Akshay

My reading year so far 📖 January: 6 books February: 7 books March: 4 books April: 3 books May: 3 books June: 4 books July: 3 books

The weird jealousy when someone says they’re about to read your favourite book for the first time.

Finished NANDI: Mission to JAVI-1517 by Viraj. I really liked the mix of space, politics and Dev’s search for his sister. Some of the science part went over my head, but I had a good time reading it. Looking forward to book two! #IndianScienceFiction

There is no friend as loyal as a book. Especially the ones that sit on your shelf for years and still wait patiently.

You spend a whole book picturing someone.
Then the movie shows up and a stranger is wearing their clothes.

I don’t judge people by their taste in books. I just quietly notice what’s on their shelf.

Finished reading The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides & I loved it! A gripping psychological thriller that kept me curious about what really happened. The mystery, the storytelling & that ending made this an easy 5⭐ read for me. Highly recommend!

I sometimes miss the characters from a book more than I miss people I actually know. Reading is a strange thing.

Going into a book with absolutely no expectations and finishing it wondering why nobody told you how good it was.

When a book has too many characters and you spend the first hundred pages trying to remember who’s related to whom.

There’s a point in some books where you stop checking how many pages are left and just hope the story keeps going.

What’s one book you wish more people would talk about?

Reading a book with a beautiful cover is one thing. Finishing it and realising the story was just as beautiful? That’s a different kind of happiness.

One of the best feelings as a reader is finding someone who has read the same book and immediately understanding why they have so much to say about it.

Starting a thriller and suddenly trusting absolutely no one.

I recommend a book to someone and then become strangely invested in whether they like it.

I buy books I'm genuinely excited to read and then somehow spend the next few months reading everything except that book.

Lending someone a book & immediately regretting it because you already know you are never seeing that book again. Please tell me I’m not the only one.

September was a slower reading month for me. 📚 Finished 2 books ~ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo & Days at the Torunka Café. Started The Silent Patient, listened to a few chapters of Articulating Design Decisions & 1984 is still in progress. 😬 Read on 26 days this month.

Finished Days at the Torunka Café. Three different stories, each with something of its own and I liked seeing how they connected. I also loved the café setting. A lovely read overall. 4/5 ⭐️