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Laura, Jenny & Stacey - Informal buddy read - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal starting Sept 12, 2020
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Hello!I am looking forward to at long last starting this book!
Hi! I am looking forward to it as well. I requested it from my library and I'm hoping it comes in tomorrow (it's in transit). I'll figure it out.
If I could type quickly, I would just type it here as I read it. But.......no.
I'll wait until your ready Stacey. Shout out when you have the book
If it doesn't come in today I'll just buy the audiobook. No worries. It is supposed to be really good and I do want to start it.
OK ready? Here we go...Chapter One
Why did Mindi want an arranged marriage?
...There is an italicized word in the first sentence. Sorry, I refuse to type the whole book out for you if I have to stop and italicize things.
You are on your own. How will you ever find out why Mindi wanted an arranged marriage?
Jenny, you are too funny. I guess I will have to do something to find out why she wanted an arranged marriage.
I have it. Just in time, although it is less than 300 pages so I don't know why you couldn't type it, even without italics.I will start tonight.
How are you doing? Liking the book?I'm a bit slow this weekend. So far it is interesting but I'm not that far in. It often takes me a bit to get into a book and I feel like that is happening here. I do think the characters are very interesting.
I didn't get to start. It was a busy weekend that didn't leave a lot of reading time. I am hoping to read some of this today.
I'm glad I'm reading it instead of listening. I am in chapter 6 and I am really enjoying it at this point. Lots of questions and I love the women.
I have 30 mins left in my current buddy read then I can move onto this one:-) Yay! Glad you like it, bodes well.
Hi!!!!Sorry, I got distracted by many things.
I am about 4 chapters in, and I love it.
I an picture how this story will go a bit awry, and I am looking forward to it. The ladies! So amazing.
I liked the beginning but it was chapter 5 I think that really got me. I think this will be good for Nikki and I am curious as to what is really going on with Kulwinder. I think I've figured out what she is supposed to believe but I don't think I believe it either.
I understand distraction. Too easy!
Kulwinder. Did I miss what happened to Maya? Should I reread, or is it not yet explained?
Ok cool. Glad to know I didn't miss it. Now I want to know. Tell me. Tell me now.
I started and am a little behind. It's interesting to note that no matter what the culture people have expectations of how others should act( i.e. group of girls on the bus) I got the impression that Maya was murdered.
The end of chapter 3 was unexpected and a little frightening. I'm interested in reading more to see why someone is calling Kulwinder and threatening her not to talk to the police.
How's everyone enjoying the book so far and how far are you in? I'm a little over halfway and enjoying this so far.
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I left my book at work yesterday, so I am not as far as you yet. About a third of the way through. So far, I am finding this very enjoyable, and I do love finding out about a culture very much not my own.I also wanted to write "Nikki and Jason sitting in a tree..."
There is probably an issue there, I agree. He seems too perfect.
I'm about half way through but not quite as far as you, Laura. I'm not sure how far I will get tonight as it will be a bit busy. I refuse to think badly about Jason. I hope you are wrong, but I am wondering if you grandmother is in the class.
Laura, I so want to read your spoilers! I've been busy both at work and home and will only be able to get so far. Did you like it?
Absolutely....it's a great title but this book is about so much more than what the title implies. 4 stars
Don't read this one until you finish
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I am halfway through, so I will finish it tonight, probably. At least I remembered to bring it home from work this time. (view spoiler)
Done and going to bed. I will post and rate tomorrow.I liked this book. Nothing was as I expected going in to it.
Ok, I'm behind you both. May finish tonight, tomorrow more likely. I get what you were saying about Jason now and I'm sad.
Ok, I actually finished. I liked it a lot. I do agree that some of it was expected but some of it wasn't. I figured out the basics of what happened to Maya earlier but some of the end was a bit strange. I really did like the women. I loved that they showed different view points to traditions. Fun.
Hello! Just checking in to see how everyone is doing. Hope you are well. It looks like you are both busy with your many reading challenges. I will definitely be doing more in the future. I'm always up for another buddy read if you find time.
Hi ya Stacey, I haven't read much at all since my last big challenge. I'm hoping to have Tana French's new book soon. Up for reading that when I get my copy? I'm looking at sometime after Dec 7.
Hi guys!If you are referring to The Searcher, then I am in. I bought it and have not started it yet.
I'd read The Searcher again. Well, listen. I bought the audiobook and listened right after it came out. I love Tana French and am always happy to reread.
Yup that's the one. Oh, Stacey, if you want to read it again then it has to be good🙂
It was good. I'm not sure I like it as much as some of the others, but it is also a very different perspective. The only downside to it is that the main character is American so no lovely Irish accent reading to me in my audiobook.
Laura wrote: "Does the 8th work for you both?"Yes, that is fine with me.
Laura wrote: "Did either of you read Migrations?"I had never heard of this one, but the description looks good.
December 8th works. I've never heard of Migrations either. I agree, it looks interesting and the ratings are great.
I put a hold on Migrations a few days ago. I'm #2 in line and there are 4 copies due in the next week. There will be delays for transit and COVID related waits but hopefully soon. If it doesn't come in I will buy a copy. It does sound good.
I'll just get it on Kindle. Let me know the date when you all decide on one.
Sounds good, Stacey can let us know when her copy comes in and we can decide from there.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (other topics)Migrations (other topics)
The Searcher (other topics)
Synopsis
A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
Every woman has a secret life . . .
Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community.
Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind.
As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community’s "moral police." But when the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife—a modern woman like Nikki—and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.