Books you're currently reading

[أسمـــاء]

Yes , what books are you currently reading ?b
What are they about ? how long pages are they ?h
How much time does it take you to finish a book ?g

How do you choose your books ?g
?When do you like to read them
Do you set a reading list ? s

When you go to a book store , what section do you head to first , Arabic or English ?
What subjects do you like to read about most?f
history , politics , religion ,literature..ets

How many books do you read a year ?s
are you satisfied with it ? do you intend to read more ? s

Have you ever tried the idea of book club ? if yes , did it work in adding more books to your list ?d
if not what do you think of it ?f



Let's talk a bit more about our experience with books and how we can manage -with good methods- to read more in order to boost our self esteem and
: ) knowledge

[Nino chan]

hey Azuma san..

books books.. i was yesterday at the library and got two books lol

Yes , what books are you currently reading ?

"كليلة ودمنة" لعبد الله بن المقفع :×
"رغم الفراق" نور عبد المجيد
"الرحيق المختوم" لصفي الرحمن المباركفوري

what is it about ? how long pages are they?

hmm, just sert prophet Mohammad (pbuh) , some wisdom, and Romance for sure
between 300-400

How much time does it take you to finish a book ?

g

it depends, it might take a day
2 days
a week
a month !
depends on my mood : )

How do you choose your books ?

g

title, author, other's opinions

?When do you like to read them

whenever am very sad.. all the time : D
i prefer afternoon, before getting to bed, after al fajr prayer

Do you set a reading list ?

s

Nope !

When you go to the book store , what section do you head to first , Arabic or English ?

English

What subjects do you like to read about most?f
history , politics , religious ,literary ..ets

literature, religion, history, psychology

How many books do you read a year ?

s

depends on my mood .. almost 3-5 !

are you satisfied with it ? do you intend to read more ? s

nope, i wanna read more and more :O

Have you ever tried the idea of book club ? if yes did it work in adding more books to your list ?d
if not what do you think of it ?

f

unfortunately, i had the chance but didn't go because of personal reasons in this holiday
but i was following them on a group in Facebook.. (they are my friends and teachers in the end)mm they did choose good books, ^^ but didn't participate lol
...

ok my questions to you, which books do you think deserve to be read ?

if you started reading a book.. hmm and you stopped at something crucial relating to religion..
would you continue reading that book or not ?

Do you think a book can be the ONLY friend of you ?

[أسمـــاء]

to you, which books do you think deserve to be read

You are doing a great job by such books you read
To me I think Religious and historical books are to be a must read specially these days

f you started reading a book.. hmm and you stopped at something crucial relating to religion..
would you continue reading that book or not

What do you mean by crucial ? things related to others' beliefs or an attempt to criticize ours ?e
It depends on how crucial it is , and I think most of the time I would ignore it if the book I got is really worth reading

Do you think a book can be the ONLY friend of you ?

Your book is your best guide that you shouldn't let go of
you see in most advanced nations books are glorified the most , so yeah it has to be your best friend most of the times

[Nino chan]

thnx Azuma san

sorry for ambiguity, i was out of place "it's a book by Edward Said" :P
what i mean, there are such books for Muslims mm who adopt Western beliefs
Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses for example..

what i want to ask here, do you close your mind when an author deals with the Holy things like mocking Islamic faiths

or you accept the book and try to keep these stuff out of your mind.


another question
what do you think of the books talking about Orientalism ? shouldn't we "educated ppl" read more in the field of politics to know where Muslims stand and where we should stand ?

this is for today :P

[أسمـــاء]

sorry for ambiguity, i was out of place "it's a book by Edward Said" :P
what i mean, there are such books for Muslims mm who adopt Western beliefs
Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses for example..

what i want to ask here, do you close your mind when an author deals with the Holy things like mocking Islamic faiths

.I believe we ,as Muslims , should be open minded to understand the world around us
If books like Salman rushde's were meant essentially for mocking Muhammad then what good or relief will it bring me ? let alone wasting my money and supporting him. We can be opened to things that will do us good and if it was of a high literary value , then I think literature will lose its value when based on mocking others' creeds
I can't judge but people like him might use something like this as an excuse to win fame or whatever purpose he sought, d
yet this very writer might have another marvelous book that It will be a waste if I didn't read it so no harm in reading him somethin new !g

what do you think of the books talking about Orientalism ? shouldn't we "educated ppl" read more in the field of politics to know where Muslims stand and where we should stand ?

