What are you reading now ?

[tor_khan]

On my iPad/phone - World War Z by Max Brooks.

Otherwise, I am reading chapters and verses from the Qu'ran.

[HalloIsBack]

On my iPad/phone - World War Z by Max Brooks.

Otherwise, I am reading chapters and verses from the Qu'ran.

you should read out aloud for me

[Haris]

[DaZahroJaam.]

^ i don't think the prophet's life and fiction mix together that well.

i am quiting this book. it's a pain in the hind. i have been trying to read it for the last two weeks and have only managed to get pass 60 lousy pages. all i remember is something about someone walking in the moon light and some clock that is constantly ticking.
if anyone has or doe end up reading it, do share your opinions of it with me.

[Nazar]

Do you guys really read these super-fat novels which by the end of the day, are fictitious?

[DaZahroJaam.]

i can't stand non fiction. it's like torture for me.

[Haris]

What does it matter if its fictitious?
I like reading fiction because you can escape reality for a while and just enjoy yourself.

If you can only enjoy yourself through non-fiction then good for you but you are missing out on a lot.

I always recommend people (especially children) to read fiction because not only would it subconsciously improve their English skills (grammar, vocabulary etc) it also improves their creativity.

I read plenty of books in my school years and as a result, English was by far my easiest subject - I had A*'s in my literature, language & history coursework and my friends would always ask me to give them help & read over their work. It is no coincidence that those friends hated reading books and never did so in their free time.

That legacy remains today as I am easily able to write quality essays on a range of subjects with correct grammar, spelling, punctuation & vocabulary. Even on these forums, you'd be hard-pressed to find any sentence written by me without good English, even when i'm trying to be casual - it's a habit and a good one at that.

Lifelong skills learnt simply from an early interest in fiction.

[badmash_khel]

I enjoy both fiction and non fiction. Sometimes there is more wisdom in fiction than non fiction. Fiction shouldn't be dismissed as childish.

[کیش]

Fiction is awesome as you learn equally if not more from than a non-fiction book.

I'm currently reading Ken Follet's "The Pillars of the Earth" which is roughly 1,000 hardcover pages. It deals with an medieval British cathedral with the lives of monks, priests, and archdeacons.

[Nazar]

What does it matter if its fictitious?
I like reading fiction because you can escape reality for a while and just enjoy yourself.

If you can only enjoy yourself through non-fiction then good for you but you are missing out on a lot.

I always recommend people (especially children) to read fiction because not only would it subconsciously improve their English skills (grammar, vocabulary etc) it also improves their creativity.

I read plenty of books in my school years and as a result, English was by far my easiest subject - I had A*'s in my literature, language & history coursework and my friends would always ask me to give them help & read over their work. It is no coincidence that those friends hated reading books and never did so in their free time.

That legacy remains today as I am easily able to write quality essays on a range of subjects with correct grammar, spelling, punctuation & vocabulary. Even on these forums, you'd be hard-pressed to find any sentence written by me without good English, even when i'm trying to be casual - it's a habit and a good one at that.

Lifelong skills learnt simply from an early interest in fiction.

You are absolutely right. Reading novels or any kind of books improve one's writing skills. It also gives you a distinctive writing style if you read many books from the same author.
Btw, you just reminded me a funny story that happened to me when I was in 10th grade. I would like share it with you.
One of my friends recommended me reading English novels to improve my English skills. I went to a Kabarri Bazaar and bought a very fat novel, which I can't remember it's name. It had a photo of a cross drawn on it's cover. The day after, when I came back home from the outside, my schoolbag was emptied and all the books spread out on the floor including that novel. And my father was staring at me like I had committed a very serious crime. The next thing I remember was a big slap on my face.
My nephew had told my dad that I was reading Da Essayano Quran!
From that day I said goodbye to reading novels.

[DaZahroJaam.]

Brother Kaamazov by Foydor Dostoevsky. It has been translated from Russian but it must have been written very well as the writers style is very admirable and unique. Can't flip a single page with out laughing at least once..

[HalloIsBack]

Brother Kaamazov by Foydor Dostoevsky. It has been translated from Russian but it must have been written very well as the writers style is very admirable and unique. Can't flip a single page with out laughing at least once..

Brother Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/free_ebooks/The_Brothers_Karamazov_NT.pdf

you can find entire russsian literature on web

movies too
the karamazov brothers 2008 english subtitles. 1 Episode - YouTube

[DaZahroJaam.]

i could care less for russian literature. i like the sarcastic and dramatic tone that foyder uses in his writing.

[کیش]

The Master and Margarita is the best Russian literature ever written,

[Haris]

Simultaneously the most boring and most interesting book i've ever read (though I didn't actually finish it and probably won't either).