Bangalore bookworms and bibliophiles (BBB) discussion
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Hello, all!I am Ardra, I am currently a graduate student living in Boston, and I was working in Bangalore previously.
I love the vibe of this group, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy - as does reading. I love reading just about anything! Currently, I am reading mostly non-fiction, but I love fantasy fiction, romance, thrillers - what have you. I am game for anything that is reasonably well written, as long as I learn something from it or it strikes an emotional chord for me.
Hello everyone,I'm Pratip, a Sales guy working in an IT Company. I moved to Bangalore recently but I was part of couple of Book Clubs when I was in Chennai (For almost a Decade) and looking forward to see what this group offers.
I'm an amateur reader and except Horror I read all the Genres. Recently, started listening to Audiobooks. I can understand Telugu and Malayalam but can't read. So, I'm simply seizing the opportunity to listen to the books written in these languages. I usually read 2 - 3 books at a time. 1 Tamil book, 1 English book and a Comic.
Looking forward to know many people here and see if we can have a meet-up sometime and discuss all things Books.
Happy Reading :)
Hi! Another techie here lols. Moved to Bangalore last December. I love reading anything with a bit of depth and wisdom. I like reading most of the genres except maybe sci-fi and self-help. Have been reading a lot about Buddhism lately. happy to see you guys here!
hello, This is Divya from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
glad to be a part of this reading community. Always wanted to be a part of an active reading group, thanks much for the invite. I started my reading journey when young back in the boarding school (books becomes a part of you when you get homesick). I love reading anything fiction.
Hi folks! I'm Damini, I absolutely love reading books, and my favourite genres are horror, sci-fi/fantasy, contemporary, and feminism. I recently moved to Bangalore, and I'm very glad to be here in this group!
Hola Amigos.I am Tarun, from Punjab, working as a software engineer for Oracle in Bangalore.
I'm the typical "collect 100, read 10" kind of bibliophile, basically I collect more than I read. The genres I love are literary-fiction, politics, history, economics, etc.
The books I loved the "most" so far are -
1. To Kill a Mockingbird - For the courage of Mr. Atticus Finch to live up to his conscience.
2. The God of Small Things - For the manner in which it is written, and for the innocence of the characters.
3. IIM Ahmedabad Day to Day Economics - For so lucidly, comprehensively, and concisely explaining the subtleties of this dismal science.
4. Sapiens - For telling the human history in a much interactive and exploratory way.
Looking forward to enriching discussions and awesome recommendations.
Happy Reading !!
We should all have a meet up sometime. It will be nice to plan it genre wise, pick a book a month then meet to discuss it.
Hello!I'm Bhuvan from Mysore.
I read non-fictions mostly. My reading speed is quite slow. So, if I can read 12 books in a year, I consider it a good year.
I'm currently reading,
1. Abhinav Bindra's 'A Shot at History'. It's been riveting so far.
2. John Truby's 'The Anatomy of a Story'
3. Vaclav Smil's 'Numbers Don't Lie'
I enjoy watching good movies.
I also write an irregular substack called 'MITIR' where I share the interesting things I've read & learnt over the years.
Cheers!
Ola! Rohan here, Architecture student and Tattoo artist from Bangalore.
I've been a consumer of English literature from my early years, since my mother introduced me to the language to keep me from struggling with it like she did when she had to switch from a kannada speaking school to an English one back during her high school years.
My core interests mostly all lie in the fiction genre, Fantasy, Dark fantasy, Sci-fi and mythology, since they all serve as great brain food for my art. When I do venture out of my reading comfort zone, its to psychology and philosophy, they're really interesting reads that help grow my understanding of myself and the people around me.
Being a visual artist, I also gravitate towards graphic novels, manga and manhwa content.
Currently going through the collection of Works by Edgar Allen Poe, and some of the underrated work by a mangaka of the name Q. Hayashida, her art style and integration of psychology and philosophical tropes in her work really appeals to me.
