Bookworms of JF, what's your favorite book (s) and why?

Bookworms of JF, what's your favorite book (s) and why?

cute b said:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
"If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear Idea of how other people should learn their lives, but none about his or her own".

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it".

"It's possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting ".

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us become better too".

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve : fear of failure ".

"The secret of life, though is to fall seven times and get up eight times".

"I don't live in either my past or my future, I am interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you will be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we are living now." Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.

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Paula Paul said:
Hi,

I used to think that reading was boring until I found books that really sparked my interest. Reading became important to me because it’s fun and it teaches me new things. It keeps my mind active and inshape and it makes a difference for me if I go long periods without reading books, my mind starts to stagnate.

My favorite book of all the time is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I liked this book and I loved every page of it. To be honest this is a masterpiece. To this day still is one of the best motivational book I’ve ever read. I enjoyed it for the massages it provides. I have been reading the book and just got to these quotes “And now that, you don’t have to be perfect you can be good.” And “ If you want to be straight allow yourself to be crooked” etc. Truthfully this book gave me a little inspiration to pursue my goals.

Another one is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It’s the funniest book I have ever read. I’ve read the book many times, but still makes me laugh. I will share favorite part that I found myself re-reading, you know, Said Arthur,” It's at times like this when I m trapped in a Vogon...... And about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young”

“Why, what did she tell you?”

Arthur “ I don’t know, I didn’t listen”.
It’s so insanely funny and It reminds me that you shouldn’t take life so damn seriously.

Do you have any favorite book(s) you real like? Tell us about it, based on how good the book was, and why you think it was the best, what is the favorite part in it?

For those who don’t like reading, y'all should know that reading is the good way to learn new things, to see things in another perspective and to expand your creativity and linguistic skills.

Welcome guys.

G’day.
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The book you are reading now?
 
Nilivosoma na kuvikubali zaidi. Kila kimoja kwa sababu flani;
1.The divine supermarket by Malise Ruthven
2.The undercover economist by Tim Harford
3.A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson
4.1000 thousands nights in one night.hiki sijawahi kukimaliza na bahati mbaya the best pdf niliyokuwa nayo nilipoteza
5.Christmass tree and the wedding by Fiodyor Dotsoevsky
6.Comparative worth of different races by Francis Gaton
7.Anna Karenina by Leon Tolstoy
NB:Mwenye vitabu vya Godfather,Crime and punishment,Brothers Karamazov,The master and Margarita aweke hapa.
 
Aliyeanzisha Uzi huu, pongezi kwake.
Kumbe tuna wasomaji tele kilanmtu akijiongezea ujuzi kimya kimya, nimevutiwa Sana na hili.
Kwa upande wangu, mapenzi na vitabu yalianzia nilipokuwa sekondari zaidi pamoja na masomo na mchepuo nilioenda kusoma.
Babu na Bibi pia walikuwa nanmsukumo mkubwa Sana tangu utotoni kila nilipowatembelea nilipokuwa likizo kwani nakumbuka kuwepo kwa kabati la vitabu na ukali wa babu anapokukuta umekaa bila Cha kufanya na vitabu vipo.

Kwa mwaka huu lengo langu lilikuwa kusoma vitabu 20 na mpaka mwezi ujao nikijaaliwa nguvu na pasipo maingiliano yoyote nitatimiza kwani kwa Sasa Niko Kitabu Cha 19.

Vifuatavyo ni baadhi ya vitabu nilivyosoma mwaka huu ambavyo vimeniachia alama ya kudumu na mguso wa kipekee:
1. The Subtle art of not giving a f*ck - Mark Mason
2. Capitalist Nigger - Chika Onyeani
3. Peaks & Valleys - Spencer Johnson
4. Black Privilege - Charlemagne That God
5. Things my son needs to know about the world - Fredrick Blackman
6. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7. Life's Not fair but God is good - Robert R. Schuller
8. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
9. Letter to my daughter - Dr. Maya Angelou
10. Who will cry when you die - Robin Sharma
11. The leader who had no title - Robin Sharma
12. The 5 love languages - Gary Chapman
13. The power of habit - Charles Duhigg
14. The richest man in Babylon - George Clason
15. The Smart money woman - Arese Ugwu
 
Paula Paul said:
Hi,

I used to think that reading was boring until I found books that really sparked my interest. Reading became important to me because it’s fun and it teaches me new things. It keeps my mind active and inshape and it makes a difference for me if I go long periods without reading books, my mind starts to stagnate.

My favorite book of all the time is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I liked this book and I loved every page of it. To be honest this is a masterpiece. To this day still is one of the best motivational book I’ve ever read. I enjoyed it for the massages it provides. I have been reading the book and just got to these quotes “And now that, you don’t have to be perfect you can be good.” And “ If you want to be straight allow yourself to be crooked” etc. Truthfully this book gave me a little inspiration to pursue my goals.

Another one is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It’s the funniest book I have ever read. I’ve read the book many times, but still makes me laugh. I will share favorite part that I found myself re-reading, you know, Said Arthur,” It's at times like this when I m trapped in a Vogon...... And about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young”

“Why, what did she tell you?”

Arthur “ I don’t know, I didn’t listen”.
It’s so insanely funny and It reminds me that you shouldn’t take life so damn seriously.

