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Cannonball Book Club Discussion Post: The Bollywood Bride

March 1, 2016 by faintingviolet 36 Comments

We have reached the fateful day – it’s time to talk about The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev. Its perhaps an open secret around these parts that we haven’t found too much to love about this book. So, let’s dig in and talk about the whys and how’s with this book, and some larger thematic conversations as well. Let’s start with a few ground rules: Since we’re anticipating lots of conversation, please try your best to reply directly to each other, that way they are […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Romance Tagged With: Bollywood Bride, book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Book Club Reads, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, romance, sonali dev, the bollywood bride

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Romance · Tags: Bollywood Bride, book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Book Club Reads, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, romance, sonali dev, the bollywood bride ·
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Stumbling towards completion

March 1, 2016 by ingres77 9 Comments

I’ve never read a romance novel. I’ve never even come close to reading one. But, oddly enough, the book that has had the most lasting impact on me was Crime and Punishment, and not for it’s explorations of nihilistic degeneration and the Westernization of Russia, but for the deeply compassionate love between it’s protagonist, Raskolnikov, and Sonya. More than anything, the redemption he receives through their love is what touched my soul, and its gift to me was a feeling that I have long sought […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Bollywood Bride, India, Mr Darcy is an asshole, romance

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:19 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Bollywood Bride, India, Mr Darcy is an asshole, romance ·
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A romance with all my least favorite tropes

February 27, 2016 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

Oh, CBR BookClub. I’m so excited for you to exist, but this was definitely not my choice to introduce folks to the romance genre. About two thirds of my reading every year is romance. I know what I like within the genre and this one hit upon so many of the things I can’t stand. So as you all know from reading this one yourselves this is the story of Ria and Vikram. They were once young lovers, but haven’t seen each other in 10 […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Romance Tagged With: Bollywood Bride, sonali dev

Beth Ellen's CBR8 Review No:9 · Genres: Book Club, Romance · Tags: Bollywood Bride, sonali dev ·
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Rules for The Bollywood Bride drinking game

February 26, 2016 by scootsa1000 12 Comments

Drink every time Ria’s aunties do something charming. Think about how you wish there was more about this lovely group of ladies in the book. Wouldn’t it be nice to find out how their friendships came to be? Drink whenever Jen and Nikhil are front and center in the story. Its their wedding. I’d like to know more about Jen. I know she’s a doctor and she’s uncomfortable in a sari. But what else makes her tick? Drink whenever the book actually alludes to Bollywood and how that […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Bollywood Bride, CBR8, Scootsa1000, sonali dev, the bollywood bride

scootsa1000's CBR8 Review No:12 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Bollywood Bride, CBR8, Scootsa1000, sonali dev, the bollywood bride ·
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Pre-CBR Book Club notes.

February 22, 2016 by bonnie 6 Comments

A few fellow Cannonballers’ brief reviews have been trickling in with disclaimers about saving the good stuff for our book discussion, and I’ll follow their lead. I want to save my most salient thoughts for the Cannonball Read Book Club, and I’m eager to hear everyone else’s. In other news: hooray for Cannonball Read Book Club and faintingviolet for arranging it!!!! You can find the full list of NOTES on my blog, but here is one that I’ll post, and it was my immediate and […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Bollywood Bride, bonnie, sonali dev

bonnie's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Bollywood Bride, bonnie, sonali dev ·
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I’d rather have read a romance featuring Ria’s cousin and his wife to be

February 21, 2016 by Malin 6 Comments

2.5 stars Ria Parkar is a celebrated Bollywood star, frequently playing the innocent ingenue who ends up the bride. Professionally she’s intensely private, revealing very little about herself. When a paparazzi gets an incriminating photo of her looking deranged and as if she’s about to jump off a ledge (she was retrieving her phone), Ria is worried that all her deep dark secrets will be uncovered. Her cousin, who she was raised along-side, is getting married in Chicago, and she’s dreading her return there, she […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: angst, bollywood, Bollywood Bride, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, sonali dev, the bollywood bride

Malin's CBR8 Review No:15 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Romance · Tags: angst, bollywood, Bollywood Bride, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, sonali dev, the bollywood bride ·
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