Looking forward to having my brain picked here and discover some new diamonds in the rough, Thank you for the invite :D
Hello all :)I am Shravanthi (MSc. Electronics Engineering) and am currently working as an Application and Software Engineer in Hamburg, Germany. I am a Bangalorean through and throug, born and brough up. But I have been stuying, working and living in Germany for nearly 4 years now. I would firstly like to thank Dr. Aditi for inviting me to this group, I really appreciate it.
I have been reading books since middle/high school and have not been able to hold back since. First it was comic books based on DC to Enid Blyton's mystery solving books for children. You could always find me sticking my nose in one book or the other. It became so annoying to my mother at one point that she had to literally hide away all my books so I studied actual course and school related books other than "wasting my time" (according to her) reading novels and books. Although she couldn't keep me away from books for long and also my parents were firm believers of gaining knowledge by reading and travelling. They only kept me away from books during exams and gave free rein and double the pocket money for books ;). They were good people.
Anyway, growing up I have reading books from almost all genres. I would still say that the "Harry Potter" series remain my all time favourite. I am true Gryffindor and believe my Patronus would have been a Phoenix, if i were in the HP world :P
In the recent years though, along with fantasy and fiction, I have also spread my wings in the romance genre of the books. And I would never say they are my guilty pleasure, because they are NOT. I love reading rom-coms, they are such a huge distraction from real life and sometimes mid-life crisis that I jump on the opportunity the first chance I get. I already know they will definitely have a HEA ending, but I still want to see their screw ups and the 80% break-up which is a must in any rom-com. Because as the saying goes, "this would is just not enough for me". I could live with my fictional characters for all of eternity and never once complain.
I also love mystery and thrillers (currently reading the "The Silent Patient" and I am in love with the story and the strong hold it has on me). But in all honesty, I have been into murder mystery and thrillers since the age of 14 or 15. The only genre that I find the least interesting is the non-fiction, biographies and auto-biographies. So yeah, I would stay away from reading more of reality in my books and rather enter a whole new world where I can be anyone for at least a little while.
So yeah, this is me. Going through one day at a time and carrying along at least one book with me at all times. Looking forward to meet more such booknerds (like me!! :D) and having wonderful discussions and friendly battle of fav characters, authors and books ;) Happy reading, enjoy and cheers!
Reading what shrav has shared, reminded me of my childhood. I used to read all the time, in books, while bathing, while cycling, in class hidden within the textbook… My parents tried everything and finally my dad one day once I almost got into an accident because I tried to read while cycling took all the books and told me he would burn it.
I found out later that he hid them in our ancestral home. It was nice to be reminded of my childhood and I can relate to others who were obsessed with books as a kid.
I used to also love Harry Potter as a kid, like a lot of others in this group I bet. If you want to see that world through a different lens then I can highly recommend the fan fiction Hpmor.com
Hello All!!!This Lipsa, a software engineer and will be moving to London in few months for my higher studies.
I started my reading journey when I was 12 years and my first ever novel was The Jungle Book. But my turning point was when I found Harry Potter and LoTR books in the school library.
I love reading Historical Fiction, Fantasy, middlegrade. My favourite authors are Haruki Murakami, Fredrik Backman, Matt Haig, Ruskin Bond. You will usually find me with a book and coffee any time of the day.
Recently I have been obsessing over Japanese literature.
Hope to discuss more about books, authors and characters.
Hi everyone, new here! Moving to Bangalore next month, so thought this was a good time to join this group.I read a lot of fiction - Read everything by J.R.R. Tolkien (how awesome is the Silmarillion!), lots of Stephen King (ok he's not amazing, but he's not bad either), the classic YA (Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Percy Jackson stuff, and so on). I fell in love with Science Fiction around 2017-2018 and love going back in time and reading foundational stuff. I really got into Philip K. Dick's books (trippy, am I right?) and also am a moderator on various PKD forums. Neal Stephenson is really good, I am going to read more oh him in the coming year.
