Book Talk August Reading Challenge ||Teams & Buddy Pairs P.13|| - Page 19

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

Originally posted by: oh_nakhrewaali

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

I read Sita's sister this month, and I really loved it.

@b: exactly. I have always felt that not many people gave Urmila her due importance. Either she was shown as a brat or mentioned in the passing. Here she's shown as the younger sister who's headstrong, mature and wise as well.

Amish's version of Sita is my favourite too, a true warrior spirit. Sunaina is a true queen, damn smart and strong. Laxman is always shown as this perfect brother, so the flawed aspect was a treat to read!

I haven't read Lanka's princess yet, maybe I'll pick it up this month.

@pink : I have already read it and loveddddd it! I discovered when I was stalking your works I even left comments saying it was lovely to read because they were an underrated ship, and it was beautiful

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

I read Sita's sister this month, and I really loved it.

@b: exactly. I have always felt that not many people gave Urmila her due importance. Either she was shown as a brat or mentioned in the passing. Here she's shown as the younger sister who's headstrong, mature and wise as well.

Amish's version of Sita is my favourite too, a true warrior spirit. Sunaina is a true queen, damn smart and strong. Laxman is always shown as this perfect brother, so the flawed aspect was a treat to read!

I haven't read Lanka's princess yet, maybe I'll pick it up this month.

@pink : I have already read it and loveddddd it! I discovered when I was stalking your works I even left comments saying it was lovely to read because they were an underrated ship, and it was beautiful

Oh ok. I was gonna check if you commented but then was like jaane do, m anyways admitting m shameless, might as well just post🤣

Originally posted by: oh_nakhrewaali

Oh ok. I was gonna check if you commented but then was like jaane do, m anyways admitting m shameless, might as well just post🤣

And I always apologize for shamelessly stalking people mostly when I read something that appeals to me, I leave comments .. so that I can come back to it later

Hi I would love to join the reading club and buddy read with someone if possible.

Originally posted by: Estelle04

Hi I would love to join the reading club and buddy read with someone if possible.

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/book-talk/5374235/lexophile-dosts-august-2025-reading-challenge

About Buddy Reads, everyone is already paired up so if Priya and Maria are willing to accept a third person in their team and all of you are willing and able to read 3 books in August (one suggested by each of you), you can join their Buddy Reading Team. Let me know.

If someone else does sign up, I’ll pull you out and pair you with them. Does that work?

Okay, that sounds great!