I am a devoted bookworm from a long line of bookworms on both the maternal and paternal side. Which means I read everything in sight. My favorite books are fiction, and I like SF, Fantasy and Historic Fiction and Humour.
My favourite authors are :
James H Schmitz
Lois McMaster Bujold
Steve Miller & Sharon Lee
Patricia Briggs
Roald Dahl
Terry Pratchett
Authors whom I wouldn't read if I was stranded on a desert island for ever and ever with only one book and no chance of rescue.
The first two books in the trillogy by Jennifer Donnelly is rather good. The Tea Rose and The Winter Rose. I'm waiting for the third to come out... The Wild Rose.
Which is the first one? I just bought the winter rose, I didn't know it was part of a series.
Mashallah! your a very fast reader! I was wondering did you get this fast by reading or using software on how to speed read? I myself wanted to try a book on speed reading, but it takes a lot of time and effort to become a speed reader, and at the moment I'm a fast enough reader so my reading speed doesn't bother me to much. I loved Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451. I really should read it again. Hey check out this report on the state of reading in America. http://arts.endow.gov/research/ToRead_ExecSum.pdf If you want the full report just ask me and I'll post up the link.
I did take several speed reading courses, but all were in pre computer days. There are now several software courses that seem to be very good. The key is in learning to read a sentence as if it were a single word. Not as hard as it sounds. Remember as you now read you read words and not individual letters, the same can be applied to entire sentences and eventually to entire pages. Not anything magic or extraordinary, just takes a good teacher or good software.
How long does it take to finish a book with 600 pages ?
2 days maybe 3
Allah made everyone different thats what makes them special,so no matter what ppl say just remember you're SPECIAL!! "You are with the one you love"
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Allah made everyone different thats what makes them special,so no matter what ppl say just remember you're SPECIAL!! "You are with the one you love"
Nem0
Allah made everyone different thats what makes them special,so no matter what ppl say just remember you're SPECIAL!! "You are with the one you love"
Nem0
I really like the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and I also really like the book Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, of whom I'm reading a book called Crime and Punishment as well.
I read that book too sis. You have to read it between the lines to really grasp what was cultural, etc, etc
Have you also read KITERUNNER[ by Khaled Hosseini. If not i recommend it if you liked A Thousand Splendid Suns.................:smile:QUOTE=RoseGold;1075839]
format_quote Originally Posted by Podarok
I really like the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
I really liked that too. But I wish it had been made clear what was Islam, what was culture, and what was patriarchal interpretation
I read that book too sis. You have to read it between the lines to really grasp what was cultural, etc, etc
Have you also read KITERUNNER[ by Khaled Hosseini. If not i recommend it if you liked A Thousand Splendid Suns.................:smile:QUOTE=RoseGold;1075839]
I haven't read it, but I should. I've seen the movie of it, which I really really liked! I can't wait until Khaled's next book comes out.
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Mashallah! your a very fast reader! I was wondering did you get this fast by reading or using software on how to speed read? I myself wanted to try a book on speed reading, but it takes a lot of time and effort to become a speed reader, and at the moment I'm a fast enough reader so my reading speed doesn't bother me to much. I loved Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451. I really should read it again. Hey check out this report on the state of reading in America. 
I can't wait until Khaled's next book comes out.
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