[zakk]

Originally Posted by Budmano786

Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. It's just beautiful.

that was an easy question

what? back off boy, have you not seen that islamica is on one gigantic moodswing and your numbers up to get swung at


no, really, what did you post that for?

[Budmano786]

Originally Posted by zakk

no, really, what did you post that for?

i don't know the thread asked me what I was reading, and thats what I was reading at the time

[Sugarberry]

Fast Food Nation - very intresting

[meri jaan]

Originally Posted by Rain

i read "does my head look big in this?" it's a good read for kids.

wow that book sooo sucked!

[meri jaan]

Originally Posted by iSHi

Kabul Beauty School-Deborah Rodriguez

So far so good.

excellent book

[Asvi]

These are the books i'm currently reading:
-Straight Up
-Can You Keep A Secret
-Pink Little Slips

[Safia]

Originally Posted by meri jaan

wow that book sooo sucked!

i agree!

now i'm reading, Everything is Illuminated...it's good, so far.

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by Timbit

Awesome. They're good when translated, but not the same as in Urdu. My dad reads Iqbal to me sometimes; it's powerful stuff. (You have to hear my dad do God when he reads Jawaab-e-Shikwa, haha.)

We used to have a whole thread on Iqbal back in the day... back when Dream34 wasn't so busy with med school.

I'm reading Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent". I know... several years too late, but I got it off a friend just today. Especially relevant 'cause I'm reading the Pentateuch for my Five Books of Moses class. We're still on Genesis.

K, finished Red Tent. That's what I did today instead of reading for school and doing my assignments. I loved it. Well, the beginning at least, up until the middle even... ending was kind of disappointing. I was waiting for the catastrophe to come and when it came... oh boy. Crazy. Joseph is so bastardized though, it made me sad. I was like "This is NOT how it is in the Qur'an, okay?" But I guess that's the point.

K, got some Frithjof Schuon to read next and then... Shoba De.
And Gabriel Garcia Marqez. And I'm gonna read Fanon too. Ummm....after my assignments. My reading list is becoming a mile long.

[Pushpa]

Jane Austen - "Mansfield Park".

[Asvi]

Please recommend fiction books for me to read

[MoonStar]

I'm reading all of these on and off, I plan to finish them though.

Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama- interesting read so far, he talks about why he entered politics, how he became known, his views on all kinds of things, why you should vote for him. It's a easy read, snapshots of his experiences and thoughts. Some of it sounds corny but I like it, he sounds sensible and intelligent. I haven't seen his other book yet, that was written way back apparently.

Islam and the Destiny of Man- I'm somewhere in the middle. It's the kind of book I like to read after a long day, he's a great writer. just reading a page inspires me.

To Be a European Muslim- somewhere in the beginning. I want to skip to the second half but it said not to do that in the intro. I'll be good and stick to it, probably after I finish Gai Eaton.

Climbing the Mango Tree by Madhur Jaffrey- just started it and it's really interesting so far, it's her memoir. I've never even read her cookbooks.

[Variable]

'The Elegant Universe' by Brian Greene.

It's a book about physics, dealing with the theories of special relativity and quantum mechanics and the problem of trying to fit them under a single roof. It focuses on the idea of 'string theory' to do this.

It's not a text book, it's popular press (it's actually a pretty easy read) and almost every page has some fact that nearly bowls me over. He describes everything very conceptually using analogies that are easily digestible, so it's understandable if you're no good at math (like me). Definitely a must read if you're into sciency type stuff.

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by Variable

'The Elegant Universe' by Brian Greene.

It's a book about physics, dealing with the theories of special relativity and quantum mechanics and the problem of trying to fit them under a single roof. It focuses on the idea of 'string theory' to do this.

It's not a text book, it's popular press (it's actually a pretty easy read) and almost every page has some fact that nearly bowls me over. He describes everything very conceptually using analogies that are easily digestible, so it's understandable if you're no good at math (like me). Definitely a must read if you're into sciency type stuff.

oooo that sounds interesting... it's been so long since i took astronomy.. i miss it

[Bluestar]

The Flamboya Tree by Clara Olink Kelly.

It seems like a biography of a girl who's family lived on an Indonesian Island and what they went through after the Japanese invaded during the Second World War.

I'm not usually a fan of biographies but it looks interesting. I've still got loads more to read on my bookshelf. I can't fit any more books on to it either so have to read through them and give them away

[Variable]

Originally Posted by sumiyia

oooo that sounds interesting... it's been so long since i took astronomy.. i miss it

Yeh! It's good stuff. Maybe I'll revive my astronomy thread one of these days.