Books on ToastSmriti reviews the much talked about ‘The Hate U Give’ that has recently been turned into a movie. If you do like Smriti and like to read the book before the movie releases, then check out the review and get reading.
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Book: amzn.to/2Nzpe5i Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/4eDS2In
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Book: amzn.to/2PtlZOc Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/3Dn4Bu3
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Book: amzn.to/2E6kqos Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/90Jk5dF
Dear Martin by Nic Stone Book: amzn.to/2Nu3NCr Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/iwkZBe2
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Episode: Book Review of The Hate U Give
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Book Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas with SmritiBooks on Toast2018-10-08 | Smriti reviews the much talked about ‘The Hate U Give’ that has recently been turned into a movie. If you do like Smriti and like to read the book before the movie releases, then check out the review and get reading.
P.S. This is the sixth of many more book reviews to come. So subscribe if you haven't already! http://bit.ly/2JzJGBN
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Book: amzn.to/2Nzpe5i Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/4eDS2In
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Book: amzn.to/2PtlZOc Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/3Dn4Bu3
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Book: amzn.to/2E6kqos Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/90Jk5dF
Dear Martin by Nic Stone Book: amzn.to/2Nu3NCr Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/iwkZBe2
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Book: amzn.to/2RxVHMp Kindle: http://amzn.in/d/1ngPFvw
A special Books on Toast announcement: If you like our content and wish to support us, then become our patrons via Patreon. Patreon is an online website that works like a crowdfunding website for content creators where our patrons pledge a certain amount of money month on month and we get paid! In return, of course, you get rewards. This could span from patron only behind the scenes content to early access to our videos to free books.
Thank you to our current Patrons: Vaishnavi S, Meenakshi Venkataraman, Hiral A Chauhan.
The Books on Toast BoTCast is a weekly show where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. We have a new guest and topic in every episode, so be sure to check back every Wednesday to see waddup!
Episode: Book Review of The Hate U Give
Shot and edited by: Yohann Benson Sound Recording and Mixing: Abhay, Culture Shoq Productions Venue: Cuckoo Club, Bandra, Mumbai
Follow Books on Toast on: Twitter: @BooksonT Facebook/ Insta: @BooksonToastBooks on Toast LIVE with Anuya & Sharin | Book RecommendationsBooks on Toast2023-08-05 | Anuya and Sharin are back, and we will never go offline again! Unless of course the Internet magically disappears. Today we will talk about what we've been reading, book burns, new lit crushes and more. Stay tunedAnuya & Sharin October TBR + What were Reading, Loving, Hating + Some Bookish GossBooks on Toast2021-09-24 | Hello friends, LIVE hojaye.
PSST: Link to listen to audiobooks on Storytel bit.ly/StorytelBooksAnuya and Sharin LIVE with Anindita Ghose, author of The IlluminatedBooks on Toast2021-09-17 | Anuya and Sharin talk about 2021's buzziest book in the Indian Literary Fiction circuits with the author Anindita Ghose herself!
Buy the book here: amzn.to/3CnErjqCasually Reading with Namita Dubey I Sharin I Anuyas VoiceBooks on Toast2021-09-15 | We got the amazing Namita Dubey to spill allher bookish secrets, in a brand episode episode of Casually Reading! Hope you guys like :D
If you wanna listen to some of these books, check out Storytel, the audiobooks app that will scratch all of your audiobooks itches: bit.ly/StorytelBooks
The Toni Morrison Book Club Audiobook by Cassandra Jackson, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Piper Kendrix Williams, Juda Bennett Listen on Storytel: bit.ly/3tIh94Z Sign up using this link: bit.ly/StorytelBooks
The World Beneath Their Feet by Scott Ellsworth Buy: amzn.to/3k0Iagy5 Unconventional Thrillers You Wont Be Able To Put Down ft. AnuyaBooks on Toast2021-09-03 | For those days that you simply must have page turners, Anuya Jakatdar talks about 5 contemporary and offbeat-ish thrillers that thrilled her plenty.
If you wanna listen to some of these books, check out Storytel, the audiobooks app that will scratch all of your audiobooks itches: bit.ly/StorytelBooks
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About Books on Toast: Books on Toast is a community for readers created by Anuya Jakatdar and Sharin Bhatti, based out of Mumbai, India. We want to create a fun, panel-discussion free space for readers everywhere and make sure all experiences involving literature are actually LIT, y'know?How to Make it as a Travel Writer in India : Interview with author @RishadSaamMehtaBooks on Toast2021-08-27 | Shoutout to @StorytelIndia, for the amazing audiobooks. Sign up to listen to unlimited audiobooks: bit.ly/StorytelBooks
Since we are all shying away from travelling too far and wide, we got our favourite Travel Author and former @autocarindia1 writer @RishadSaamMehta to talk to us about his memorable travel adventures, road trips through India & Europe, his fave fiction and of course his books!
