Books you love or hate

i love you for the sake of Allah (Swt)!!

That's a very nice thing to say brother...

you male mermaid

That's not so nice... laying:

although i wouldnt call it barbarism, it was just a bit of fun espeically when they throw the boulder over piggy and he dies

Yup, spearing people whilst chanting about violence and death sure is ace! I for one believe that what society needs is in fact a bit more of this virtuous and innocent behaviour if we wish to coexist with eachother peacefully!

format_quote Originally Posted by chacha_jalebi

SPOILER REMOVED!

Who's gonna' read the book now you've spoiled it? Edit your post immediately!

erm fishy fishy was that sarcasm i smelt, cough cough post edit couugh cough

ali ali ali my good man, we all watch cricket, when we know someone is goin to win or lose so isnt that kind of a spoiler

lol and thats only one part of the book, its a kool book inshallah i wana read it again

format_quote Originally Posted by czgibson

Here is a list of novels that many readers have enjoyed - perhaps you might find something to your taste there. It says 'Cool reads for cool teens', which is slightly patronising, but, really, these books could be enjoyed by people beyond teenagerdom as well.

I've read the first 3, liked them all.

format_quote Originally Posted by highlander

guys I feel old...

Only one of you enjoyed W. Shakespeare and James Joyce? And how about poetry? Noone reads/likes poetry anymore? How about Fleur du Mal i had to study it in French lit and i hated it at that time, just to find out few years later how great it was.
My all time favourite- Portrait by Joyce and Ulysses (only first vol),
Taming of the shrew- w. shakespeare
faulkner- the sound and the fury,
100 years of solitude- marquez

Poetry is cool, but not the weird gangsta rap stuff that people write round here...

As for Shakespeare, he's probably a good author, I'm just not mature enough yet to enjoy it. I find the language hard to understand as well, it makes reading quite difficult.

Greetings,

Good to see Sonnet 130 getting an airing. If you're reading it for the first time, make sure you read right through to the last two lines - they're important.

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

Here's what some of the unusual words mean:

dun (l. 3)- brown
damask'd (l. 5) - coloured
reeks (l. 8) - stinks
go (l. 11) - (in this case) walk
she (l. 14) - (in this case) woman
belied (l. 14) - lied about

Peace, and enjoy.

lol to kill a mockingbird. by the title. hell no. by the way my brothers described it , hell hell hell no. by the fact u read it at school...:X not gonna comment on that one (it would be safer for the forum )

Ima try that book yall talked bout...forget the title already, something bout a dog and night...

one question before i waste time... Issit anything like those loser doggy books where a kid saves up to buy a dog, the dog goes thru alot, the kid goes thru a lot, tear tear, doggy dies, kid grows up, the end?? coz if so, ew.

you kno, every single book i have ever read in my life, i had to skim thru it, all of it. so a total i read like 10/200 pages and if its for school, just google a summary * note: dont always rely on it, the teachers have eyes on ur computer!!

why do ppl read anyway? this is why people got movies now

format_quote Originally Posted by truemuslim

one question before i waste time... Issit anything like those loser doggy books where a kid saves up to buy a dog, the dog goes thru alot, the kid goes thru a lot, tear tear, doggy dies, kid grows up, the end?? coz if so, ew.

Nope.

I'll give you a quick summary:

It's basically a boy's investigation to find out who killed a dog near where he lived, but not just any boy, this boy has Aspergers Syndrome, and the way the book is written raises awareness of the syndrome and allows you to understand how people with Aspergers think, and how they'd act around strangers, etc. etc., it's really interesting once you get into it, and that doesn't mean skimming the whole book!

format_quote Originally Posted by czgibson

Greetings,

Good to see Sonnet 130 getting an airing. If you're reading it for the first time, make sure you read right through to the last two lines - they're important.



Here's what some of the unusual words mean:

dun (l. 3)- brown
damask'd (l. 5) - coloured
reeks (l. 8) - stinks
go (l. 11) - (in this case) walk
she (l. 14) - (in this case) woman
belied (l. 14) - lied about

Peace, and enjoy.

I sutdied that at school. Pfft I prefer Benjamin Zephaniah

format_quote Originally Posted by highlander

Happy you guys agree....

Great thing of us forgot!- You must be reffering to a great quote from...king lear when he forgets about Lear and Cordelia...I might be old but I only forget what i read an hour ago, not what I read in Youth days.

Ah and yes you are right Dave, let us not forget the sonnets.

Ahh Good Ol' King Lear....studied him last year

format_quote Originally Posted by truemuslim

lol to kill a mockingbird. by the title. hell no. by the way my brothers described it , hell hell hell no. by the fact u read it at school...:X not gonna comment on that one (it would be safer for the forum )

Lol sis its a raddd book

Here is a list of novels that many readers have enjoyed - perhaps you might find something to your taste there. It says 'Cool reads for cool teens', which is slightly patronising, but, really, these books could be enjoyed by people beyond teenagerdom as well.

I only read 4 from that list

format_quote Originally Posted by Ali.

Nope.

I'll give you a quick summary:

It's basically a boy's investigation to find out who killed a dog near where he lived, but not just any boy, this boy has Aspergers Syndrome, and the way the book is written raises awareness of the syndrome and allows you to understand how people with Aspergers think, and how they'd act around strangers, etc. etc., it's really interesting once you get into it, and that doesn't mean skimming the whole book!

kwl. ok ima try nd read it. if the first 4 chapters are boring...

sounds interesting tho

now what was it called?

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.

:eek: thats the title or the summary????? Ooh wow. umm....thank u

^ It's the name of the book, yeah.