It's Gulmohar season out here...
Photo Credit: Chenthil Mohan
This post is too late for last Sunday and too early for the coming Sunday but, oh well...
After an almost month long reading slump (filled with TV series) I got some real reading done in the last 10 days. I finished Mastani by Kusum Chopra and Twin Reflections by Elizabeth Joseph.
Detailed reviews coming up but for now... I enjoyed the detail and research in Mastani, I'm now a little more educated on the Marathas. Twin Reflections took me by complete surprise, this book has so much detail and thought put into it. The end left me itching and craving more! And to think it's written by a 14 year old!
I've just started The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, which was recommended to me ages ago. It's going great and I'm glad to get one book off the #ForeverTBR.
The last 10 days haven't seen me do much except focus on my TCS10k run that's coming up this Sunday. So wish me luck guys. Che took over my training and he's been grilling me. It's been tiring but also so satisfying as I've pushed limits and found new ones.
In the last 10 days I've learned the importance of pushing when you think you can't do more and discovering you can, realised the role food, sleep and stretching plays, and the value of massages - I've gotten two deep tissue massages with Dipali Patel at Peak Performance and man, are they painful. But the muscles feel like new on the next run after that!
My TCS10k is also a run for a cause. I'm running for the organisation Bal Utsav that works in the education for children space and believes that #EducationCanMakeAllTheDifference. In 2016 they hope to reach out to over 10,000 children and changes their lives with education.
I didn't believe I'd be able to make a big difference to the cause but my friends thought different for we've raised over Rs.47,000 as of now. I can't be thankful enough to all my friends who believed in me.
My target's 50K and I need just that little push, so if are reading this and can help, please do, every little bit counts. Click here and just follow though. It's super easy and works for all currency and amounts. :)
That's about all from me this week. It's a relaxed week (after 8 weeks of training) as I recharge for the run and I'm off to get back to my reading. ;) Oh and yeeaaah, my interview about the run is also up and you can read it on the Bal Utsav blog here.
Also if you have a minute please stop over at Bhawna's blog (YellowMellowLife.com) and wish her too. She's my running partner and the one behind getting me back on my feet and running. She's running the TCS10k too, so send us both good vibes!
More in the overflowing #TBR
I did make up for that TBR addition slump over the last few weeks. :D This week there are loads of books. Feel free to add some more in comments if you think I'll love them. And don't forget to tell me which ones of these you've read or plan to read.
The Tusk That Did The Damage by Tania James
(Get Booked #25)
Set in South India this is a book about the Ivory trade, only it isn’t just one side of the story but rather the story of the poacher, the documentary filmmaker and the elephant. James weaves all the perspectives into one tale. I’m in an Indian books phase and this one is so it...
Art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein
(Get Booked #25)
I’d come across this book many months back and it’s been on my list since then, this is like a reinforcement. :) I’ve read A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron and loved it, told from the perspective of a dog, humans and their lives seem so odd and there’s a lot of insight to be got. This is another one from the 4-legged perspective.
Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote
(Get Booked #25)
The story of a stray dog that adopts a house and a human. This one pulled the strings of my heart as soon as I heard of it. I’ve been meaning to read some dog books and this one’s now on my list!
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
(Get Booked #25)
I’ve followed The Bloggess for so long on twitter now but didn’t know about her myriad warped past and I’m stumped. I just have to know more about this woman who has a wacky amazeballs sense of humour. Go check her out on Twitter… @TheBloggess
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
(Get Booked #26)
I’ve been meaning to learn about comics and understand the craze around them for a while not. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve read a lot of comics as a kid but the world of comics seems different now, so when this book was mentioned as a book at explains all about comics, I was awesooome!
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wison (Author), Adrian Alphona (Artist), Jacob Wyatt (Illustrator)
(Get Booked #26)
I’ve repeatedly heard about this one for multiple reasons, it’s feminine lead role, the colour and race of the main character, diversity and it’s awesomeness. So.. enough said right?
Turbulence by Samit Basu
(Get Booked #26)
A plane full of people experience turbulence but it leaves lasting effects and leaves them all with superpowers they have always wanted, only they don’t know it as they disembark. The book is about all that happens next as they discover their powers while someone is trying to kill them. Sounds interesting nah?
Underland by Chanda Hahn
(From Twitter)
It was a couple of years back that I stumbled into Chanda Hahn’s books and fell in love. This isn’t a part of her first Unenchanted series but rather a new series and I can’t wait to get started!
It’s a bigggg haul this week. I got through a lot of podcasts you see. ;) What have you been reading? What news?
BTW are you running the TCS 10K? Tell me?
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