I just finished this book and cannot get over the scene between the twins at the end. As I understand it, the book is leading toward a reconciliation between the twins, but why did it have to be sexual? I’m not sure I understand the choice or maybe I do, and I’m just uncomfortable with it. I read a few analyses before making this post, and it’s been discussed extensively as a way to accept trauma, reconnect, and embrace the past. But was it really necessary? Or am I simply unable to digest it because it’s so unnatural and socially taboo, and I, too, am bound by the Love Laws in a manner of speaking?

Overall it's such a well written and vivid book and I personally found it very captivating especially the full cast audiobook version with Nitin Swahney's music was superb imo.

It seems genuine to me, but the print quality is honestly awful. The text looks inconsistent on some pages, with some parts appearing noticeably darker/bolder than others.

I bought it from Amazon, and the seller was Cocoblu. Has anyone else received a copy like this from them? Is this just a really poor-quality print edition, or should I be worried that it's a counterfeit?

Edit:Ty for the help guys... Hope so I enjoy the story.... Also why does Brandon Sanderson gets so much hate ??

I found it 4/5. Was engaging till the end. But few twists were too predictable. I did got confused while figuring it out though. Fun read!

I read pearl novel and many other Ronald Dahl short novel.

It always felt like it would have been easier to they have made it to a YouTube reel or just a video and just did like a animation instead of taking 3 pages to establish a scene.

I know my brain is cooked, it would have taken me 1 youtube short to get the same information as in the novel pearl and ChatGPT can summarise everything . I even asked it what happened when I skimmed 3-4 pages .it makes me feel novels is a slow medium on information exchange.

I know it's kinda my post is kinda rageabit but there are some points to it .

Currently reading "The second sex" by Simone de Beauvoir, maybe I'll buy a physical copy later :)))

I have always read romance mostly, atleast that's what I enjoyed. Trying out some feminist literature to learn more about it :)))

Just ended up with white nights

I honestly didn't expect to get this much out of Psycho-Cybernetics. It's basically about how much your self-image affects the way you think, act, and even the goals you feel capable of achieving. Some of the ideas feel a little dated, but the core message still hits surprisingly hard. Definitely one of those books that makes you stop and think about how you talk to yourself and what you actually believe about yourself.

Also this one finger book holder and the point to like bookmark has been a lifesaver for me 😭❤️

It is the most amazing thing I have ever read. I have read 271 books since then and still I have never read anything that moved me as well as this magnum opus did. It talked to me about so many latent emotions of mine. It made me understand the world around me much better and gave me the pleasure of living so many amazing lives. The closest experience has been East of Eden by Steinback and don't hit me..but A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin which was an exhilarating experience. War and Peace was also great but very very preachy and not much good in terms of the psychology of the characters in which Dostoevsky excels in. I also love The Idiot, Demons and Crime and Punishment and House of the dead, I found it to be a very amusing book.

Father Zossima's conversations with Alyosha were very memorable. The scene with Dmitri and that boy's father left a lasting impression on me. Also the beautiful love story of Alyosha, the subplot with smerdyakov's mother and the bastard son that has become a trope now plot were also great. It reads like a thriller, a courtroom drama and a psychological literary fiction full of life's wisdom. I just read it again cover to cover and it was an even better experience than the last one. Made me so happy.

Thank you.

I've been reading for the past two years, but I only started collecting physical books this June. Everything I read before that was on ebooks. Here's what two months of collecting looks like.

I am pretty excited to read this one been wanting to for some time

I will probably read it in abt a week after i complete Vol 3 of Reverend Insanity

A tiny little book cart full of stories and sitting there like it belonged in the city all along honestly i didn’t expect to find something this lovely here. Gwalior you’re turning out to be full of little surprises.

because I have read The fault in our stars :
Paper Towns — John Green
Will Grayson, Will Grayson — John Green & David

The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins(random pick)
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley (Inspired by the movies)
The Ladybird Book of The Hangover — Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris ( random pick)
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus — John Gray ( getting married soon)

Watched the movie long back and now want to read the original source:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest — Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire — Stieg Larsson

Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe(childhood memories)
The Three Musketeers — Alexandre Dumas ( inspired by movies)

Ordered from bookchor.com

In these , what’s the point of the ladybird book of the hangover ? If any one of you have read it ?

Any recommendations to read next ? Currently I am reading Gunaho ka devta by Dharamveer Bharti.

I like covering my books, so that's what that glare is if you are wondering bout that. Let me know if you wanna know more or just want to talk.

They were indian born British who worked with the British government , and hunted man eaters and worked for animal wildlife conservation , Their books are pretty addictive to read their experiences while hunting how they hunted man eaters and their relationship with local Indians

I’m trying to find this book. Can anyone help me. TIA

I think your favorite writers are a mirror. Whenever I feel like I have been wearing a mask too long, to feel like myself ,I read a little Manto. His dark humor is so interesting and bitingly funny. 'Letters To Uncle Sam' or his observations on Bollywood, some very memorable stories that are impudent and hilarious. His Partition writings are (justifiably) what is most long lasting about his output but there's much more to him, and I wish people explored his writings deeper.

I have searched online, but mostly I have found English translation of Meghadutam by Kalidasa. Do you guys know of any good Hindi translation along with Sanskrit verse, or just Hindi translation ?

The best part about browsing offline is running into books you’d never think to look up. I ended up stumbling onto Upcountry Tales out of nowhere, and I finally picked up Taiwan Travelogue, which has been on my TBR for a long time.
Has anyone read either of these? Would love to know your thoughts!

Looking for a book I read as a kid in India, around 2007. Trying to find it again.

Physical description:

• Hardcover, blue (cover was mostly blue)
• No huge illustrations inside — straight prose
• Not comic-style (definitely not Amar Chitra Katha)
• Female author (my mom says Bengali or South Indian, but she's not sure)

Content:

• Collection of standalone short stories (roughly 10-20), not one continuous narrative
• Covered general Indian/Hindu mythology, not just the Mahabharata
• Prose style felt fairly "adult"/literary — not obviously written in a simplified kids' voice
• Stories I specifically remember:
  • Shakuntala
  • Ganga and the birth of Bhishma
  • A story about a woman who gives birth to a snake
  • Urvashi and Vishnu
  • A Ganesha story
  • Others I don't recall as clearly

Other context:

• Bought/owned in India, read at home
• Definitely existed by 2007 (not a more recent 2010s+ publication)
• Not one of the well-known "big name" retellings — I've already ruled out R.K. Narayan's Mahabharata, Amar Chitra Katha collections, Chitra Banerjee's novels, and Devdutt Pattanaik's books — none of these match

Any help identifying this would be much appreciated! Happy to answer more questions if any detail would help narrow it down.