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Fascinating! Family went to see Knives Out tonight, which got us talking about how mystery writers need timelines to keep all their facts straight. Then I saw this a few minutes ago: I‘d love to try this software out!

https://www.wired.com/story/code-obsessed-novelist-builds-writing-bot-the-plot-t...

My #redcover for today‘s #fallisbooked prompt. I loved this book when I read it back in 2012. 5/5⭐️

1. Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra (now an Indian web tv show!) 📖
2. Why, to fly, of course 😂
3. Capricorn ♑️ 🐐
4. Reading, reading, & reading
5. @Crazeedi @EadieB @Andrew65

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The characters are so good and the story is amazing.

I really wanted to like this book. Excellent plot of an underworld gangster , Ganesh Gaitonde, who is chased by Inspector Sartaj Singh, with detailed background and character development, that still felt too long. There seemed to be long descriptions and hurried action. It was reading like an epic where both the characters are grey. The ending was abrupt. The Netflix adaptation scratched the surface and has some major changes.

Thank you @REPollock for this book for #JustABookSwap ! It sure is a whopper of a book! Lol ❤❤
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Just continuing with this book. Already halfway through and simply cannot wait to get done with it. What are you all currently reading?🙈
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#currentlyreading #nowreading #sacredgames #justagirlhighonbooks #kindle

A giant, sprawling novel (900-plus pages). It details the lives of Police Inspector Sartaj Singh and Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. It starts with a fateful meeting between Singh and Gaitonde, and then goes back and explains in alternating chapters the events that led up to their final encounter. Good, but if you love novels set in India I'd recommend "A Suitable Boy" over this one.

Ahh! The review.

I loved it!

There is nothing extra in this book, nothing unnecessary.

It was interesting to read something positive about Indian police, breaking so many prejudices. We do treat them as if they are some different breed, forgetting that they are mere humans, just like the rest of us. I am not much acquainted with Mumbai and I am sure I missed out a lot.

The whole book was very realistic.

My escape! Somewhere in Maharashtra.

There are so many stories, at times I lose track of the actual book that I am reading. Loving every bit of it. And, no, *** should not have died. 😔 Not just 30% into the book.

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Good Morning!

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1. Inspector Sartaj Singh from Sacred Games! I hope the Netflix adaptation is good.
2. Blue. Khaki.
3. Apple and a bagel with cream cheese
4. I make costumes for professional theater as a day job. I‘m also an author. I dunno if either of those are “my craft” tho.
5. I always wear a hat.

Congratulations to @BarbaraBB on 1001 followers!

I‘m going to spotlight the tagged book, which is hugely long but I absolutely LOVED it and am so excited it‘s apparently going to be a Netflix series soon! Inspector Singh is such a flawed but fantastic sleuth and Ganesh Gaitonde is such an evil bastard...but also sympathetic. I‘ll read it again, and again too.

#spotlightgiveaway

Just finished watching the first episode of Sacred Games on Netflix。 Whoa, brilliant! Binge planned tomorrow; and buying book tonight😎

This was an awesome book that I read more than 10 years ago and I just found out it‘s a series on Netflix! Has anyone seen it? Is it good?

Go to californiamag.org to read a fascinating article on Cal creative writing professor Vikram Chandra. He is also a tech guy, and is developing a program to help authors have consistency in their work. As a writer/editor (not of fiction, however) I don't know how I feel about this--he admits if it takes off it will "reduce the work" if fact checkers and copy editors (i.e. Eliminate jobs). But fascinating stuff nonetheless.

Works of #SouthAsianWriters from my shelf. I ❤️ India 🇮🇳 forever. #anditsaugust @RealLifeReading

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A Litsy gift that I haven't read yet - its over 1000 pages so I'm waiting for a clear weekend to start it!

A gorgeous book. The reviews I saw called it Dickensian, akin to the reviews for the last epic Indian novel I read, A Suitable Boy. Both comparisons make sense but I would argue A Suitable Boy is more a combination of Dickens and Eliot with a sharper focus on women's inner lives, whereas Sacred Games is more like Dickens meets Wilkie Collins, with more intrigue and violence but also with the more feminist perspective of Collins' books. Love it.

I did it! Finished this one with 6 hours to spare before the new year officially begins. Now I can get started on my #LitsyAtoZ with a clean slate! This was quite a project and took till I was 2/3 of the way in to truly be engaged. But as hoped, I did end up getting absorbed and liking it!

This one is proving to be a challenge for me... it's so long!! I felt the same about Red Earth and Pouring Rain. After four tries I finally finished and liked that one! Hoping for the same here - but only one try! Want to finish before starting my AtoZ!

For today's #ilikebigbooks prompt, I thought I'd stack some of the tomes I've read over the years. And I recommend all of them! #booktober #day25

My first day on my new job as an assistant reference librarian, and I give my employer money before it gives me money 😆😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. One of those #YouKnowYoureABibliophileWhen moments 😎👌🏻. 3 for $3. Nice haul?

It took me two starts to get into this book, but when the right time had come I thoroughly dove in and let the characters, their fears, longings and desires steeped in the heat and dust of Mumbay enveloped me. Many cups of home-made chai later I'm sad to see them go.

The eternal struggle: what on earth to read next!! I'm behind on my reading for the pace I've been getting new books!

3am and still reading. It's going to be a hard day tomorrow.

So glad for the kindle at this moment. Having it means I can have a lovely lunch and continue reading about murders, gangsters and a Sikh detective. Another espresso please. 😎

A 900-page book that took me longer to read than I expected but it was worth it. High stakes conspiracy, gangsters, blood and gore, and mystery. All set to the backdrop of Mumbia, a setting that engrosses you from the beginning. Made me want to read more stories set in India.

This is the third book in a row I've read with narrative point of view switches, even one with third and second POV in one book. Must be a lucky streak.