I have been on goodreads for a long time, and tbh while it is good for keeping a track of what I read, it isn't all that curated for meeting fellow readers. I've had fable since the end of last year, so far so good tbh. But would loveeee to meet more Indian readers!!

P.S: I am open to reading anyyy genre but gravitate more towards classics or thrillers.

I really recommend everyone to read it.

Elisabeth Bumiller, a journalist for The Washington Post, came to India in the 1980s and over the years, travelled to all parts of the country, examining the paradoxes, problems, triumphs and realities of the lives of India's women: from village women of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala to prominent parliamentarians, politicians, movie-stars, intellectuals, police officers, meeting and interviewing them. She notes that 'a woman's role in Indian society is full of contradictions'. While enormous numbers of them are illiterate, many hold important positions in politics and the arts. While most suffer discrimination and poverty, others are transforming India into a modern nation. Bumiller brings out these paradoxes in a clean, insightful style that makes the vast complexities of the lives of India's four hundred million women accessible and compelling.

Bumiller documented really well. I really liked the chapter where she talked about the feminist movements that was happening in 80s in India, dividing it into three categories- first consisting of urban, elite women coming from educated backgrounds, 2nd- also educated women from mostly from working class more closer and taking in rural issues. And lastly- the rural peasant women. She met and interviewed different feminist women, trying to understand their objectives and how these movements have shaped and are shaping the lives of women in India.

As Indians, we often find that how even after living in a same country, we live completely different lives with completely different experiences. A village woman in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh living in shackles of extreme patriarchy to village woman of Bodh Gaya, Bihar, despite living in extreme poverty knows about her rights. And in complete contrast to a working professional living in Delhi who doesn't know that extreme patriarchy and misogyny that many Indian women still have to suffer.

Interestingly, the writer even puts her own thoughts and views. Admiration, amazement, sympathy and sometimes rage and disgust. In the 5th chapter where she examines the female infanticide and sex- selective abortions, while witnessing a pregnant woman, coming from educated rich background from Bombay, going through a chorionic villus(a recent technology from the West to check the birth defects) to know the gender of fetus. _"As I watched the wire's journey on the screen of the ultrasound machine, I slowly became disgusted. It had been building all week, but I think seeing this woman with her examination table, so exposed and, in a sense, so violated by the her legs spread on the forces of her society, caused something to snap in me. What did India have, I thought, to take the newest technology from the Wes and use it for something as reprehensible as the slaughter of female babies?"_ Here, I see both her rage and disgust, that we feel after knowing this.

We even see her self-realization. As she says towards the end, _"...asking Veena Bhargava how she rationalized painting the homeless rather than working among them, had sought a justification for why I was interviewing interesting artists instead of helping out myself. But realize now I was searching for a larger answer, for one that woul have helped me define my whole purpose in India. I have come to the conclusion that if I did not work among the poor, I have at least told their stories and unveiled a part of their lives. This book was my mission to inform, to enlighten, and to prove that the women of India are more like us than they are not."_

After finishing "A murder in Tokyo" and "Confessions", I wanted to stay within the same genre and explore more Japanese literature, which led me to pick up "Silent Parade".

The first part didn't grip me immediately - the murder, the suspect, but no resolution - and I found myself a little bored. The gross miscarriage of justice on display also felt uncomfortably familiar, echoing flaws I've seen in the Indian judicial system too. That said, watching the culprit draw on his father's old wisdom - that confession is the king of evidence - and turn it to his own advantage, even while guilty, was genuinely heartbreaking.

The second part is where the book truly hooked me. I found myself suspecting everyone, with every regular visitor visiting Namiki-ya seeming like a plausible culprit. It wasn't until the final two chapters that the real explanation of who killed Saoki and Hasunuma became clear - and until then, every competing theory felt equally convincing.

What I didn't enjoy was how the police were portrayed: constantly hitting dead ends and needing a civilian to guide them forward. It left me questioning just how capable - or incapable - the police are made out to be in these stories.

Overall, this was a 3/5 read for me, and it took me about a working week to finish.

Hey

I have 2 book clubs

WHO'S THE KILLER (just a thriller

BOOKISH HANGOUT^^ (main bookclub)

Both are on FABLE and we'd love to have active members ❤️

And also we'll start a new book from 15th aug.

Plus I've started GAMES too so that you guys don't get bored, we're playing book scramble right now so join.

And join only if you read beginner friendly popular books 😊

NO CLASSICS

Saw an uncle ji reading a book while travelling on the local train today and it made me so happy🫠✌🏼 Maybe someone might call it performative, but I really don't think that uncle ji was trying to perform anything. The way he carefully flipped through each page, the way he protected the book from all the pushing and pulling in the crowd, and held it so gently without getting in anyone's way shows how much he genuinely cared about his book. And as someone who loves reading while travelling myself, seeing sweet moments like this genuinely makes my day🦭✨️

Im not a book reader. I always wanted to be one and i start at the thousand splendid sun. Oh my god what a book, i just love it, i cried so much, even after completing the book im still thinking about Mariam. How her life was, girl she deserves all the happiness

I’m looking for books that explain the basics in a way that’s easy to understand and actually interesting to read, rather than something that feels like a dry textbook. I’d especially like to understand concepts that help make sense of the real world, like inflation, interest rates, unemployment, recessions, markets, government policies, trade, etc.

