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May 8th, 2008, 01:18 PM
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The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho.
A must read piece indeed. I confess being to late to have read.
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oh my gosh. the alchemist was like my #1 addiction a few years ago. i'm glad you got around to reading it as well! i think coelho is awesome. you should check out 'the zahir' by him also.. there is so much food for thought in his books, especially when you're just ready to open your mind and breathe! lol anyways, i'm glad you liked the alchemist!!
if you go crazy, yes i'll still call you superman
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May 8th, 2008, 05:40 PM
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Halo book series. Its awesome.
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May 28th, 2008, 02:50 PM
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Just read within the past two weeks:
The Appeal by John Grisham
Playing for Pizza by Grisham
(both were a waste of time)
Three cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Relin (Excellent, excellent book).
The kite runner by Khalid Hosseni (i think i am probably the last person to read it on GS) but awesome book.
Next on the list is a Thousand Splendid Sons by Hosseni as well InshaAllah.
I love children and old people. Its everyone in between I can't stand - Don Imus
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May 28th, 2008, 05:12 PM
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"Chronicles of a death foretold" By Gabriel Marquez - excellent latino atmosphere and I love his incorporation of Magic Realism....it's about an honour killing by the way...
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May 28th, 2008, 06:34 PM
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i was reading Eclips the sequal to New moon and Twilight
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May 28th, 2008, 07:02 PM
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Currently reading "Dress your family in corduroy and denim" by David Sedaris.
I am almost done, and do highly recommend it.
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May 29th, 2008, 04:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dewani teri
oh my gosh. the alchemist was like my #1 addiction a few years ago. i'm glad you got around to reading it as well! i think coelho is awesome. you should check out 'the zahir' by him also.. there is so much food for thought in his books, especially when you're just ready to open your mind and breathe! lol anyways, i'm glad you liked the alchemist!!
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LOVED IT. There are a few books i have; which i love to keep with me since i believe they did play a role in shaping my life somehow. Alchemist is one of them. Such a precise lovely thought. I still regret being so late in reading it.
Let the Sea be my mother, and the Moon my father;
I will swim with the mermaids forever thereafter....
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May 29th, 2008, 05:01 PM
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Has anyone noticed that the recent Grisham books are so Boring and Dull unlike his first ten books. 
Anyone read The Crystal Skull by Manda Scott. Im going to start reading it next week.
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May 30th, 2008, 08:18 AM
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At Peril: Stories of Injustice (Paperback)
by Thomas J. Cottle (Author)
a case studies' kind of book written by a unievrsity professor who is a sociologist and a clinical psychologist.
the book described stories of lives of people in crisis and how they survive, thrive in or cope with their life situations amidst all that can go wrong. the book has lessons from self reliance, to positively using one's support system & also brings home humilty.
best,
Dushwari
Difference between God and humankind: God can say, 'be', and it becomes, but humankind has to act on what it says.
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May 30th, 2008, 05:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mirage
LOVED IT. There are a few books i have; which i love to keep with me since i believe they did play a role in shaping my life somehow. Alchemist is one of them. Such a precise lovely thought. I still regret being so late in reading it.
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 well then i'm glad you LOVED it!! i think its so amazing how his words speak to everyone, not just to the story characters. and once you're done and the book is back on the shelf, some words sort of stay with you...like they've left an impact on you  i lovve that feeling!
tell us about some more books that have 'shaped your life'...i want to see how many of them i've read, and what sorta books they are.
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May 31st, 2008, 07:42 PM
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I'd pm you about that. 
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May 31st, 2008, 11:06 PM
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http://www.amazon.com/Pakistani-Brid.../dp/0140148116
I just finished The Pakistani Bride. its really good. im goign to try to read all of her books, shes a pakistani Parsi author. Its abt the tribal ppl living in karakoram mountains.
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Jun 1st, 2008, 03:49 PM
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I'd pm you about that. |
ok
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Jun 1st, 2008, 07:33 PM
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Then lets start a separate thread on the book and share what we liked most and what moved us most about the book; so that those who havent got to read the book as yet, may have a gist of what actually has made us and many others the fond and fan of the book
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Jun 1st, 2008, 07:44 PM
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Then lets start a separate thread on the book and share what we liked most and what moved us most about the book; so that those who havent got to read the book as yet, may have a gist of what actually has made us and many others the fond and fan of the book |
that's a good idea! go for it! i dont think i can contribute much off the top of my head. i read 'the alchemist' about 4 years ago...i'll have to go digging in my journals to see what parts of it 'moved' me, and 'shaped' me  i just remember that after i finished reading it, i sat there and sorta hugged the book because to my young mind, it had done wonders of intellect!
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Jun 14th, 2008, 02:53 PM
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It's Moth Smoke now.
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Jun 14th, 2008, 06:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AQ
Title: Khofnaak Imaarat
Author: Ibn-e-Safi
Genre: Detective
URL: available upon request.
Thankooo
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Anwaar give me the link please:-)
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Hum ney kaantoN ko bhi narmii sey chuhwaa hey aksar
log be-dard heiN PhooloN ko massal detay heiN
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Jun 14th, 2008, 06:04 PM
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~ PakeeZa ~
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i am reading now a days
Book name '' meiN ney dhaka doobtey dekha''
and another ''Bhutto ke aakhri 323 din''
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Jun 16th, 2008, 03:36 PM
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Gul both sound extremely interesting but not sound like they are in Urdu
I have OCD: Obsessive Cullens Disorder Bite Me! -- Please I like running with scissors...makes me feel dangerous
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Jun 16th, 2008, 05:56 PM
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~ PakeeZa ~
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Muniya dont be sad , English meiN bhi heiN yeh books :-)
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