Karachi discussion

Dear sleepy karachiites, what books have been keeping ur spirits high this yr so far

Tolstoy's war and peace,
orhan pamuk's snow
Chekhov's plays
HG Wells' stories
and Iqbal's verse

hi, thnaks for waking us up but i m still feeling very sleepy.

i read Wool and American Gods recently. superb.

currently reading Gone Girl. Liking it.

also How to Get Filthy Rich. ok so far.

I'm reading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, it's a (really) funny, weird and unique book so far. It was added by the New York Times in the list of the best books of the 20th century.

Thank you for the wake up call Paras. I am one of those Karachiites of the spirit who lives many shores away. Currently, reading James Herriot's "All Creatures Big and Small".

Hi all. I am currently reading Centennial by James A. Michener. Its my first rendezvous with Michener actually, and so far, it seems to be a brilliantly woven epic of sorts. However, its a long way to go yet.

I, on the other hand, is just trying to read. Having a reader's block. Anyone else ever have had the feeling?

No, in fact I feel like reading a lot but not getting enough time. As I said I m currently reading Gone Girl and its too good to put down but I don't have enough time to read it.

What are u reading or trying to read these days?

May be this can help- (How to combat reader's block) http://www.bookslut.com/slutlessons/2...

or may be this..
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

I think its stress... but i like the suggestion of not seeing law n order rerun from bookslut [in my case, supernatural] also, I miss having a real book in hand. I am in UAE and all I brought was kindle.

btw waqas, gone girl is interesting enough.. i remember reading it, I didnt wanted to give it up

Yes its interesting specially the notes of Amy. But you did eventaully give up on Gone Girl? due to stress? hmm. I don't plan to give it up anytime soon.

I didn't read that article in bookslut because i didn't have to but its good u found it useful.

(Un)fortunately i don't have e-reader yet but I am planning to get one. I think I won't miss pb/hb. I am all for technology. Doesn't UAE have some book shop/thelay walas where they sell old second hand books?

someone here said catch 22 is a good book....i need a book after my finals in april...is it worth it? and im a more of non fiction kind of person..is it fiction or non fiction?....anymore recommendations?

I've read the first 100 pages and it has been a great read so far. It's fiction but it's about the Second World War so you should learn a lot of non-fiction facts too. For further recommendations check my all time favourite book 'shelf' on my profile.

@waqas
No thelewalas, sadly. I found a few 2nd hand books but werent interested in them. luckily my roomate is a huge reader. [un]fortunately she is more of a nonfiction person. I need fiction to get me going. But looks like the craving for some real good noir fiction is setting up in me so I might get back to reading.

I never gave up on Gone Girl. I remember I couldnt give up the book. One of the best book from last yr. If you like this, I'll suggest u read defending jacob too.

@Asif
Since Isfand is reading this book, he can tell you more. I read some pages ages back and left it so I cant comment much but I have vague remembrance that there were second world war facts.

Can you tell what specific area are u looking recommendation in within non fiction? Your fav shelf look more into self growth books.

@Paras- Gone Girl is pretty awesome. seriously. i've done 53% of it and its still pretty solid.

i like fiction mostly too. in non-fiction i try to read history only.

@Asif- yeah share your area of interest. i can mostly (read only) recommend history books.

I think the last book I read was sweet evil.

longtime ago? not reading anything currently?

whoever wants to have a good reading time shoudl definitely go for "The Wandering Falcon" by Jamil Ahmed. a beautiful story about the neglected part of the Pakistani nation. The Baluchis, the Pathans and other tribes living in the northern areas.

Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid...

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yeah i agree with u rida.
its a good read. And a very close look to Balochi tribes.

Hades by Alexandra Adornetto

Personal MBA
Ihya-ul-Uloom (Rebirth of Sciences)
New Turkish Republic

The Golem and the Jinni
Best book of 2013 so far

Golem and the Djinni was good but i wouldn't say best book of 2013.

The Origin by Jennifer L.Armentout

paras I basically look for a good read...anything that'd be considered good writing, I read autobiographies, politics, self growth, philosophy and psych....

Want to add an event but cant
Anyway can i post here

I have been engaged in reading "Daughters Of Rome" to complete it soon while I will be going to search for new book.

me before you by jojo moyes