I can listen to Neville rambling on about books all day long. Please invite him again.

MAJOR CRUSH on Neville's brain! haha i just LOVE how hes so passionate about certain books and the way he explains them.

@saylibhagat115

4 жыл бұрын

Yeahhh... I have crush on him. Binging his podcasts... all of them

Neville's become my fav, just because he said reading Pride and Prejudice is a must for everyone!💝

Just keep bringing him every 5 podcast because this guy is a genius!

Can you do a podcast with Varun Grover? He's an extremely witty writer, lyricist, and a stand up comic.

Spent yesterday re watching all 11 episodes and ordering a few books. Damn you BoT. #makereadingreatagain

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

That's what we like to hear

@BooksonToast

7 жыл бұрын

We wish we could get this on a t-shirt

@MsHorcruxes

7 жыл бұрын

YOU SHOULD! Release some merch with that and Anuya'a puns...I'd buy that everydayyyy.

10th std. ICSE tiger in the tunnel was such a brilliant story. Loved this episode guys, I'm hooked! Keep it up❤️👍🏼

I picked up To Kill a Mockingbird after the recommendation. Just finished it yesterday. It is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

Absolutely loved my Enid Blyton (Famous Five, Five Find Outers and Dog, Secret Seven, St. Clare's and Malory Towers, Noddy- as a kid,) Amar Chitra Kathas and Mystery stories (Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, Marple was boring), Sherlock Holmes, Satyajit Ray's Feluda series (!), Nancy Drew, Perry Mason and then classics such as, The Swiss Family Robinson, adapted Shakespeare, Little women (series of 4 books),Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Gone with the Wind (the only book that was not under lock and key during the 12th class), Jeffrey Archer, the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz and Percy Jackson. Still read and re read these (apart from the latter two) in my twenties as well, and would love more suggestions!! Also, I applaud these podcasts, I've grown up entrenched in books and this makes me so happy!!

I don't know about others but I grew up on Goosebumps initially and kids in the library class flocked to get that one book they didn't read and there were a few only.

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

We are saving it for something else :-p

@sanjayvbhat

7 жыл бұрын

Wow! I'll wait then :)

So good to see Neville on the show!!! Big love to him. And loved this episode. Some fantastic books mentioned in this episode. Totally loved it. but how come no one mentioned FAIRY TALES!!! My first introduction to books was a HUGE book of fairy tales which my uncle gifted me when I was five. I couldn't read then but I loved to look at the illustrations in it. and I couldn't wait to read it. of course, I fell in love with each and ever story...especially the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. Other books thst I read growing up included the usual...famous five, harry potter, a lot of Nancy drew - so much so that I was barred from borrowing books from the school library because I spent more time reading 'storybooks' than actually studying! when I turned 15 or so I was addicted to James Patterson, Robin Cook and Christopher Pike. but I think the best chance discovery I made at the age of 15 was The story of a shipwrecked sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. and my life changed after that because I suddenly discovered this amazing world of Magical Realism. I read all his books and also read other authors like Laura Esquivel and James Cañon. I think...If I had to recommend books to kids today...I'd start off with fairytales and then as they grow up I'd like them to read retellings of those fairy tales to get a completely different perspective on them. I love doing that. It helps you look at the world differently. but yeah...overall superawesome episode and Neville was amazing as always. its always a please to meet him and talk to him. cheers guys!

What an enriching botcast! Thank you for bringing Neville , it was amazing!!

If Neville Shah had a toad, would he call it Trevor?

@iffatrizvi9531

4 жыл бұрын

😂

Neville is my spirit animal... Please be my friend Neville. Love all the books discussed!

@neville_shah

7 жыл бұрын

Deekshita Paliath if you explain the concept of spirit animal. :)

@deekshitapaliath605

7 жыл бұрын

Neville Shah Spirit animal (n): A person whom you feel like you were meant to meet and realise that you should have been friends all along. Conversations with such a person range from mundane to epic, often unfiltered, crude and weird to people passing by, who should not be eavesdropping to begin with..... does that cut it Neville?? 😎

Great work guys. Please don't ever stop! Fun reride to the books we have read and some suggestions of new and old missed books now and then. Ciao!! Again, please don't ever stop!!

