Books you love or hate

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Who likes to read, and what?

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.

Maxwell Grant
 
Paulo Coelho is the author of one of my favorite books ever, Veronika Decides to Die. I've read a few other books of his but this one was my undisputed favorite. Another fav is Lord of the Flies, as is We Need to Talk About Kevin. 1984, the Secret Life of Bees, the Face were all awesome.

I don't think I really have a specific genre I read, I like non fiction though, memoirs and the sort. Don't like sci-fi, fantasy is ok, coming of age books are always nice..
 
Oh oh oh i Hate reading! nice thread! lol
Seriously tho the most interesting book i ever read with the DEEPEST meaning...is...the QURAAn. :D

other than that.... *thinks very very very hard* i like....

emm.......

I like JR. Rowling, and Susan Flow, :p lol its ok i have no idea who those are. not sure if theyr real names but they at the top of my tongue

Emmm....*thinks harder*. ok well the last book i ever read was "where the red fern grows" psh. stuuupid book. sttuuupider movie.

oh wait no the last book i ever read is "Islamic tahdeeb and Adab" or something :D Much better than where the red bush growss :)
 
truemuslim said:
Oh oh oh i Hate reading! nice thread! lol
Seriously tho the most interesting book i ever read with the DEEPEST meaning...is...the QURAAn. :D

other than that.... *thinks very very very hard* i like....

emm.......

I like JR. Rowling, and Susan Flow, :p lol its ok i have no idea who those are. not sure if theyr real names but they at the top of my tongue

Emmm....*thinks harder*. ok well the last book i ever read was "where the red fern grows" psh. stuuupid book. sttuuupider movie.

oh wait no the last book i ever read is "Islamic tahdeeb and Adab" or something :D Much better than where the red bush growss :)
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you sound like me..i was never much of a reader,sure i read skool stuff because i was forced..books are good to help with your overall english and vocab skills but im intrested in learning arabic (progressing) so i stick with reigious books...true Qur'an is the best book ever!!!!! lol
 
aw lol you in the US right? And you agree that its a hell here right? And you hate school books right? Aww ur such a me :p
ya i wanna get my arabic skills better too. Inshallah i can become a hafith then quran would be my first (and ONLY) memorized book :)

Do you like islamic books?
Any favorites?
 
Asalamo alikom

mashaa Allah Tabarka Ar Rahmaan ....beautifull thread my dear....

Quraa is the best ever....la ilaha ilaa Allah

now I am reading an Islamic book its name Bustaan Al waideen (The Preachers Garden) for Ibin Al Jawzi...it is a beautifull book and a great reminder....

may Allah reward us all with Jannat Al ferdous....

Ameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
 
aww sis amat allah we got that book somewhere here too, my mum keeps readin it. She likes it. it sounds so beautiful. :)
 
I recomend u guys to read Umm Zakkiyah's books she made three, A Voice, Footsteps, and the other one was uhh If i Should speak, i still havent read Footsteps and plan to do so inshallah.

to the people above me how could u say u don't like reading?! :eek: i'm a big bookworm :D i can read all day and all night if i tried lol
 
^ now now sis in MODERN U.S times its not called a book worm anymore...more like..ehh... Geek wit no life who sits inside 24/7 and is fat as hell and has glasses, HUGE glasses, and doesn't know whats goin on in life no more coz theyr stuck in fantasy world...

em...well not YOU sis coz ur so cooooool! You like so cool and ...cool :p

I actually CANOOOT read ANYTHING except islamic stuff. i dunno why. tis in my bludd homie!
No seriously i look at the cover of an unislamic book and im like "ew..whata waste of life" lol but if its for school i just google a summary of it and there ya go. And if its islamic im so into it. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
 
^ now now sis in MODERN U.S times its not called a book worm anymore...more like..ehh... Geek wit no life who sits inside 24/7 and is fat as hell and has glasses, HUGE glasses, and doesn't know whats goin on in life no more coz theyr stuck in fantasy world...
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i'll ignore that part :mmokay:
 
My favorites right now:

George R.R. Martin (gritty but entertaining fantasy)
Stephen Ambrose (best books on WW2)
Ray Bradbury (the best sci-fi/horror writer out there)

Least favorite:

Stephen King (the king of pointless detail)
Anne Rice (the love lives of homosexual vampires does not interest me)
 
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Oh...so that was what Anne Rice's book were about. I have friends who read those, and I never got past the first page to figure out what was going on.

I'll read anything 'cept for science fiction. Naturally I love Islamic books, so besides those, I really, really like mysteries and comedies. I also like history, if it's not written in a boring way. I haven't really read anything lately except for my textbooks and school related stuff though. But they're interesting anyway, so it doesn't matter. lol.
 
One of my favorites is possibly un-Islamic. Dune, by Frank Herbert. He uses arabic-sounding language and his whole story is based loosely on the beginning of Islam and the coming of the promised Prophet. I know I don't like those bits, but the story is fascinating ... mesmerizing ... fabulous. I especially like the whole concept of generations of people plotting away against each other, genaration after generation, to each achieve their own super-secret, universe shaking goals.

ﻭﻤﻜﺮﻮﺍﻭﻤﻜﺮﺍﻟﻟﻪ ﻭﺍﻟﻟﻪﺨﻳﺮﺍﻠﻤﺎﻜﺮﻴﻦ
 
so true, anne rice's vampire the masquerade was THE worst book I ever read,on the other hand Dune proved to be interesting but kind of repetitive. lately I've only been reading on philosophy, hisyory maybe.I just finished Guns,Swords and Steel for some guy I don't remember what his name was,does a pretty good job of explaining history.btw in my opinion WOT or The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan-pen name- is the best historical fantasy series out there
 
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(halaal) Love list:
Battle royale (the book was much better than the movie)
The Art of war (very interesting but quite short)
 
As far as Islamic books go, I usually find them boring. (exception: The Quran)

But I like books on Islamic History, and Fiqh, as many Fiqh books as I can get.
I began learning Arabic only so I could understand the Quran...and get my mitts on those yummy books of Fiqh sitting in my brother's library.

Now, I've made my way through Qudoori, its explanations the Lubaab and Jawharah, and have begun Hidaayah. I hope my speed increases.

And while we are on the subject of Arabic books, I like an author I recently found Ali atTantawi. He writes non-fiction articles on many Modren Islamic Issues. I like his writing because his thoughts are very clear and incisive, and his writing style is simply beautiful.
 
My fave is Dan Brown (dont think anyone has mentioned him yet!!)
The "Davinci code" and "angels and demons" are so cool!

Faye said:
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.

Maxwell Grant
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Stephen King. I got soooo bored after the first page of "silent lambs" or whatever it was.
 
Muslimah421 said:
I recomend u guys to read Umm Zakkiyah's books she made three, A Voice, Footsteps, and the other one was uhh If i Should speak, i still havent read Footsteps and plan to do so inshallah.

to the people above me how could u say u don't like reading?! :eek: i'm a big bookworm :D i can read all day and all night if i tried lol
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Yeah, I've read all 3 of her books. The writing isn't too good, but I like the general plot and characters. My favorite is the second book, A voice, i think? The one when she gets married.
 

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