Last year I read a lot of existential books. This year, so far the theme has been Infinite Jest (OH MY GOD, such an amazing book!!) and lots of short mystery books (primarily Agatha Christie) because I've been involved with lots of intense academic projects, so reading books as a form of entertainment more than for self-discovery for the last few months.
I am always excited to talk about AI, Alignment, Superintelligence, connections between biology and AI, the information theory (and fanboying over Claude Shannon and Richard P. Feynman :p), cryptography, cybersecurity, fabrication, and just about anything if formulated properly :)
I'm Monidipa. I'm a mental health counsellor and a educator. I am a blogger as well. I travel a lot due to my work. I love reading and singing. I prefer both ebooks and paperback but I'm not okay with audio books.
Although I prefer reading all types of books but my favorite genres are horror and thriller.
Hi ,I won't really call myself a bookworm, given how much I read and the effort it takes to read. Though it doesn't come naturally to me but when I read I do enjoy it. I do aim to author a book at some point in my life. ;)
I read both fiction and non-fiction. I have also committed to read more Hindi books. And I thoroughly enjoyed the last two I read.
I hope to learn about some good reads from this group and get a push to become a regular reader.
Hi I am Sabia Thrilled to be in this book. I am a double masters, in commerce and English. I cant really survive without books. I don’t have a favourite genre. I read classics and fictions. Not so much into fantasy genre.
Looking forward to know more about books.
Sabyya wrote: "Hi I am Sabia Thrilled to be in this book. I am a double masters, in commerce and English. I cant really survive without books. I don’t have a favourite genre. I read classics and fictions. Not so..."
Same here. I am also not much into fantasy.
Hi I am Abhisek. I am a software engineer in area of AI. I mostly read non fiction books. I was looking to meet readers and came here. Trying to increase my number of books to read per year!
Aditya wrote: "We should all have a meet up sometime. It will be nice to plan it genre wise, pick a book a month then meet to discuss it."Hey Aditya, if you are in the whatsapp group, we have organised a couple of virtual meets - although zoom calls cannot replace a live meet, they turned out to be mega fun. Do join our next one!
Prosenjit wrote: "Aditya wrote: "We should all have a meet up sometime. It will be nice to plan it genre wise, pick a book a month then meet to discuss it."Hey Aditya, if you are in the whatsapp group, we have org..."
I am in the Bangalore Bookwords GR 2 with 226 members, I will keep an eye out for any online meetings. I hope some admin of the group can pin the message the next time. I think maybe the first group is where such planning happened? because I don't think I could have missed multiple online meetings by now lol
Tarun wrote: "Hola Amigos.I am Tarun, from Punjab, working as a software engineer for Oracle in Bangalore.
I'm the typical "collect 100, read 10" kind of bibliophile, basically I collect more than I read. The..."
I am so your opposite!! i am buy zero, borrow hundred read hundred!!! :-)
Aditya wrote: "Prosenjit wrote: "Aditya wrote: "We should all have a meet up sometime. It will be nice to plan it genre wise, pick a book a month then meet to discuss it."Hey Aditya, if you are in the whatsapp ..."
Hey Aditya, there were plans to have an online meeting last sunday, i was out for the weekend, did it happen? if yes, did u attend?
Abhisek wrote: "Hi I am Abhisek. I am a software engineer in area of AI. I mostly read non fiction books. I was looking to meet readers and came here. Trying to increase my number of books to read per year!"welcome Abhisek!! Do name some of the good non fiction stuff you have read!! I am reading one loaned by my boss, its called "Agha Ali Asker", its a biography of the person after whom Ali Asgher road in bangalore is named after. Its been a fascinating first 100 pages...
Austin wrote: "Sabyya wrote: "Hi I am Sabia Thrilled to be in this book. I am a double masters, in commerce and English. I cant really survive without books. I don’t have a favourite genre. I read classics and f..."
Used to be the same way, then discovered Young Adult fantasy, small breezy reads...and even though i am an old person I like to read them! Currently reading the Ranger's Apprentice series..on Book 7!