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About Books on Toast: Books on Toast is a community for readers created by Anuya Jakatdar and Sharin Bhatti, based out of Mumbai, India. We want to create a fun, panel-discussion free space for readers everywhere and make sure all experiences involving literature are actually LIT, y'know?PROMO: Interview with Travel Author, @RishadSaamMehtaBooks on Toast2021-08-25 | What to do when you can't physically travel? Read about travel to interesting destinations, live adventurously through book characters and go on a road trip in the pages of a travelogue. This is why we got travel author Rishad Saam Mehta to take us on some of those journeys through his books.
PLUS, he's promised Sharin he'll take her on his next road trip. So let's hold him to his promise fam.
VIDEO OUT: August 27, 2021
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About Books on Toast: Books on Toast is a community for readers created by Anuya Jakatdar and Sharin Bhatti. We create a fun, panel-discussion free space for readers everywhere and make sure all experiences involving literature are actually LIT, y'know? We have author interviews, animated books discussions with famous reads and loads of LIVES.
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#RishadSaamMehta #TravelAuthor #IndiaRoadTrips #AuthorInterview #SharinBhattiBoTLIVE: Anuya, Sharin, Vivek & Smriti discuss bookish awardsBooks on Toast2021-08-20 | Guess who's back, back again. OG's back, tell a friend. Smriti and Sharin and Vivek and Anuya are discussing Literary Awards today. Come, watch Anuya say means things God of Small Things!
BTW you can listen to a LOT of the books these guys will discuss on Storytel. Click on this link to sign up and start listening: bit.ly/StorytelBooks13 Books by 6 Contemporary Indian Authors We Love - Independence Day SpecialBooks on Toast2021-08-13 | Reliable, evocative, fascinating and utterly original - these 6 contemporary Indian authors have rarely ever let us down. So we decided to make a video recommending these Indian fiction authors and our favourite books by them to add to your bookshelves. Happy Independence Day!!
Video features Smriti Sant: Follow her channel: @SantReads
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About Books on Toast: Books on Toast is a community for readers created by Anuya Jakatdar and Sharin Bhatti, based out of Mumbai, India. We want to create a fun, panel-discussion free space for readers everywhere and make sure all experiences involving literature are actually LIT, y'know?PROMO: New Video Out This Friday, August 13Books on Toast2021-08-11 | Sharin and Smriti Sant (@SantReads ) will share their favourite books by 6 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN AUTHORS. Subscribe to YouTube.Com/Booksontoast to not miss the videoZOMBIES: 6 Books, 4 Movies, 2 Video Games + 1 TV ShowBooks on Toast2021-08-06 | Take a walk with the undead! Anuya rummages through her bookshelves and binge-watching history to come up with this fleshy list of the Best Zombie books Best Zombie Movies Best Zombie TV Shows, and Best Zombie Video Games
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastBoT LIVE: Smriti, Anuya, Sharin and Vivek discuss Overrated AuthorsBooks on Toast2021-07-23 | The OG crew is back and we're discussing overrated authors. You know this one is going to get intense. Join us!How to Make Money As a Self-Published Author with Pravin Shekar + ***GIVEAWAY***Books on Toast2021-07-16 | [GIVEAWAY CLOSED! WINNER ANNOUNCED! THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, OBV.]
Get rich, but don’t die trying! We got prolific and extremely motivational 8-books-old self-published author Pravin Shekar to share his success story on how to ace being an author professionally. In addition, he also shares his writing and marketing tips while talking about the benefits of self-publishing on Notion Press, his go-to platform.
00:00 Introduction 1:09 Say hi to Pravin Shekar, the Outlier Marketer and author of 8 BOOKS! 1:53 Pravin's wife please subscribe to Books on Toast 2:14 Learn the correct way to pronounce 'raconteur' 3:03 Book recommendations: What Pravin, Anuya and Sharin are Reading RN, the list is below 5:43 What is Notion Press? Sing up using this link http://bit.ly/BOTNotionPress 6:48 Pravin talks about the benefits of publishing his books on Notion Press 8:40 5 motivational ways to be a more productive writer 10:12 All books by Pravin Shekar listed below 12:34 How to become a successful and rich author 16:20 Where to place an order for this T-Shirt? 16:36 Best books to read on Notion Press - Pravin's faves 19:10 Sharin's reading list on Notion Press 20:26 Who remembers the Cuckoo Club ? :-( 21:27 Anuya’s reading list on Notion Press 22:52 Benefits of reading on Notion Press 24:35 Shoutout to the unsung editor of Notion Press 25:00 Reasons why self-publishing is amazing 27:13 Who is also addicted to book smell? 27:35 Advice for aspiring authors 29:11 Jaldi 5 - Booksy Rapid Fire with Pravin Shekar 31:55 ***GIVEAWAY*** by Notion Press 33:12 Like our video, share with your friends and subscribe to Books on Toast so you can too become evangelists and outliers Bye,
Notion Press is a self-publishing platform that allows authors to publish their books, work with editors, keep 100% of the rights and 70% of the profits on book sales, plus an on-demand printing function as well. You can learn more by clicking here: http://bit.ly/BOTNotionPress
