Books, Caffeine & Everything in Between

A personal notebook of books, thoughts, experiences and whatever else catches my attention.

  • My version of Ray Bradbury challenge

    My version of Ray Bradbury challenge

    My fourth attempt to kickstart the Ray Bradbury challenge. My customized version. Just to read books consistently. I have tried starting it three times before and eventually fell down the wagon. Being a perfectionist is a pain. It’s the ‘all-in-or-nothing’ attitude that doesn’t let me continue after a couple of hiccups. I started with one…

  • Seething in silence

    Seething in silence

    I have become an angry person in the recent past. If I were young, I could be an angry young man who’s upset with the society. If I were old, i could be a responsible senior citizen who’s angry at where the world is going. But I’m an energy deficit middle aged man, well fast…

  • Kindle + KUAL + Instapaper = Bliss !!

    Kindle + KUAL + Instapaper = Bliss !!

    I have been using modded Kindle for quite sometime and I have been enjoying the customisations of KoReader. The only concern is that sometimes too much customisation options could be overwhelming. At times, as a consumer, we can tell if we like or dislike this design/view/approach, but we cannot identify what/why we like a specific…

  • Delayed not Defeated !!

    Delayed not Defeated !!

    A cringe title, but it suits my current frustration. Frustration, this is what Gemini suggested for what I am feeling right now. When I created this domain name for this blog-site, I set out to translate Tamil short stories into English, not because it’s the only meaningful writing I can ever attempt, not for non-Tamil…