Book Talk August Reading Challenge ||RESULTS P. 28|| - Page 18

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Originally posted by: oh_nakhrewaali

Bhidus log, apne apne gamle leke aa jaao (you are the OG bhidu of you get the reference)

No spamming till everyone has placed their gamlaa on their seats

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Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

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Shibani, I might have to hack your Instagram one day because your TBR looks amazing honestly. Atp, I have no shame lifting books off your page logs

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

Shibani, I might have to hack your Instagram one day because your TBR looks amazing honestly. Atp, I have no shame lifting books off your page logs

I didn't really feel like july was on mark with may and June tbh🙈 like I read what I read, but I had to drag my feet at times😭 fingers crossed for August, so that both you and I aren't disappointed 🤭

Originally posted by: oh_nakhrewaali

I didn't really feel like july was on mark with may and June tbh🙈 like I read what I read, but I had to drag my feet at times😭 fingers crossed for August, so that both you and I aren't disappointed 🤭

Yup, I agree. It felt like the very personification of Rajdhani express was a human too

Jokes aside, personally I felt June was better too . July was hectic & felt felt draggy at times, though I liked the balance of thrillers and romance in July

@b: I'm counting on you because idk my TBR has become non-existent. I have been winging it the whole month. Ab aap hi sahara ho!!

Sign me up.

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

Yup, I agree. It felt like the very personification of Rajdhani express was a human too

Jokes aside, personally I felt June was better too . July was hectic & felt felt draggy at times, though I liked the balance of thrillers and romance in July

@b: I'm counting on you because idk my TBR has become non-existent. I have been winging it the whole month. Ab aap hi sahara ho!!

How did you like Sita's Sister?

I am so so happy with the way Urmi was written. I read about 2 stories (not books) and Amish's Ram series where she is written as a child and sometimes a downright brat and it always confused me. Like do people not realize that she is a princess, she is daughter of the wisest man in land. She is educated in Vedas, politics etc even before she could understand what those mean (because privilege) and yet it was disheartening to see her written like that. So I was floored with Kane's Urmi who is wise, headstrong, a feminist who doesn't let anyone walk over except love (because that's what many women still do. They'll be all that but still let love for their partner get in way of their mental health)

I also LOVED Sunaina, damn that woman is smart. Sita felt a bit blah though, I still love Amish's version of her. Kaikaiyi too was well written (except a later introduced plot point) my god was Kaushlya annoying!

Laxman😭😭 that's how you write flawed man, people!

(Before anyone goes "humare Bhagwaan ke baare mein aisa kaise bola" The above is wrt Kane's Sita's Sister, so chill out)

Though I didn't like a few plot points which aren't like popular (maybe some version of Ramayan has them, but not the ones I heard so they felt slightly jarring)

P.S. shameless plug, but I have written a Laxman × Urmila too, incase you are interested and I never told you about it 🙈

This is my favourite work of hers, after Lanka's Princess, Surpanakha with her uncertainty and shambling loyalties was annoying, but very fun to read, like how a villian's mind works, but make it fragile