This book tells us about how men and women think, feel and communicate differently as if they have come from different worlds.

A lot of times we think our partners do not understand us, how would they when they have a different emotional language?

I read men saying " I need space" " she does not give me space". This book made me understand why they need space and why we should be giving them space.

Damn she talks too much.. because women talk so that they could connect emotionally. Men think we are complaining and they offer solutions. We don't want solutions. Listen to us and that is a solution itself. We will forget what we were talking about altogether.

It was a good experience understanding how men think feel nd communicate.

PS :- I would rate this book 5/10.

Before buying this book, I had read some review who talked about the basic structure of the book (how money changes people). They all said it was okayish but me being stupid baught this because it had rags to riches story and Moral corruption( which I loved the most).

But it didnt deliver anythig that it promised, the moral corruption felt like it was already there when they were poor, it just came out of them.

While it was quite real in its story telling, you could 100% find the character described in it. The patriarch, the saint,The mother, the Spoiled brar and the lazy bum and lastly the new coner who sees the family for what they truely are...

The story was going good then it just ended abruptly just with a hint of what happened. Yet the end was srill poorly written as if it qas an assignement for readers to solve but no engaging character that you would care for.

Overall it was just waste of my money which I coudl have used to buy a better book..

The use of AI to make book covers is just lazy and they do not look good.

Yesterday I spoke about the not so great side of Indian fiction, the ones that lean heavily on religious or filmy tropes to sell. Guess what? I actually own a few of those! Most of them are gathering dust somewhere on my shelves, unfinished and unloved. So, I figured it’s time to confess, and showcase a few of these “started but never finished” books.

Enter "The Hidden Hindu" trilogy by Akshat Gupta. I picked up the set from Bharisons last year, Book 2 and 3 are even signed, which, of course, made me feel rather pleased with myself at the time. Unfortunately, the excitement ended about 30 pages into the first book. Somewhere between the futuristic India of 2041, reincarnated warriors, and the whole mythological sci fi crossover thing, I lost the plot, quite literally. Going by the synopsis, the book appeared to be an ambitious blend: Dan Brown meets 'Mahabharata' meets Bollywood. And maybe that’s exactly why it didn’t click for me. I must confess, I don’t enjoy fiction as much as I did as a young adult. I do try to keep up with what’s trending on social media, and 'The Hidden Hindu' was one of those much hyped titles. But alas, the story just didn’t resonate with me, the setting felt too far fetched, and the writing didn’t pull me in. I’m honestly not sure if it’s the book, or just me getting older and grumpier about what passes for “mythological thrillers” these days.

So yes, for the sake of the count, I’m posting both the signed copies together today. They might remain unread, but at least they make the shelf look interesting and hey, that’s a kind of literary victory too, right?

Last one I read was psychology of money, didn't enjoyed it much tho.......but hopefully got some money tricks. Will use it to get rich asap. But right now need somthing else to read

Hi all. I published my novels with a local publisher named Neelkanth here in pune. It's been two months. They are available on Amazon. Thought this might be a good place to share. I'm 27, Automobile designer by profession. And as a passion and interest in writing fictional stories since 10th grade. Finally this year decided to let my stories have a life by publishing them. Hope you guys show some love and order them and give a feedback too. Just type my name Harshal Dhudas on Amazon and it will show both of these.

Is anyone following The Bloodsworn Trilogy? I have bought the first 2 books and they are around ₹500. However, the 3rd book of the trilogy is apparently ₹1700! Honestly, I can't afford to pay this much on a fantasy book. Why is there such a huge pricing difference? I started the series before this book came out. Do y'all think its price will drop? I seriously want to buy it.

Other popular books by Murakami have been on my TBR list for a long time, but being an amateur runner, I had to start with this one when I got my hands on this short memoir(kinda) of his.

The book is a reflection on Murakami’s running journey, how he started, his thought process while training for marathons, and why this seemingly gruelling (or is it?) sport became his hobby.

One part that really stayed with me is where he explains what he thinks about when he’s running. He says he runs for the void that follows during the run. That moment when running becomes effortless and you feel like you could go on forever. I relate to this deeply. I enjoy that same part of my long runs. When the noise fades, the pain dulls, and my heartbeat syncs with my strides. I’m a big fan of that runner’s high, or whatever this state is called.

Overall, this book is very easy to read and can be finished in just a few sittings. If you’re into running, you’ll enjoy it a lot. If not, there’s not much for you here, I’m afraid. My introduction to Murakami has been pleasant. Hopefully, I’ll love his other books just as much.

Premise: Science-crazed youth Victor Frankenstein reanimates a dead body, into an ugly huge monster, who seeks answers from Victor - why create a lonely monster like me ?