Book recommendations on Notion Press Management Lessons from Movies by Gokul Santhanam Link: bit.ly/3wEIhl2 Love & Marriage Lessons from Movies by Gokul Santhanam Link: bit.ly/3BblWPt Signs, Symbols and Marketing Effectiveness by Hamsini Shivakumar and Pranab Bobo Dutta Link: bit.ly/3eqeUg4 Anthology: Pause by various authors Link for Vol I: bit.ly/3eqgy16 Link for Vol II: bit.ly/3xKdPHr Nine Tales and Other Tales by Levi Vaguez Link: bit.ly/3kov2lU Don't Start-Up by Karthik Kumar Link: bit.ly/3BdzbPw Kalith: Origin of the King’s Nine by Khyati Link: bit.ly/3eqfD0M Kalith : Tiyasa’s Malediction by Khyati Link: bit.ly/3hJnBUH
Other books discussed: Eating the Big Fish by Adam Morgan Kindle: amzn.to/2UM3TPc
Video Shot on: Zoom Video edited by: Yohann Benson Video contains paid promotion of Notion Press
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastBoTCast Episode 43: Books on Indian History with Kumar Varun I Anuya I SharinBooks on Toast2021-07-02 | BOTCAST IS BAAAACKKKK BABY! And this time we have the one and only actor, writer, comic, quizzer and reader, Kumar Varun, along with Sharin and Anuya. The three of them discuss some truly fantastic historical fiction and non-fiction, so get ready to add to that ever-expanding TBR!
Books Discussed:
Sahir Ludhianvi, The People's Poet by Akshay Manwani Buy: amzn.to/3jCdNNS
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab by Khushwant Singh Buy: amzn.to/3dyffwz
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastSharin and Anuya LIVE : Books with HAPPY ENDINGS WINK WINKBooks on Toast2021-06-25 | Books Discussed:
The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary Buy: amzn.to/3wZ6cfX The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez Buy: amzn.to/35P4Etd Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella Buy: amzn.to/2U4XoGF The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Buy: amzn.to/3gVvrKI Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon Buy: amzn.to/3jcTFS5 Chocolat by Joanne Harris Buy: amzn.to/3wWUfaJ5 Books That Will Help You Get Started With Marathi Literature FEAT. PRAKASH JAKATDAR.Books on Toast2021-06-18 | Are you interested in Marathi literature? If you are, then one of your favourite guests from your favourite episode on BoT is back, with a list of 5 must-read books! It's the one and only Prakash Jakatdar, talking about LIT Marathi lit. Happy Father's Day :D
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoast5 Books That Got Anuya Through Lockdown 2.0Books on Toast2021-06-11 | These are books that helped Anuya find light in the darkness that was Lockdown 2.0. Hopefully, they'll help you do the same! Sharin and Anuya sincerely hope you are all okay, and are masking up and getting vaccinated (if possible, depending on where you are.) Lots and lots of love fam!
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Buy: amzn.to/3itV6eC
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Buy: amzn.to/3vdllIZ
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Buy: amzn.to/3gp8rlG
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley Buy: amzn.to/3pH2PYl
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T J Klune Buy: amzn.to/3x8b9Tk
Edited by: Yohann Benson
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoast4 Books To Help You Cope With Grief & Loss With SharinBooks on Toast2021-06-04 | FAM, we get it. These are some tough days, the toughest that we have ever lived through and are collectively experiencing. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious public health emergency the world has seen in the last 100 years.
Some of us are feeling despair, anger, frustration, sadness, and some of us are just numb. Either way, we have all lost greatly and are struggling to cope with our grief. In this video, Sharin talks about the 4 books that are helping her grieve. The process will remain WIP, but she, like all us perhaps, can only hope to be whole again. See below for quotes and books:
List of Books: Dark Demon by Christine Feehan Kindle: amzn.to/3vR3l8m
The Long Goodbye by Meghan O Rourke Audible: amzn.to/3fMfkhY
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Kindle: amzn.to/3ifsPrU
Quotes from The Long Goodbye by Meghan O Rourke: “The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created.”
“Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.”
"So much of dealing with a disease is waiting. Waiting for appointments, for tests, for “procedures.” And waiting, more broadly, for it—for the thing itself, for the other shoe to drop." ____________________________**________________________________________ Quotes from The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
“ We have no way of knowing that the funeral itself will be anodyne, a kind of narcotic regression in which we are wrapped in the care of others and the gravity and meaning of the occasion. Nor can we know ahead of the fact (and here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is) the unending absence that follows, the void, the very opposite of meaning, the relentless succession of moments during which we will confront the experience of meaninglessness itself.” ____________________________**________________________________________ Verses from I Measure Every Grief I Meet by Emily Dickinson
I measure every grief I meet With analytic eyes; I wonder if it weighs like mine, Or has an easier size.
