Books you love or hate

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There is a really interesting Islamic book I am reading right now. Its name is Bukhari and it is by Ghassan Abdul-Jabbar. He talks about the life of Imam Bukhari as well as his methods of collection, aims and the political atmosphere of the time. He discusses the differences between Faqeehs and Muhadditheens, as well as the different methodologies of Imams Abu Hanifa and Malik. Everybody should read it.
 
I have to read The Scarlet Letter and Of Mice and Men by Monday for school I haven't even started lol i'm gonna go straight for that sparknotes. I only read the Quran.
 
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I remember I really enjoyed reading The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick a few years back; had me hooked on it every night.
 
This one book is mindly blowingly amazing, it stirs my emotions everytime I read it and there is no other book like this in the world, it's called Al-Qur'an.

Other then that, the books of Shaikhul Islam Ibn Qayyim are absolutely superb mash'Allah.
 
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yes i think everyones number one is Quran, Hadith etc i like kiddy islamic books like at the moment i'm reading stories of the sahaba for children :D

i've read english books mostly murder ones e.g. Harlan Coben, Karen Rose kiddy Harry Potter books, others by Sophie Kinsella and Meg Cabot

i hated reading but the book worm environment got to me...

wa/salam
 
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yes i think everyones number one is Quran, Hadith etc i like kiddy islamic books like at the moment i'm reading stories of the sahaba for children :D

i've read english books mostly murder ones e.g. Harlan Coben, Karen Rose kiddy Harry Potter books, others by Sophie Kinsella and Meg Cabot

i hated reading but the book worm environment got to me...

wa/salam
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Sophie Kinsella haha ..those are nice when u have absolutely nothing to do.

Don't know Meg Cabot though?
 
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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.
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well in truth, her books on vampires were interesting except for 'tale of the body thief' it was a poor spin on one of the x men comic, also, what she build her characters up to be in the first three books would never succumb to such a stupid proposition.. her other branching into lecherous spin on beloved fairy tales like sleeping beauty.. the woman is a grade A perv.

When I was in my teens, I used to eat books, I could finish a 600 page in one day -- Now I can't believe I wasted all that time reading that crap, my taste in books has evolved since.. but if purely for entertainment purposes, I still enjoy Sherlock Holmes short stories as well Victorian horrors -- one of the few pleasures I have left in life.. once you enter grad school, you might as well be married to your course work because it will over take you and you won't have time for hygiene even..

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My all time fave author will remain Carson McCullers. Her "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" urged me to study american literature and I loved it.

The two best books I read here of late are Lee Martin's "The Bright Forever" and Mitch Albom's "The Five People you Meet in Heaven".

In arabic literature, my preference goes to Tewfiq El Hakim. I love all his works. The one I really abhor is Naguib Mahfudh.
 
I've read "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom and was really disappointed.. There was so much hype about it I expected it to be brilliant, but I found it quite mediocre..
 
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Sophie Kinsella haha ..those are nice when u have absolutely nothing to do.

Don't know Meg Cabot though?
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she's written stuff like well i really liked her Mediator series... ahe's written other kiddo/teen books google her...

wa/salam
 
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I just got a new book which I really love, Shaykh Nazim's Liberating the Soul. It's probably not everybody here's cup of tea, but I am really happy that I got it. :)
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And how about poetry? Noone reads/likes poetry anymore?
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I like Bukowski...

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You know the outsiders has a movie :p just watch that , saves ya the time . hehe

ok seriously tho. since all u people like reading so much i decided to go to our big (torturous) bookshelf and pick out a kwl book to read.
Sooo...i chose a book called "rage" by stephan king or worreva. and the FIRST paragraph ONLY has like 20 cusses! How do yall deal wit this man?! lol
besides its supposed to be about a high school show and tell turning into a nightmare of evil (jee...high school show and tell...i wonder why it turned into a nightmare) . but the whole time some loser just sits there talking about a squirrel outside the class window! and how he eats ritz when his belly hurts! omgggg it wont get to the point! lol

seriously how do you guys read dis stuff???
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'Rage' is generally considered one of Stephen King's best novels. I can understand how you might not like the swearing, and of course it's your choice whether to read on. I'd argue the bad language in this case is essential to characterise the main character, through whose eyes the reader witnesses the story.

I agree with CZGibson, give it a chance. The high school show and tell turns into a nightmare pretty soon.

As for a few recommendations, in no particular order:

Classical Novels and Works

'The Jungle Book' by Rudyard Kipling

'Dracula' by Bram Stoker

'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare

Anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu (attention, bigots, Muslims reading this are not terrorists)

Modern(ish) Novels and Works

'A Kestrel for a Knave' by Barry Hines

'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

'Regeneration' by Pat Barker

'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' by Joseph Campbell

'The Twits' by Roald Dahl

'Battle Royale' by Koushun Takami

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels

'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien

Anything by Matthew Woodring Stover

Anything by China Mieville

'The Shining' by Stephen King

Graphic Novels/Comic Books

'V for Vendetta' by Alan Moore and David Lloyd

'Watchmen' by Alan Moore and David Gibson

'The Dark Knight Returns' by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley

'The Long Halloween' by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

Short Stories

Here, I'll provide some links to stories you can read online. However, be warned, they contain violence, or other disturbing content, or both.

Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan (PDF version) - HTML version

Br'er Robert by Matthew Woodring Stover

Zanshin by Bob Urell

Maybe I'll post my own short story I've been writing for the last bazillion months when it's finally finished.
 
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Z for Zachariah....cant remem the author.

^^ yeah we wanna read urs Akhee
 
I'd like to tell u my favourite authors:
Ibnu Al-Qayyem
Mohammad Qotob
Sayyed Qotob
Najeeb Kelani
Al-3aqqad

:)
 
Books I can read over and over..
Roll of thunder hear my cry- Mildred Taylor
Any Roald Dahl book..I've loved his books since childhood and still continue to do so... believe it or not they all have really good morals that we can learn from :D
Other books I've liked reading and would definitely recommend

The curious incident of the dog in the night - Mark Haddon
Life of Pi - Yan Martel (not sure if I've spelt that right)
The catcher in the Rye - J.D.Salinger
and a whole load more..I used to be such a bookworm..but now I seem to be drowning in textbooks :(
A book I've absolutely hated was Tommy knockers by Stephen King. I had read Carrie which was by him and thought it was alright, so decided to read Tommy knocker but I couldn't seem to get past a quarter of the book without having to go back to the beginning somewhere to find out where something fit in..it all got a bit confusing..I have no idea if it has anything to do with me being 13 at the time of reading it and whether or not it would make any difference if I tried to read the book now. But it left me not wanting to read any more of his books :muddlehea
I eagerly await your story Muezzin..your style of writing in Skye's thread was real good!
 
anyone read Twilight? is it good? a couple of my friends are reading it, i noticed its bout vampires and backed off, any comments on it?
 
Greetings,

After several recommendations in this thread (and one from, of all people, my mother), I read Khaled Hossaini's The Kite Runner, and wholly concur that it is a fantastic book. Really well structured and very moving.

Muezzin,

I think you should publish your story. If it's anything like the one you PMd me, it's bound to be a belter!

Peace
 

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