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I’m a textbook case of INFP personality type with all its stereotypical anxieties and pessimism. I’m a big loner who avoids parties and gatherings; is quite shy around girls; often get lost in my thoughts; is a miserable dresser, don’t like combing my hair or shaving – can go through months without bath; as you can see I’m terrible in introducing myself; am socially awkward to put it lightly; though I still have some gems for friends. Another weakness is that I can’t live in any sort of routine – and so have no fixed time for meals and going to bed. And so, not very healthy. Also, currently unemployed.

I read a lot, as in a lot, as in ‘buys books before clothes’ type. I often end up missing my meal, too lost in reading. Another reason that I

I’m a textbook case of INFP personality type with all its stereotypical anxieties and pessimism. I’m a big loner who avoids parties and gatherings; is quite shy around girls; often get lost in my thoughts; is a miserable dresser, don’t like combing my hair or shaving – can go through months without bath; as you can see I’m terrible in introducing myself; am socially awkward to put it lightly; though I still have some gems for friends. Another weakness is that I can’t live in any sort of routine – and so have no fixed time for meals and going to bed. And so, not very healthy. Also, currently unemployed.

I read a lot, as in a lot, as in ‘buys books before clothes’ type. I often end up missing my meal, too lost in reading. Another reason that I skip meals is because I hate cooking – no doubt I’m not too healthy. Reading is an addiction and I’m almost always reading many books at same time. Another addiction is music and I have headphones-on all day.

In fiction, I mostly read only widely acclaimed books. I like learning about cultures and so try to read more from parts of the world, I’ve been to. In non-fiction, I’ve interest in Economics, Psychology, Philosophy, Marketing science, history, journalism, political thought, religious thought etc.

I think it is relevant and so I will mention it – I’m an outspoken skeptic on question of religion with a very heavy leaning towards atheism. I hope to see an apathiest world, where 'God' and all religions will become something that can only interest historians.

There is not a lot on the plus side – except my friends say that I’m knowledgeable, have some fine analytical ability and can be witty. Although, may be they are just flattering me.

Beyond books, I love American comedy and sci-fi serials (special mention for Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and F.R.I.E.N.D.S.); among movies ones from Christopher Nolan, Rajkumar Hirani, Disney, Pixar, Mavel comics, DC; dogs, also chess, chips, coke and chocolate. My diet was heavily affected by that ban on Maggie – one of a few things I know how to cook.

My ratings have are neither completely about enjoyment nor literary/critical value (whatever that means) -they are a way of sorting books in order which I could like to read them if I was to live my life again. If that was to happen, I could start with books I gave 5* and then go downwards in list.

Feel free to send a friend invite. I happen to be a very approachable person and will love talking about books - especially if our interests are shared. :)

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(A review by Sidharth Vardhanof ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’ (1968)by Philip K. DickReview first written on Jul 15, 2017) Have you ever wondered how we are living in a world where people are becoming more and more mechanical while machines are being turned into more and more human-like? I mean look at it, […]

