Comments for The Official Kuwaiti Bookaholics Club http://bookaholics.wordpress.com Bookworms Heaven Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:39:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Late Update by i (heart) books http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/late-update/#comment-80 i (heart) books Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:39:50 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-80 these are the books i suggest u start reading: 1) the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. cooney 2) the anthony hortwitz series 3) all jaquelin wilson books (for kids) 4) The next big thing by Judy Waite 5) Hacker by Malorie Blackman ( for young adults) 6) Holes by Louis Sachar good luck in forming the club !!! these are the books i suggest u start reading:

1) the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. cooney

2) the anthony hortwitz series

3) all jaquelin wilson books (for kids)

4) The next big thing by Judy Waite

5) Hacker by Malorie Blackman ( for young adults)

6) Holes by Louis Sachar

good luck in forming the club !!!

]]> Comment on Late Update by q8bride http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/late-update/#comment-79 q8bride Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:33:51 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-79 i wanna join plz :) any rules :) i wanna join plz :) any rules :)

]]> Comment on Late Update by intlxpatr http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/late-update/#comment-78 intlxpatr Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:38:00 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-78 How about Geraldine Brooks "People of the Book" How about Geraldine Brooks “People of the Book”

]]> Comment on What did you think? by Deema http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/what-did-you-think/#comment-77 Deema Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:52:10 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-77 hi all, i just saw your website by chance and it is exactly what im looking for!! , i guess its to late to join u in reading the book but i'm looking forward to reading your new book release hi all, i just saw your website by chance and it is exactly what im looking for!! , i guess its to late to join u in reading the book but i’m looking forward to reading your new book release

]]> Comment on About by shabbir http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/about/#comment-76 shabbir Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:11:01 +0000 #comment-76 hi Friends we are iso certified book company , we have latest bestsellers collection. besides fiction non fiction novels, we have vast collection of books in self development, health n beauty , mind body and soul , marketing, sales etc....... we take special oder also you can contact mr. shabbir at 97867475 thanx have a happy reading week hi Friends

we are iso certified book company , we have latest bestsellers collection.

besides fiction non fiction novels, we have vast collection of books in self development, health n beauty , mind body and soul , marketing, sales etc…….

we take special oder also

you can contact mr. shabbir at 97867475

thanx

have a happy reading week

]]> Comment on About by jessyz http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/about/#comment-75 jessyz Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:34:17 +0000 #comment-75 I was so happy when I found this blog, but then I realized that you haven't updated since August. Are there any plans to start reading a new book? I was so happy when I found this blog, but then I realized that you haven’t updated since August. Are there any plans to start reading a new book?

]]> Comment on What did you think? by Fatima http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/what-did-you-think/#comment-74 Fatima Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:50:17 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-74 Okay. I know that almost 2 months passed since the last entry i posted, but it was because first my laptop died and second i was in the process of finishing Pamuk's boring novel. Now my first remark is concerning the obsession of this magical book whose content we know nothing about except for the Angel (of Death) that the narrator keeps obsessing about. I've been very curious to know anything about the book, but Pamuk obviously wants to keep it a mystery throughout the novel. So I wonder if Pamuk is indirectly drawing an image of the mysteries of life and how things can get secretive. Pamuk probably did this on purpose in order to make his readers get more curious, expecting something to happen or something to show in the end. So this is how he'll either make them throw the book away and burn it, or continue reading in the hope that the reader would get a glimpse of what's written in this magical book, but obviously nothing happens in the end. Second . . it seems that what Pamuk is doing in this novel (as I discussed it with Bookaholic) is to show us the repetitiveness of life in general. By portraying to us the life of a character longing for something new to happen to his world, but all he gets is a long and slow progress of things and ends up like the rest of people: getting married, having a daughter, and living a mundane life. Okay. I know that almost 2 months passed since the last entry i posted, but it was because first my laptop died and second i was in the process of finishing Pamuk’s boring novel.

Now my first remark is concerning the obsession of this magical book whose content we know nothing about except for the Angel (of Death) that the narrator keeps obsessing about. I’ve been very curious to know anything about the book, but Pamuk obviously wants to keep it a mystery throughout the novel. So I wonder if Pamuk is indirectly drawing an image of the mysteries of life and how things can get secretive. Pamuk probably did this on purpose in order to make his readers get more curious, expecting something to happen or something to show in the end.

So this is how he’ll either make them throw the book away and burn it, or continue reading in the hope that the reader would get a glimpse of what’s written in this magical book, but obviously nothing happens in the end.

Second . . it seems that what Pamuk is doing in this novel (as I discussed it with Bookaholic) is to show us the repetitiveness of life in general. By portraying to us the life of a character longing for something new to happen to his world, but all he gets is a long and slow progress of things and ends up like the rest of people: getting married, having a daughter, and living a mundane life.

]]> Comment on Suggested Reading by readmyblog http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/book-selection/#comment-73 readmyblog Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:32:41 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/book-selection/#comment-73 I found it very hard to enjoy reading Blink after The Tipping Point which is also a Malcolm Gladwell book. It seems to be a Pattern that Malcolm provides a very thorough case study and its too long if you ask me. I would recommend The Tipping Point to anyone who studies communications, art, marketing, politics and other social & humanitarian interests. I found it very hard to enjoy reading Blink after The Tipping Point which is also a Malcolm Gladwell book. It seems to be a Pattern that Malcolm provides a very thorough case study and its too long if you ask me.

I would recommend The Tipping Point to anyone who studies communications, art, marketing, politics and other social & humanitarian interests.

]]> Comment on What did you think? by readmyblog http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/what-did-you-think/#comment-72 readmyblog Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:27:28 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-72 I wanna join the book club :-D the only drawback is that I don't read novels but a huge fan of literary criticism... would it be cheating if I just relied on Cliffs Notes? I wanna join the book club :-D the only drawback is that I don’t read novels but a huge fan of literary criticism… would it be cheating if I just relied on Cliffs Notes?

]]> Comment on What did you think? by Fatima http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/what-did-you-think/#comment-70 Fatima Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:03:01 +0000 http://bookaholics.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-70 Orhan Pamuk IS a very good writer. I personally read his other novel My Name Is Red for another bookclub. It was quite dense with historical detail. Pamuk knows his historical material very well. It shows he's spent quite a long period of time studying history and revising it. However, I'm saying this again. The translation of The New Life is a bit ridiculous sometimes. I am sure if any of us masters the Turkish language and is able to read the novel in its original text, It'd be more interesting. Anyway, it is funny how as soon as this bookclub started, everyone was extremely excited about it and now I don't really see anyone saying anything about the book. I guess no-one else is reading it except the ones commenting here. What a shame. Orhan Pamuk IS a very good writer. I personally read his other novel My Name Is Red for another bookclub. It was quite dense with historical detail. Pamuk knows his historical material very well. It shows he’s spent quite a long period of time studying history and revising it. However, I’m saying this again. The translation of The New Life is a bit ridiculous sometimes. I am sure if any of us masters the Turkish language and is able to read the novel in its original text, It’d be more interesting.

Anyway, it is funny how as soon as this bookclub started, everyone was extremely excited about it and now I don’t really see anyone saying anything about the book. I guess no-one else is reading it except the ones commenting here. What a shame.

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