Books

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.goodreads.com/book/show/10291971-in-the-sea-there-are-crocodiles) And the mountains Echoed (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16115612-and-the-mountains-echoed) The Return (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28007895-the-return) In the country of men (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63657.In_the_Country_of_Men) Good Talk (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34953002) The three-body problem (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem) Culture Series - https://www.goodreads.com/series/49118-culture Dune (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39776179-dune) The Quantum Thief (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7562764-the-quantum-thief) Harappa Series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/224809-harappa-series) Latitudes of Longing (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40932440) All the lives we’ve never lived (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36391803) Munnu (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25394441) Hangwoman (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17154644-aarachar) The Vegetarian (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489025-the-vegetarian) How I became a tree (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34532567-how-i-became-a-tree) Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4026537-insects-are-just-like-you-and-me-except-some-of-them-have-wings) Remnants of A Separation (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36001646) Big Magic (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24453082-big-magic) The Day the Crayons Quit (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101018-the-day-the-crayons-quit) Fox 8 (George Sanders) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17620753-fox-8) The legend of rock, Paper and Scissors - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31215005-the-legend-of-rock-paper-scissors At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149029.At_the_Same_Time) Duck death and the tulips (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12666682-duck-death-and-the-tulip) Newcomer (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43616256-newcomer) The devotion of suspect X (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8686068-the-devotion-of-suspect-x) Becoming (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38746485-becoming) Uncommon type (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34389773-uncommon-type) Beast (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44587297) Superintelligence (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20527133-superintelligence) Homo Deus (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31138556-homo-deus) The forty rules of love (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6642715-the-forty-rules-of-love) Leila (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34932175-leila) Bombay Brides (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40041682) An American Marriage (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33590210-an-american-marriage) Perfume - Story of a murderer (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/343.Perfume) Arcanum Unbounded (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28595941-arcanum-unbounded) The Emperor’s Soul (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13578175-the-emperor-s-soul) The Obelisk Gate (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26228034-the-obelisk-gate) At the existential cafe (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25658482-at-the-existentialist-caf) Man’s Search for Meaning (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning) Siddhartha (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha) Mr. God, This is Anna (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50807.Mister_God_This_is_Anna) The Old Man and the Sea (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2165.The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea) Trade Winds (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10218.Trade_Wind) The Bear and the Nightingale (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489134-the-bear-and-the-nightingale) All the light we cannot see (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see) Ben hur (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/387749.Ben_Hur) Stephen Alter (The Cloud Farers) 1947 partition boxset Rebel Sultans (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40506778-rebel-sultans) Ivory Throne (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28264135-ivory-throne) Aurangzeb (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34265228-aurangzeb) Daytripper (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8477057-daytripper) Tatami Galaxy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26597708-the-tatami-galaxy) Pachinko (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34051011-pachinko) Circe (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe) Good Omens (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12067.Good_Omens) Cracking the Coding Interview (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12544648-cracking-the-coding-interview) The Strange Library (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23128304-the-strange-library) Chaos (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/64582) Broca’s Brain (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485812.Broca_s_Brain) Ken Liu Invisible Planets (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28220730-invisible-planets) Confessions of a banker (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30822002-confessions-of-a-banker) The Global Novel (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31213627) And thanks to Alfa for providing us this treasure of recommendations about and related to the 1947 partition - 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Today’s meetup had 12 members attending and spanned 2 hours :) The following were the books discussed - S (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17860739-s) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195941-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism) The Lost Decade (2008-18) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45162304-the-lost-decade-2008-18) Multiple City (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068381-multiple-city) Strange Worlds! Strange Times! (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42964933-strange-worlds-strange-times-amazing-sci-fi-stories) The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42686678-the-sixth-string-of-vilayat-khan) The Cricket War (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34954111-the-cricket-war) Remembrance of Earth’s Past (https://www.goodreads.com/series/189931-remembrance-of-earth-s-past) Ball Lightning (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15822390) The Wolf of Wall Street (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/522776.The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street) Flow (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow) Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40718726-genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world) The Travels of Ibn Batuttah (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/517598.The_Travels_of_Ibn_Battutah) Binti : The Complete Trilogy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40382407-binti) Bloodchild (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21265321-bloodchild) Birthday Stories (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45301.Birthday_Stories) A Million Little Pieces (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1241.A_Million_Little_Pieces) Jeevichirikkunnavarkku Vendiyulla Oppees: Requiem for the Living (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20663301-jeevichirikkunnavarkku-vendiyulla-oppees) Sad Girls (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34023590-sad-girls) Bombay Brides (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40041682-bombay-brides) Ghoomophiro (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43834912-ghoomophiro) The Witches (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6327.The_Witches) Big Magic (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24453082-big-magic) Anita Gets Bail (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39981886-anita-gets-bail) Early Indians (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43305406-early-indians) Fox 8 (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17620753) The God of Small Things (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9777.The_God_of_Small_Things) Big Little Lies (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19486412-big-little-lies) Exit West (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west) The Adivasi will not dance (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27240055-the-adivasi-will-not-dance) The fifth Season (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19161852-the-fifth-season) American Gods (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30165203-american-gods) Interesting Podcasts and blogs ♫ https://modernmrsdarcy.com/category/podcast/ ♫ https://www.vox.com/recode-decode-podcast-kara-swisher ✎ waitbutwhy.com ✎ https://www.lesswrong.com/ If you have any suggestions to be added on this list, please feel free to leave it in the comments below! ...