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I have been reluctant to pick up any Murakami works despite their being repeatedly recommended - I don't always like how unstimulating I find his prose or at least the translated version of it to be. And I don't like his way of name-throwing and refe I have been reluctant to pick up any Murakami works despite their being repeatedly recommended - I don't always like how unstimulating I find his prose or at least the translated version of it to be. And I don't like his way of name-throwing and referencing popular culture.These problems persist with Norwegian Wood. There were some other issues as well - the novel had four different characters committed suicide at different moments. And it isn't even a copycat suicide issue either - only one of four (Naoko) would have reasons to be affected by the suicide of others. (Before I go further, I must warn you there is nothing but spoilers ahead so be warned.)The girl I hadThe song by Beetles that inspired the title of the book has those lovely opening lines. "I once had a girlOr should I say she once had me" The 'once' in the song suggests a nostalgia for the past. And the song had the same impact on the narrator and protagonist, Toru Watanabe, who had a madeleine moment on hearing the song. (Sidebar- if you didn't just click the link and want to know what that weird term means - it is simply when some minor everyday occurrence invokes powerful remembrance of the past. It's also called Proust effect whose protagonist in 'Remembrance of things past' was reminded of his childhood on tasting madeleine cake dunked in tea.)If Toru had a girl who was at the center of the events, it was Naoko. And the love between the two could be the central theme of the book. To begin with, Naoko is in a relationship with Toru's best friend, Kizuki who is the first to commit suicide thus breaking the love triangle for Toru already loved her too. Later, another love triangle sort of forms when Midori is involved. Well, that circle of who-love-whoms can be boring. So you may wonder (after all you are reading this review) why this book worked with me.Sex and suicideIt can be perceived, at least to begin with, as a love story between Naoko and Toru. The two people are pulled apart by opposing forces - the will to live and the will to just give up and die. Both Naoko's elder sister and boyfriend have committed suicide. This leaves her in a sort of troubled space. And it would always seem that she is just waiting for the right moment to kill herself. Something Toru said about another character seems to foreshadow her doom: "As so many of those I knew had done, Hatsumi reached a certain stage in life and decided - almost on the spur of the moment - to end it." It is as if Naoko has already long been dying. She had been unable to get wet for Kizuki and she did only once get wet enough to have sex with Toru after Kizuki died. And she was determined she won't be penetrated that way ever after even after admitting loving her first time. First a normal life and then she gave up sex. And then slowly gives up on words too - refusing to write to the Toru.Suicide is really a protest against life - saying no to life, saying 'I refuse to live on your terms' to life. Sex is protest against death - after all when else would you feel more alive? It is hardly a wonder that Naoko, always inclined toward death, should never want to have intercourse again after enjoying it first time so much.Sex and suicides are key representations of the will to live and the will to self-annihilate. Toru sleeps with many women in the story to contrast Naiko's celibacy. Sex generally happens a lot, too much at times. You can easily classify the book into two groups of characters - those who want to die or do die, and those who are either obsessed with sex or have lots of it. Naoko and her friend Reiko are sort of fence sitters when it comes to choosing their group - that's why they are stuck in that place where they are. Naoko eventually chooses death while Reiko chooses life (and once she is out, of course first thing Reiko does is have sex as if to drive the point home).And when we talk about sex, we must talk about how Midori and her obsession with it makes the book entertaining. Midori breathes life into this otherwise overly depressing book. Despite having her own reasons to be gloomy (her parents, she is taking care of her father, who too would die); she is a force of life. She is like two-thirds of what is good about the book - her way of saying strange things and obsessing about sex is the most refreshing thing I read from Murakami. "I want you and me to be captured by pirates. Then they strip us and press us together face to face all naked and wind these ropes around us.” “Why would they do a thing like that?” “Perverted pirates,” she said. “You're the perverted one,” I said. “So then they lock us in the hold and say, ”In one hour, we're gonna throw you into the sea, so have a good time until then.“ ”And ... ?“ ”So we enjoy ourselves for an hour, rolling all over the place and twisting our bodies.“ ”And that's the main thing you want to do now?“ ”That's it.