December 22, 2019

BBB Meetup-25

This was a special meetup for a couple of reasons. This was the first meetup that was conducted at a house rather than at a cafe or a park. And when one of our members, Gayathri, generously offered up her art studio as a venue for our meetup I jumped at the offer. I didn’t know how it would go because we’d always relied on snacks and beverages from a cafe.

November 24, 2019

BBB Meetup-24

There were 17 people at our 24th meetup on the 24th of November and this time, we were joined by the awesome Gautam Shenoy, but in true celebrity fashion, he escaped the glare of the paparazzi and therefore does not feature in the picture below :( Jokes apart though, I learnt about a lot of new books in this meetup and I hope you all did too. The following were the books discussed (and yes, this is a Lot of books.

September 23, 2019

BBB Meetup-23

We had 20 people at the meetup this Sunday and we had more than the usual number of newbies! The discussions got very spirited very fast and I personally enjoyed it all, a lot. I hope you did too :) The following were the books discussed - Pachinko Fooled by Randomness Factfulness Cities and Canopies 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World Of Swans and Songs The Waves Late Bloomers The Silent Patient A Man called Ove In Custody The difficulty of being good The Palace of Illusions The Forest of Enchantments The Call of Cthulhu The Boys Book of Blood (?

August 22, 2019

BBB Meetup-22

I’ll write the preamble to this meetup later. Too sleepy right now at * checks clock * 11:18 PM. Had a lot of fun discussing them books though :D Thank you all for coming. Yes, Mr.Das is an amazing person but evidently the worst photographer. The following were the books (and authors - indicated by ‘A’ ) discussed - Born a Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime David Eddings (A) - https://www.

July 28, 2019

BBB Meetup-21

Today’s meetup, as the previous meetup did, had 16 members and was again at our regular venue - Atta Galatta. We had 3 new members in addition to 12 other old-heads and it was, as always, a lot of fun! The following were the books discussed - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (https://www.goodreads.com/series/42069-a-series-of-unfortunate-events) Beast (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44587297) Birthday Girl (https://www.goodreads.com/fa/book/show/40554247-birthday-girl) Birthday Stories (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45301.Birthday_Stories) The Time Traveler’s Wife (https://www.

June 23, 2019

BBB Meetup-20

Today’s meetup had 16 members attending and went on for a spirited 3 hours! This time, we switched locations from our regular favorite (Atta Galatta) to a new bookcafe in the city - Champaca - and it.was.BEAUTIFUL! The members loved the place and the hosts Radhika, Pavithra and Rahul were awesome! :grin: The following were the books discussed - Exit West (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west) The Reluctant Fundamentalist (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961543-the-reluctant-fundamentalist) In the sea there are crocodiles (https://www.