My fathers notebook

So on Sunday I finished reading my fathers notebook, I had started the book and even though I wouldnt give it a high recommendation I still had to finish it. There have been many books in my favourites list that I have only really appreciated closer to the end so I hate to half read books. My review? heres what it is about:the son on a deaf mute is translating his fathers notebook into his own spoken language. His father had been taught his own cuniform sign language as a boy and thats what the book is written in. It follows his life including the teaching of this new language, his family, military service that he skipped, the sudden death of his first wife, his next marriage, the birth of his four kids and his relationships with them all, to the politic misguidance of his 2 most loved children (his only son and his youngest daughter) In the end it seemed to be more about his son and how his life was entwined with his fathers, being the son of a deaf mute he had become the mouth, eye and mind of his father so he seemed to have issues dividing the two. Although several times he stated that he didnt want to get off topic of his fathers book he still seemed to talk alot about his life in the political underground.On a whole, wouldnt read it again or recommend it but if its something you think you will like, feel free :D Enjoy

A voice by Umm Zakiyyah

masha'allah I just finished this book, started it on friday and have to say it was well worth the money masha'allah. I read the prequel quite a few months ago and wanted to get the second one for quite awhile now, I saw it at the conference for a good price and decided to go for it. Its a lot thicker than the first one, which took me 4 hours to read, so I didnt expect to get through this one as quickly as I did. Bearing in mind I was at my mums for the majority of saturday.I wont go too much into detail about the book but I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes novels but is looking for something away of the romance and desciptions in most of the novels in today society.The general overview of the book is this... it follows Tamika through a year of her life, the year after she converted to Islam. At the end of the book, she has found a husband, a life and is preparing herself for the future with a strained but workable relationship with her family and a year left of college. Masha'allah there are some ups and downs and her husband isnt who you would expect at the beginning but in the end they get there.. through all the tests, and after all the prayers masha'allah. What I wouldnt give to be so straight and submitted to my deen, insha'allah. I cant really tell you more because it would give it away, I dont know whether it was the obvious length of the book that took my longer to get into the story. There were times that I skipped over a few paragraphs when the author went into long and unneeded details.. but all in all, highly recommended to anyone who is a convert or looking to marry.