I was fortunate enough to meet Ruskin Bond in Mussourie. We were on a school trip and were staying at the prospect lodge, which is very close to his place. Our principal invited him over to the lodge on the last day of the trip, he came with his dog. All kids had prepared little performances for him, and then we all had dinner together. This was back in summer, 2005.

@BooksonToast

5 жыл бұрын

Oooo, lucky you! How was he in person?

@aasthasachdeva4589

5 жыл бұрын

Books on Toast He was very sweet and interactive.

Kinkartavyavimoodh..simply translates to dilemma..I cant believe she did Chhi Chhi to Premchand..check out Premchand short stories..Isteefa, Mantra, Pacchtawa, Pashchaataap..I can’t imagine anyone disliking these stories!

so I started reading quite young (not as young as Neville tho) read throughout my school life then got into college ( I am in my 2year) and now I just don't get enough time to read. Almost stopped. watching your videos made me realize how much I miss it. will try to start again. :) thank you!

advertising > stand up > SnG lmao 😂

@shreyashsrivastava6672

7 жыл бұрын

Devyn Kumar just like in their podcast with kanan, abish and zakhir

I think we need another episode with neville, he's read so much! 🙉

There were also six wonderful books by Agatha Christie that she wrote under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott. They were called 'Love Stories With a Jagged Edge'. Really interesting and unconventional.

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

Yup! Read 'em all. Went through a major AC phase where I was in all the stories as a fly on the wall. Loved em

I somehow felt bad when Sherin did Chhi chhi to Munshi Premchand.... 2 things, You don't like it... its ok... you can't like everything... but do not insult a legend like Premchand. And you know Munshi Premchand wrote very realistic life stories. He wrote a lot of stories based on indian families and people and how they used to be in the time he was present.

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Shreya, the intention was not at all to insult Munshi Premchand. It's like you said, everyone can't like everything. We were forced to read his stories in school, but in my opinion, there were better writers and storytellers in regional - like Manto, Harishankar Parsai, Rajinder Singh Bedi. They wrote on topics that I deeply resonated with.

@xlr8466

7 жыл бұрын

shreya barsaiyan Maybe they didn't mean to insult, Premchand , Yashpal ,Ramdhaari singh are writers of middle class and more resonate with North india and Villages .

@rishabhsinghkalura6174

7 жыл бұрын

The reason I was taken aback by your comment on Premchand, and probably Shreya too, is pretty simple. You did not provide an intelligent opinion or not even a reason for not liking Premchand; 'intelligent' being the operative. Hence, it felt like an insult.

@cuteyrahul

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think she ever even read prem chand

@tigersri

2 жыл бұрын

Sherin is such a boring 😑 person.

Thank you Anuya and Sharin for starting this conversation.! and so many book recommendations; Yay! much love

finally purchased If on a winter's night a traveler.. waiting for my vacation to start reading... thank you books on toast

Enjoyed this one and hope if it's still possible to get Neville back. BTW, love him for mentioning John Berger..

Looks like I've discovered treasure..😍 all thanks to Dan's podcast.... Loved the botcast.

@BooksonToast

6 жыл бұрын

sapna boinwad Thank you :)

Hi Sharin and Anuya.. It would be amazing if you guys did a whole podcast on Enid Blyton books - with all the good, bad and controversial aspects..

Only here bcoz of Neville.. Last time when he was discussing books at SnG, I wrote them all down but i had exams!! and this time too I have my exams!! DAMN!

Great going. One BoTcast on school library/public libraries while growing up ; would be great

Neville Smashed it!! This one episode was probably more helpful than all others combined xD Journey from Hardy Boys to Ayn Rand

I need Neville to recommend more!! His enthusiasm about books and his recommendations are so amazing.

