You thought I would build on the extremely short light easy read from last week to something harder? HA! NO! I am of course going down to something even easier. Next week, perhaps fanfic? We don’t want to overtax our brains.
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DCIB Book Club! Let’s Talk Tommy and Tuppence and Secret Adversary!!!
Yaaaaaay, BOOKS!!!! I hope some of you at least finished this and can join in the conversation with me.
Continue readingBook Day/Pride Day: What Characters Have You Always Read as Queer Even If They Weren’t Labeled As Such?
Does that make sense? I don’t want to say, “what characters have you always read as queer even when they were straight” because that assumes straight is the default. Like, if some character has nothing indicating one way or the other, we assume straight. I want if they are indicated as straight, or not indicated as anything, either way you still chose to read them as Queer. Not even chose, they just read that way to you.
Continue readingBook Day/Pride Question: What Famous Book Romance Should Be Made into a Same-Sex Indian Movie? (also known as “Margaret crafts the perfect Jane Eyre adaptation”)
Not same-sex in the book! That’s the point. Usual boy-girl thing in the book, and then you flip the genders and make an awesome movie.
Continue readingBook Day! What Indian Movie Do You Most Want Made Into a Book?
This is a very clear question in my head, hopefully I can make it clear for other people to understand too. Because I want to know your thoughts!
Continue readingBook Day! What Book Do You Most Want to Be Made Into an Indian Film?
I am working through the hierarchy of needs, have you noticed? Food, then clothing, and now books. Next in importance so far as I am concerned.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Let’s Recommend Books to Each Other!
I so enjoyed the TV show recommendations post, I want to do the same for books! Within similar “let’s be real about the people who visit DCIB and their interests” kind of restrictions.
Continue reading25 Years SRK Director’s Book Excerpts! Courtesy of Gwen in the Comments
This is essentially a joint post. I am not lucky enough to have a copy of this book, but Gwen from the comments is and put up excerpts for us from each section. YAAAAAY! I want to post them here to make sure you all see them, and also add on what I can, that is, a little more background information about each film/director.
My Chennai Haul!
Remember those series of posts I did over a month ago about my sister going to Chennai and what I should ask her to bring me? Well, she finally got home about two weeks ago, and then came to visit me this weekend and hand deliver everything. So I am reporting back to you all!
Chennai Shopping List! Now With Additions!
Chennai Update! I have put in some of your suggestions, plus added a few books. If something you suggested isn’t included, it’s not because I hate you, it’s because I explored and I can find a copy without needing to go all the way to Chennai for it. And I want to save luggage space for the really really hard stuff!