It was a smaller bunch of people this time but we still discussed a lot of books and it was fun :) The following are the books that were discussed in the March 2019 meetup. - Mistborn (https://www.goodreads.com/series/40910-mistborn) Malazan (https://www.goodreads.com/series/43493-malazan-book-of-the-fallen) Warbreaker (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1268479.Warbreaker) The Emperor’s Soul (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13578175-the-emperor-s-soul) The Silent Patient (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40097951-the-silent-patient) The Kind Worth Killing (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21936809-the-kind-worth-killing) Dark Matter (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27833670-dark-matter) The Wayward Pines Trilogy (https://www.goodreads.com/series/116296-wayward-pines) The Handmaid’s Tale (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale) Ubuntu (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1176786.Ubuntu) The Umbrella Academy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2795053-the-umbrella-academy-vol-1) India After Gandhi (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/356824.India_After_Gandhi) Gandhi Before India (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18310148-gandhi-before-india) A Corner of a Foreign Field (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/676857.A_Corner_of_a_Foreign_Field) Mossad (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13623874-mossad) Blitzscaling (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38398157-blitzscaling) Measure What Matter (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39286958-measure-what-matters) Rework (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework) It doesn’t have to be crazy at Work (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38900866-it-doesn-t-have-to-be-crazy-at-work) Dreamers (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37822513-dreamers) Geek Heresy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23214251-geek-heresy) Simon vs The Homo Sapien Agenda (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547856-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda) The boy in the striped pyjamas (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39999.The_Boy_in_the_Striped_Pajamas) The book thief (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief) The Diary of a Young Girl (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48855.The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl) The Man in the High Castle (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216363.The_Man_in_the_High_Castle) The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22822839-the-thrilling-adventures-of-lovelace-and-babbage) Mind without Fear (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44334846-mind-without-fear) A Man called Ove (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18774964-a-man-called-ove) See you next time!

This time we had a couple of new people join us, including some interested in children’s stories and poetry as well, in addition to the usual mix of fiction and non-fiction that are normally discussed. The following are the books that were discussed in the Jan 2019 meetup. - Children’s stories - Gruffalo Here we Are The color Thief The little prince The days the crayons quit Duck, Death and the Tulip Publishers - Tulika Publishers Karadi Tales The Inscrutable Americans (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37447.The_Inscrutable_Americans) Ex Libris (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46890.Ex_Libris) The Book Hunters of Katpadi (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36534976-the-book-hunters-of-katpadi) The storied life of AJ Fikrey (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18293427-the-storied-life-of-a-j-fikry) Ubik (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22590.Ubik) The Millennium Trilogy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7822895-the-millennium-trilogy) The Dalai Lama’s Cat (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15805413-the-dalai-lama-s-cat) In Xanadu (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124431.In_Xanadu) Travels with Herodotus (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59664.Travels_with_Herodotus) In an Antique Land (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215678.In_an_Antique_Land) Breaking the Mould (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34231879-breaking-the-mould) The Stormlight Archive The Kingdom of Copper (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39988431-the-kingdom-of-copper) Early Indians (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43305406-early-indians) The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44085594-the-gollancz-book-of-south-asian-science-fiction) The Poetry Pharmacy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34726141-the-poetry-pharmacy) Poetry by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/835628.Arvind_Krishna_Mehrotra) Poetry by TS Elliot Malice (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613611-malice) First among Equals (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79016.First_Among_Equals) Cuckold (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/109326) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17125.One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich) The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169354.The_Prize) Lanka’s Princess (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32886711-lanka-s-princess) The Liberation of Sita (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31680189-the-liberation-of-sita) The Palace of Illusions (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1774836.The_Palace_of_Illusions) Nocturnes (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4772110-nocturnes) Half the NIght is Gone (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40506766-half-the-night-is-gone) Interpreter of Maladies (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5439.Interpreter_of_Maladies) Savitri’s Special Room (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30336225-savithri-s-special-room-and-other-stories) The town that laughed (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41018901-the-town-that-laughed) Fourteen Years with Boss (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29634753-fourteen-years-with-boss) Chemmeen (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38880629-chemmeen) Siddhartha (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha) Southern Reach trilogy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17934530-annihilation) The Complete Adventures of Feluda (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244524.The_Complete_Adventures_of_Feluda_Vol_1) The Broken Earth Series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/112296-the-broken-earth) The Wheel of Time (https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time) Cult of Chaos (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24362983-cult-of-chaos) Republic of Caste (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39917934-republic-of-caste) We were eight years in power (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916061-we-were-eight-years-in-power) Where I’m reading from (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22739110-where-i-m-reading-from) No Man’s Land (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29467945-no-man-s-land) Flashpoint (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11501608-flashpoint) See you next time!