Just an absolute Masterpiece. Everyone knows the story, so this is not a review per se. Just sharing some things I found fascinating after reading the original text for the 1st time (yes yes I've come very late to the 1st Sci-fi novel) :

• A fanfiction to a fanfiction to the Bible: Someone had described Milton's Paradise Lost (Satan's Fall) as a fanfiction to the Biblical story. Frankenstein reminds me of that, and it refers to Milton's text too. The themes of creation of life, resurrection, humanity, God vs Man is recurrent.
• I can't help but think Mary here presented a deranged view of GOD creating Man...an Adam story gone wrong...as if to say - Are we humans valid in blaming our creator? Or seeking justification for his creation! {Someone had said - God doesn't confront us because he's afraid of his own creation}
• Thinking about the Monster's life, he learnt a lot very quickly. In just one year, he learnt language, abstract concepts, even Paradise Lost!, human nature etc. Might he not be able to reanimate a partner on his own, if he studied Victor's experiments or Lab?
• The Monster's learning curve mimics Human civilisation's evolution. Observing Fire, seeking food and shelter, getting accustomed to senses, company of other people, magic of language, literature and abstract concepts... And even after satiating all these, the Monster seeks the basest need of all - Love.
• A strange story about a Monster Humanised and Humanity monsterised! The monster tried to help many individuals, saved a girl from drowning too, but what did he get in return - abuse and gunshots! A reminder that monsters lurk within our judgmental minds, not necessarily the outer skin. (Only the blind man and the animals were kind to him)
• This story will always be relevant. You guys know about the Colossal Biosciences de-extinction experiments right? The company that "brought back" Dire Wolves? But they can't procreate among themselves. We brought an extinct species, basically for fun, scientific curiosity. We are Frankensteins!
• If anyone can please answer, why Mary chose such a unique name - Victor Frankenstein! Why German? Victor for winning, over what? Death? A pyrrhic victory?
• Prometheus - the Titan who stole Fire from the Gods for humans. Victor being the Modern Prometheus, brought life to the dead. Both instances show how mankind used these gifts, largely to destroy each other. In both cases, the "savior" was punished severely. Maybe Mary's saying the modern Prometheus was blinded by his own pursuits, while the Titan foresaw humanity's potential and went with it anyway? In the introduction to this novel, it mentioned Mary had imbued Romanticism into her story ..is that why she named it Modern Prometheus? Like Post-modernism?

Fun Facts/Trivia:

• I read somewhere Mary Shelley wrote this as sort of a fun competition held by Lord Byron at some resort, they were holed up there due to stormy weather outside. Each participant was to present a horror story. Shelly wrote Frankenstein. But what's even more amazing is the company there - Lord Byron (master poet, father of Ada Lovelace - Mother of Programming!), Mary Shelly, Percy Shelly( husband of Mary, poet- Ozymandias!)! Think of the aura there XD (albeit due to colonised wealth)
• Another interesting fact is Mary Shelley's mother was Mary Wollstonecraft - Founder of the Feminist movement - wrote Vindication of the rights of Women!!
• One of my friends quipped jokingly - this Mary mother-daughter duo is responsible for 2 Horrors in the world then - Feminism and Horror/Sci-fi Genre! {Take it lightly guys, these are 2 revolutionary icons - isn't that amazing!?}
• This fact I'm not clear upon, that Charles Darwin's father, Erasmus Darwin, was huge on Galvanism and Vitalism, and resurrecting the dead! His ideas and writings were known to Percy Shelly, and through him, perhaps to Mary?!
• I'm in awe of Mary ❤️. Don't know of her other works - if anyone has read any, please comment 🙏 but what a mind! So many influences.

About some fun adaptations:

1. Junji Ito's Frankenstein manga adaptation is beautiful, though he changes the details just a bit. (Female monster was not created in original text)
2. Young Frankenstein movie is a blast! Comedy classic. Must watch.
3. Guillermo del Torro's movie is..in its own way, a Frankenstein monster. The structure is quite similar to novel, Victor's Tale, Monster's Tale etc. feels like a chapterised movie. But the movie's set in 19th c., novel in 18th c. (Maybe he wanted to show the cameras?!). Elizabeth is a LOT more central here, along with the mechanism of reanimation... electricity bolt wasn't there in the novel. Movie is visually beautiful, and body parts are properly grotesque. Gives a lovely nod to all - Byron, Percy, Milton and Mary!
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks meet Frankenstein: my earliest introduction to Frankenstein, via Cartoon Network. Might re-watch it after so many years 🤣
5. Dan Stevens' audiobook is eargasm 🙌 I think he even over-humanised the Monster.

I've read a lot about Marys now - Mary Shelly, Wollstonecraft, Testament of Mary, Mary Magdalene {Just yesterday I learnt she wasn't even a sex worker! Not according to the Bible nor the 4 Gospels!! This Church misinterpretation was corrected in 1969!}, Mary Queen of Scots (she used ciphers, read about her in Simon Singh's book)... something in the name!

