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Getting ready to do some "lite" reading.

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I FINALLY FINISHED! I was doing a group read of this book earlier this year, hosted by @Lindy , but life intervened and I got bogged down around part 16 of the book. But I kept plugging away and I did it! Well worth the time to read it, I learned so much about post-partition India. But…even though I pretty much knew who Lata would marry, I was unhappy with the choice. Girl deserved better. Too bad she couldn‘t stay single.

I finished this delightful book this morning. It's a beautifully written, funny tale of Sampath, who decides to escape his life by living in a tree. He is soon befriended by a mischievous band of monkeys. Hilarity ensues. Desai deftly weaves a story about absurdity, spirituality, and cultural expectations.
This was my June #doublespin pick from my list of #essentialwomenwriters.

✨🌟Found more #gold ✨🌟

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#CoverLove

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Mid-Year Checkin - Best book so far? Most disappointing? Most anticipated? I answer these questions and more in my latest booktube video:
https://youtu.be/_Mwek-22AY8

Thank you so much to Lindy for hosting this Suitable Boy #buddyread, and I really appreciate everyone‘s insights and comments that truly enhance my reading of the book.

It‘s been on my shelf for years and years and was just too daunting. Even though, once I started, I loved it I still think that, without the #buddyread I‘d have been tempted to rush through in my usual manner and I wouldn‘t have had the same experience.

#suitableboy2024

“…sudden and devastating events […] involved Maan; and as a result of them the family was never the same again.” Is this foreshadowing from 17.1 placed at the start of a slightly longer chapter in order to sharpen our interest in the saga that unfolds against the monumental undertaking of India‘s first general election? It worked for me.
#SuitableBoy2024

#bookspin update. I'm finally mostly caught up. I've been plodding through Middlemarch since the middle of March, and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is up next.

“Calcutta lights festoon Park Street;
And at a cricket match three suitors meet.”

I felt a readerly thrill when Kabir, Amit and Haresh sat down together. Also pleased that Savita took Arun to task about his rudeness towards Haresh. Poor Haresh, though: his chances with Lata don‘t look good.

#SuitableBoy2024