Neharika wrote: "Hi ,I won't really call myself a bookworm, given how much I read and the effort it takes to read. Though it doesn't come naturally to me but when I read I do enjoy it. I do aim to author a book a..."
Hi Neharika, I am also committed to read more vernacular language books! In Hindi and Bengali. DO suggest some good hindi stuff to read. My knowledge is limited to only Premchand.
Prosenjit wrote: "Abhisek wrote: "Hi I am Abhisek. I am a software engineer in area of AI. I mostly read non fiction books. I was looking to meet readers and came here. Trying to increase my number of books to read ..."The Four Agreements and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people are the ones that have biggest impact on my life. The first one freed me from some of my limiting beliefs which led me to freely communicate with others and the second one in time management, long term planning, etc. I was searching for solutions in my life's problems to which they helped significantly. I guess you might have heard it before, if you haven't read it do check the summary and reviews to see if this might interest you or help you in anyway.
Anyone into Non fiction please send me a friend invite.
hey,this is anuj bharti .I'm a final year M B.B.S students,i mostly read, autobiography,medical,psychology novels,historical novel,biography,memoir &hindi urdu poetry. I'm looking towards some different genres&i will try to increase my no. of book reading per year.
I am a self published kannada author of 6 kannada detective novels and 2 collection of short stories. I am a well known on pratilipi platform with more than 2 lakh readers following and 85 published articles on film/book reviews and Info tech and crypto currency, UFOs etc.Please visit my author page and post your comments on my books and review them.
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ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ನಾಗೇಶ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಸಿಎಸ್, ನಾನು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಲನ ಧಾರವಾಡ 209 ರ ಸನ್ಮಾನ ಪಡೆದ ಸಾಹಿತಿ. ಇದುವರೆಗೆ 6 ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳನ್ನು , 2 ಕಥಾ ಸಂಕಲನವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ನಿಮಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು, ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸುಸ್ವಾಗತ
Hello!Didn't know there is a local/Bengaluru group.
My Preferences are :
Fav - Crime/Thriller/Fantasy/Horror/Dark/SciFi
Occasional - Romance/Comedy/Non Fiction/Classics/YA
Rare - Music/Self Help/Poetry
Glad to Join. = )
Cheers,
Nate
Hi all, I am Akshatha. I am a software developer. That's for earning otherwise I am a book lover who loves to hog on books. No specific genres as such but whatever keeps my attention for the first five minutes I hook on to them. Somehow every time thrillers have my major chunk in favorites.
good to know. thanks. I try to read 50 books an year, all genres, fiction and nonfiction. I am based out of Houston, Texas. I love love love Bangalore :)
Hey there! My name is Aishwarya. I mostly read fiction, thrillers, and sci-fi, and I like to explore other genres and literature as well. I also enjoy poetry, art, and philosophy. I am always inquisitive about scientific theories (especially physics, astrophysics, space science, earth sciences, cryptography, AI, cybersecurity, etc.).Liking this city so far!! The culture and weather here... feels like Bengaluru vibes in a better way with booklovers (booklovers here be like: ‘Namma Ooru Bengaluru’ :D). I'm looking forward to good experiences here.
Nagesh wrote: "I am a self published kannada author of 6 kannada detective novels and 2 collection of short stories. I am a well known on pratilipi platform with more than 2 lakh readers following and 85 publishe..."Hi Nagesh sir, are your books available in English or Hindi translations? I am a big detective novel/story fan and have read extensively classic as well as modern detective stuff in English, Hindi and Bengali! :-)
Akshatha wrote: "Hi all, I am Akshatha. I am a software developer. That's for earning otherwise I am a book lover who loves to hog on books. No specific genres as such but whatever keeps my attention for the first ..."Thrillers are my go to genre as well!! What are your fav series/authors?
Aishwarya wrote: "Hey there! My name is Aishwarya. I mostly read fiction, thrillers, and sci-fi, and I like to explore other genres and literature as well. I also enjoy poetry, art, and philosophy. I am always inqui..."Welcome Aishwarya! Do join the whatsapp group as well... (Thats for everyone as well!!)