.I was going to add politics when you asked me subjects that are worth reading but I forgot

Well , orientalism has always carried a negative implication though books like Sigrid Hunke
can guarantee pleasing your eyes . I never read a book by an orientalist except Sigrid 's
شمس العرب تسطع على الغرب
what else do you recommend ?I hate to be gullible after all
Sure we must go deep into politics to learn and avoid alot specially when all nations have already won their bite from our flesh
! and if there is so much to learn in such books well why not quenching our thirst


Nice questions little book worm
: ) I'm not by the way but trying to be

[Nino chan]

, i understand your point of view about Rushdie's books
i wanted to know if other ppl think as you or those ppl who say why not reading about anything.. but religion aside :P
(those are my teachers :||||||)

about orientalism, i don't know alot>> expect Edward Said, you should try his books.. not because he is a Palestinian professor worked in
American universities.. but because he gives an accurate image of what happens in colonialism, post-colonialism, imperialism and so on

this speech reminds me of an article, an amazing one !!! Sartre's Preface to Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth

Sigrid Hunke

i remember her name when we talked about Sartre and Fanon verrrrry interesting !!


After reading such stuff dealing with politics, my mind becomes more and more open

bookworm

looool XD
ok.. i might be lolz thanks to SOMEone <3

do you like to continue like this ??
because i need to know more books from others' knowledge.. am not that reader ^_^""

[أسمـــاء]

Religious books are important you know I'm currently reading
تفسير إبن كثير
and I knew many things I thought I got them right concerning the Quranic verses
I think with every verse I become a new Muslim , it's something beyond imagination , yet If you come to see my book case most of the books are literary and academic
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I will study your Palestinian writer and learn more about the colonialism , I will give history and politics alot insha'alla , you see I have the Arabian encyclopedia where I can find something about colonialism , have you got other reference !??
It's true that the oreintalism had made the way easy to the colonialism and some say it was the ultimate aim of some orientalists

!May be we Arabs must become ourselves orientalists and be more interested in ourselves and identity

I don't mind
I wanna know more about some good books like yours

[جي.سبون]

Yes , what books are you currently reading ?b
will.am that kind of person who likes to read one book after another
so right now am just reading book one of septimus heap books (magyk )
What are they about ? how long pages are they ?
it is about magic world -there are 563 pagrsh
How much time does it take you to finish a book ?
i didn’t finish it yet g

How do you choose your books ?g
by reading the sammary
?When do you like to read them
in my free time
Do you set a reading list ? s
no

When you go to a book store , what section do you head to first , Arabic or English ?
english
What subjects do you like to read about most?f
history , politics , religion ,literature..ets
novels and poetry

How many books do you read a year ?s
i don’t count them
are you satisfied with it ? do you intend to read more ? s
yes i am

Have you ever tried the idea of book club ? if yes , did it work in adding more books to your list ?d
no
if not what do you think of it ?f
I don,T think it is agood Idea for me

[Nino chan]

lol am not that book eater :P
am in love with religious books, so that am re-reading
الرحيق المختوم
..

the following thing in my mind is to read about the history of the fellows of the Prophet pbuh
but i don't know a reliable source :"(((

about orientalism, i believe that we should learn about how others think of us (Muslims) but i don't know other one except Said
T_T am very poor !!



my question for tonight XD is.. what Do you think of George Orwell's books ? shouldn't his books be taught at schools, universities ?

[Nino chan]

جي.سبون

hey sis
it's nice to see you here>> Azuma will kill me

books about magic : D haven't try anyone !
but it seems an interesting

what do you think of Harry potter then : D ? it's mere magic !!

[أسمـــاء]

lol am not that book eater :P
am in love with religious books, so that am re-reading
الرحيق المختوم
..

the following thing in my mind is to read about the history of the fellows of the Prophet pbuh
but i don't know a reliable source :"(((

about orientalism, i believe that we should learn about how others think of us (Muslims) but i don't know other one except Said
T_T am very poor !!



my question for tonight XD is.. what Do you think of George Orwell's books ? shouldn't his books be taught at schools, universities ?

