Satyajeet Jadhav

6 months ago

The Blue Book

Author: Amitava Kumar

Finished reading The Blue Book this morning. It was one of the recommendations from the Art of Clear Writing course. I enjoyed it a lot. It is the first book that I have read cover to cover in a long time. That should tell you something about the book.

The book is based on journal entries by the author. At some points, the author is walking you through his journal entries. At other points, the entries are presented as they are.

There is one beautiful short story about two lovers meeting during the time of covid, finding excuse to be around each other in the long queues to pick up daily necessities.

There are poignant reminders of the difficult times of covid. But nothing is too over the top. It stays true to its form. The author is documenting. Witnessing and documenting. He writes to document. 

Never miss a post from
Satyajeet Jadhav

Get notified when Satyajeet Jadhav publishes a new post.

View Profile

Comments

Participate in the conversation.

Read More

Books of 2024 - Book 10

Here is a short non-spoiler of“The Paper Menagerie”. This story is about a boy and his mom. As a kid, his mom is his world. She has made these paper animals for him to play with. Most of the time these lifelike paper animals are his only playmates. They also signify the con...

Reading Habit

My monkey brain is in overdrive when I am alone. I can’t read. I can’t write. I can’t watch an entire movie. I can’t code. Well this is all I can do when I can. There is not much else to me.

Books of 2024 - Book 8

After I started my new job and with moving, it took a while to get back to reading. After a month have resumed reading regularly. Saw this in our bookshelf that Satya had newly organized. The book is little different than the genres I usually read and enjoy. But liked reading thi...