lord of the flies, Buddy Read! :) [[Oct. 2022. ]] Showing 4,851-4,900 of 5,180

[Thall]

Hifza wrote: "When does the reading start?"

Yesterday.

[Hifza]

okayss

[Ramla Zareen]

Hi,
I came across these quotes from Sophie Kinsella's Romantic Comedy and Chick-Lit books:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...

I'm sharing them here because:

(a) a few of them contained pretty good messages, which reinforced what I said earlier in this thread:

"Most aspirational characters in fiction are "real but better but not perfect" people, who learn from their mistakes and find a better way of handling life and relationships over the course of the story.

If you wish to learn from such characters or adopt some of their qualities then do it to improve yourself and do it regardless of the genre. Good things can be learned from anyone, anywhere, and at any time."

(b) a few made me smile :-)

By the way, if anyone is interested in reading her books then I suggest they start with Twenties Girl. I thoroughly enjoyed it and gifted a copy to my mother. One day I passed her room and heard her laughing. I peeked inside. She was reading this book!

PS: Hope you guys enjoy your buddy read :-)

[Hifza]

@Ramla That one is going on my TBR now :D

[Zarshal]

@Ramla thanks for sharing that! I was in desperate need of a light read like this one. 🥹

[Bilal]

@Ramla. this you can create a seperate thread for that. this is the buddy read thread. You don't goto a mosque and start quoting the bible and spread the word of jesus christ the lord and savior, do you?

[Hifza]

@Ramla

All these excerpts are hilarious :D thanks for sharing. I like your recommendations and the little stories that accompany them <3

Plus why is this group active at the crack of dawn lol.

[Ramla Zareen]

Bilal wrote: "@Ramla. this you can create a seperate thread for that. this is the buddy read thread."

Sorry Bilal, I was just responding to Zarshal's comment about needing something light to read. But you're right. I should have initiated a separate thread for light-hearted book recommendations and shared about the P.G. Wodehouse and other books there. I'll delete my comment right away and try to be more careful next time. Sorry again :-)

[Ramla Zareen]

Hifza wrote: "@Ramla

All these excerpts are hilarious :D thanks for sharing. I like your recommendations and the little stories that accompany them <3"

You're welcome, Hifza, I'm glad you enjoyed the excerpts. I've deleted them, but I'll try to repost them in a separate thread when I get a chance :-)

[Zarshal]

@Bilal talking about the buddy read, how’s it going btw?

[Zarshal]

@Ramla, thanks, I didn’t get a chance to read your comments but I’m sure they must’ve been helpful as all your comments are. I’ll definitely join you in whichever new thread you post them in. ((:

[Ramla Zareen]

Zarshal wrote: "@Ramla, thanks, I didn’t get a chance to read your comments but I’m sure they must’ve been helpful as all your comments are. I’ll definitely join you in whichever new thread you post them in. ((:"

Thank you Zarshal :-) We're flying to Pakistan in a few days, so I'm busy with all the last minute chores that crop up in these situations. Lol. But I'll try to get around to it once I'm back in Germany :-)

[Uzair]

Bilal wrote: "@Ramla. this you can create a seperate thread for that. this is the buddy read thread. You don't goto a mosque and start quoting the bible and spread the word of jesus christ the lord and savior, d..."

You don't? Damn I musta been doing it wrong 😔

[Uzair]

Hifza wrote: "@Ramla

All these excerpts are hilarious :D thanks for sharing. I like your recommendations and the little stories that accompany them <3

Plus why is this group active at the crack of dawn lol."

Because we've got kewl international members like Ramla and Zarshall 😎

And also some of us other plebs have terrible terrible sleep cycles

[Zarshal]

@Ramla, no worries, I’m in Pakistan myself anyway. Won’t be back for a few weeks. So no rush!
Have a great trip! 🌹

[Uzair]

Zarshal wrote: "@Ramla, thanks, I didn’t get a chance to read your comments but I’m sure they must’ve been helpful as all your comments are. I’ll definitely join you in whichever new thread you post them in. ((:"

I'll second that ,
Ramla's done the work of 10 mods this past month , not to mention keeping the group afloat during inactive periods , so kudos

[Uzair]

Zarshal wrote: "@Bilal talking about the buddy read, how’s it going btw?"

Bilal isn't participating 😔. Ebook moment

Anyways @Jogi how is the buddy read going?

Why hath our divine bridge troll left us

[Zarshal]

@Uzair I’m national these days. And so will Ramla be in a few days xD
I blame our wildly screwed up sleep cycles.

[Hifza]

@Uzair XD noted.

[Zarshal]

@Uzair he picks his moments to comment. Yk. 😂

[Hifza]

@Ramla Truly, she's the most active member :D

@everyone I was thinking of getting the book from library since I tried reading the ebook but couldn't stay engaged. But going to the library is a hassle so I didn't :p

[Uzair]

Zarshal wrote: "@Uzair he picks his moments to comment. Yk. 😂"

Oh buddy , I'll say.