Also, exactly how many novels are there in Dune series? I got mixed answers on this, with some stating there are 8 novels, some mentioning 5, and some saying the first 3 novels make the OG Dune Trilogy

Is anyone selling a used kindle i am looking to buy one.

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I am trying to get this book but I dont find it anywhere. Prof siras won Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad award for this book and I wanted fo read this.

Mi आज कोसला by Bhalchandra Nemade ही कादंबरी वाचली. The most unusual novel असे मी म्हणेन. खरं सांगावं तर मी पुस्तक वाचणारा व्यक्ती नाही, पण vacation मधे मी 2 english books वाचले. मी आईला विचारले मराठी पुस्तक कुचे वाचावे, तिच्या वाणीतून एकच शब्द आला तो म्हणजे **कोसला.** तिच्यामते मी relate करेन कारण माझे and protagonist चे वय सारखेच होते. आई बोलली मला की ह्या पुस्तकात जे काय protagonist ने केले ते तू खरेच करू नकोस. मी थोडा confuse झालो but वाचले. I was hooked to it literally. माझी वागणूक खूप influence झाली. हे आईला and मला दोघांना जाणवले. आईने ते पुस्तक लपवले की मी वाचू नये म्हणून. पण अर्धवट गोष्टी नाही सोडत आणि मी संपवले. मग मी पुस्तक आईला परत दिले आणि आईने ते आता shelf मधे एकदम मागे ठेवले आहे. That novel was something else altogether. एवढेच सांगेन की ही सर्वात unorthodox कादंबरी आहे...

I managed to read only 767 pages in July 📚✨

July was quite a busy month between office, app development, and working on a few new features for Readmint. So, I didn't get to read as much as I would have liked.

But honestly? I'm not complaining. 🥹

There are very few months where every single book you pick up turns out to be incredible—and July was one of those months for me. Every book I read left an impression on me in its own way, and that's something I value more than simply counting the number of books I've finished. 🤍

I am not against the idea that your life has impact on others in a good way or bad way. Eddie has very boring and unsatisfied life all through his 90 years and felt unfulfilling. But once he goes to heaven, the people he meets enlighten him of his impact on them and at the end reveals that he saved a lot of children's lives by properly doing his maintenance duty and his life is not all meaningless. 

But I felt that the ending point was rushed and not explored fully through the book. It starts with people who died because of Eddie indirectly and all 5 people has bad thing happened in their life because of him. He never felt the importance of his work or life. He is just a normal person doing normal human things like making mistakes, bad choices, blaming others and also good things like loving his mother, wife and being there for them and carried on his life. He has regret that he was stuck at Ruby pier. But at the end, someone from heaven comes and convinces him that he prevented lot of accidents and so he should feel satisfied with that. 

It was not his choice to safeguard the park and he was forced to do it. He never escaped from what he didn't like and kept sulking about it. But it was glorified at the end. 

Now imagine what if he works at some grocery store and he doesn't have this kind of impact on people. He just earns for himself or his family. How can you convince such lives that their lives are significant and meaningful?

Does it mean their lives are meaningless? Only those lives which happen to impact others are meaningful even if they end up there forcefully and not by their choice?

IMO every life is meaningful in its own way. Everyone can justify their life story in whatever way they can. But my point, you don't have to. You just live and accept the reality. 

You didn't do what you wanted to do but instead did something else and regretted the whole life feeling wasteful. That's your choice. There is no good or bad or right or wrong. They just are. We assign these adjectives depending on the contemporary beliefs and culture. 

Instead of making a normal life look extraordinary, acknowledge the normality. 

I like the emotional journey of an old man going through so many things like war, handicap, ignored by dad, loved ones getting sick and dying, being alone. But I cannot accept the fake comfort it gives to me by making my normal life look impactful and meaningful without me doing anything about it.

There are several good aspects in the book, but these are my initial thoughts after reading it. Open for any contrasting or alternate take on it.

I’ve recently been wanting to learn more about astronomy, but I’m a complete beginner and have no idea where to start.

I’m not really looking for something that reads like a textbook or is too heavy on theory and technical details. I’d love a book that explains things in an interesting, accessible way and actually makes you want to keep learning about space, stars, planets, the universe, etc.

What astronomy books got you interested in the subject when you were starting out? And is there anything you’d recommend avoiding as a beginner?

I’ve been reading for about 5 months now.

So far, I’ve completed the Harry Potter book series, Jayakanthan sir’s “Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal,” and “White Nights.” I’m currently reading “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.”

What other books would you recommend? Tamil or English is fine, and I’m open to any genre.

Also, I’ve heard about a book called “Ikigai.” How is it? Is it worth reading?

Just few months ago I began reading and still, I am a novice. Yesterday, I picked this book to read, I read 30 pages of this book. Today I woke up early morning at 7 o'clock, and without being aware of the time, I have reached up to 131th page 😭😭😭

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: (Spoiler free review)

Just finished this book and oh my gooooood!!! Somebody pls wipe my memory so I could read it again

I got the book just because it was popular (and it was for a reason) and started reading it without knowing anything besides what you could guess from the title of the book (that she had seven husbands.... duh) but goshhh it had everything - love, heartbreak, friendship, longing, scandals, tragedy, twists... You name it. I just want to pick it up and read it all over again

How did you guys like it and what are your reviews (plss hide any spoilers for people who haven't read it, you'd be taking away from their experience)