We Only Talk Books

We tried to sync up out times & schedules but life is just too unpredictable this year again. Me & deb were too restless one afternoon and really wanted to share some book love with each other and anyone who might find this episode :))

Apeksha Rao is the author of Along came a Spyder - story of a seventeen-year-old girl who wants to become a Spy. She has written many short stories based on the same series, which can be found on her blog.  

We talk about changes and new additions to our reading list in 2020 and what we plan to read in the current one.

Shatrujeet Nath is the creator of the runaway national bestseller series Vikramaditya Veergatha, a four-book mytho-fantasy arc that includes The Guardians of the Halahala, The Conspiracy at Meru and The Vengeance of Indra. Described as “a new face to Indian mythology” by DNA, Shatrujeet writes for movies and web shows as well. He is also the author of The Karachi Deception, an Indo-Pak spy thriller.

We invited a dear Friend and author Aniesha Brahma - a YA and Children's Author, who has a day job writing content for a digital media house. Listen to the conversations on books with friendships, books that were our friends in childhood/teenage and bookish habits that can break friendships 

Group Read: Elementary, She Read: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery by Vicki Delany  Other Books mentioned in the podcast : No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series The Cosmic clues by Manjari Prabhu The Complete Adventures of Feluda by Satyajit Ray  Byomkesh Bakshi Stories by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Agatha Raisin by M C Beaton Miss Marple Series by Agatha Christie The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Irish Village Mystery Series by Carlene O'Connor

Shilpa Suraj wears many hats - corporate drone, homemaker, mother to a fabulous toddler, and author. In this episode, Prats & DDS talk to author Shilpa Suraj about the books she has written, the books she is currently writing, and some she read and loved. Tune in to hear stories about Shilpa's daughter, the inspiration behind her recent books and to hear all of us bond over two of our favorite books from 2020. 

We had a blessed month of reading and since we already had plans to catch up, we decided to record this podcast and share it with you all.  We enjoyed it so much that we plan to do it every month but we can't promise to make it any shorter ;)

FAVORITE READS - Vinay: Where the Forest Meets the Stars The Fault in our Stars Prats: Red , White & royal blue by Casey McQuiston Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer Rule by Jay Crownover DDS: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Fault in our Stars by John Green What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

We picked top 5 books from our "Read" lists in 2019.  *with great difficulty* and we shared the same here. 

Today we discussed a bit about Fantasy fiction books we like and focussed on the book we three read together last month -  City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

Today we talked about Indian thrillers as a genre and some of our favorite books / memories about the same.  In later part of the episode we talk about - You beneath your skin by Damyanti Biswas.  Other books discussed in the episode can be found in the Goodreads list here. 

We are back with the second episode where we talk about some books about Books & reading and some special focus on the book - End of Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe. Other books Mentioned in the episode - An uncommon Rader by Alan Bennett I'd rather be reading by Anne Bogel The library book by Susan Orlean The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Matilda by Roald Dahl Too much Happiness by Alice Munroe People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

The People : Pratibha , Vinay & Debdatta talk about themselves as book lovers and then about their favorite books in the episode of the podcast.  Books we talked about -  Favorites : Daddy Long Legs Little Women The Alchemist Harry Potter Have a Little Faith Best of recent reads: Moral Disorder and other stories A boy in the dress 18 tiny Deaths : Untold story of Frances Glessner Lee