Em reads, but , may or may not update here ..

[Ahtims]

One more month to go

Not making any plans ..

Taking it as it comes ..

EDIT. after seeing all my friends here making great plans... I dont want to feel left out .. hence

I am editing my reply threads below to challenge counts..

[dely]

I will be lurking as always hoping to be more active next year.

[Ahtims]

good to see you , dely. want to be more active , but most of the time I lack energy to update

1. SNAKE AND LADDER CHALLENGE>>>> WHERE WILL I LAND FIRST?

1. Landed on 4- Read comfort read - Dear Mrs. Bird .. not that comforting . Review follows
2. Then 9- alternative story telling - Lincoln I'm the bardo - not my type...nada
3. Ascended ladder . Then 2.. retelling of story or event .. started Macbeth by Jo Nesbo

[Kavitha]

Spending the time to rather read than updating? ;)

[Makrand]

Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "One more month to go

Not making any plans ..

Taking it as it comes .."

Impulsive!!
Good luck picking your 2021 reads :D

[Ahtims]

Kavitha wrote: "Spending the time to rather read than updating? ;)"

Not exactly... But planning to read more

2. PEEK-A-BOO.... I JOIN YOU - the BR of my friends which I invaded

[Richa]

Yay. Good Luck.

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

reserved this place for lurking. :)

[Ahtims]

thanks Mak, Richa and M... do lurk please

3. MY INDIAN DARLINGS
1. Just married please excuse- ( not me ,.my book title ) . Got this as an unexpected and unasked for Santa gift. Thank you Inny for making me laugh out loud.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

seeing all your threads is inspiring... even though i havent updated anything in 2020.
i can keep it active by convertying the thread to book acquisitions ;)
good luck for your challenges.

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

Gorab wrote: "seeing all your threads is inspiring... even though i havent updated anything in 2020.
i can keep it active by convertying the thread to book acquisitions ;)
good luck for your challenges."

I am to cheat and ove my challenge thread to 2021.🤪

[Kru]

Wishing you loads of impulsive Reads. Happy Reading

[Ahtims]

thanks Em, Gorab and Kru..

happily cheat away, M.. it's better than killing a thread ¯\_ʘ‿ʘ_/¯

4. EM LIKES TO TRAVEL IN THE COMFORT OF HER ARMCHAIR >>>(OR BED)

[dely]

Gorab wrote: "i can keep it active by convertying the thread to book acquisitions ;)"

Lol, this would be interesting too!

[Pallavi]

oh do update here... you read a lot of regional/indian books and they are quite good...
I am planning to read good books by indian authors...
All the best :)

[Ahtims]

Thanks Pallavi
will try to ☺️

5. TRIED NOT TO BUY MORE BOOKS, BUT HERE AM I

[Ahtims]

6. BOOKS I READ AS PART OF GROUP CHALLENGES OR WEEKEND READS
1. Shashawnk redemption
2.Dear Mrs. Bird
3.

[Ahtims]

My ambitious reading challenges which am starting off with a bang
1. 52 books in 52 weeks with M,?I,??HP in three booketeeers thread .
Dear Mrs. Bird by A J Pearce is the first book
2. SL-4-comfort read - full cupboard of life
3. Classic - Cousin Phyllis by Elizabeth Gaskell
4. Malayalam - theekadal kudanjeduthu thirumadhuram by C Radhakrishnan

then of course all those impulse reads

[Ahtims]

Day 1. Jan 1. 2021

Started the day and year with an impulse read - theekadal kudanjeduthu thirumadhuram - a malayalam novel based on the historic malayali poet Thunjathezhuthachan .
at 17 pages, its mesmerising . I know its too early to tell, still i am positive about this one.

Also plannning to atart Poetry Killer - Another malayalam book- crime thriller for my Snake and Ladder (SL) prompt 4 - comfort read
Started a couple of pages of " Dear Mrs. Bird " as a part of 52 books in 52 weeks BR with EmLo and Others

[Ahtims]

Day 2. Jan 2 2021
Completed my first book of the year
Dear Mrs. Bird
Wasn't as good as I expected, but it fulfilled 2 categories ..no. 4 comfort read in snake and ladders ,
Prompt 8- read a book whose title begins with D - of 52 books in 52 weeks .