Do you have any favorite book(s) you real like? Tell us about it, based on how good the book was, and why you think it was the best, what is the favorite part in it?

For those who don’t like reading, y'all should know that reading is the good way to learn new things, to see things in another perspective and to expand your creativity and linguistic skills.

Welcome guys.

G’day.
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My list is simply too long.

I just finished "Quantum: A Guide For The Perplexed". Fascinating insight into Quantum Physics.

I enjoy biographies. I am a big fan of David McCullough. His Pulitzer winner "Truman" makes you feel like you are living with the characters in the book. I enjoyed it very much when it came out.

I did enyoy The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy immensely when I read it in the nineties. Adams must have been smoking some kind of mushrooms when he wrote this book. When I think of "Vogon poetry" sometime link that to some of our politicians speeches.

I am heavily biased towards non fiction. Economics, behavioral sciences (I just finished Malcolm Gladwell's "Talking to Strangers: What We Know About The People We Should Know", well worth the read) current affairsand politics (I recently read Francis Fukuyama's "Identity: The Demand Fir Dignity and The Politics of Resentment". It gave me a better understanding if people like Mohamed Said.

I like science. I enjoyed immensely Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History if Time: From The Big Bang to Black Holes" in the nineties. I recently read his posthumously published book "Brief Answers To The Big Questions".

I enjoy reading about philosophy and religion. "The Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology" was such an eye opener when I read it in the mid 1990s.

I am trying to get back into fiction. The last fiction book I read was "A Gentleman In Moscow" by Amor Towles. Fascinating read. It is another period piece that takes you from the pre-Bolshevik Russia to the revolution era and beyond, through the eyes if an aristocrat gentleman and a little girl, trapped in the grand hotel of Moscow.

I like essays. I recently gathered to courage to mount the brick sized tome that is Christopher Hitchen's "Arguably: Selected Essays" . The man has encycloepadic knowledge of extraordinary proportions.

I recently read "India: A Portrait" by Patrick French. Very goid for aquinting onesekf with the idiosyncracies of India.

Bill Bryson is another author I find very interesting. His "A Brief History of Nearly everything" was very fascinating. He has a new book about the body, I have bought it but I haven't had the pleasure if reading.

David W Blight's "Frederick Douglas: A Prophet if Freedom", a Pulitzer winner, was another fascinating read I devoured in the oast few months. I thought I knew a lot about Mr. Douglas, until I read this book.

These are some of the books I have enjoyed, mostly within the last 6 months, if not stated..

A full list would simply be too long.
 
I have read these books
1. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
2. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
3. Who Will Cry When You Die by Robin Sharma
4. The Instant Millionaire by Mark Fisher
5. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
6. The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason
7. Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
8. The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Etc.


The overarching reason for reading those books is: They make me a better person day after day, I learn a lot of things, I discover some important secrets, just to mention a few.
 
SweetieLee said:
Born a crime by Trevor Noah..!!

"Learn from your past and be better because of your past" she would say, "but don't cry about your past,life is full of pain, let the pain sharpen you, but don't hold on to it. Don't be bitter"..!!

'Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people'..!!

'My Mom did what school didn't, she taught me how to think'..!!

'Relationships are built in the silences, you spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them and that is what apartheid stole from Us, "TIME"..!!

The Alchemist is one of my superb books too twinnie..!!
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Thank you twinnie, would you mind sharing the the book? I got inspired by your post.
 
Don Clericuzio said:
The Other Side of Sidney Sheldon - Sidney Sheldon

In his book I met a quote which eventually brought me back to life, was as good as dead both physically and spiritually.

“Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.”

Since then, I have come to appreciate any circumstances of life knowing that there are good/bad pages coming before the conclusion.
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technically said:
1: Bible,
2: Before you do,
3: 48 laws of power,
4: Long Walk To Freedom,
5: Dreams From My Father.
6 ...........
By the way nimesoma alots of books kwenye kila nyanja biashara,siasa,dini the reason ni kuwa na uelewa wa mambo yote yanayofocus kwenye jamii na maisha ya kila siku vitabu nilivyosoma vinafika 200 na zaidi.
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Dreams from my Father By BARACK OBAMA
 

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CONTROLA said:
1.Bible
2.think and Grow Rich
3.Poor Dad Rich Dad
4.Why we want You to be Rich
5.The Note book
6.I Can I must I will (not yet done....)

Why!?

Sikuzaliwa nikipenda kusoma vitabu kabisa tena nilikua naona ni adhabu

baba yangu ni msomaji wa vitabu sana nimezaliwa nimekuta kuna library nyumbani

so baba akija akikukuta unaangalia tv atakuuliza swali lolote la shule,Ukimjibu sahihi bila kukosea (umepona)

ila akikuuliza swali la shule halafu ukawa hujui unajiuma uma,Ana zima TV anakushika mkono anakupeleka Library

Anakugombeza anakwambia unakaa kuangalia TV wakati kichwani hamna kitu,Anakupa kitabu usome,

anaweza kukwambia shika hiki kitabu soma mpk page 20 then summarize kwenye hii paper ulichosoma uniletee chumbani

Ukimaliza unafanya hivyo (it was hard for me) ila i used to cope with that Life Mwishowe nikajikuta nadondokea kwenye

Usomaji wa vitabu bila hata kuambiwa na mtu au kupigiwa kelele.
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