Jogi was the first person to welcome me ( and I say that in the loosest sense ) to the group back in 2016.

He picked his moment alright 💀 and he struck gold

The word cringe doesn't do justice to that memory. I made a fool of myself and then some.

[Ramla Zareen]

@Zarshal

Thank you, I hope you're also having a great trip :-)

@Uzair
@Hifza

Thank you, I love interacting with everyone in this group :-) I might not be able to participate much in the coming weeks, but I'll try to become active again once I'm back home. InshAllah.

[Zarshal]

@Uzair, everyone has had that experience at least once in their goodreads lifetime. 😂

[Zarshal]

@Ramla, thankyou! I am 🥹

[Ramla Zareen]

Zarshal wrote: "@Ramla, thankyou! I am 🥹"

Glad to hear that :-)

[Thall]

Uzair wrote: "Zarshal wrote: "@Bilal talking about the buddy read, how’s it going btw?"

Bilal isn't participating 😔. Ebook moment

Anyways @Jogi how is the buddy read going?

Why hath our divine bridge troll l..."

I'm requesting a hard copy from bookeveofficial as well. Waiting for the delivery. Can barely focus on reading when I'm on the laptop. Already juggling dozens of commitments, better to read when I'm off every device.

I just re-read the Preface though. I had forgotten that Fernando Pessoa himself presumed to be a "Psychologist" who ran into Bernardo Soares (the character who wrote the book -- in actuality, just one of Pessoa's heteronyms) and published "The Book Of Disquiet" in lieu of Soares; much alike Max Brod did with Kafka. Interesting parallel.

[Thall]

Mfs aren't delivering The Book Of Disquiet. Pdf it is then.

[Asad]

Jogi wrote: "Mfs aren't delivering The Book Of Disquiet. Pdf it is then."

The Book of Disquiet - The Complete Edition (Fernando Pessoa, Jerónimo Pizarro)

https://clipto.pro/l/txGH9CaPTgD46HRd8

[Thall]

We already have the pdf, epub, and everything. Wonder why bookeve can't make this available. maybe if I send them the pdf hmm

[Bilal]

readings has it.

[Uzair]

Pray tell how goes the buddy read.

It's august fellas.

[Hifza]

people are interested in reading the fall by camus this month :D

[Thall]

bookeve has officially ghosted me and readings has pending orders since February. Safe to say just move on to the next book.

[Uzair]

Hifza wrote: "people are interested in reading the fall by camus this month :D"

Sure , we'll add it to the book pool I guess :P



Jogi wrote: "bookeve has officially ghosted me and readings has pending orders since February. Safe to say just move on to the next book."

We could do that or alternatively there's always epub?

[Thall]

Uzair wrote: "Hifza wrote: "people are interested in reading the fall by camus this month :D"

Sure , we'll add it to the book pool I guess :P



Jogi wrote: "bookeve has officially ghosted me and readings has p..."

Not sure how many are up for epub. But true, this is not a book you wanna miss out on easily.

[Uzair]

Whole I'd much rather prefer paperback as well I've long since accepted that 99% of my reading will be in epub.

[Batool✨]

so which book is next read?

[Uzair]

No really are we not having an august read :(?

Should we just move onto something else? Better than not reading at all.

We can revisit the book of Disquiet at a later date ( of when book eve gets their proverbial sh*t together )

[Batool✨]

@uzair, i think we could read something shorter this month. if any of you agrees.

[Batool✨]

i am reading notes from underground of Dostoevsky I've just started, if you or any other member agrees then we will surely have a cool buddy read.

[Bilal]

yes i have that book on my shelf and it's not long so yes i agree

[Thall]

Just hope you can make it to Part 2 of the Notes. And then hope you can also make through that.

[Batool✨]

you have read it @jogi?

[Thall]

Batool✨ wrote: "you have read it @jogi?"

Apparently. Yes.

[Uzair]

Alrighty then all in favour of Notes from Underground?

Apologies for the late comments , busy with mdcat but nonetheless will read whatever everyone decides on

[Batool✨]

alright then, schedule please?

[Uzair]

Apologies again for disappearing.

Anyway August has passed us by , let's make

Notes on the Underground the September buddy read

As for a schedule no one is ever really able to follow it lmao so let's all go at out own pace and periodically ( every 2-3 days ) share our thoughts

All in favour?

[Zarshal]

Ooh I’m in too. Since I’m back and running. Let’s do this!

[Uzair]

Yessssirrrrrr , I've downloaded it let's start.

You can find the ebook ( and practically any book for that matter ) on z library.

Oh and on that note just started using irc channels to find books ( on mobile too ) and this thing has books I could never find.