I wonder if they bore it long, Or did it just begin? I could not tell the date of mine, It feels so old a pain.
I wonder if it hurts to live, And if they have to try, And whether could they choose between, They would not rather die.
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastHow to Read Neil Gaiman I Anuya Jakatdar I Based on Reading LevelsBooks on Toast2021-04-16 | Hello friends! As a channel obsessed with Mr Gaiman's work, it's a shame that it's taken us so long to do this video. So here it is! A video that tells you how to read Neil Gaiman if you've never read his work, or if you've read one or two books then what to read next. Featuring his no 27 fan, Anuya. (She's not number 1 because she hasn't read all his books and she doesn't know all gossip about his life... She's working on it.)
(Sorry about the noises in the background friends... we'll try to do better next time.)
Books Discussed:
The Graveyard Book Buy: amzn.to/3gjt7x0 Trigger Warning Buy: http://amzn.to/2rVxxm7 Fragile Things Buy: http://amzn.to/2DOj5hw Smoke and Mirrors Buy: http://amzn.to/2nlK2mw Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Buy: http://a.co/bkFRoq8 Anansi Boys Buy: amzn.to/3af7Y3p Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett http://a.co/2zEu2X5 American Gods by Neil Gaiman Buy: http://amzn.to/2oaF25F The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman Buy: http://amzn.in/7v4BZmz6 Books Anuya and Sharin are Looking Forward to Reading in 2021Books on Toast2021-04-02 | In this video, Anuya and Sharin discuss what's on their 2021 TBR (read: TABUR) And okay fine. It isn't 6 books. It's more like, 12. But look! So many new recommendations!
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastThe Anuja Chauhan Interview with Books On Toast, Our FavouriteBooks on Toast2021-03-24 | Anuya and Sharin started Books on Toast so that one day they may be able to talk to their favourite author, Anuja Chauhan. It's finally happened and they are stoked :-D.
Anuja is India's bestselling and best-loved romance novelist. Her pacy dialogues, witty set-ups, unapologetically desi and quirky characters have made her books a joy to read. Her latest novel, CLUB YOU TO DEATH is our new favourite and 'surprise surprise', is a whodunnit romance set in Delhi. All her books are linked below:
Video Shot on: Zoom Edited by: Yohann Benson15 Book Recommendations that You Asked For by SharinBooks on Toast2021-02-26 | From feel-good novels to crime, mystery, thriller, romance books like Bridgerton, non-fiction, Indian historical fiction and even literary fiction - Sharin Bhatti recommends her latest fave books and her all-time literary loves with you. Compiled with questions sent by you all.
Links to all books discussed below:
Uplifting, feel-good, makes you giggle, haha, etc. **Club you to Death by Anuja Chauhan** - NEW RELEASE Paperback: amzn.to/3aW6gVp Kindle: amzn.to/3kswOQU
X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century by Chuck Klosterman Paperback: amzn.to/3uCk7HW
Non-Fic that reads like Fiction Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou Paperback: amzn.to/2NEUeXm Kindle: amzn.to/3q0OMv8
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoast6 Books for Beginners feat. AnuyaBooks on Toast2021-02-19 | You asked and we delivered... two years later. But we did no. So enjoy the video no. Anuya Jakatdar talks about 6 books that are perfect for Beginners, so share this video with those looking to get their reading journey started!
Video edited by: Anuya Jakatdar (yay she learn new skill!)
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastINTERVIEW With Brigid Kemmerer I A Curse So Dark And Lonely I Anuya I Sharin #BoTReadersClubBooks on Toast2020-11-27 | We spoke to the awesome Brigid Kemmerer about our addictive Oct pick - A Curse So Dark and Lonely, which is Book 1 in the Cursebreaker trilogy and had the best time ever. Watch the interview to know more about the trilogy, which according to us is the fierce and feminist book version of comfort food - something that we all need in these dark times!
Pssst: Anuya finished Book 2 in the series, A Heart So Fierce and Broken, and CANNOT WAIT for A Vow So Bold and Deadly to release!!!
Video Edited by: Yohann Benson
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastBooks on Toast talks to Tahira Kashyap! #12CommandmentsOfBeingAWomanBooks on Toast2020-11-11 | We sit down with Tahira Kashyap Khurana who talks to us about her latest book; a witty, punchy memoir called 12 Commandments of Being a Woman. GIGGLES AHOY!
Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.in/12-Commandments-Being-Woman/dp/9353451213
Books Discussed: The Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak Buy: https://www.amazon.in/Three-Daughters-Eve-Elif-Shafak/dp/0241288045
Becoming by Michelle Obama Buy: https://www.amazon.in/Becoming-Michelle-Obama/dp/0241334144/ref=sr_1_3?crid=E8I8GN16BIU7&dchild=1&keywords=michelle+obama+becoming&qid=1605096642&s=books&sprefix=michelle+%2Cstripbooks%2C373&sr=1-3
40 Rules of Love by Elif Shafak Buy: https://www.amazon.in/Forty-Rules-Love-Elif-Shafak/dp/0241972930/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=40+rules+of+love&qid=1605097171&s=books&sr=1-3
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami Buy: https://www.amazon.in/Men-Without-Women-Haruki-Murakami/dp/1784705373/ref=sr_1_5?crid=EEYOZH7BUKL4&dchild=1&keywords=haruki+murakami&qid=1605097218&s=books&sprefix=haruki+m%2Cstripbooks%2C441&sr=1-5
The Secret Library by Haruki Murakami Buy: https://www.amazon.in/Strange-Library-Haruki-Murakami/dp/1846559219/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KC53JFA422S5&dchild=1&keywords=strange+library+murakami&qid=1605097368&s=books&sprefix=strange+librar%2Cstripbooks%2C317&sr=1-1Shiny Happy Oct Discussion I The Light Fantastic I 10 Arguments I Wishful DrinkingBooks on Toast2020-10-31 | ...The JCB Prize Longlist and Shortlist Discussion: Anuya I Sharin I Smriti I Mridula + GIVEAWAY!!!Books on Toast2020-10-28 | The JCB Prize for Literature is almost announced, and we'd like to take this opportunity to discuss the Long and Short of it - all the books in the longlist and shortlist! We've been totally honest about what we love, what we hate and which book we think will win. Watch the video to find out which of the books are worth your time!
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastDiscussing My Dark Vanessa w/ Author Kate Elizabeth Russell I Anuya I Sharin #BoTReadersClubBooks on Toast2020-10-21 | Whether or not you've read the haunting, magnetic and incredibly important My Dark Vanessa, you want to watch this conversation with the author Kate Elizabeth Russell, which goes beyond just this book and encompasses serious topics like the definition of victimhood, consent, assault and more. It was also our September #BoTReadersClub book of the month!
TRIGGER WARNING: Sensitive topics - sexual assault
Books Discussed: 1. Tenderness by Y.A. Cormier 2. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell 3. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Book Club Discussion Questions: 1. Did your definition of victimhood change after reading this book? 2. Because we saw Jacob Strane from Vanessa’s perspective, we never really hated Strane, even though we knew somewhere deep down that he was the villain in this story. What do you feel about him? 3. Let's discuss the line between consent and rape here; if Vanessa was three years older, would all of this be okay? 4. The book opens with a Facebook post, in which the victim of sexual assault outs her perpetrator… How has social media shaped the discourse around consent/ agency in today’s times?
What is the Books on Toast Reader's Club? #BOTReadersClub or Books on Toast Reader's Club is a unique space that curates the hottest novels and timeless books for our members to discover and read in the genre of your choice each month. We will bring you exclusive deals - BOOKS, secret sessions with Anuya and Sharin, AND access to the author. Wu-hu. The book club has very 'limited seats' and comes at a very nominal membership fee per month, which includes a free copy of the book of the month.
To become a part of the club: 1. Fill this form: bit.ly/botreadersclub. If you've already filled, don't do it again. 2. Check your email within the last week of the month for limited invites 3. Follow us on Instagram - @booksontoast - where we will put up about all book club announcements timely reminders so you never miss an update
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastAudiobooks for Beginners ft. Perseus Chopra IIIBooks on Toast2020-10-16 | Perseus Chopra III is back, and this time he wants all of us to start reading audiobooks. If you're a beginner and wants to start listening to Audiobooks, then this video is for you! We not only have tips and tricks on how to go about it, but also have a mix of fiction and nonfiction audiobook suggestions that you don't want to miss.
This video has been made in a Paid Partnership with Storytel India. But the book reccos and passion for audiobooks are all ours!
You can download the Storytel app here: http://storytel.in/
Starring: Yohann Benson as Perseus Chopra III Sharin Bhatti as Shagun Anuya Jakatdar as Priya Written by: Anuya Jakatdar Edited by: Yohann Benson
Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. Be sure to check back every week to see waddup!
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastBOTReadersClub - Read With Me session with Sharin | My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellBooks on Toast2020-09-27 | ...Sharin and Mom Review Books they Read in August | Balli Kaur Jaswal, Anukriti UpadhyayBooks on Toast2020-09-09 | Sharin went home to spend some quality time with her parents and quickly got to buddy-reading with her mom. (Yes, before you ask us - she completed the 14-day recommended home quarantine before interacting with anyone, and we hope you are doing the same too if you are moving cities)
Mom, Kanwal and Sharin read books by two Contemporary Indian female authors who are creating waves with their brand of fiction, Balli Kaur Jaswal and Anukriti Upadhyay. Both had loads to say about books and other things. We'll let you watch the video to figure the rest.
Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. Be sure to check back every week to see waddup!
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastInterview with Megha Majumdar : Author of A Burning, #BOTReadersClub SpecialBooks on Toast2020-09-03 | We wrapped up our first #BOTReadersClub month in August 2020 with this very special interview with the debut author of "A Burning", Megha Majumdar.
