August Books

I love Susanne monthly list of books she read. 

I love books , i love looking at them, reading them, flipping through their pages. Libraries are one of my favorites places. But sometimes i am completely away from any book and can not even flip a page so i thought that if  need to finish the 30 something books i already have, i probably should make a list like each month like Susanne, thanks for the idea dear  :)

So here is the list of books i read this month "August" :-

1- Laughing Without Accent- Firoozeh Dumas :

A very funny and lovely book. It's about the author's life in Tehran and America. 

Firoozeh lived a very short of her life in Abadan, Iran. A quiet place as the writer describe it , her home town and the place she loves most. Her family had to move to Tehran due to her father's work, a place she didn't quiet like. At an early age, the family moved to America where she portraits in a funny way her life there and the difference between two worlds especially for her parents hence the name " Laughing Without Accent".

Amazing book with no judgments . 

more about Firoozeh and her book from here 

2-The Valkyries- Paulo Coelho

Another beautiful book from the author of "the pilgrimage" and "Veronica decides to die" .

This one is about the visit Paulo and his wife made to the United States of America many years ago. Paulo wanted to see his angel and in his quest to do so he met "the Valkyries" .

I didn't like some of Paulo's books but this one find its way to my heart. 

You can read more about the books and part of it from here 

3- مذكرات من نجا- دوريس ليسينج

I tried to read this book for the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in Literature Doris Lessing " Memories of a Survivor", but seriously couldn't. I guess it was not meant as any kind of reading but very deep. I was not in the mood to go on reading mere description so i stopped. I live books with lots of dialogue so this one was not for me or maybe i should read it in English, though i am sure that the translator was doing great. 

4-الملعونه-اميرة مضحي

One of the books of the more rising authors in Saudi Arabia and it's all a silly love story, closed it quickly.

5-يمنى-سمير عطالله

I love reading the articles of this writer, and i guess i made a mistake of buying a book only because of the name and it failed me. 

6-Playing Cards in Cairo- Hugh Miles:

i wrote about it here . And i said it again, one of the most beautiful books that talks about the life of women in Egypt . 

The writer who was born in Saudi Arabia, describes his second visit to Cairo, Egypt. And how he met Roda, the beautiful Egyptian woman who introduces him to the life of women in Egypt by inviting him to play " taraneeb" a card game. In each thing and place he sees or visits, Hugh goes into the history of it and the how's and why's. If you are an Arab and sensitive about the way Arab or Muslims people are portrayed in a negative way mostly , then this book is not for you. 

Yet, it's funny, honest and describes the lives of a lot of women in the Arab countries.


7- ستر- رجاء عالم
What an amazing Arabic book. A unique look at a love story , its people and the people surrounding them. The author- a very well known Saudi author- make an amazing story, with love in its core but everything else is the key to it. What's is love ? is it based on feelings or physical attraction and desires only.
The life of two Saudi ladies who were looking for love, but get a lot of things along with it.
I don't like reading love stories as i said but this one makes you forget that it's a love story. 

So this is my list for this month, hopefully i will be having a longer list for the next :).


 And thanks again Susanne for the idea :)

P.S: any suggestions for a good reading are welcome :)