparrow on cover....
There is Khushwantnama, malicious gossips and the likes....
But good to go for autobio first...