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The Apothecary.....a mystery involving herbs and lore. LOVE it so far, grips you from the start.
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Two states. Chetan Bhagat.
Genre? Any generation can read this.
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Always was intrigued by mysterious herbs. Why does mint spread like mint in the yard?
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‘Kai Chaand the Sar e Aasmaan’ A novel written in perspective of 18th /19th century India. Same shades as in William Dalrymple’s ‘White Mughals’. Interesting thing in the novel is, characters use language of 18th and 19th century language and writer (renowned scholar of Urdu Shams u Rehman Farooqi) made efforts that characters don’t use a word which was not part of language at that time.
**Kai Chand the Sar e Aasman - Goodreads](Redirect Notice)
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Review by ‘Muhammad Hanif’ writer of ‘A case of exploding mangoes’:
When Urdu’s most well known and vocal literary critic Shams ur Rehman Faruqi turned to fiction, the sound of knives being sharpened in Urdu literary circles was audible across the border.
But after a collection of short stories, Sawar (The Rider), which comprised brilliant tales woven around the private lives of classical Urdu poets, his first novel Kai Chand Thay Sar-e-Aasman has established him as the finest Urdu novelist of his generation.
Mostly set in the 19th century, Kai Chand tells the story of Wazir Khanum, the mother of famous Urdu poet Dagh Dehlvi. But it’s not just one life that this novel sets out to capture, it paints an entire civilisation.
I didn’t read it out of nostalgia for Muslim India or for the love of classical Urdu but for the fact that it’s a true page turner.
It draws you in with its hypnotic language, and then takes you on to an epic journey and soon you are inhabiting a world that you don’t want to leave. This one definitely belongs with the classics of Urdu fiction; and there aren’t many of those.
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Reading ' I'm Malala' to find out truth behind campaign against Malala.
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Finished reading 'Truth, Love & A Little Malice' by Khushwant Singh an autobiography. Amazing read.
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My next read: Duty - Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert Gates
There was a lot of talk in US media after it was published and The White House was quite shocked by some of the revelations regarding leadership of Obama and his predecessor Bush.
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I’ve read that book and enjoyed his despription of saas bahu jaghRas in Gandhi family. 
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That and also him and his other friends ‘adventures’ lol
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Still reading Edgar Allan Poe…only reached 100 out of 900+ pages. 
Reading The Witches to my kids…I started reading Fire and Spell…really need to finish both books before November inshaAllah.
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Reading it again and again. What a wonderful book!
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I recently finished The Rise and Fall of Third Reich by William L shirer
Now started with MOSSAD by Michael bar-zohar & Nissim Mishal
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Under My Hat...Tales from the Cauldron (short stories by various authors like Neil Gaiman and Holly Black and Peter Beagle etc). I bought it only for Peter Beagle.
It sucks...I'll be glad when it's over.
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‘Elai Kalmatul Haq ki Riwayet Islam may’ by Mian Muhammad Afzal
Book Publisher and Seller in Lahore, Pakistan | Al Faisal Publisher
Interesting and informative. About those Muslims who raised their voice against cruel rulers and unjust practices over 1400 years. I just read about Hazrat Abu Zar Ghaffari (RA) and his voice against Hazrat Usman (RA) and Ameer Muawiya (RA).
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finished The Valkyries a week ago
now reading Charaagh Talay چراغ تلے by mushtaq ahmed yousufi
i've read yousfi before, but here and there mostly excerpts.
this is first time i'm reading his complete book and its amazing
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reading 'Hum ke thehre ajnabi' by Dr Ayub Mirza. he was a friend a physician of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The book is about conversation between the writer and Faiz during different sittings at various occasion. The book gives lot of information about Faiz's personality and poetry.
Inferno - Dan Brown
Just started it for a fast-paced read...meh.
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‘Kanjri ka pul’ a novel by Yunus Javed.
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^ u sure?
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^ u sure?
check link. Its a good novel. First chapter was very well written.