Book Club with Uday [Mentza Circle Notes #1]

  • 8 Feb, 2022

Last night, I had the pleasure of conversing with fellow bibliophile Uday Kiran on Mentza about my love for reading, this 'sanity project' and more. Everything that popped up during those 27 minutes is linked out in this post for easy access, in chronological order.

You can listen to this circle recording in your browser or the Mentza app. Feedback always appreciated :)

  1. Statutory Earworm Alert: This tune might get stuck in your head for days. Thank / blame Uday :P

  1. Listen to Ila Reddy's offbeat travel tales on #1MinuteStories with Uday. Also subscribe below to receive her posts in your inbox.

  1. Find all details of Amit Varma's course --> 'The Art of Clear Writing'. To know more about Amit, listen to him guesting on his own show...

  1. Read more about the 'gap year' --> 'The Bibliophile's Guide to 42' and...

5. Read the article which introduced me to 'bibliotherapy' in March 2020...

  1. Check out the work of bibliotherapist Ella Berthoud on Instagram, Twitter + The School of Life

  2. Scroll through my reader's journey in nine montages, nine quotes...

  1. Download your copy of the zine containing my top 42 recommendations and more...

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  1. Swipe sideways below to know more about...

  1. Try out Guided Reading Meditation #1 and...

1 Short Story. 1 Poem. 1 Essay: Guided Reading Meditation #2

"What you’ve got to do from this night forward is stuff your head with more different things from various fields... Before you go to bed every night, read one short story, one poem, one essay - for the next thousand nights... At the end, Jesus God, you’ll be full of stuff, won’t you?" ~ Ray Bradbury (An Evening in 2001)

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  1. If you're still on Clubhouse, say hi! (No fruity emoji / 'shoot your shot' rooms hosted, though :P)

  2. Feast on Pico Iyer's...

  1. Read why Samir and Ritesh built stck.me (formerly Scrollstack)...

  1. Read about the next phase of this project - the search for its first 10,000 Readers of 42...

  1. Expand your mind courtesy Douglas Noel Adam's last public talk before his untimely death in 2001...

This has less than 1 million views. Sigh.

  1. Swipe sideways for glimpses of DNA's favourite book written by him...

  1. Know more about anti-libraries and...

  1. Swipe sideways for a few nudges to pick up my End-of-2020 read...

  1. Scroll through the Cricket Collection on Instagram, featuring nostalgic memorabilia such as 'Britannia Khao, World Cup Jao' booklets and tons more.

  2. Explore the wholesome side of the internet, e.g.

For more 'good faith interactions', scroll through the Reddit weblogs from Week 1 and Week 2.

  1. Sign up to receive one goodread every day on Telegram, courtesy Deepak 'Chuck' Gopalakrishnan and myself.

  1. Look forward to Guided Reading Meditations and more reading circles on Mentza :)

Cheers and happy reading! ~ Nitin

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