“ ”Oh boy," I said, shaking my head." This duality of life and death; sex and suicide is visible in the story of Nagasawa and Hatsumi too. Nagasawa is Toru's current best male friend during the events of the story. The fact that he met Toru when latter was reading 'The Great Gatsby' - and the title is first hint at the sort of greater than life sort of personality he is trying to build. He sleeps around every day not caring about the feelings of his gf Hatsumi, another sensitive woman who would commit suicide later. This side story acts as a sort of microcosm of the main story. Some of us live, and some of us choose not to live. Some of us take whatever life has to offer, some of us give away everything till we have nothing left, and then we up and die.This is not to say sex is only a representation of the will to live, there is food and dancing: "I haven't danced like this in ages. I don't know, when you move your body, it's kind of like your spirit gets liberated." "It's good when food tastes good,” I said.“It's kind of like proof you're alive.” Caretaker of the museum of the deadLike Naiko, Toru too has seen too many dead bodies: "Once upon a time, you dragged a part of me into the world of the dead, and now Naoko has dragged another part of me into that world. Sometimes I feel like the caretaker of a museum - a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching over it for no one but myself." Choosing life (in final analysis, it is a story of Toru finding a way to chose life over death) means dealing with the death of those around us: “No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.” To live as the caretaker of the Museum of the Dead would be a tremendous mistake. But how do you deal with a loss? Sex of course. Sex is a manifestation of the will to live because it is intimate contact. We need a touch of others to remind ourselves in our darkest moments that we are still alive: "How long had it been since my last physical contact with another human being?" For Midori, even being held by Toru would be helpful. Though she shows great resilience in deing with the loss of her father, she knows she needs a human touch to get over losing her father. Something similar was earlier done by Naoko and Toru after Kizoki died but Midori seems to be instinctively more aware of what she needs than the other two.Choosing lifeIf Naiko was pulled toward death by people in her own life committing suicide; Midori is the person who pulls Toru to the world of living. Most of the novel is Toru oscillating between Naiko and Midori. It is only when Midori gets angry enough to stop talking with him that he realizes how much he has grown used to being with her. "I realized that the only way I had been able to survive until then was having you in my life. When I lost you, the pain and loneliness really got to me.” After Naiko's death, it took Reiko (not gonna talk about her background story) visiting him while wearing Naoko's clothes (and apparently their body was the same size too) - before he is able to come to peace with her death. And it is only when he is done with dead, that he thinks of the person who represented liveliness to him - Midori.Some other quotes "By the second week in September I reached the conclusion that a university education was meaningless. I decided to think of it as a period of training in techniques for dealing with boredom." "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." More Midori things “Will you really take me to a porno movie?” “Of course I will.” “A really disgusting one.”“I'll research the matter thoroughly.” “Good. I'll call you,” she said and hung up." ”I'd like to go drinking with you again,“ she said, cocking her head slightly. ”How about the porno movies?“ ”We'll do that first and then go drinking. And we'll talk about all the usual disgusting things.“ ”I'm not the one who talks about disgusting things,“ I protested. ”It's you.“ ”Anyway, we'll talk about things like that and get plastered and go to bed." "Know what I did the other day?” Midori asked. “I got all naked in front of my father's picture. Took off every stitch of clothing and let him have a good, long look. Kind of in a yoga position. Like, ”Here, Daddy, these are my tits, and this is my cunt'.“ ”Why in the hell would you do something like that?“ I asked. ”I don't know, I just wanted to show him. I mean, half of me comes from his sperm, right? Why shouldn't I show him? “Here's the daughter you made.' I was a little drunk at the time. I suppose that had something to do with it.” “I suppose.” “My sister walked in and almost fell over. There I was in front of my father's memorial portrait all naked with my legs spread. I guess you would be kind of surprised.” “I s'pose so.” “I explained why I was doing it and said, ”So take off your clothes too Momo (her name's Momo), and sit down next to me and show him,' but she wouldn't do it. She went away shocked. She has this really conservative streak.“ ”In other words, she's relatively normal, you mean.” ”Night-​night, Daddy. We're going to have some fun now, so don't worry and get some sleep. You're not suffering any more, right? You're dead, OK? I'm sure you're not suffering. If you are, you'd better complain to the gods. Tell 'em it's just too cruel. I hope you meet Mum and the two of you really do it. I saw your willy when I helped you pee. It was pretty impressive! So give it everything you've got." ...more