Until next time! The following are the books that were discussed in the Nov 2018 meetup. - 3 body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem Dragon’s Egg (Cheela #1) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/263466.Dragon_s_Egg Starquake (Cheela #2) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/263487.Starquake Culture Series - https://www.goodreads.com/series/49118-culture Pachinko - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34051011-pachinko Deep Work - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25744928-deep-work Blink - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40102.Blink No one writes back - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17591572-no-one-writes-back The Vegetarian - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489025-the-vegetarian The Childhood of Jesus - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15799416-the-childhood-of-jesus The Schooldays of Jesus - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29959887-the-schooldays-of-jesus The Google Story - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164323.The_Google_Story The Book Thief - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief The Mistress of Spices - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94669.The_Mistress_of_Spices Beyonders - https://www.goodreads.com/series/50390-beyonders The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.The_Final_Empire The Dresden Files - https://www.goodreads.com/series/40346-the-dresden-files Happy! - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16173662-happy We3 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22358.We3 The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37678008-the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine A Man called Ove - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18774964-a-man-called-ove The Rosie Project - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16181775-the-rosie-project Trump’s First Year - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37507361-trump-s-first-year Stuff of Thought - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/373969.The_Stuff_of_Thought My Hero Academia - https://www.goodreads.com/series/152982-my-hero-academia The 100-foot journey - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7347109-the-hundred-foot-journey Raakshas - Piyush Jha - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28240199-raakshas The Mahabharata Murders - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30058494-the-mahabharata-murders Gone Girl - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19288043-gone-girl All the lives we’ve never lived - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36391803-all-the-lives-we-never-lived Midnight’s Children - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14836.Midnight_s_Children Across the Universe (About the Beatles) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38230262-across-the-universe Gita Press and the making of Hindu India - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26060875-gita-press-and-the-making-of-hindu-india Wheel of Time - https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time The Common Reader - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18840.The_Common_Reader The Taj Trilogy - https://www.goodreads.com/series/194638-taj-mahal-trilogy The Little Prince - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157993.The_Little_Prince The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39832183-the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-society 84 ,Charing cross road - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368916.84_Charing_Cross_Road Ravan and Eddie - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/109328.Ravan_Eddie Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/929587.Tl_n_Uqbar_Orbis_Tertius The Children of Men - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41913.The_Children_of_Men The Martian - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian Guns, Germs and Steel - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1842.Guns_Germs_and_Steel Dogs of War - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35827220-dogs-of-war The invisibles - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13227839-the-invisibles Reaper Man (Discworld #11) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34517.Reaper_Man Small Gods (Discworld #13) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34484.Small_Gods The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (Discworld #28) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34534.The_Amazing_Maurice_and_His_Educated_Rodents Extended Phenotype - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61538.The_Extended_Phenotype Food : A Cultural Culinary History - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18306118-food Flowers for Algernon - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576608-flowers-for-algernon Maps of Meaning - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2218102.Maps_of_Meaning 12 Rules for Life - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30257963-12-rules-for-life Cult of Chaos - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24362983-cult-of-chaos The Matsya Curse - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35260120-the-matsya-curse The Missing Queen - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17301537-the-missing-queen Cyber Sexy - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39809069-cyber-sexy If it’s Monday, it must be Madurai - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19546759-if-it-s-monday-it-must-be-madurai How to travel light - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36474209-how-to-travel-light Ghachar Ghochar - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30267604-ghachar-ghochar The unbearable lightness of being - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9717.The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being Persepolis - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9516.Persepolis Illiberal India - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40280310-illiberal-india Miss Laila - Armed and Dangerous - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35620555-miss-laila-armed-and-dangerous The Illicit Happiness of Others - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13707645-the-illicit-happiness-of-other-people Serious Men - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7628608-serious-men Being a Mountain - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22750072-becoming-a-mountain In Xanadu - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124431.In_Xanadu From the holy mountain - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104039.From_the_Holy_Mountain City of Djinns - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124430.City_of_Djinns Chai Chai - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7138803-chai-chai Last man in Tower - 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BBB had our 15th meetup on Sunday, the 26th of August. This was the first meetup that also included a published author Mr.Ram Sivasankaran in our midst and he spoke to us about how he came to be on the path to becoming an author and also about his motivation for the theme of his books, “The Lion and the Stallion” and “The Peshwa”. Coffee and snacks as usual, amid sounds of the thunderstorm outside, made for an excellent meetup. ...