Abhisek wrote: "Prosenjit wrote: "Abhisek wrote: "Hi I am Abhisek. I am a software engineer in area of AI. I mostly read non fiction books. I was looking to meet readers and came here. Trying to increase my number..."Will definitely try them out!! One suggestion from my end: Six Thinking hats!
Hi everyone! This is Naveen. I am a software engineer. I am from Coimbatore(TamilNadu)...and will be moving to Bangalore soon for work.
I usually read all genres, depending on my mood :)
I am elated to be a part of this group dedicated to book lovers!
Hi Everyone.I am a firmware engineer and an aspiring author. Really happy to see this group here. I mostly write stories that have happy endings. I prefer to because I am a hopeless romantic in my head and obviously in my heart. Yes, I am a staunch believer that there was enough space on the door for Jack and Rose to stay afloat.
Cheers!
Niharika wrote: "Hi Everyone.I am a firmware engineer and an aspiring author. Really happy to see this group here. I mostly write stories that have happy endings. I prefer to because I am a hopeless romantic in m..."
"Yes, I am a staunch believer that there was enough space on the door for Jack and Rose to stay afloat"- ROFL!!!
Hey Guys ! Rahul here.. I'm into R&D and love to read/write. Own a kindle but also a big fan of paper buddies.Nice to be part of this group !
Hi everyone! I stay in Tirupati. I am a PhD student, so when work gets all consuming, I find my escape in books (also movies!). I am trying to read more of Indian fiction this year, lets see how that goes :)
Hi everyone I am Anjali. I lived in Bangalore for 3 years but after lockdown I shifted to Hyderabad. Currently pursuing MSc.It and yeah I just love books actually the books are my good friends and I feel protective with them.
Hi everyone, Glad to be a part of this group of bibliophiles :)
I work as a copywriter and social media lead, but I live for reading. I'm a bibliophile; when I'm alone, I touch myshelf. :D
I'm genre agnostic and try all genres with usually a couple of books of contrasting genres together. Recently have become a fan of Frederick Backman's writing and have forayed into true crime and investigative journalism sub genres too. :)
Always up for puns, book recommendations, and dad jokes!
Hey all! I work as a programmer at an AI startup. Mostly into sci-fi & rational fic. I've tried getting 3 of my friends into HPMOR, would recommend the same to everyone! Set active alerts for future meetups.
Hi All, My name is Shefali, I lived in Bengaluru with my previous firm and I am now in Mumbai. Miss the Bengaluru weather! I am a currently in a bit of reading slack.
My favourite genre for past 2 years has been non-fiction mostly biographies and philosophy.
Hoping to get back to fiction and thinking to start with Brandon Sanderson or 1984, which one do you recommend to get out of reading slump?
Shefali wrote: "Hi All, My name is Shefali, I lived in Bengaluru with my previous firm and I am now in Mumbai. Miss the Bengaluru weather! I am a currently in a bit of reading slack.
My favourite genre for past..."
For someone who's planning to step into the world of fiction, I'd recommend to start with really easy reads. If you're even slightly spiritual and would like to read beautiful stories with a tinge of philosophy, try Mitch Albom. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Stranger on the Boat and Tuesdays With Morrie and beautiful reads.
You could also try your hand on thrillers/ mystery because they're easy page turners. In that genre, I'd recommend The Chanakya's Chant by Ashwin Sanghi, if you're interested in the world of politics.
What made you want to switch from non-fiction to fiction?
Shefali wrote: "Hi All, My name is Shefali, I lived in Bengaluru with my previous firm and I am now in Mumbai. Miss the Bengaluru weather! I am a currently in a bit of reading slack.
My favourite genre for past..."
1984 for sure!!
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Thank for inviting me to join this group! I love to learn about life from reading non-fiction and love to experience other worlds through fiction and fantasy. I currently work as a software engineer and live in the US. Good to e-meet you all :)
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