In fact I don't know him >_<
You tell me , so I can tell u about my reading list

[Nino chan]

`Big Brother is Watching You`
`peace is war, war is peace`
lolz ... memories !!!
George Orwell is the author of 1984 ( one of the best novels ever, Do you know that Code Geass is a parody of it ?) .. most of his novels are political ones
..
i've read 1984 and Animal farm... both are sarcastic, criticizing the world, Europe. WW, WWII

his language is very very very simple and catchy !!!

[أسمـــاء]

I like writers when they are so sarcastic in scanning the sickening social and political conditions
, Have u read Twilight ?
I'm about to finish it though it wasn't as I expected at all

I'm also reading a book about
الإسلام والمستقبل
د. محمد عمارة

another book my sister bought me , I'm sooo excited to read it but until I end twilight
It's Thomas Hardy's tragic Tess of the d'Urbervilles

and there will be updates lol
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[Nino chan]

you`ll enjoy Orwell isa

^^


yep, i read the first two moons of Twilight 2years ago
it's language is very nice, from common life..
but after watching the second moon movie i was disappointed . stopped reading + watching !

..
as i don't have much time nowadays..
T_T very poor
..
i wish i can read ;"( but there's no time at all !!

another book my sister bought me , I'm sooo excited to read it but until I end twilight
It's Thomas Hardy's tragic Tess of the d'Urbervilles

ah a VICTORIAN novel :P
it's very long ^^" very very !!

i need to set a list of my future reading !
:"( but let me take a breathe at first

[أسمـــاء]

Twilight !
In fact I WAS not convinced with all Bella's fabricated drama that I couldn't stand

Umm as for the language ,I wouldn't say it's easy , there are far more vocabulary in English than I had just expected while reading the novel ! indeed the plot isn't successful at all but there is a very indescribable deal of description Stephenie includes which what I admire the most in her book

But I couldn't see the cause of all the fuss that is made out of her books ! She's been really over rated ! may be coz the majority are teens and that will increase her thumps up
When I discussed this with my teacher she had some expressions that I had never seen on her face when talking about Bella , hah she's irritated by the author choice of heroine ! g

and I agree with my teacher , how can't I :P

yes very excited to reading Tess as soon as possible
I don't have time either but I try to make use of the little I have

Good luck with a new reading list mate

[Nino chan]

i believe i was young, yet still i didn`t need a dic to look the words up !
^^""
her style is not that efficient . you can notice her broken grammar
...
btw i'm fond of the male heroes not heroines
:P
lolz
..
i need to organize my time first, then there are some masterpiece novels and stories to read
isa
good luck in tess
i'm fed up with her story lol

[shooog]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله


Where am I? How I did not notice this topic


My list :


الرحيق المختوم << the best and re-reading


The secret <<easy style but i did not agree with many thoughts


Dr.faustus << soo haaate


متعة الحديث << amazing book


صور من حياة الصحابة << a great book, love it and re-reading




will be updating


Thanks Asma

[Nino chan]

[h=3]The Da Vinci Code [/h]
finally, it's WoW !!
in the middle of it... i can't express how am astonished with the writer and the things he talks about
oooh am diving to the depths of knowledge


it's veeeeery exiting !!!

[أسمـــاء]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله


Where am I? How I did not notice this topic


My list :


الرحيق المختوم << the best and re-reading


The secret <<easy style but i did not agree with many thoughts


Dr.faustus << soo haaate


متعة الحديث << amazing book


صور من حياة الصحابة << a great book, love it and re-reading




will be updating


Thanks Asma

Welcome dear shooga
وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته
mashallah amazing set
متعة الحديث
for what writer please ?

have you read a book called
عودة الغائب
it's a novel that is been highly suggested to me

and this The Secret one < what is it about ..? I heard alot about it

[أسمـــاء]

Dear Dumb Diary

a series by Jim Benton

One of the most lovely cheery dumb books I've ever read
I have 4 out of the complete series

Good for someone who is sad and bored
easy language ..funny dumb stories

: I have finished a book titled

It's not my fault I know every thing
XD