We had 36 people in the last meetup BBB#14 and frankly that’s a bit too much :-/ But the discussion was lively, the fries being passed around were awesome and there was hot coffee, so I’m partially happy. What would have made me happier is if everyone could have heard Everyone else when they were talking about the books they were reading and that’s frankly not possible and feasible for an attending group of this magnitude. So we planned to have a cap on the number of people attending in the August meetup. In retrospect, that worked out just fine. ...

Oh yessss 🐣 Meetup #13 happened on 22 Apr 2018 and I was very pleased with the eventual turnout, one of the largest we’ve had so far. This time we didn’t have a theme and that was awesome since the discussion wasn’t polarized or monopolized and everyone got their say. And these are the kind of meetups I’m personally preferential to, where everyone gets to voice their opinion about books they’ve read coz everyone’s read Something even if it isn’t related to a pre-set theme (not discounting the advantages of the themed meetups, of course. ) A couple of people who had no idea about BBB, tantalized by the amount of noise we were making no doubt, also joined the discussion and that added to the existing flavor, so… Double yay and stuff. ✌️😊 All in all, a good meetup. ...

Genre Specific Dune – Frank Herbert 1984 – George Orwell H2G2 – Douglas Adams Martian – Andy Weir Artemis – Andy Weir Binti - Nnedi Okorafor Who fears Death - Nnedi Okorafor Thursday Next Series – Jasper Fforde Ready Player One – Ernest Cline Ubik – PKD Children of Time – Adrian Tchiakovsky A Scanner Darkly – PKD Do Androids – PKD Rendezvous with Rama – Arthur C Clarke Steelheart – Sanderson 2001 A Space Odyssey – Arthur C Clarke Leila – Prayaag Akbar Time Machine – HG Wells Bear and The Nightingale – Katherine Arden The Trigan Empire – Hamlyn (Publisher) The Savage Sword of Conan + Short Stories– Marvel/Robert E Howard The Last Question – Isaac Asimov Earth to Centauri: The First Journey – Kumar L Hell! No saints in Paradise - A.K. Asif I,Robot – Isaac Asimov The Complete Robot – Isaac Asimov The Bicentennial Man – Isaac Asimov Consider Phlebas – Iain M Banks Disposessed – Ursula K Le Guin I have no mouth and I must scream – Harlan Ellison Legion – Sanderson Emperor’s Soul – Sanderson The Nine Billion Names of God – Arthur C Clarke Professor Shonku – Satyajit Ray Three Body Problem – Cixin Liu Dead Send – Cixin Liu Altered Carbon – Richard Carbon Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel The Themis Files – Sylvain Neuvel The Quantum Thief Trilogy – Hannu Rajaniemi Collected Fiction – Hannu Rajaniemi White Mars – Roger Penrose This Alien Shore – Cecilia Friedman The Crystal Trilogy – Max Harms Norse Mythology – Gaiman Coraline - Gaiman Grimus - Salman Rushdie Timeline - Michael Crichton All You Need Is Kill - Hiroshi Sakurazaka Yaana - S L Bhyrappa Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne Non Genre: The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald Man’s Search for Meaning – Victor Frankl Modern Romance – Aziz Ansari Thinking, Fast and Slow Selfish Gene - Dawkins The Rational Man Deep Work Flow Blindness Edge of Physics – Anil Ananthaswamy The Man who wasn’t There – Anil Ananthaswamy Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates We were Eight Years in Power - Ta-Nehisi Coates Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Kundera Zero to One – Peter Thiel

Despite the fact that we had to abandon our meetup at Atta Galatta midway and rush to a gazebo outside to resume it, we still managed to have a lively conversation. When Breath becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi The Game - Neil Strauss Malazan - Steve Erikson Create Dangerously - Albert Camus The Book of Chocolate Saints - Jeet Thayil The Meursault Investigations - Kamel Daoud Essays on Nationalalism - George Orwell Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe Leila - Prayag Akbar Guards Guards - Terry Pratchett Not that Kind of a Girl - Lenna Dunham A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan Mid-Wicket Tales: From Trumper to Tendulkar - S Giridhar and V J Raghunath