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Am I the only one who thinks the new Haalim Golden Edition covers are really ugly? 😭

I was SO excited when I heard Nemrah Ahmed was releasing new editions after all these years, and then I saw the covers and I genuinely don't know what happened??

First, the colors. I read her explanation about wanting to bring color back because everything nowadays is beige, gray, black, etc. Cool, i love that idea.

But bringing color back doesn't mean picking the brightest shades possible. These colors just don't work together.

It seems as if the designer opened "spin the wheel" and picked the brightest colours and put them together.

And don't even get me started on the artwork. It looks so cheap?? Like it genuinely doesn't match the vibe of the novels at all. These books have such a grand, emotional, magical feel, and the covers look like generic digital illustrations.

The symbolism is another thing. I LOVE symbolic covers. But these...oh my god? A DOOR? A CUPBOARD WITH MAGICAL BOTTLES??

I mean I get it, they are important but ugh I would've loved them if they were better.

There were so many better ideas they could've used.

The older covers weren't perfect, but I'd pick them over these any day.

hey yall, my first post here, anws i wanted to ask yall how should i get into book reading, like where to start, I'm mostly into classics(fiction) and I've already read white nights also half of notes from underground, but i couldn't continue cuz of my studies, now that my exams are over, i wanna get into book reading full time. so recommend me some easier, attractive starter books, not the daunting 1500 pages prose type book but the kind which will make me wanna read it till the end ✌🏼

thankss

Hi everyone!

I'm selling 7,8 famous urdu novels that are completely untouched and in brand-new condition. They've never been read and have been kept with great care.

20–30% below the original price (untouched)

The novels I've already read once available at 50% off the original price.

within Pakistan

If you're interested, leave a comment or send me a DM. I can also share the titles and photos.

Hi. I'm looking for the Count of Monte Cristo. Anyone here who's selling it? Also, what trusted online stores can I get it from if not Readings or Liberty? I checked bookseve and pluckabook but not sure about the quality.

I want to read books that I can download in pdf and read on my phone or tab.

Where can I download books for free?

I just completed reading The Alchemist by Paul Caelho. Any suggestion what I can read next?

Hey guys, has anyone every bought books from the online store 'pluckabook'? If so, how was your experience with them—are the books of reasonable quality?

Their prices are pretty low so like...what's the catch?

I usually stick to Readings and Liberty books but my budget has been kinda tight this month so looking for cheaper alternatives.

Thanks!

Hi everyone! I recently started a little book club with my friends. I run it through instagram where I usually post info about it. The book club meetings are virtually held on Google Meet and are currently open to women only. I thought it might be a good idea posting on reddit about it since I joined a classics book club run by an indian through reddit. And while I do like classics, I don’t prefer reading them all the time so I created my own book club. I don’t aim to focus on any particular kind of literature or genre. The goal of the book club is to explore and diversify our readings. Sometimes, we read for meaning and sometimes solely for entertainment. Me and my friends pick the book through a vote and everyone’s welcome to leave book suggestions for future discussions as well.

Anyways, I’m hosting another book club meeting soon, we hold a meeting once a month. If you are interested, you can check out my instagram at hallofabsurdity. Looking forward to welcoming new members!

i need a pdf of the housemaid secret.

So my post is about recent release of haalim golden edition but mainly I just wanna know why nemrah Ahmed sounds like an entitled b*h/lady no offense.

I mean I saw 80% of her fans criticising the bookcovers and everything and she had the defence (in her community) to say that's her books and she gonna do whatever she wants with her, okay it makes sense but why are you pathetic enough to degrade and demean your own readers who would buy those very books from you. I saw this during maala's time as well, she cannot at all take criticism and she reacts so unprofessionally and immaturely to critique.

She can just simply accept criticism and respectfully pass a statement as well, why is she always snobby and sounds like an egoistical personality??

I'm a die hard fan of Khaled Hosseini's work. If I ever get chance to reread a book for the first time it'd always be The Kite Runner, has and will always be my go to book.

However, I can't let go off the western influence on his writings. The way he portrayed Afghanistan and to some extent the culture looks whitewashed.
Growing up in Pakistan, I used to hear how Pakistan's in a bad state because of Afghanistan, but when I read Khaled Hosseini I fell in love with Afghanistan with its beauty.

As I grew up, read more of history and of culture I started feeling weird about some pieces of his writing.

How US saved Afghanis from the atrocities (A BIG LAUGH), how a religion made life difficult for afghanis (it was the extremist, not a religion that did that!) and again the continuous depiction of savior complex in americans that would never ever go away!

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All suggestions are welcome let me know if you know a place or online person who sell reasonable kindle I was planning to get Paperwhite 10th gen at first amd online seller offering this for 35k for used and then I thought for gen 7 and that was for 20k i dont know the prices are accurate or not it seems me lil expensive

I also check out the basic 10th gen it was like 15 k also tell me which option is best I should consider

Thanks

Goodluck!

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This book is way too overrated and performative istg🙏🙏

Hey guys, I really need to vent and get some new store recommendations. I’ve trusted bookeve for a while, but my latest order took nearly 20 days to arrive and showed up completely damaged, the covers are inflamed and squished and torn from the spine. On top of that, their paper quality has gone way downhill lately. a 400 page paperback is barely 2cm thick because the pages are so thin and compressed. When I complained, they texted saying they would "review and find a solution," but they’ve completely ghosted me with zero follow-up for almost 20 hours now.
I’m officially looking for other options, so does anyone know of alternative instagram pages or online shops in Pakistan that match bookeve's price range but actually use decent, thick paper weight and sharp cover prints? I just want a reliable store that packages things securely so they don't get ruined in the mail.
TL;DR: bookeve took 20 days to deliver damaged books, the paper is super flimsy now (400 pages is barely 2 cm thick), and they ghosted me after saying they’d find a solution. Looking for alternative local stores in the same price range that use thick paper and package securely.

I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki was a horrible book in terms of what the psychiatrist said. Any person with a bit of sympathy and empathy would have said better things than that

As a psychologist I would never understand how a psychologist was able to give therapy. And no doubt the therapy went awful because it wasn't therapy it was just a bad attempt by the psychiatrist to talk. Its a pretty simple and basic rule to not send the client back with the problematic thought. It needs to be adressed right away and a good insight is to be given at that moment, so that it can be addressed in the future sessions as well.

I can rant all day about how awful the psychiatrist was.

sm1 posted asking hyped books that disappointed yall and so many ppl said kite runner and paulo coelho's alchemist. can yall state your reasons. genuinely curious since i loved both of them.

i get that kite runner has some shady themes like amir's and baba's character and politics etc but what else?😭

Did anyone of you read the Ice Candy Man? If so, how was it? I decided to give it a try because the bookstore uncle was like it’s so good you should definitely buy it.