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I have been reluctant to pick up any Murakami works despite their being repeatedly recommended - I don't always like how unstimulating I find his prose or at least the translated version of it to be. And I don't like his way of name-throwing and refe I have been reluctant to pick up any Murakami works despite their being repeatedly recommended - I don't always like how unstimulating I find his prose or at least the translated version of it to be. And I don't like his way of name-throwing and referencing popular culture.These problems persist with Norwegian Wood. There were some other issues as well - the novel had four different characters committed suicide at different moments. And it isn't even a copycat suicide issue either - only one of four (Naoko) would have reasons to be affected by the suicide of others. (Before I go further, I must warn you there is nothing but spoilers ahead so be warned.)The girl I hadThe song by Beetles that inspired the title of the book has those lovely opening lines. "I once had a girlOr should I say she once had me" The 'once' in the song suggests a nostalgia for the past. And the song had the same impact on the narrator and protagonist, Toru Watanabe, who had a madeleine moment on hearing the song. (Sidebar- if you didn't just click the link and want to know what that weird term means - it is simply when some minor everyday occurrence invokes powerful remembrance of the past. It's also called Proust effect whose protagonist in 'Remembrance of things past' was reminded of his childhood on tasting madeleine cake dunked in tea.)If Toru had a girl who was at the center of the events, it was Naoko. And the love between the two could be the central theme of the book. To begin with, Naoko is in a relationship with Toru's best friend, Kizuki who is the first to commit suicide thus breaking the love triangle for Toru already loved her too. Later, another love triangle sort of forms when Midori is involved. Well, that circle of who-love-whoms can be boring. So you may wonder (after all you are reading this review) why this book worked with me.Sex and suicideIt can be perceived, at least to begin with, as a love story between Naoko and Toru. The two people are pulled apart by opposing forces - the will to live and the will to just give up and die. Both Naoko's elder sister and boyfriend have committed suicide. This leaves her in a sort of troubled space. And it would always seem that she is just waiting for the right moment to kill herself. Something Toru said about another character seems to foreshadow her doom: "As so many of those I knew had done, Hatsumi reached a certain stage in life and decided - almost on the spur of the moment - to end it." It is as if Naoko has already long been dying. She had been unable to get wet for Kizuki and she did only once get wet enough to have sex with Toru after Kizuki died. And she was determined she won't be penetrated that way ever after even after admitting loving her first time. First a normal life and then she gave up sex. And then slowly gives up on words too - refusing to write to the Toru.Suicide is really a protest against life - saying no to life, saying 'I refuse to live on your terms' to life. Sex is protest against death - after all when else would you feel more alive? It is hardly a wonder that Naoko, always inclined toward death, should never want to have intercourse again after enjoying it first time so much.Sex and suicides are key representations of the will to live and the will to self-annihilate. Toru sleeps with many women in the story to contrast Naiko's celibacy. Sex generally happens a lot, too much at times. You can easily classify the book into two groups of characters - those who want to die or do die, and those who are either obsessed with sex or have lots of it. Naoko and her friend Reiko are sort of fence sitters when it comes to choosing their group - that's why they are stuck in that place where they are. Naoko eventually chooses death while Reiko chooses life (and once she is out, of course first thing Reiko does is have sex as if to drive the point home).And when we talk about sex, we must talk about how Midori and her obsession with it makes the book entertaining. Midori breathes life into this otherwise overly depressing book. Despite having her own reasons to be gloomy (her parents, she is taking care of her father, who too would die); she is a force of life. She is like two-thirds of what is good about the book - her way of saying strange things and obsessing about sex is the most refreshing thing I read from Murakami. "I want you and me to be captured by pirates. Then they strip us and press us together face to face all naked and wind these ropes around us.” “Why would they do a thing like that?” “Perverted pirates,” she said. “You're the perverted one,” I said. “So then they lock us in the hold and say, ”In one hour, we're gonna throw you into the sea, so have a good time until then.“ ”And ... ?“ ”So we enjoy ourselves for an hour, rolling all over the place and twisting our bodies.“ ”And that's the main thing you want to do now?“ ”That's it.“ ”Oh boy," I said, shaking my head." This duality of life and death; sex and suicide is visible in the story of Nagasawa and Hatsumi too. Nagasawa is Toru's current best male friend during the events of the story. The fact that he met Toru when latter was reading 'The Great Gatsby' - and the title is first hint at the sort of greater than life sort of personality he is trying to build. He sleeps around every day not caring about the feelings of his gf Hatsumi, another sensitive woman who would commit suicide later. This side story acts as a sort of microcosm of the main story. Some of us live, and some of us choose not to live. Some of us take whatever life has to offer, some of us give away everything till we have nothing left, and then we up and die.This is not to say sex is only a representation of the will to live, there is food and dancing: "I haven't danced like this in ages. I don't know, when you move your body, it's kind of like your spirit gets liberated." "It's good when food tastes good,” I said.