The Ready Readers Book Club

Hello, we are the ready readers! We love to read books ranging across genres and talk about them.This book club was formed in January 2020, and we meet up every fortnight (on Zoom) to discuss our book of the month, or our current readathon.We post all our announcements on our Instagram and Facebook group.Join our WhatsApp group and participate in some unhinged discussions!

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Meet The Founders

We have different BOTMs and readathons happening at all times.We usually shuffle between having a book of the month or a readathon every monthWe meet up every fortnight on Zoom and talk about books and our frustrations in general.In 2021, we hosted an year long readathon of Salman Rushdie's work, called 'Our Rushdie Affair'. In this readathon we've been picking up different books by the award winning author throughout 2021.In 2022, we did an year-long readathon where we challenge ourselves to read translated books every month.In 2024, we are doing an year-long reading of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy where we are (trying to) read one chapter a day.PSA: You DON'T need to read the books (or languages) that we announce as part of our readathons! The main objective of our book club is to read books and to talk about them. If you enjoy reading and would like to meet like-minded people, join us!

July

The Ministry Of Time (1 July - 31 July 2024)

A BOY MEETS A GIRL. THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE. A FINGER MEETS A TRIGGER. THE BEGINNING MEETS THE END. ENGLAND IS FOREVER. ENGLAND MUST FALL.In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of time-travel.Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as '1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify' and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more.But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the structures and histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy history when history is living in your house?

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War and Peace (1 January - 31 December 2024)

"In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind.War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature."

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Desi Beats Readathon 2024

A B-wood Music Themed Book Bingo
(1 August - 31 December 2024)

Introducing the Desi Beats Readathon, where Bollywood meets books to guarantee literary fun! Stretch your reading muscles and get ready to groove through our book bingo inspired by Bollywood music.
We've curated 24 Bollywood songs for our bingo, and each song inspired a special reading prompt. Find books that fit these prompts, and don't forget to mark off squares as you finish each read! The prompts are open to interpretation, so have fun with it!

The Rules

📅 Reading Period
⤷The readathon runs from August 1 to December 31, 2024.
⤷Books you started reading before August 1 2024 are accepted.
⤷Only books finished between the above time period count!📚 Book Juggling
⤷Have a book that can cross off multiple squares? Go ahead! You can fit one book into as many squares as you can.
⤷For our overachievers, aim for the ultimate challenge: One Book = One Square!🏆Choose your difficulty level
⤷Bronze: Try to cross off at least one row/ column/ diagonal.
⤷Silver: cross off as many squares as you can
⤷Gold: Cross off all the squares to get a Full House!⭐Free Space
The centre square is a freebie! Consider it automatically filled to give you a head start.📢 Share the fun
⤷Share your TBR, recommendations, and progress with #DesiBeatsReadathon and #TheReadyReaders.
⤷Don’t forget to tag us @TheReadyReaders in your posts!🎉 Where’s the party tonight?
⤷Hop into our WhatsApp group for real-time bookish banter!
⤷Join our fortnightly Zoom meets for fun discussions and reading updates

The Bingo Squares

First Row
1. Main Shair Toh Nahi - Read a poetry collection or novel written in verse.
2. Hothon Mein Aisi Baat - Read a book with a secret (secret society, hidden past, clandestine romance, or a mystery!).
3. Choti Si Asha - Pick a book that is less than 200 pages.
4. Main Khiladi Tu Anari - Read about a sport/game or a sportsperson (fiction or biography).
5. Piyu Bole - Enjoy a translated work in your preferred language.Second Row
6. Are Diwano Mujhe Pehchano - Discover a new-to-you author.
7. Rangeela Re - Read a book with a colour in the title. Examples: Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
8. Chaiyya Chaiyya - Find a book that takes place majorly on a train/train station, or where trains are central to the main plot.
9. Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah - Read a work of historical fiction.
10 Muskaanein Jhoothi Hain - Read a horror or mystery novel.Third Row
11. Jeene Ke Hain Chaar Din - Read a book with a four-word title.
12. Kitaaben Bohot Si - Read a book that someone recommended to you.
13. FREE SPACE - Automatically filled to give you a head start!
14. Kya Khoob Lagti Ho - Judge a book by its cover and read something that instantly appealed to you.
15. Tan Tana Tan Tan - Read a book with an alliterative title (multiple words in the title begin with the same letter).Fourth Row
16. It’s Magic - Read a book prominently featuring a magic system or magical beings.
17. Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare - Find a book with eyes and/or a gun on the cover or in the title.
18. Aaj Se Pehle Aaj Se Zyada - Read a book about time travel.
19. Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe - Read an epistolary novel (story told through a series of letters, emails, newspaper clippings, recordings, radio, blog posts, or diary entries).
20. Ek Pal Ka Jeena - Read a book with a one-word title.Fifth Row
21. Laal Dupatta - Pick a book with a red cover.
22. Humari Adhuri Kahaani - Go back to a book you Did Not Finish (DNF) and give it a second chance.
23. An Evening in Paris - Read a book set in Paris or one that is translated from French.
24. Sach Keh Raha Hai - Read a non-fiction book.
25. Dhoom Again - Read a sequel.

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A Year Of War And Peace

A ambitious reading target we have set for ourselves this New Year - reading the 1300 pages long tome War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.And to do that, we are joining the Reddit community r/ayearofwarandpeace and their goal of reading one chapter of the book every day.Audiobook, paperback, or ebook; grab whatever format you're most comfortable with and join us for daily reading and discussions on the r/ayearofwarandpeace and our WhatsApp community.

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Past Reads

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