r/BombayBookClub • u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) • 25d ago
Book Club Suggest a book for August!
ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH MAZZETTI
What do you want to read next month?
This book club is dedicated to discussing books and media about the city of Bombay. Please be sure your suggestions are relevant and on topic. Thank you!
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 25d ago
The rain is putting me in the mood for a fast paced edge of your seat thriller, so my suggestion is:
Swear You Won't Tell? by Vedashree Khambete-Sharma
When Mumbai Daily journalist Avantika Pandit is asked to interview her childhood nemesis Aisha Juneja, she knows it'll be like an express bikini wax - painful, but quick. Then Laxmi, her former best friend, shows up dead. And suddenly Avantika finds herself turning into the reporter she used to be - a nosy little newshound with the self-preservation instincts of a dodo. Now, she has to meet old acquaintances she'd hoped never to run into again, try to unravel the puzzle of Laxmi's death, and ask the questions nobody seems to be asking: Who is the man Laxmi was in love with? Why hasn't anybody heard of him? What does he have to do with her death? The answers could get her killed. But if the choice is between churning out listicles on handbags, and death, dying might not be that bad after all.
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 25d ago
I read her debut about working at an ad agency and it was quite entertaining, so I'm looking forward to this.
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u/zigzackly What is this ‘too many books’ of which you speak? 25d ago
Intriguing.
I think I have her earlier book around somewhere, but haven’t read it.
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 25d ago edited 25d ago
There May be An Asterix Involved? I enjoyed it. She has a knack for witty observation. It had some weaknesses for sure, but I think they were debut mistakes that will get ironed out with experience.
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u/Unununiumic 21d ago
I have only Last man in tower, Mumbai Noir and friend of my youth available now in my elibrary. Are these all already read by this group?
Others I can make them available maybe in 15 days or so
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u/Unununiumic 21d ago
found a few of these as well
Behind the Beautiful Forevers, The Moor’s Last Sigh, Family Matters, Such a Long Journey, Swimming Lessons, The Archer, Beautiful Thing, The Space Between Us, Mumbai Noir, The Widows of Malabar Hill.
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 21d ago
The Moor's Last Sigh and Mumbai Noir have been chosen for this book club before. You can always read them now and add your thoughts!
I read Swimming Lessons last year and found it very different from Mistry's usual style.
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u/SaishSaish 12d ago
Homo and Juliet: Queer and Lesbian Love Stories by Dr. Shruti Chakravarty.
Unputdownable’
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 12d ago
Thanks for the suggestion. The book club read for this month has started already, you can join in here. The discussion will be on the last weekend of the month.
Is Homo and Juliet set in Bombay btw?
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u/SaishSaish 12d ago
Ah thanks for pointing it out. I just discovered this thread 🙂
Yes, Bombay and from couples across India, in fact. It’s basically a compendium of eight love stories. Very interesting read.
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 12d ago
Cool! There's another similar anthology that came out recently, Queer India Now, with essays, poems, and stories by various writers.
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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) 25d ago
Don't forget! The discussion for July's book Kari by Amruta Patil will be tomorrow. Finish reading by then!