Pakistani Readers discussion

Any suggestions to the group will be much appreciated :)

Oh guys I have a question for you all. D you think it would be better to vote for a book like 2 months in advance say its feb now so would you want to pick a book for April now? Giving everyone lots of time to find the book?

I was thinking of posting a thread for suggestions on what to read in April and then after 2 weeks or something ask for everyone to pik which they want to read. That would give like a month to find the chosen book?

What do you guys think?

sounds like a plan :)

Then it shal be done :)

hihihi i was in great hurry and so enthusiastic about the kite runner that i suggested the kite runner again for Aprail :P

about group appreciation i have idea v chose a line or passage or excerpt from any book and then all of us analyze that chunk or give best ans about question if asked regarding that certain paragraph......

or we could just make a thread where we can add excerpt from our favourite books in it. it will be fun and you can have a variety of books at your hand.

I like both ideas. hmm I'll make a thread for the random excerpts for Maira's idea and I think anyone who wants to ask a question or post excerpts on the group reads books can in the threads associated with those books.

Sairah wrote: "I like both ideas. hmm I'll make a thread for the random excerpts for Maira's idea and I think anyone who wants to ask a question or post excerpts on the group reads books can in the threads associ..."


YAY! me! ;)

hello, everyone!

Ahmad wrote: "hello, everyone!"

hey.

Ahmad wrote: "hello, everyone!"

Hello Ahmad, nice to have to on group. Since your new i'll recommend you should visit the thread Introductions. :)

okay, thank you

Ahmad wrote: "okay, thank you"

No problem :),
Introductions thread like who's who. You will get to know other members n i m looking forward to know to too. :)

yeah, me too!

I finished Paulo Coelho's recent "Manuscript Found in Accra".
Published its review here: http://dajeffendi.blogspot.com/2013/0...

kindly check and comment. :-)

I think my disappointment of this book stems from my high expectations of the author. I agree with your thoughts on it, in particular the absurdity of the newborn deciding whether or not he wants to live. I read and reviewed it recently
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

your review is to the point. I like it. and yes we cant call it a fictitious novel but a philosophical story.

xar dekho humain apny culture ko hamesha sath le kr chlna ha.yahan pe sary pakistani hain to english q boli ja rahi ha?

@ Mubashira sawal acha hai, jawab mushkil hai:P
May be keunk humara education system zyda ter English mai hai:O

xar..mein jb yahan pr aai to shock lg gya k sary english me baat kr rahy thy.education system chahy english me o....official language hamesha sath rehni chahiye....ye group pakistan k nam pr bana ha aur uxi ki language bolni chahiye

Actually pakistan's official language is english isn't it. And this group is for Pakistani readers to get together and discuss books (mainly english). A good discussion can be in any language. Aur waisey bhi urdu mein didcussion karna har kisi ke liye easy bhi nahi hota i.e. me!

pehly english thi jb pakistan bana..ab ziada tr urdu ha...han hota b ha kixi k liye mushkil...mein to a.v puch rae thi

likin mujhy lgta ha k urdu e bolni chahiye...ya to o na k yahan pe pakistaniz k ilawa b hon to baat b bany

But there are Pakistanis from around the world who might not even speak urdu, so we'd be alienating them. I think it should be a preference. You should start a new topic actually, "sirf urdu". Wahan only urdu!

haha....nt really....k leave dx

@Mubashira. Having a couple of only urdu and only punjabi threads seems a good idea. Although really most of the time the current threads change from english to urdu and so forth.

As for the whole page being urdu... Thats pretty difficult :/

Zenab wrote: "Actually pakistan's official language is english isn't it. And this group is for Pakistani readers to get together and discuss books (mainly english). A good discussion can be in any language. Aur ..."

damn...I hd to say national...I saw dat now

@Sairah...yeah...datx y I avoided....mein ye nae keh rahi k english ko bilkul e khatum kr do....r ye b nae k sirf english e bolo

deleted user wrote: "Any suggestions to the group will be much appreciated :)"

Hello everyone, really happy to be a part of this wonderful group :-) I was wondering if it would be a good idea to make a counterpart group on Facebook too? This way Pakistani book lovers who are not Goodreads members can also be connected with us, plus we will have another forum to discuss books :-) I recently did this for a group that I am moderating and so far I am quite pleased with the response. Anyway, it's just a suggestion from my side, hope you all like it :-)

There is a Facebook page though I don't think it's widely seen/used. I think saira made it..

Lara wrote: "There is a Facebook page though I don't think it's widely seen/used. I think saira made it.."