The book came out earlier this year and has been creating quite a stir worldwide. It became a New York Times Bestseller and our fave Yaa Gyasi called the book "an excellently crafted, utterly thrilling novel full of characters that I won't forget soon."
Since we shot the interview, A Burning has also been longlisted for The JCB Prize for Literature, 2020.
What is the Books on Toast Reader's Club? #BOTReadersClub or Books on Toast Reader's Club is a unique space that curates the hottest novels and timeless books for our members to discover and read in the genre of your choice each month. We will bring you exclusive deals - BOOKS, secret sessions with Anuya and Sharin, AND access to the author. Wu-hu. The book club has very 'limited seats' and comes at a very nominal membership fee per month, which includes a free copy of the book of the month.
To become a part of the club: 1. Fill this form: bit.ly/botreadersclub. If you've already filled, don't do it again. 2. Check your email within the last week of the month for limited invites 3. Follow us on Instagram - @booksontoast - where we will put up about all book club announcements timely reminders so you never miss an update
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastShiny Happy Book Club: AUGUST LIVE with Ashish Shakya I Shaheen Bhatt I Anuya JakatdarBooks on Toast2020-08-31 | Ashish Shakya, the Shiny Happy curator for the month of August, joins Anuya Jakatdar and Shaheen Bhatt to discuss his choices for this month's books:
Fall of Giants by @kenfollettauthor - Book One of the Century Trilogy - and Quiver by Javed Akhtar.
About Quiver by Javed Akhtar: The poems in this collection contain the poet's reminiscences of his childhood, and regret the loss of its innocence with passage of time. They are about love, its complications, pains and joys.
About Fall of Giants by Ken Follett: It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, "Fall Of Giants" moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.
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To put it simply, the Shiny Happy Book Club combines reading and mental health! It's a club started by Here Comes The Sun and Books on Toast, with the aim to combine mental well-being with books! 🧠♥️📚 .
Here's how you can participate: The SHINY HAPPY BOOK CLUB IS ON INSTAGRAM. You can follow us there and: 1. Pick any one (or both if you feel like it) and finish reading it in the month of August 2. Share your choice on your Feed or Story with #ShinyHappyBookClub and tag @shinyhappybookclub or @booksontoast and @herecomesthesunofficial 3. Discuss it with us on a YouTube Live on the @Booksontoast YT channel (www.youtube.com/booksontoast). Watch out for reading tips and more! .#BoTReadersClub - Read With Me Sesh, for A Burning by Megha MajumdarBooks on Toast2020-08-23 | One hour of reading... Yep, just reading, with Anuya Jakatdar (there might be some jokes because sometimes she just can't help herself) This is the time you carve out for yourselves, so don't let all the work you need to get our of the way get in your way, press pause on everything else and Read With Me.
We're Reading: A Burning by Megha Majumdar #BoTReadersClub #AugustRead With Me session of A Burning with Sharin : #BOTReadersClub Live SessionBooks on Toast2020-08-16 | A one-hour peaceful and tranquil live reading session with members of the #BOTReadersClub who read along A Burning with Sharin.
Watch this if you are looking for reading motivation. :-)
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Use the hashtag #BOTReadersClub and tag us while sharing your reviews about A Burning
Music playlist: Focus Music on Apple MusicBook Lovers Day Special - POC Creator Tag 2020Books on Toast2020-08-09 | HAPPY BOOK LOVERS DAY EVERYONE! We felt extra happy doing this video where both of us, Anuya and Sharin, were in the SAME FRAME AFTER SO LONG! Do you guys miss this as much as we miss doing this?
We thought the best way to make this day extraaaa special is by celebrating it with the Booktube community.
AND a very shoutout to Harshpreet for tagging us in this challenge, so yay. Go subscribe to her awesome self at YouTube: youtube.com/harshherself
Books we discussed: The Nightingale: Bravery, Courage, Fear and Love in a Time of War by Kristin Hannah Kindle: amzn.to/3gIC946 Paperback: amzn.to/2PFdl18
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastShiny Happy Book Club - July LIVEBooks on Toast2020-07-31 | Anuya talks to July curators of the Shiny Happy Book Club, Avantika Mohan and Durjoy Dutta, who talk about their two picks of the month - Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton.Fiction Books set in Kashmir with SharinBooks on Toast2020-07-29 | We've been getting a lot of requests for this one, so we decided to explore the lived Kashmiri experience through fiction titles that best tell the story of the valley and its people
Books on Toast is a channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the time pass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. We mostly have a video out each week, so check back in to see waddup!
