What are you reading?

[LP]

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Just finished In her shoes. The beginning wasn't great but the end was good

[Kraft_Dinner]

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"Rumi: Bridge to the Soul: Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart" by Coleman Barks. (Religion and spirituality/philosophy)

[LP]

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Hollow City

[rabia3983]

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I just finished Room. Just a fun read.

[Greek_Goddess]

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The Vision
Reflections on the Way of the Soul by Khalil Gibran

[_Iraj]

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uqbari

[Rems]

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Eleanor & Park
I am really loving it. Can anyone tell me why it feels so different kinda story?

[_MuNiYa]

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^^ Its really a good book. I’ve recently read it as well.
For me, it was the candid way it was written. And the unexpected.
You expect people to react one way but they bring a different story with them all together.
I can’t say more without spoiling the book for you.

Have you guys ever seen the author? I have a feeling some of this story is more then fiction.

https://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/2273/rainbow-rowell

Give us a quick summary of how your own experiences at first love played out.
I didn’t have anything in high school as dramatic as what Eleanor and Park have. I did have a high school boyfriend whom I liked a lot—and who was pretty romantic, especially in retrospect. (We went to lots of indie movies and laser light shows.) But my dramatic love story is with my husband. We met in the seventh grade and were close friends all through junior high, high school and college. When we finally confessed our feelings for each other, it made everything that had come before seem like one long build-up. Like we’d been dancing around each other for eight years.

Doesn’t he look mix breed? and she fits perfectly everything Eleanor was.

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[Rems]

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White Mughals

Such an interesting book... I am googling and reading at the same time.

[Rems]

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The fault in our stars vs Eleanor & Park
I didnt like John Green's book.

[the_kaur]

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Guns of August by Barabara S Tuchman

[Southie]

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History of the Jews

[Ethan_Hunt]

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Been thinking of going through War and Peace. Not sure if it's worth 1500 pages though.

White Mughals

Nice one.

[muqawwee123]

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@Southie

History of the Jews

What a coincidence or correlation. I'm reading the controversial ' The Hindus -An Alternative history' by Wendy Doniger. The book got banned in India and Penguin got a very harsh letter from Arundhati Roy for this.

[Rems]

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The diary of a young girl - Anne Frank

heart touching and overwhelming

[Southie]

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@muqawwee123

What a coincidence or correlation. I'm reading the controversial ' The Hindus -An Alternative history' by Wendy Doniger. The book got banned in India and Penguin got a very harsh letter from Arundhati Roy for this.

Interesting.

Why did Roy send a harsh letter to Penguin? Bit confused. If she is the author she should send a harsh letter criticizing the ban. Sending a harsh letter to Penguin (assuming Penguin is the publisher) would imply sue is against the book. I don't see that being a possibility.

The book I am reading is not controversial. It is dry. And I am not the most disciplined reader.

[Southie]

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@Ethan_Hunt

Been thinking of going through War and Peace. Not sure if it's worth 1500 pages though.

If you buy it on discount, you may have to read only 750 pages?

[muqawwee123]

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@Southie

Interesting.

Why did Roy send a harsh letter to Penguin? Bit confused. If she is the author she should send a harsh letter criticizing the ban. Sending a harsh letter to Penguin (assuming Penguin is the publisher) would imply sue is against the book. I don’t see that being a possibility.

The book I am reading is not controversial. It is dry. And I am not the most disciplined reader.

The book is not written by Roy, but a western lady who is a researcher in Sanskrit, Indian religion and culture. The book was removed from shelf due to expected protest from a new conservative organisation which apparently works for preservation of history. Here is the link to letter written by Roy:

In Full: Arundhati Roy?s Letter to Penguin - India Real Time - WSJ

[Southie]

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@muqawwee123

The book is not written by Roy, but a western lady who is a researcher in Sanskrit, Indian religion and culture. The book was removed from shelf due to expected protest from a new conservative organisation which apparently works for preservation of history. Here is the link to letter written by Roy:

In Full: Arundhati Roy?s Letter to Penguin - India Real Time - WSJ

Ok. This makes sense. As I had expected, she is against st the banning of such books.

There is one inconsistency -

The WSJ article states “On Monday, Penguin India Pvt. Ltd, one of India’s largest publishing houses, decided to accept a court agreement that mandated they withdraw and pulp all copies of Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” first published”

In other words there was a court order. The author is also quite as stating Penguin did everything it could.

Ms. Roy states there was no court order. That penguin made an out of court agreement. Don’t know which is true.

My opinion - book bans - regardless of which religion is offended - are not healthy.

[muqawwee123]

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@Southie

Ok. This makes sense. As I had expected, she is against st the banning of such books.

There is one inconsistency -

The WSJ article states "On Monday, Penguin India Pvt. Ltd, one of India’s largest publishing houses, decided to accept a court agreement that mandated they withdraw and pulp all copies of Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” first published"

In other words there was a court order. The author is also quite as stating Penguin did everything it could.

Ms. Roy states there was no court order. That penguin made an out of court agreement. Don't know which is true.

My opinion - book bans - regardless of which religion is offended - are not healthy.

I think, first paragraph missed 'out of ---' before court agreement. As Ms. Roy is of the view that had Penguin went for legal battle, it would have got support from intellectuals at all levels.