Book Club

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📚 Reading from paper📖 is far superior over 📱digital reading 💻..

The joy of buying physical books is so addicting 😭

The Prophet Muhammad (saw) was described as someone who was neither tall nor short, neither did he have straight nor curly hair, broad shouldered, had a seal mark on his chest which looked like an egg, was always seen smiling by some sahaabi, his jokes were always truthful, he preached in Makkah for 10 years and in Madinah for 13 years (some said 10 in both) and he was first in the battlefield, wore a ring on his right or left hand, was the bravest of men and he only got angry when God's limits were being crossed. More to come God willing. God knows best.

Shamaail at Tirmidhi is the classic book.

What is the "Slow Burn" and why do romance writers use it so much?

The definition of a slow burn describes a gradual and patient development of a romance in a story.
The said tension or success of the romance builds slowly over time rather than through instant gratification.

It basically uses the concept of delayed gratification for the reader.

Often the female protagonist has an affected view of her love intetest - Jane Eyre with Mr Rochester, Lizzie Bennett with Mr Darcy, Mary Jane with Spiderman, Elizabeth Gaskell and John Thornton.

As we wait for the romance to unfold, we as the reader become hooked - waiting for the ultimate romantic climax - the confession or the two people coming together. It's a very effective tool in romance books/movies.

Have a think about where you have personally seen the "slow burn"!

What y'all are reading rn?

What are some Islamic books (beside the Quran and Hadiths) that I can give as gifts to my not so practicing Muslim friends? The goal is to bring them closer to faith. I saw some Dua books on Amazon but do you guys have any other suggestions?

Do graphic novels fall under the Book Club group? Any graphic novels you can reccomend from your part of the world...

I want to try most of these 🙂 Have you read any?

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The Characters We Do Not Like
"Why would anyone behave like this?"
We have all asked that while reading a book.
A character makes one terrible decision after another, and suddenly we are sitting there, judging them like we have been appointed the official committee of good behaviour.
Some characters make us angry.
Some make us uncomfortable.
Some make us wonder why the author could not have given them a little sense.
But then something interesting happens.
We keep reading.
We begin to understand their fears.
Their pride.
Their wounds.
The choices they regret and the choices they still defend.
And somewhere between irritation and understanding, we discover something uncomfortable.
People are complicated.
Not every bad decision comes from a bad heart.
Not every good person makes good choices.
And not every person we dislike is as simple as the few pages we have seen.
Maybe that is one of the quiet gifts of reading.
A book can place us inside the mind of someone we would never understand in real life and ask us to stay there long enough to listen.
We may still disagree with them.
We may still dislike what they did.
But understanding is not the same as approval.
Sometimes, it is simply the courage to look beyond the behaviour and ask,
"What happened here?"
And maybe that is why some of the characters we dislike most remain with us long after the book is closed.
They remind us that human beings are rarely just one chapter.