“It's kind of like proof you're alive.” Caretaker of the museum of the deadLike Naiko, Toru too has seen too many dead bodies: "Once upon a time, you dragged a part of me into the world of the dead, and now Naoko has dragged another part of me into that world. Sometimes I feel like the caretaker of a museum - a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching over it for no one but myself." Choosing life (in final analysis, it is a story of Toru finding a way to chose life over death) means dealing with the death of those around us: “No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.” To live as the caretaker of the Museum of the Dead would be a tremendous mistake. But how do you deal with a loss? Sex of course. Sex is a manifestation of the will to live because it is intimate contact. We need a touch of others to remind ourselves in our darkest moments that we are still alive: "How long had it been since my last physical contact with another human being?" For Midori, even being held by Toru would be helpful. Though she shows great resilience in deing with the loss of her father, she knows she needs a human touch to get over losing her father. Something similar was earlier done by Naoko and Toru after Kizoki died but Midori seems to be instinctively more aware of what she needs than the other two.Choosing lifeIf Naiko was pulled toward death by people in her own life committing suicide; Midori is the person who pulls Toru to the world of living. Most of the novel is Toru oscillating between Naiko and Midori. It is only when Midori gets angry enough to stop talking with him that he realizes how much he has grown used to being with her. "I realized that the only way I had been able to survive until then was having you in my life. When I lost you, the pain and loneliness really got to me.” After Naiko's death, it took Reiko (not gonna talk about her background story) visiting him while wearing Naoko's clothes (and apparently their body was the same size too) - before he is able to come to peace with her death. And it is only when he is done with dead, that he thinks of the person who represented liveliness to him - Midori.Some other quotes "By the second week in September I reached the conclusion that a university education was meaningless. I decided to think of it as a period of training in techniques for dealing with boredom." "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." More Midori things “Will you really take me to a porno movie?” “Of course I will.” “A really disgusting one.”“I'll research the matter thoroughly.” “Good. I'll call you,” she said and hung up." ”I'd like to go drinking with you again,“ she said, cocking her head slightly. ”How about the porno movies?“ ”We'll do that first and then go drinking. And we'll talk about all the usual disgusting things.“ ”I'm not the one who talks about disgusting things,“ I protested. ”It's you.“ ”Anyway, we'll talk about things like that and get plastered and go to bed." "Know what I did the other day?” Midori asked. “I got all naked in front of my father's picture. Took off every stitch of clothing and let him have a good, long look. Kind of in a yoga position. Like, ”Here, Daddy, these are my tits, and this is my cunt'.“ ”Why in the hell would you do something like that?“ I asked. ”I don't know, I just wanted to show him. I mean, half of me comes from his sperm, right? Why shouldn't I show him? “Here's the daughter you made.' I was a little drunk at the time. I suppose that had something to do with it.” “I suppose.” “My sister walked in and almost fell over. There I was in front of my father's memorial portrait all naked with my legs spread. I guess you would be kind of surprised.” “I s'pose so.” “I explained why I was doing it and said, ”So take off your clothes too Momo (her name's Momo), and sit down next to me and show him,' but she wouldn't do it. She went away shocked. She has this really conservative streak.“ ”In other words, she's relatively normal, you mean.” ”Night-​night, Daddy. We're going to have some fun now, so don't worry and get some sleep. You're not suffering any more, right? You're dead, OK? I'm sure you're not suffering. If you are, you'd better complain to the gods. Tell 'em it's just too cruel. I hope you meet Mum and the two of you really do it. I saw your willy when I helped you pee. It was pretty impressive! So give it everything you've got." ...more
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Out Of The Sixteen Personality Types, Which One Are You? A Group Purely Dedicated To You And Your Personality. Meet People With Similar Types, Learn A Out Of The Sixteen Personality Types, Which One Are You? A Group Purely Dedicated To You And Your Personality. Meet People With Similar Types, Learn About Yourself And Others, And Generally Just Have Fun Chatting And Mucking Around. :3 This Group Is Entirely Fun-based, Afterall. ENFJ - The Givers ENFP - The Inspirers ENTJ - The Executives ENTP - The Visionaries ESFJ - The Caregivers ESFP - The Performers ESTJ - The Guardians ESTP - The Doers INFJ - The Protectors INFP - The Idealists INTJ - The Scientists INTP - The Thinkers ISFJ - The Nurturers ISFP - The Artists ISTJ - The Duty Fulfillers ISTP - The Mechanics But, If You Don't Know Your Personality Type, Don't Just Base It Off The Titles And Information Give In This Group! You Can Discover It Here: http://kisa.ca/personality/ ...more

