Pakistani Readers discussion

this topic is about books that you want to read, have read and liked and books you would recommend you fellow reads to read. Also added details regarding these books, why you like them and why you suggest them will also be an added bonus to this thread....And SPOILERS should not be added if there is a need do mention them under the spoiler heading. :)

I'm about to read Relativity by Albert Einstein :D

reading Thousand Splendid Suns...heart breaking!

the plague by Albert Camus

Revolution by Jenifer Donnelly.
Great book. YA, historical fiction, modern, amazing characters.

Shahzaib wrote: "I'm about to read Relativity by Albert Einstein :D"

Say no more. ;p

Mahnoor wrote: "Revolution by Jenifer Donnelly.
Great book. YA, historical fiction, modern, amazing characters."

How is it? I love YA genre and might try it if its any good in story.

Maira wrote: "Mahnoor wrote: "Revolution by Jenifer Donnelly.
Great book. YA, historical fiction, modern, amazing characters."

How is it? I love YA genre and might try it if its any good in story."

Its one of my most favorite books. Do look it up here on goodreads. Its about a girl from NYC who finds a personal diary from a girl who lived during the French Revolution, during the Terror and all. In the story, both of them go through their own personal revolutions :)

Reading "The Bastard of Istanbul" by Elif Shafak. About a hundred pages in :-)

Going to read "Train to Pakistan" by Khushwant Singh after this

Mahnoor i will definitely try it. :)

Maira wrote: "Mahnoor i will definitely try it. :)"

:)

These days I am reading Benazir Bhutto's The Daughter of the East and her last book, Reconciliation and Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.

Reading "One hundred years of solitude" Its turning out to be more like one hundred years of "plentitude" though.Yet my patience wants to give it another try.

Just finished reading "Things a little bird told me:Confessions of a creative mind"
It was good enough to keep me happily hooked till the end.

Reading "The Parsifal Mosaic" Too thrilling and far-fetched.

Reading Naked Statistics. A book on statistics that is actually a bit of fun to read *Not kidding*, but as i get a tad bored I switch to The Return of Sherlock Holmes . So reading 2 books simultaneously

Rereading My Sister's Keeper. Didn't like it when I read it for the first tine. Giving it another go.

Now reading 2 States by Chetan Bhagat. Honestly, the book seems like an OTT Bollywood movie in print. Probably why the actual film worked so well :-/

I also finished Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh and liked it a lot!

Will read How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid after this :-)

Ok, It's a long shot but does anyone here have The History of Al Tabari ? Specifically looking for volume 9: The last years of the Prophet (SAW) and volume 18: Between Civil Wars .

On the last book of The Riyrian Revelations. Really liked it.
@Abbass- check the closest univ library, chances are you'll find it there, if the univ offers programs in Islamic studies and history.

Risha wrote: "Now reading 2 States by Chetan Bhagat. Honestly, the book seems like an OTT Bollywood movie in print. Probably why the actual film worked so well :-/

I also finished Train to Pakistan by Khushwant..."

Just finished How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia. Starts off pretty well, tends to get a tad bit slow in the middle but all in all a good-read.
Have u read The Reluctant Fundamentalist?

Mahnoor wrote: "Rereading My Sister's Keeper. Didn't like it when I read it for the first tine. Giving it another go."

I know what u r talking abt... :p
Drags on a little due to all the medical terms but if u can make it thru, it is a really good book.
Haven't watched the movie though. Have u watched the movie?

@Haseeb.. Yes, have read that book. Mohsin Hamid's best narration (since he tends to play around with that aspect a lot)

@Risha Yeah. Really loved the twist in the end. Sent me chills. Although the movie was good, but they drifted from the plot too much..
Going to start Moth Smoke next..

Abdul Haseeb wrote: "Mahnoor wrote: "Rereading My Sister's Keeper. Didn't like it when I read it for the first tine. Giving it another go."

I know what u r talking abt... :p
Drags on a little due to all the medical t..."

It does! Plus I thought some of the narratives were totally irrelevant and super long and boring. :P But yes, its a really good story now that I have read it again
Yes, not that good. I thought it would be emotional but it wasnt(but that is probably my fault for not being sensitive enough lol) It moves too fast I think.

@Shehzad Thanks for the suggestion :). Though, I found Between Civil Wars on scribd. Will visit a couple of universities or public libraries for other volumes (Time permitting)

currently reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson
after that the Book thief

@Haseeb.. I have not seen the movie but have heard similar things about it.

Yes, Mothsmoke is a good book too! Even though the narration may not be AS clever as the other two books. Also, if you are from Lahore you'll enjoy it even more since the city is a continuous symbol in the book. (If I remember correctly, I did read the book a lonnnng time ago :p)

currently reading the cukoo's calling by robert galbraith and will start i am pilgrim by terry hayes

Shehzad wrote: "On the last book of The Riyrian Revelations. Really liked it.
@Abbass- check the closest univ library, chances are you'll find it there, if the univ offers programs in Islamic studies and history."