Great BoTCast guys! Really Happy to have read all the books mentioned! Just a couple of my additions: Enid Blyton, that formed a lot of my early childhood. The other one is Amar Chitra Katha. While Tintin and Asterix impacted me greatly as well, Amar Chitra Katha was a really important aspect to understand India.

first time poetry was mentioned. And first time Pamuk came up. Its like the Podcast is coming of age. Loved it.

I would recommend one book that blew my mind is The Perk of Being a Wallflower and a great movie though. Notifications squad is on.

That was fun! Please talk about best-written character introductions.

Can we have Neville back for another podcast? please!

I m female.. i liked old man and the sea. Powerful writing.. tugged at my heart..didnt cry.. but come on

8:42 Anuya's face when something popped out of her cup, so cute.

I thought this day will never come but omg Anuya I finally have something to agree with you 😆 I just couldn't bring myself to finish The Old man and the Sea! My mind just had " Pakadle ya ghar chalna." Also Chicken Soup, teenage soul especially. I have been to Crosswords and tried to hide my tears while reading ❤

Finally a helpful BoTcast because was waiting for someone to recommend good books to read. You guys keep it up. Awesome!!

I'm a girl and I absolutely loved The Catcher in the Rye❤❤

@MoreFriesplease

7 жыл бұрын

Yashika Ahuja exactly

@tanvinator

3 жыл бұрын

Same. You read it and you think it’s about you

Loved it guys. Thank you for this one. Neville you are ausum.

Remember reading the stories of Guru Nanak while growing up :) *Nostalgic!

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

haina

@saurabhrijhwani3938

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ! :)

I starting reading again specially after this episode Thanks BoT!!☺

kim= what; kartavya = duty; vimoodh = confused. So " i am confused what i should do" is what kimkartavyavimoodh means. :)

@arghyaroy3141

5 жыл бұрын

Its actually a tatasama word. Made its place in hindi, bengali n other regional vocabularies.

@Parmindersingh-rk8cd

4 жыл бұрын

hindi definition of the word: "kya karu, kya na karu ki stithi"

@manishmishraji

4 жыл бұрын

@@arghyaroy3141 wow! It's been a year can u believe it!! You mean it's a sanskrit word. Cos tatsam by itself means "a word in hindi that was originally sanskrit" And the antonym is tadbhav.

thank u soo mch ..I can watch u all talk hours. the list is increasing vry much excited to read all of them.a nd yes #makereadingawsmagain... spreading the message

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is a great coming-of-age/young adult book that I'm surprised enough people don't talk about!

With Neville on this one, two attempts and still haven't finished 'One hundred years of solitude'.

I am so glad you guys are doing this.. makes me want to grab all the titles mentioned and read... and yes.. Sidney Sheldon 😂

Thanks for bringing out a lot of memories of childhood and teenage years but I'm just dropping this comment to give a shoutout to the fact that someone finally challenged Anuya's suPUNremacy (bad one, I know). Thanks Neville for especially that and for everything else in general. Loved it as always!

The railway children by E Nesbit ☺️ my favorite book as a child! 💜

Just the amount of recommendations you guys give is blowing my mind. I almost jumped at the mention of Ruskin Bond and Roald Dahl as they are my favourites mainly because they have written from both sides of the spectrum and spectacularly so. One of the books that I enjoyed the most was Heidi and Anne of Green Gables, hope you guys can add them next time.

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

You guys rock and also sharin is very cute ...

I am seeing this during the post SNG period. Can literally hear Neville talk about books and food for hours.

I grew up on Anne of Green Gables and The Dragonfly Pool and a lot of Roald Dahl.

Am having a good time here. Shashi Tharoor and Cyrus Broacha would be good fun. They should be on your guest list

Love the episode! How about graphic novels as a future topic? And a Goodreads Botcast group?

This is the only channel whose videos do not have any dislikes.

I want to be able to talk about books like that as well!