Hi Lara, thanks for letting me know. Will see if I can discover the link, it will be a pleasure to 'like' and 'follow' it :-)

Guess I should also mention that I did recently 'like' two FB pages, one titled Pakistani Readers and the other titled Pak Readers, but I am not sure if either of them were for this group.

Anyway, a FB Group is a bit different than a FB page, as I am sure you must already know, as in it allows all the members to interact with each other and everyone can post on it. It does mean slightly more work for the moderators though, as they have to kind of keep an eye on the stuff being posted, so eventually it will have to be their decision whether it's worth the extra time and effort to set it up or not.

@Ramla Zareen, @Lara

hi, How are you ? :)

Facebook group would indeed be really good, but there is the issue of managing it, we have three mods on this group,even then sometimes it becomes difficult to manage it. This is one of the reason's the facebook of the Pakistanireaders isn't active.

is there any facebook group of Pakistanireaders?

Narjis wrote: "is there any facebook group of Pakistanireaders?"

yes there is one, but it's currently inactive. that's why it's not listed here on the group.

https://www.facebook.com/Pakistanirea...

Faheem wrote: "https://www.facebook.com/Pakistanirea..."

Yes, this is one of the FB pages that I recently 'liked' :-)

It can be easily made active, but we'll just need few volunteers for that. :)

Faheem wrote: "@Ramla Zareen, @Lara

hi, How are you ? :)

Facebook group would indeed be really good, but there is the issue of managing it, we have three mods on this group,even then sometimes it becomes diffi..."

Yes, I understand. Usually there are no issues but still, the FB Group would need at least a bit of supervision to confirm that no one posts inappropriate or irrelevant stuff on it. Well, as I said, it was just a suggestion. If many people are enthusiastic about this idea, and if you and the other moderators think it's appropriate, then I would like to volunteer to initiate it and post the link on this group. Though it would have to be on the trial basis and if I, or anyone else, feel that I am unable to manage it properly then I would have to close the group. Unless someone else volunteers to run it. But anyway, since this Goodreads group would be the main group, so the ultimate decision would be with the moderators of this group only.

Faheem wrote: "It can be easily made active, but we'll just need few volunteers for that. :)"

The link that you provided is of the FB page. As I mentioned, a FB Group would be different as all members can post stuff on it through their individual FB identities. It makes it more interesting and interactive ...but yes, slightly more difficult to manage too!

Maybe everyone can have a better idea of what I mean by visiting the link of the FB Group that I recently created. It's the counterpart of the Goodreads group that I created earlier this year.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER | FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/groups/happi...

By the way, hope I am not breaking a rule by posting the link of my group here. If I am then please let me know and I will delete this comment. Thanks!

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Faheem wrote: "@Ramla Zareen, @Lara

hi, How are you ? :)

Facebook group would indeed be really good, but there is the issue of managing it, we have three mods on this group,even then sometimes ..."

I liked the idea, I think other mods would like it too. Thanks for the volunteer offer, but I think you'll need help, it'll require much more time than one expects. I hope other member will also be interested so We'll have a volunteer drive. I'll discuss it with other mods.

Glad to see Pakistanireaders at FB, I can volunteer if needed, and I agree with @Ramla, FB group is better option then page.

Thanks so much for taking out the time to consider my suggestion. Please let me know if you decide to go through with it and I will try my best to help manage it.

Dear fellow members,

We'll be creating a Facebook group for our group Pakistani Readers. However, we might need a few additional moderators for our facebook group. If you are interested in becoming a mod, Just send me a message asap :)

Faheem wrote: "Dear fellow members,

We'll be creating a Facebook group for our group Pakistani Readers. However, we might need a few additional moderators for our facebook group. If you are interested in becomi..."

Thanks Faheem :-) Really glad to know that all the GR moderators liked my suggestion enough to implement it!

hey can anyone here suggest me which one is the best in these mustansar hussain tarar novels qila jangi, Qurbat-E-Marg Main Muhabbat, australia awargi or lahore sa yarqand? please reply as soon as possible. thankyou

Suggest me Library in Karachi.

Is there a thread for asking questions regarding this group? If not,there should be one.
But for now,are members allowed to create a thread of their choice? Do they have to ask for permission from the moderators first?

Maria wrote: "Is there a thread for asking questions regarding this group? If not,there should be one.
But for now,are members allowed to create a thread of their choice? Do they have to ask for permission from ..."

You can ask questions in general chit chat thread "Hey Guys" or here, or send message..

Sure, any member can start a new thread, just add it in the proper section. No prior permissions needed :)