Dear Reader,
As of 2011 I, Nida Bhatti ardent book reader and well known bookaholic, have set myself the challenge to read at least 70 in this year (which is actually about 20 more than I can usually manage in a year). But the difference this year will be that for each book that I complete I will receive £2 or £3.
All the money that I collect by the end of the year will be going to Save the Children organisation and Inshallah provide books and/or education for the millions of children around the world who are out of school due to conflict in their country or region. Please help me to perform this good deed and in our own small way, we will make some child’s life all the better for it. All I ask is a small donation of £2 from you.
To donate online, please visit my safe and secure JustGiving page, or click on the widget in the side bar --->
May Allah (SWT) be pleased with this good deed, may He help me achieve my goal and may he also be pleased with all those who donate, help and support me. Ameen :)
So far I have raised £81 and I have read 70 Books:
January:
1. The Ghost Writer by John Harwood
2. Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn
3. Splendid by Julia Quinn
4. Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn
5. Minx by Julia Quinn
6. Where's my Hero? by Julia Quinn
7. Mr. Cavendish I presume by Julia Quinn
8. The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
9. Sir Gawain the Green Knight by The Pearl Poet, Translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
February:
10. The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
11. The Boy with a Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malziue, Translated by Sarah Ardizzone
12. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
13. The Stories of the Prophets by Ibn Kathir, Translated by Rashad Ahmed Azami
14. The Passage by Justin Cronin
15. Sister's Red by Jackson Pearce
16. Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug by Diarmuid Jeffreys
17. Middlemarch by George Eliot
March:
18. From my sister's lips by Na'ima B. Robert
19. Boy vs. Girl by Na'ima B. Robert
20. Kim by Rudyard Kipling
21. Many Poetic Voices, One Faith by Islamic Writers Alliance
April:
22. The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Dr. Oliver Sacks
23. Echoes by Jamilah Kolocotronis
24. Rebounding by Jamilah Kolocotronis
25. Terbulance by Jamilah Kolocotronis
May:
26. Khadija: the First Muslim and Wife of the Prophet Muhammed by Resit Haylamaz
27. Ripples by Jamilah Kolocotronis
28. Silence by Jamilah Kolocotronis
June:
29. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
30. Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
31. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
32. Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
33. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
July:
34. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
35. Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkein
36. Matilda by Roald Dahl
37. The Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy
38. The Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
39. Forever by Maggie Steifvater (and what an end to the series that was!!!!!!! <3)
40. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by The Brother's Grimm
August:
41. The Complete Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
42. Tales From The Arabian Nights ed. Andrew Lang
43. Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
44. Mom, I'm a Muslim by Chris Read
45. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
46. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J. K. Rowling
September:
47. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
48. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
49. Medival Times by Terry Jones
50. Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
51. How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
52. Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn
53. What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
54. Ten Things I Love about You by Julia Quinn
55. Scottish Brides by Julia Quinn
October:
56. The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
57. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
58. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
59. Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
60. Ruby Red by Kerstin Geir
November:
61. Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
62. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
63. The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
64. Straight is the Gate by Andre Gide
65. Pretty Persuasion by Olivia Kingsley
December:
66. North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
67. Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
68. Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
69. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
70. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
37. The Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy
38. The Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
39. Forever by Maggie Steifvater (and what an end to the series that was!!!!!!! <3)
40. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by The Brother's Grimm
August:
41. The Complete Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
42. Tales From The Arabian Nights ed. Andrew Lang
43. Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
44. Mom, I'm a Muslim by Chris Read
45. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
46. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J. K. Rowling
September:
47. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
48. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
49. Medival Times by Terry Jones
50. Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
51. How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
52. Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn
53. What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
54. Ten Things I Love about You by Julia Quinn
55. Scottish Brides by Julia Quinn
October:
56. The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
57. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
58. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
59. Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
60. Ruby Red by Kerstin Geir
November:
61. Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
62. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
63. The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
64. Straight is the Gate by Andre Gide
65. Pretty Persuasion by Olivia Kingsley
December:
66. North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
67. Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
68. Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
69. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
70. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
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12/03/2011 - I would like to thank my lovely sisters (in Islam) at St. George's University of London for all their kind support and donations. JazakumAllah Khair. My Du'as will always be with you xxx
27/05/2011 - Jazakumallah Khair to my Parents for being so supportive and generous, especially with their love. :)
31/12/2011 - I have finally done it! Yipeeee!!!!!!!! I have completed my Challenge. All that's left now is to collect the money and donate it to Save the Children. As fun as it was though, I think I'll give myself a break for the year 2012 and Inshallah I'll do another challenge in 2013.
27/05/2011 - Jazakumallah Khair to my Parents for being so supportive and generous, especially with their love. :)
31/12/2011 - I have finally done it! Yipeeee!!!!!!!! I have completed my Challenge. All that's left now is to collect the money and donate it to Save the Children. As fun as it was though, I think I'll give myself a break for the year 2012 and Inshallah I'll do another challenge in 2013.