So so glad that you guys mentioned Perry Mason. :')

I wonder, why Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie wasn't discussed as a recommendation for 16-18 year olds. I read it a little earlier than that and it had an everlasting impact on me. Also poetry, I would say Robert Frost and John Keats before Lord Byron. Hindi literature produced Sumitranandan Pant and Mahadevi Verma in neo-romanticism age - poets one should definitely read as an introduction to Hindi Poetry.

I’m 28 right now. Started reading books when I was 21. But after watching three of them talk. I’m like I wish I read books when I was a kid apart from school books.

You should do one solely on short stories. Light-house keeper of aspinwall is one i recommend.

@manishmishraji

6 жыл бұрын

so this happened. my suggestion took birth. like 9 months later. #Sorry

Thanks guys for coming up with this... SUGGESTIONS: fictional mythology, budding authors.. love uall peeps

No Judy Blume?! I can still read the Fudge series now, it's so hilarious.

Where's Enid Blyton?

@SriTheAwesumCriFan

7 жыл бұрын

MUGDHA REDKAR EXACTLY

@20shourya

6 жыл бұрын

dead?

Thumbs up just for Neville!

You guys should put up a podcast like every 2 days man...I LOVE ANUYA AND SHARIN😘😍 and Neville toh as always awesome😍 AMAZINNNNGGG episode.. #MakeReadingGreatAgain

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

We love you too Prajakta

@BooksonToast

7 жыл бұрын

WE LOVE YOU MORE

I saw Neville, and I knew that this must be exciting.

aee guys you should get utsav and khamba! it'd be fun to hear these two. also, ye wala was one of my faves! Lots of love. :)

i am here in this channel for first time is beacause u bro Neville.

the only book I read out of all the books you mentioned is Percy Jackson, n I love it!!!!!!!

Hey Anuya and Sharin: can you please do a episode on writers from the middle east , turkey , iran etc.

Another Great episode...every time it feels like i have so much left to read...its really impressive that u read so many books....Growing up in Marathi medium all i could read was books by Sane guruji or Acharya Atre. Anyways loved this one also.👍

Guys please do one with Graphic Novels and Comics Books....they are a valid form of literature too :( and agreeing with what some said below The BoT cast is one of the best things on the Indian KZread space.

I've been hanging out for this episode all week! I feel like this series was made just for me haha..Also one of the funniest clickbait rounds of all..bhaisahab aap Andheri jaooge kya had me in tears #Relate. My favourite books to read while growing up were Charlottes Web, The Railway Children and the What Katy did series...Charlotte's Web taught me so much about friendship! Highly recommended for all ages :) Love from NZ!

Ruskin Bond is amazing!

If you guys like Alistair Maclean type books, you must try Tightrope Men by Desmond Bagley. Read it in my teens and i really liked it. BTW the show is really good and my friends kept recommending me to watch it. Really loved all the episodes i have seen so far. Would love to hear about regional language books from you people. Keep it up and expecting more from you :)

This was fun! Much more than Rohan Joshi waala episode. It is amazing how every guest brings something new to the show.

A podcast on indian authors would be great

Ay come on, Percy Jackson isn't a boy book. I've re-read the series like 5 times.

@AnuyaJakatdar

7 жыл бұрын

Preeti Kodancha I know which is why I corrected myself and said book with a Boy Protagonist.

@preetikodancha1883

7 жыл бұрын

Yeass, I noticed once I clicked play. Big fan, btw. 💜💜 The BoT cast is the best thing on the Indian KZread space.

@AnuyaJakatdar

7 жыл бұрын

No ya it's not, but thank you for thinking that it is

I loved Catcher in the Rye. and old man and the sea. and I've had the same experience with my whole family laughing there head off at Wodehouse and then being totally clueless and going "whyyyy ye to weird hai" . we also had tiger in the tunnel in class 10 and then when we had a teacher called maam tagore and we just atarted calling her tiger in the tunnel because we were stupid shits. this episode was sooo relatable . the whole amar chitra Katha and phantom. I want to be a lawyer because of John Grisham ka Theodore boone . and Perry mason has there on my TBR and because of an earlier episode I ended up buying the entire " No 1 ladies detective agency " this botcast addiction is not good for my pocket money, it flies . TKAM ka exam hai mera Monday ko . gosh it's awesome. and neville's golden trio of books is amazing. Yeh bohot accha botcast hai ♡ I had been waiting for Catch 22 to be brought up. guys call anuja chauhan on your show na. her new book is also about to release and she's so witty!