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastAnuya and Sharin LIVE AMABooks on Toast2020-07-22 | July 2020 AMA with Anuya and SharinInterview with Aatish Taseer | Books, Writing, Politics | Sharin BhattiBooks on Toast2020-07-15 | "This much-anticipated video from the Books on Toast combines our two big loves: books and AATISH TASEER," Sharin Bhatti
Get to know the author in this super-rare video interview where he talks to (nervously giggling dork) Sharin about books he grew up reading, his books, THE NEW FICTION NOVEL HE IS WRITING, political essays, his view point on his current OCI status, his family, what he's binge-watching and so much MOAR!
We also talk about 2020, the pandemic, languages, royals, Mishima, Marquez, Maupassant, Manto, VS Naipual - we could go on, but why don't you just watch :-D
Books by Aatish Taseer Stranger to History The Twice Born Manto: Selected Short Stories
Books discussed: The Journal of a Plague Year by William Defoe Kindle: amzn.to/3hEKhTk
Mishima (Biography) by John Nathan Paperback: amzn.to/3f3W9ws
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima Paperback: amzn.to/3gb1t2t
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastCasually Reading with Saransh Goila I Anuya Jakatdar I Lockdown Reads I Non-fiction and Food booksBooks on Toast2020-07-10 | We hang out with the Butter Chicken maestro, Chef Saransh Goila, and discuss his reading habits and the amazing book he wrote chronicling his food odyssey across India! Tons of non-fiction and food books in store for us, folks.
Follow Saransh on Instagram/Twitter: @saranshgoila
Books Discussed: India on my Platter by Saransh Goila Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.Rowling The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand The Anthem by Ayn Rand Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Born to Run by Christipher McDougall
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastTranslated Dalit Literature from South India with Deepa AntonyBooks on Toast2020-07-01 | Discovering stories and credible voices from regional literature is an important part of the reading journey. And Indian regional lit is often filled with stories that give voice to those who are marginalised by politics of caste. Which is why we got Kerala-based journalist, columnist, podcast host, Malayalam audiobook publisher and voracious reader Deepa Antony to talk about Dalit Literature from South India. She's focused on books in Malayalam and Tamil, some of which are translated in English. Plus there are some bonus reads too.
Books discussed: Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankarapilla (Translated by Anita Nair) Seasons in the Palm by Perumal Murugan (Translated by V. Geetha ) Pulayathara by Paul Chirakkarode (Translated by Catherine Thankamma) Heat by Poomani (Translated by N Kalyan Raman) Meesa (Moustache) by S Hareesh (Translated by Jayasree Kalathil)
Not translated Karikkottakkari by Vinoy Thomas (Malayalam)
English only Coming Out as Dalit by Yashica Dutt
Bonus reading Randidangazhi (Two Measures of Rice) by Thakazhi Sivasankarapilla (Translated by Shakoor) Thottiyude Makan (Scavenger's Son) by Thakazhi Sivasankarapilla (Translated by R. E. Asher) Poonachi by Perumal Murugan (Translated by N Kalyan Raman ) One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan (Translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan)
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Follow Deepa on Instagram/Twitter: @deetalkz
Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoastBooks Sharin Read During LockdownBooks on Toast2020-06-24 | If you are watching this in 2020, you'll find this super relatable.
If you are watching this in 2543 and wondering what this is - let us give you a primer. Basically, Humanity faced its greatest crisis in history when every human being was at risk of being infected by a deadly, invisible coronavirus. Economies shut down and governments ordered everyone to go under lockdown to stay safe and reflect on their life decisions - like facial threading!
Anyway, it gave us plenty of food for thought and reading time. Sharin utilised this time by reading books that made her feel 'light-headed', happy and TRIPPY! It's all in this video
Books discussed: FICTION Mort by Terry Pratchett - Discworld Series Demon’s Mark by Nora Ash Caging Skies by Christine Leunens Folktales of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
NON-FICTION How to Change Your Mind – What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
Podcasts recommended: The Writer’s Voice – New Fiction from The New Yorker The New Yorker: Fiction
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Follow us on Instagram: @booksontoast Twitter: @booksont Facebook: booksontoast7 Books By African-American Authors That Are Must-Reads feat. Sant.Reads!Books on Toast2020-06-17 | We called Smriti Sant of Sant Reads (Formerly of Books on Toast) and asked us to recommend her favourite seven books by African America writers! Which ones do you love? Tell us in the comments.
Watch the following video (and keep your ad blocker off) for the proceeds of the adsense to go to the BLM movement. You can also check out the description for relevant links.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas On The Come Up by Angie Thomas Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid Between The World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (The Broken Earth Trilogy) Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward The Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow Parable of Sorrow by Octavia E Butler Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Color Purple by Alice Walker Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
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Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. New video every Wednesday!
Instagram: booksontoast Facebook: booksontoast Twitter: booksontInterview with Samit Basu I Chosen Spirits I Anuya JakatdarBooks on Toast2020-06-10 | A star-struck Anuya got Samit Basu to spill the beans on his latest book "Chosen Spirits", the anti-dystopian novel we all need, as well as a whole bunch of contemporary sci-fi to keep us busy.