Was a quick and easy read , though not very scintillating and not my usual kind.
I don't even remember how I came to add it to my TBR, but there it was when me and Em were in search for a book with title beginning with D , for our 52 week challenge .
The story of wartime England with most young men out fighting and women trying to do their bit in their own way . Emmy and Bunty are great friends sharing the same dwelling and Emmy wants to be a war correspondent but fate has other things in store . She becomes an assistant to a woman who answers moral or (otherwise) questions in a weekly magazine, loses a beau, gains another and finally ends up almost losing her friend and her job .

Will I reco this to anyone ?
Perhaps no.
It isn't that great a read , though quite decent .

[Ahtims]

Jan 7, 2020
My first abandonment .. so soon in the year !
The noteworthy is "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders.
It was a torture to read. I plodded on... But at 40 percent decided that life is too short to read what I hate .

This was for prompt 2 at position 7 of snake and ladder .

[Ahtims]

Day 9:
A slow reading year as of now with only one book conquered..
Blame me not , dear friends , blame my occupation and responsibilities.
How I wish I can run off and read in isolation whenever I feel like and return to home , family and work whenever I am sated.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

you are doing good Doc! i am yet to conquer my first read of this year. I'm enjoying the very little that I am reading at the moment, and will up the ante as the momentum builds up :)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Last couple of years, started with a heavy one which took months to finish - Emperor of all Maladies, and before that Bhyrappa for two preceeding years.

[Ahtims]

Gorab wrote: "you are doing good Doc! i am yet to conquer my first read of this year. I'm enjoying the very little that I am reading at the moment, and will up the ante as the momentum builds up :)"

same is my strategy :)

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

Last year i read in patches. Some months I gulp down 20+ books and in some was able to read 3-4 books. I have an inclination that this year will be no different. Hence am trying to gain as many books as possible before the dry season come.

[Ahtims]

Reading Shashawnk . At 40%. As of now it is just so-so. Failing to impress me. But I have heard only good things about it. So presuming better is yet to come


Title - Rita Hayworth and the Shashawnk redemption.

As part of 52 books in 52 weeks challenge along with EmLo, Greedini and HP.

[Ahtims]

Shashawnk going slower than expected. No time to read anything else.

Ache din aayenge !

[Sharadha]

Have you seen the movie, Doc? Hard to believe the book isn't as brilliant as the movie.

[Ahtims]

hi Shar ... yet to watch the movie. Will watch one day along with son .( my movie partner )

[Ahtims]

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption:Hope Springs Eternal


For 52 books in 52 weeks along with EMS
The prompt was book to series / movie

Em suggested 3 and I choose this. Emgree and HP too are reading this

Somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars , but not quite 4.
Had heard of this novella by King for quite some time now .
So when EmLo gave this as a choice among 3 for our buddy read of 52 books in 52 weeks I didn't hesitate to choose this over others.
Started eagerly and found it mildly boring, nevertheless quite exquisitely detailed .
Came to know a little about life in prison. Not that I didn't know how it would.be , but that I could feel as if I was there .
Was interested in the life events of the narrator and Andy . Felt very bad for Andy in his undeserved hapless situation .
And 8t was only at 90 percent of the book that I understood the significance of the title .
This book also made me contemplate about the way tiny events and ill luck shape our destiny. Further thoughts on this causes goosebumps and shivers .

Loved the slightly incomplete ending , for once . ( Usually I like neatly tied up endings )

Some day will surely watch the movie.

[Ahtims]

Started this yesterday as part of my snake and ladder challenge. it's by Alexander mccall Smith one of my favourite authors and I hope to like it. at 15% it's going good but guess it's too early to say.

[Sharadha]

Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "hi Shar ... yet to watch the movie. Will watch one day along with son .( my movie partner )"

Oh, you should. It's staple in the top-10 best movies of all time lists, I think you and Gautham will like it (although it is a bit slow).

[Ahtims]

thanks.. will watch asap

[Gorab, TheGunman]

i have lost count on the number of times we have watched Shawshank. Its my comfort read watch :)

[Ahtims]

shall update you 3 ( including emlo) how I find it

[Ahtims]

Could complete 2 books this weekend. Both 3.5 star sort of
1. the wrong family by Tarryn Fisher which makes me realise binge reading psychothrillers is not a good idea. I will lose all my enjoyment.

2. Emma: a retelling . this one reiterates the fact that the original is always the best ( atleast 9 times out of 10)
This retelling was by one of my favourite authors, Alexander McCall Smith, yet it didn't give the Austen feel , and it also didn't feel like Smith, whose original works are much better.than this

[Gorab, TheGunman]

happy for you to get back your mojo this weekend :)