If we started a book club section on LI how many would participate?
How would you like the discussions to go about? chapter by chapter or half way through the book?
Also would books on philosophy in general be of interest? for instance be interested in reading something like Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays or A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume stuff of that nature so when some drop names about to be condescending others aren't left out or clueless?
pls let me know in general if you'd like to participate, and if you do, if you'd like to stick with one category or if you'd like to expand into others like art, or history or psychology etc etc..
thank you
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
Assalama Alaykum,
I love the idea of a book club, it makes it more interesting when you start one with people on the internet. My friends and I are planning to start one Insha Allah. One thing i have noticed is that everyone agrees on the idea of having a book club but not on what book to read. I hope that we choose a book soon.
we are waiting for more members to join and for everyone to be comfortable.. I think sometimes people get exceited and then feel the burden of reponsibility to they back out... for now they can log in and share some of their writing, or favorite short pieces or small critiques then work their way.. to making polls with suggestions and seeing how many of the joined members would actively partake in reading such a book and actively having discussions
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
My taste in books is totally varied..I go through phases..
however, are you guys going to choose a specific book to review or will you jus write up thoughts on a book you've liked reading? ?:
I think because of background the site is taking even longer as it should..
It's not ma Computer just that site Humm... :L
Ma'assalama
A few changes have been made. after a person registers as a member they can now go to there profile and select what "skin" hey want to few the Bookclub with. The simplest one is labled plain, it is very generic with only text. There are about 5 choices now and more are being added.
I would like to join the bookclub. What do i have to do take part in it?
Whatever you desire, there are books up for review you can comment on, there are plenty of books to read on line, You can suggest books, you can start a thread about any book you are interested in. the main thing is read, learn how to review and critique book anything that has to do with books.
Woodrow, are there certain texts that are just a no-no?
Like say if I wanted to discuss (objectively) works by De Saude, Rushdie, or even certain piece of 'contrivesial literature' would that be okay?
Yes, there are some texts that are a no-no, anything that is obviously anti-Islam, pornography, etc. Controversial is a very subjective opinion. the best choice there would be if a person is not certain, there is a password protected section in which a person could post it and than it can be screened by either myself or an admin.
Yes, there are some texts that are a no-no, anything that is obviously anti-Islam, pornography, etc. Controversial is a very subjective opinion. the best choice there would be if a person is not certain, there is a password protected section in which a person could post it and than it can be screened by either myself or an admin.
If we started a book club section on LI how many would participate?
How would you like the discussions to go about? chapter by chapter or half way through the book?
Also would books on philosophy in general be of interest? for instance be interested in reading something like Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays or A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume stuff of that nature so when some drop names about to be condescending others aren't left out or clueless?
pls let me know in general if you'd like to participate, and if you do, if you'd like to stick with one category or if you'd like to expand into others like art, or history or psychology etc etc..
thank you
I think it would be a neat idea, perhaps have different sections for different genre.
I think it would be a neat idea, perhaps have different sections for different genre.
fiction / nonfiction / scifi /fantasty etc....
At the present time we have 98 topics in 17 categories. That is being added to daily. There is probably a genre for nearly everybody, plus members can request or start new topics and categories.
Numerous books can be read either online or downloaded in PDF. The registered members have access to over 3,000,000 books that can be read online, if they take the time to click the links given.
its Been a While since i read any books , i used to hate them!
But since this year i started reading again
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
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