I love Neville just for recommending A short of history of nearly everything, it's a great book and it can also help you learn science concepts which you don't understand in school.

Adventure of Tom sawyer.. was one of the best classics for me...

All books added to read on goodreads

Was screaming hunter s Thompson on the screen!

great podcast...!!! came across it very late..BUT I am glad that i did...!!!

What about fairy tales? And stories like Musicians of Bremen? Talking about Roald Dahl, loved Quentin Blake's illustrations that accompanied the books!

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

Didn't get time to discuss fairy tales. We'll talk about it in another episode :-)

to read a different format try tarantinos screenplays.. especially true romance.. it reads like a comic book

I hope that young girls and guys actually do watch this podcast. Brilliant one !!

ruskin bond in simply amazing

They are like Indian Nat & Lo without the Google's money backing them. But its equally fun & informative to watch them.

Really love you guys for coming up something like this.... I am in my late 20s and I have started reading books now.. your book suggestions really help me to choose books...so can you please do a session on non fiction books? Or something on historical ?

such a fun one this was!

Don't panic, is that a reference to Hitchhiker's guide to galaxy?

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

1000 points

@himanshuchahande9330

7 жыл бұрын

Sharin Bhatti I think am in love with you.

@shreyashsrivastava6672

7 жыл бұрын

Just Enjoy she is married dude.

@sharinbhatti1920

7 жыл бұрын

I love you too

@ruglasmedia

7 жыл бұрын

But, why you no like Catcher in the Rye? I had the best time reading it, man. It was so beautiful. It was so crass, too.

Kinkartavyavimoodh = Kya kare kya na kare ki sthithi. It's English translation would be 'in a fix'.

Please have Bawa (Neville Shah) once again 🤞

It's rare Indian women KZreadr and a channel on books . Rare but it's good . 👍👍

Its paradoxical to like Steinback especially 'Grapes of Wrath' and Ayn Rand at the same time. They write at the same time and present absolutely opposing worldviews. Also both books cant be enjoyed only for their literary style - their ideology is constitutive of the style they choose to write in.

@neville_shah

7 жыл бұрын

kinjal sampat a wise man once said 'intelligence is the ability to process, hold and accept two opposing views at the same time.' :)

@kinjalsampat8577

7 жыл бұрын

He would have been wiser if he said intelligence is the ability to process and function with oppositional ideas. A far cry from accepting. There is a difference, wise man. I am sure you will figure out. :)

@neville_shah

7 жыл бұрын

Why can't opposing ideas that not affect you directly be acceptable. :) it's accepting and processing! He got two out of three anyway, even by your standards. :₹

@kinjalsampat8577

7 жыл бұрын

Sure, one can afford to be dismissive if one has managed to quarantine one's existence from universal issues of collectivism and individualism and lives beyond the controls of State power. Besides, didn't 'Atlas Shrugged' viscerally shrug you? So lack of impact is not the case here. As far as two out three is concerned - till the time the quote is preceded with a caveat - '33 percent Not Applicable' it should be cool. :)) I would like to know what does the second emoticon (with the rupee sign) in your previous comment represent. Sorry, I am a bit under informed.

@moulibanerjee3056

6 жыл бұрын

hahahah kinjal brinjal! I read the first comment, on steinbeck and rand, and I nodded, and looked up to see the name and went "ohhhhh". I was missing these conversations. :D also, emoji confusions! hahah I am pretty sure h meant :) and it's a typo. :P

finally someone mentions catcher in the rye