The first Gurgaon BYOB (where the last B stands for books, not booze) meet-up took place yesterday at The Wishing Chair’s adorable Mad Teapot cafe. It was quite a turn out, and I was blown away by the variety of books and authors that people brought along to the discussion. Ranging from Murakami and Rushdie, to Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, to an Indian author from Nagaland and an Iranian graphic novelist (yes, the Iranian graphic novelist), to a pilot and a sports writer – the discussion was engaging, illuminating, and passionate. The best thing was the absence of Chetan Bhagat and his ilk – although there was quite a heated debate on bad writing and there being no such thing as bad writing. It was a stimulating meet-up, and I came away with a couple of more books added to my TBR list. Here’s to more BYOB events in Gurgaon; may the tribe of readers grow!
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Looks a happy bunch here 🙂 And books as well as bibliophiles can rake up any meetup 😀
Absolutely! Especially once inhibitions break down and people start sharing, talking and questioning more!
Loved the idea of meeting a bunch of bibliophiles and having an enlightening discussion with the excited bunch of people 🙂
I couldn’t help but chuckle on how delighted you were ( I too would have been) that no one brought any books by Chetan Bhagat 😉
It was so much fun! I would highly recommend finding a good book club and being a part of it. If you can’t find one locally, look up TSBC on Twitter. Here’s a write up I did on them: https://moderngypsy.in/2012/12/10/tsbc/
(But I think you know them already!)
Sounds like a fun event.
Oh yes – it was a lot of fun!!
Oh the joy of being able to talk about books with other bibliophiles! My book club did a similar read what you want month- the discussion of the books we chose and why was really good!
Yes – I found it really stimulating to hear about such a variety of books and authors. Some I had heard of, some not, and I came away so much richer for the interaction!
I go to a book club here and I love it, you get to learn about new authors you might never have come across otherwise and it’s so interesting to hear the different opinions.
Yes, isn’t it? This was my first in-person book club meeting and it was so stimulating!!
I love book clubs/reading groups! So glad your first one was amazing! 🙂
Yes! I’m looking forward to more for sure!!
That is so cool! What a fun meet-up.
Yes, it was!!
Joining the chorus. Looks like a great time was had by all. Glad your group is off to a rousing start.
I sure do hope they continue to have meet ups in my area! I’m sure going to be pestering them for more 😉
What? No music videos or video games and yet people were interested? Sounds amazing.