970 Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die — 20933 members — last activity 1 hour, 41 min ago
For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 10 For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert on James Joyce), Cedric Watts (renowned authority on Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene), Laura Marcus (noted Virginia Woolf expert), and David Mariott (poet and expert on African-American literature), among some twenty others. (From Amazon.com) ...more

218049 Ancient Global Epics — 27 members — last activity Jun 22, 2018 01:43PM
All the well-known epics will be at the party. Gilgamesh, Beowulf... Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid Japan's Genji, Heiki India's Ramayana and Mahabharata All the well-known epics will be at the party. Gilgamesh, Beowulf... Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid Japan's Genji, Heiki India's Ramayana and Mahabharata China's Journey to the West (which includes Monkey King because he's got some goods!!), Romance of Three Kingdoms The Vikings are bringing their Saga of the Volsungs The Wallflowers are the Middle Eastern Epics. They rarely get invited to these things. So they'll be relaxing on the beach with their own Hookah and Beautifully Designed Yurts. Kashmir Region: Tales from the Kathasaritsagara "Ocean of the Sea Stories" Turkish: The Book of Dede Korkut: A Turkish Epic, composed during their migration. Persia's National Epic: Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings ...more

75668 Bloggers/Book Lovers from India — 2805 members — last activity Nov 10, 2024 03:26AM
A place for bloggers, readers and writers from India to connect. If you are outside India, and interested in books and Indian culture, please feel fre A place for bloggers, readers and writers from India to connect. If you are outside India, and interested in books and Indian culture, please feel free to join. Your opinion is precious to us and we'd love to have you! ...more

118859 Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels — 541 members — last activity Nov 16, 2024 03:39PM
The Guardian put together an excellent list entitled '1000 Novels Everyone Must Read', and this group will read books each month from a selection of t The Guardian put together an excellent list entitled '1000 Novels Everyone Must Read', and this group will read books each month from a selection of the categories. The books, each with the Guardian's critique and within their categories, can be viewed through this link A list of the books by category can be found here. This can be useful for a quick check to see if a book is on the list. Also, your reading progress can be tracked through this link to List Challenges. With grateful thanks to the Guardian newspaper for agreeing to our being affiliated with them. ...more

109617 Diversity in All Forms! — 1976 members — last activity Feb 12, 2024 09:45AM
This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, country, agism, classism, gender stereotypes, ability and disability, sexual orientation, mental health, religion and spiritual beliefs and practices, and current cultural issues. ...more

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