Books Discussed: Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu Broken Stars by Ken Liu The City we Became by N.K. Jemisin Turbulence by Samit Basu The Candyland Dynasties Trilogy - Ken Liu The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K.Jemisin The Sandman Series by Neil Gaiman All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Video edited by: Yohann BensonCasually Reading with Rega JhaBooks on Toast2020-06-03 | Anuya Jakatdar caught up with Rega Jha during the lockdown (she couldn't get away from us this time!) and had a conversation with her about her reading habits, favourite books ever, and their curious habit of smelling the necks of the men they're with...
Books Discussed: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli A Life Less Ordinary by Baby Halder On Photography by Susan Sontag Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot The Power by Naomi Alderman All About Love by Bell Hooks Seeing Like a Feminist by Nivedita Menon The Annihilation of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. New video every Wednesday!
Instagram: booksontoast Facebook: booksontoast Twitter: booksontBotCast Episode 42: How to Keep Reading with Akarsh KhuranaBooks on Toast2020-05-13 | Friends, let's face it. We may be in lockdown for a while longer, so why not make the most of it. We got filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter and actor Akarsh Khurana to Zoom call with us and talk about how he's kept up with his reading habits all these years. What he reads, what he watches, how he adapts to stage or screen, his bookish confessions and some killer recommendations about books.
Do follow him on Instagram + Twitter at @akvarious where he posts about books and plays that he's reading and all the behind the scenes action from his day job.
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Books and plays discussed:
BOOKS The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby Funny Girl by Nick Hornby About a Boy by Nick Hornby Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta Wishbones by Tom Perrotta Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach How to Stop Time by Matt Haig The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossain On Writing by Stephen King Pet Sematary by Stephen King Carrie by Stephen King Shakespeare in Kabul by Stephen Landrigan & Qais Akbar Omar The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
PLAYS The Interview by Siddharth Kumar Dhumrapaan by Adhir Bhat Baghdad Wedding by Hassan Abdulrazzak Veronica's Room by Ira Levin
Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between.
Instagram: booksontoast Facebook: booksontoast Twitter: booksontMothers Day Special BotCastBooks on Toast2020-05-06 | Besides bringing us into this world, our Moms birthed our reading habits too. Taking high place in home, hearth and heart - our mothers made sure we got our daily dose of books along with our vitamins. Kanwal Singh, Sharin's mom paid a visit to the Books on Toast set for a Mother's Day special episode. And while we realllllly missed Anuya's mom, we got that extra mom loving and loads of book recommendations - from Philosophy to Romance, Feminism to Poetry, Mythology to Indian Fiction and much, much more
Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between.
Shot by: The Addicted Yogis Edited by: Yohann Benson Shot at the Cuckoo Club, Bandra, Mumbai.BoTCast Episode 41: Historical Non-Fiction with Shaheen BhattBooks on Toast2020-03-18 | We're back with a brand new BoTCast feat. author and screenwriter Shaheen Bhatt! This time, Anuya and Sharin discuss Historical Non-fiction with Shaheen. Think of it as a journey through time, with a side of giggles.
Here Comes the Sun is an initiative by Shaheen Bhatt encouraging conversation around depression & anxiety. Follow it on Instagram for updates - @herecomesthesunofficial
Books discussed + links to buy: I've Never Been Unhappier by Shaheen Bhatt Paperback: amzn.to/2xQGsJ7 Kindle: amzn.to/2U3UFeu
The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin by Manu S Pillai Paperback: amzn.to/2Uir5Az Kindle Unlimited: amzn.to/33rwedZ
Remnants of a Separation by Aanchal Malhotra Paperback: amzn.to/33uxcGd Kindle: amzn.to/2QpODCI Books on Toast is a books channel where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between.
Shot and edited by: The Addicted Yogis Shot at the Cuckoo Club, Bandra, Mumbai.What is the Shiny Happy Book Club? Feat. Shaheen BhattBooks on Toast2020-03-04 | We've come to you with a brand spanking new book club, folks!
MARCH READS FOR THE SHINY HAPPY BOOK CLUB ARE HERE! Curator: @shaheenb
Our first ever Shiny Happy Fiction Pick is Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a book about aliens, towels, restaurants at the end of the universe and more, though most important is the message etched in its pages: DON'T PANIC. . . 🌍🌌 . . Our first ever Shiny Happy Non-Fiction Pick is Matt Haig's Reasons to Stay Alive, a book about the author's inspiring journey of living with depression and panic disorder. . . 🧠♥️ . . Both books have been selected by Curator of the Month, @ShaheenB for the #ShinyHappyBookClub
It's a club we've started with @herecomesthesunofficial, and our aim is to combine mental well-being with books! 🧠♥️📚 Here's how you can participate: 1. Pick any one (or both if you feel like it) and finish reading it in the month of March. 2. Share your choice on your Instagram Feed or Story with #ShinyHappyBookClub 2. Discuss it with us on an Insta Live with our awesome curator @ShaheenB on March 31st 3. Watch out for giveaways and more!