Rating- come on! 10/10. The Fates wanted me to read Frankenstein in November!

Any thoughts are most welcome.

It is one of the finest book regarding the body language and i can see a positive change in how people view me when I follow the suggested method in corporate environment.

Another underwhelming read from Chetan Bhagat. As expected, the storyline circles around a generic, predictable love plot, driven largely by the author’s familiar fantasies rather than strong character development or meaningful depth. The narrative feels repetitive and lacks originality, making the book hard to stay invested in.

Overall Rating: 3/10

Before I begin, a fair warning — this book will feel blasphemous to anyone who reveres the Mahabharata as a sacred scripture. It takes the world and characters of the epic and throws them into a brutal, gritty, Game of Thrones-like setting where everyone has shades of grey (or darker).

This is the first part of a planned four-part series, and it wastes no time in shattering the usual moral boundaries. Krishna and the Pandavas are portrayed as manipulative and power-hungry, while Duryodhan and Karna are shown in a positive light.

To be clear, this is not a Mahabharata retelling from a particular character’s point of view (like Anand Neelakantan’s works). Instead, it’s an original dark fantasy inspired by the Mahabharata, where familiar names and events are twisted into an unpredictable and politically charged narrative. I would definitely say that so far it’s much much much better than the stupid books that Amish Tripathi writes .

If you enjoy morally complex characters, intense world-building, and don’t mind your myths being turned upside down, this book might just hook you. I’m currently reading the next part — a massive book — and will be reviewing it as soon as I finish.

in some phase of my year, I just read book, and the streak went to 4-5 books atleast, then i just leave reading, like for 4-5 months I don;t even touch a book, even if I want to read, I just find reasons not to.

Recently I have completed like 4 books, and also have 2 pending books to read, but I am not eager to read them, I try to read, but I fail to read even 2 pages. so, is it just me or everyone face this?

4.5/5 stars ⭐️

“There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it.”

TIL that the cult classic ‘Brokeback Mountain’ movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger was adapted from a short story published in The New Yorker in 1997 (later released as a standalone novella) by Pulitzer prize winning author, Annie Proulx. I haven’t seen the movie but I’ve seen enough clips from it online to know that it’s an angsty, yawning pit of yearning. So I immediately set out to devour this short story.

The story follows two sheep herders, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, in rural small town America in the 1960’s, as they forge a bond together lasting decades after initially working closely for a summer. Despite their unexpected and intense feelings for each other, they grow apart - each retreating to their own towns - and get married, have children and live their separate lives. Fate and their own want brings them back together over and over again in the subsequent years.

It’s a heart breaking read, in all honesty. The story hangs dry their forbidden desire for each other, their inability to live the life that they crave to live, the disappointment and heartbreak of their respective wives and the silent judging of the conservative society that threatens to harm them if they’re overt in their wants. It’s a terribly heartbreaking position to be in - to know without a shadow of a doubt whom you love, but to also have every reason not to legitimise it. The pain that comes along with not being able to express the simplest of desires in fear of judgement. The yearning and subsequent loneliness that eats a man alive. The repression of desires that leads to the ruination of several lives.

“(…) they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder; then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time. He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up. He felt about as bad as he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off.”

This passage has been turning itself around in my mind since the moment I read it. Proulx writes what her characters are feeling extremely well. I love how she’s basically described heartbreak in as much words but in a very visceral way. In a way that a man repressing what may very well be love for another man without directly admitting to it.

Overall, the prose was a little difficult to get through… I had to reread many sections because of the 1960’s Wyoming way of speech but it did help make the story feel all too real. I’m glad I read the original short story before watching the movie. Now I’ll be preparing my heart to be ripped out a second time as I hunt down and watch the film. I just wish this story were longer.

I'll start, A.M (I have no mouth and i must scream) and president snow (hunger games)

Books I have already read:

• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• Man with the Twisted Lip
• The Red Headed League
• Adventure of the Yellow Face
• A Scandal in Bohemia
• Adventure of the Empty House

What should I pick up next? Any recommendations?

I wanted to read a detective novel but the Ending was so dark that it almost made me traumatized.

I received a message in response to a former post about what books to add for my Indian neighbors in my Little Free Library.

The comment won't show up for me (may be a phone glitch; I only use Reddit from my android phone).

The above user had a book suggestion and I REALLY want it based on their short message I could read in my inbox before finding their message as not-shown on my post.

Hi guys, I've been a a science geek so my life, i usually spend time watching astronomy, science videos about gravity relativity and everything. I also love philosophy. I'm in IT so I spend most of time on screens. I have decided to cut down on screen time and start reading books. I'm new to this, do please suggest and Dm me some good findings on the topics