Alhamdulillah, I have been blessed to witness and complete another beautiful month of Ramadan. I only read one book in the past month because I wanted to focus on the Quran and my religious obligations.
Now that Ramadan is over and school will soon be over as well, I decided to compile a modest list of books that I hope to read (and enjoy reading) during the upcoming season, Insha Allah. My goal this year is to finish 52 books. I don't really have a specific reading goal relating to a genre although more recently I have noticed myself gravitating towards books set in the Middle East/North Africa and South Asia. I guess I could say that at this point in my reading career I am more inclined to read a book with a culture I can relate to. (This includes Islamic themes).
+ The Kite Runner
+ The Stationery Shop
+ When the Apricots Bloom
+ The Saffron Kitchen
+ The Beekeeper of Aleppo
+ A Thousand Splendid Suns
+ A Place For Us
Other fiction titles I am interested in
+ Call Me By Your Name
+ The Metamorphasis
+ The Catcher in the Rye
+ Flowers for Algernon
Apparently, all the books in this list except the first one are very similar to Camus' The Stranger which I read last winter and enjoyed a lot.
Books I have started and want to finish
+ War and Peace 82%
+ Secrets of Divine Love 21%
+ The City of Brass 30%
+ Heros of Islam 25%
This is my list for now. Insha Allah I meet my goals and do better than anticipated. Perhaps later in the year I can add reviews/ratings to this list.
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