Got Ryrian Revelations when I was in 2nd year two years ago. Couldn't get a chance to start it though seemed good. Shehzad recommend me is it a good read?

Recently Finished Robert Ludlum's "The Parsifal Mosaic".
Typical Ludlim's elements. Started Reading "Winterbirth" by Brian Ruckey Book 1 of "The godless world" Trilogy. Quite an unkniwn series and writer. Giving a try to the unknown ones

@Arsalan- Yes, it is a good read. I didn't like the first book as much. Too many cliches, weak characterization. But onwards, it gets better and better. I hope you'll like it.
I like Ludlum a lot. I'm a big fan of his Bourne series, both of the novels as well as the movies. How was Parsifal mosaic?

Reading Game of Thrones these days. The show is faithful to the text so far, as much as it can be. I read somewhere that the famous sword dancing episode of Arya wasn't in the novel, but i did find it there.

@Ammara- i read cuckoo's calling at the end of last year i think. Funny thing is i didn't know it was J.K Rowling until after i'd finished the book :-) i liked it way more than gone girl, which i found so boring i left it in the middle. Has anybody here read it? I'd like to know their opinion of it

Shezad, where are you right now? I mean which page? I am reading it too. It is way too awesome.

I'm on book two, A clash of kings, chapter entitled Theon. Theon's return to his homeland with the letter of Robb.

@Shehzad @Ammara
Tried reading The Casual Vacancy but found it pretty boring. Had to abandon it. Have u read it? Didn't have the stomach to read The Cuckoo's Calling after that.. :p

@Mahnoor Will watch the movie soon..

Just finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. An interesting read but guess the the climate is not right for the book right now, the book being sympathetic to Jews and all.. :p

Abdul Haseeb wrote: "Just finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. An interesting read but guess the the climate is not right for the book right now, the book being sympathetic to Jews and all.. :p"

I have read the book and yesterday i watched the movie too. It was a good book as well as the movie.

It is a different kind of book. I liked how it is narrated by death and all. Read the first chapter again after finishing it and it sent me goosebumps..

TBT has been on my wish list for the longest time! I have heard great things about this book but yea, might not read it in the given circumstances :D

Mahnoor wrote: "TBT has been on my wish list for the longest time! I have heard great things about this book but yea, might not read it in the given circumstances :D"

Believe me, now is the time to read it. In the backdrop of what is happening in Gaza. It is a very fine story, a very very fine one.

Abdul Haseeb wrote: "Just finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. An interesting read but guess the the climate is not right for the book right now, the book being sympathetic to Jews and all.. :p"

I think it is more relevant now then ever. It shows how the war and senseless prosecution of a certain race or religion effects the innocents. it shows that history is repeating itself, though still playing the victim, the Zionists are committing the very atrocities that they condemned in past.

How abubakar?

reading crime and punishment by Fyodor dostoevsky....
and no place to hide by glenn greenwald about snowden's NSA leaks ,,,

Abubakar wrote: "Mahnoor wrote: "TBT has been on my wish list for the longest time! I have heard great things about this book but yea, might not read it in the given circumstances :D"

Believe me, now is the time t..."

Really? I dont want the story to be spoilt for me. I have HIGH expectations from this book. I want to feel sorry for the characters but right now, I am in a very angry mood over whatever is happening in Gaza. I am afraid I wont feel any sympathy towards any Jew, innocent or otherwise. Yes, I am bitter just like that :D

Mahnoor , you know what, its not about the jews or the nazis or for that sake any one who in particular. Its about the animal that lies within all of us, the senseless murderous beast that does the most atrocious and barbarious of acts with such comfort. Its about the fanaticism that fills the vaccum left by the absence of tolerence and love. Jews have nothing do to with it. Its humanity that suffered in nazi camps and it is humanity that suffers in Gaza.

Abubakar wrote: "Mahnoor , you know what, its not about the jews or the nazis or for that sake any one who in particular. Its about the animal that lies within all of us, the senseless murderous beast that does the..."
Oh wow, it sounds very promising then! I hope I am able to see past the labels.

@Mahnoor... @AbuBakar put it very nicely. The Holocaust was wrong and inhumane and the book shows this in different and engaging way. What the Israelis are doing now is completely unjustified and intolerable but that shouldn't stop u from reading this amazing book. Plus the conflicted feelings would make it all the more interesting... :p

Awesome words Abubakar. Me of the same idea. Because if you start hating all people of one society due to few troublemakers then you loose the ability of judging correctly and blind hatred will lead nowhere