Books, Ba-Ba-Boo-Ba-La-Books.

[sonataindica]

I hate Blossoms these days. Gone are the days when a visit to Blossoms meant a few hours of leisurely browsing through lanes and lanes of musty second-hand books waiting to be bought at throw-away prices. Sigh. Those were the days when I actually used to bring back mounds of good books from every Blossoms trip. Now I find that my meagre allowance

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[silverreflects]

Is the part abt Derek conducting the Landmark quiz confirmed? Damn! Then it will turn out to be another populist quiz. I hate such quizzes - Pick(pea?)brain, that Odyssey chap(he had spotlights on him!), Derek, 20-25 questions. The only redeeming point - the HAJAAR prizes.

It has been quite a long time since I put a Blossoms trip - went last year.

What is Cross Channel abt?

[sonataindica]

Acoording to Kodhi and Swami, it is. Rather unfortunate. Cross Channel is a collection of short stories on how Englishmen relate to France. Anglo-French, you may call them. Beautiful writer.

[tandavdancer]

What's with all the down with capitalism and power to the masses shouting? What good is it when the masses seem to be interested in Cubbon Park and so on? Mucho disappointed with Premier. And don't worry, Blossom still sells the cheapest books in Bangalore. You get Kurt Vonneguts and Carl Hiaasens for 100 bucks. The trick is to really, really hunt for it. Yeah, I didn't have a great time with the assistants either but oh well, how many knowledgeable ppl become bookshop assistants? maybe they'll learn with time. Landmark's help is, if anything, even worse. Even with a computer to help them out. I spent an hour listening to Premiers proprietor rant and rave and generally bitch about Blossom.
Maybe you were just having a bad day but the house of used books deserves better....

[sonataindica]

Maybe it's just that my taste has veered towards the expensive over the last few years. But Blossom is generally disappointing these days. Must try Aqeel, the guy who sits in front of the Shivajinagar Sreeraj Lassi Bar. Arul mentioned a massive list of books followed by Rs. 500 at the end in his blog the other day. And the shop Beatzo mentioned on MG Road is worth a check out too. By by by, new books are cheaper at Premier than at Blossom :)

[tandavdancer]

new books are cheaper at Premier than at Blossom?
don't agree. besides shopping at Premier is a harrowing experience. you expect to get shot if you decide to walk out empty-handed.

[sonataindica]

They are around 30 bucks cheaper. Verified it yesterday. If you buy a book without a coupon, there's also a percentage discount he grants.

ha ha ha

[anonymous]

i dont intend to over rate you . so i'll ask instead ... have you read vic hugo?

Re: ha ha ha

[anonymous]

There are people who read victor hugo?

Re: ha ha ha

[anonymous]

there are people who read hugo's book again and again . coz they dont seem to get enough.

btw i think he's a story writer in the truest sense. you'l want to read for the style, more than the plot.

Re: ha ha ha

[wtmewry]

Oy! IIM Stud? Where are you?

[anonymous]

i'm not ha ha ha. [ although i suppose it sounded like i was]
strands. you might like it. there are two people there [the owner and this man , he wears a mustache i think] they'd be able to tell you anything about a book that you wanted and if they didn't have it they would get it for you plus they give discounts. i think the place was opened with the object of encouraging reading rather than anything else.
k

your capacity for supposition boundless?

[madhav]

Completely agree re. the female troglodytes at Blossom.

Nice journal you have here, hello.

[sonataindica]

Hello! Awesome to have an interested visitor.
Am adding you on, if you don't mind.
And yes, how did you land up here, of all places?

[madhav]

Oh, I don't mind at all. I had already added you - am not very conscious of netiquette, I'm afraid.

I moderate quizbusters; was browsing through the members list when I stumbled upon your journal.