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Samah

"Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it."
-Mark Twain
"I am no fun at all. In fact, I am anti-fun. Not as in anti-violence, but as in anti-matter. I am not so much against fun - although I suppose I kind of am - as I am the direct opposite of fun. I...more »
  • Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada
  • member since Monday, February 26 2007

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  • samia

    samia says

    i'm going to have to read it too! i came accross 'Eats, shoots and leaves' at the book store and remembered seeing it on one of 'our shelves'...anyway i wish i had picked it up sooner, it's very humorous and shamefully very educational! every now and then i love to delve into books written by Brits. i enjoy all the cultural humour that you'd only understand if you've lived there. i heard she came out with another book a while ago, 'talk to the hand...', have you read it?
    the books you've added to your fav's seem like stellars, IA will give them a go too. oh and i just finished 'Tess of the Durbevilles' and i absoloutely LOVED it. maybe one of my fav's! the adaptation with justine wadell was just brilliant also. you were right, she is a really dazzling actress. i liked her better as 'tess' than 'molly'. :)

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • samia

    samia says

    salaams hun. how are you? how's 'anglo files...'?

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    no maam, i haven't. i'm reading watch me disappear and it's really good. i recommend you read it, then tell me what you think. after that it's in the tenth house...
    btw (said with nose up in the air, eyebrows raised, lips... what do you book snobs do with your lips? hina apa? anushe?), i'm going to study writing at cambridge in 2 weeks amongst more literary snobs like you... who *pretend* they don't read scarlett as their version of the harlequin romance... when i return, i'll school all of you... muahahahahahhahaa... and return anushe's copy of scarlett right back to her...

    the chick you ask? some hottie i met at this wedding... she insisted on laying a wet one on me... and by golly, i liked it!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    omg... there was a time ppl were logging in every day... and you call yourself readers... pffff... YOUR friend, HINA (apa... jaan... whom i have a mild crush on) logged in ONE MONTH ago...

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    see note on anushe's page. long time no bother. why no bother.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • saudah

    saudah says

    I LOVE Daddy Long Legs. I think you said it perfectly -- it's a yummy book. I reread it recently, it's one of those books that you want to enjoy again and again.
    Yes, sadly less and less time for reading now that I also started Qasid.
    I just started Ivanhoe. Have you read it?
    Did you like Strong Poison?

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • hina-zee

    hina-zee says

    "keeper of the doves" by betsy byars. the boys and i are reading "the bears' house" by marilyn sachs which is giving us a new appreciation for our family life, alhamdulillah. too heavy for your kids right now, i think, but you must definitely check them out (quick reads).

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    tht's the best i can do. i'm READING. stop bothing me (ayesha speak).

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    hahahaaha. you wish.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    still haven't finished n&s. just thought i'd rub it in. ah, feels good. wicked good.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • samia

    samia says

    'white mughals' was a draaaaaag in my opinion. i only liked the anecdotes. the story was just soooo boring. honestly i just read the entire thick book in anticipation of next interesting fact within the notes. i think dalrymple was born in india or his white colonial ancestors were...something like that, me thinks :)

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • samia

    samia says

    yes it's after n&s that i got the gaskell bug. i hope to read more of her work in the future. for now i started 'good grief' last night. good so far.
    molly and roger are well charcterised in the bbc rendition. i imagined cynthia to be drop dead gorgeous in the novel, she didn't quite compare inthe adaptation.
    anyway have fun at the suhba lovey!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • samia

    samia says

    alas i've completed my reading of 'wives and daughters'!!! it's such a shame she didn't finish the novel! i was engrossed after about a third into it. i think cynthia had traces of becky sharp (vf) and a scarlett(gwtw). i couldn't quite empathise with her. the mother...oh my lord the mother!!! ha ha i don't think i've come across a character so absolutely coniving and brillilant in literature before. oooh she made my skin turn inside out and had me in hysterics in other parts! molly: she just didn't have quite enough gumption for my liking. it took me a while to 'like her'. the father was such a darling. loved him.
    so i'm left now thinking about what happend in the 'end'. she was so close to finishing! gaskell really is a brilliant author.
    i've watched the 1st 2 episodes of the BBC rendition. i hate the way cynthia is characterised...she needs to be less 'sweet' and well she is just not pretty enough!
    i picked up a copy of 'good grief' today after seeing it on your shelf...hope it's good. :)

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • saudah

    saudah says

    *let me know how you like it!

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • saudah

    saudah says

    wa 'alaykum assalam! Oh great, let me know ho! I've only read one of her books - Miss Marjoribanks, and that was a long time ago. I have Hester sitting on my shelf to read one day. Which ones are you in love with?
    I'm reading the Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. I really find that I don't have as much time to read here at all. Sometimes days go by in which I haven't even read a page. I think before with commuting time, I had set time to read. But now by the time I go to sleep I'm soooo tired that I just pass out without reading. SP is my life :)

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • saudah

    saudah says

    wa 'alaykum assalam! Oh great, let me know ho! I've only read one of her books - Miss Marjoribanks, and that was a long time ago. I have Hester sitting on my shelf to read one day. Which ones are you in love with?
    I'm reading the Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. I really find that I don't have as much time to read here at all. Sometimes days go by in which I haven't even read a page. I think before with commuting time, I had set time to read. But now by the time I go to sleep I'm soooo tired that I just pass out without reading. SP is my life :)

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • anushe

    anushe says

    it all adds to the dramatics. your liking it is enough for me. the story is very deep and insightful. i started "far from the madding crowd." yes, it was because i heard that the main character is very beautiful...
    what can i say? i'm a very superficial bookworm.
    jokes aside, it begins with lengthy descriptions of a lanky farmer/shephard. must get past all that nonsense...
    the first sight he has of this "handsome girl" is when she stops her wagon and discreetly pulls out a mirror to "survey herself attentively" and then she parts her lips and smiles. isn't that hilarious?

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    put the mouse over the book, a box will pop up that says on your shelf, on the right side is a drop down box (arrow), click on that and unclick any other choice that has a check next to it, then click on whichever option (i am reading, i plan to read, etc.). capiche?

    ok, scarlett is NOT a favorite book. how the heck do i bury it amongst the worthier ones. i'm gonna present you ANUSHE'S COPY of scarlett -- btw, did you wannabe book snobs (hina apa INCLUDED) knw it's ANUSHE'S COPY and SHE told me to read it? did ya, huh huh huh?

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    btw, i met my cousin's husband for the first time in pak. and he's a writer. a poet, actually. and my goodness, i was put to shame by his literary knowledge, historical knowledge, and his ability to write. poets really are the best of writers. i tried to get him to sign onto shelfari, but he'll be the new book snob... the unfair advantage the literary crowd in those countries have is that they're exposed to british lit rather than american lit... and we all know where each stands in comparison...

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nasha

    nasha says

    (ok, anushe. we'll need to talk abt the "i love you" comment on your page...)

    ok, so yes i really enjoyed that book (gg). totally related to it, but not the level she took it. it was so sad and funny, at the same time. misery can be quite comical eh? hey, you read the painted veil too (just glanced over at your shelf)... did you like it? i read it on my short weekend trip to ny some months ago. i was so upset abt him kicking the bucket, but it became the redeeming factor abt the story. not so neat ending. and my sisters keeper... yeah... the one thing that did stand out for me was that i kept wanting to read kate's take on things, and i liked that she left that for the end. very neat storytelling tactic... i may employ that. i have to begin my manuscript and i can't get into my creative writing space... i need to sit in a villa in spain (my dream) to do this.

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )


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