QotD: Book Recommendations
Where do you get recommendations for new books to read?
If its to do with law, then the teacher gives me a recommended book list or i ask former students, if its to do with books on Islam, i always read the blurb which tells u the background of the scholar where he was educated etc, and flick through it, if it has quotes from the qur'an and ahadith then i will buy it (subject to price of course!). I don't really have time for fiction anymore, and personally think its a total waste of time, i would rather read something that's gonna benefit me in the long run as most islamic books i choose to read are geared towards how to improve myself in some way or talk about issues which are relevant to me. Every Muslim should try to build up their islamic book collection but mine seems to stay the same as i lend people my books and lose track of who has got them (one thing that peeves me off is when people don't return the books you so kindly lent them until you ask them to)
i remember when i was at school i used to read a book a day, from teenage romances to sidney sheldon novels haha i wonder what happened to him - they were a good read but you could always guess the twist at the end!!
Reading is good for you though,, it keeps the brain cells going, i have enough practice of that reading cases for law, today i had to read loads of cases to do with money laundering!!
