Karachi International Book Fair is my most awaited event of the year and I have been able to attend all of the 11 held till date. This time around, it happened a bit early, that is in November 2015 rather than December but due to my finals and then an out of town trip I could not post my haul earlier. As usual, once inside, I went crazy, especially at Liberty books and loaded my baskets with dozens of books I have been wanting to read. While some of the books were suggestions, I bought most of the books from some of the popular authors as I feel there is still a lot for me to explore.
In fact, apart from Liberty, there was only one other stall I shopped at and that was Oxford, from where I picked a collection of Urdu poetry books. My father already has a vast collection from numerous famous poets but I just thought these would be easier for me to go through. I chose 7 popular poets, but there were a lot more options.
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| Urdu Poetry Books from Oxford University Press Pakistan R-L/T-B: Bahadurshah Zafar, Zauq, Zafar Ali Khan, Sahir Lodhyanvi, Shibli, Mir Asar, Nazir Akbar Abadi |
Even though I have already read the book, thanks to Noor Unnahar from Noor's Place, I bought Manuscript Found in Accra to add to my personal shelf. I just feel that it is a must have and you can read more of my thoughts on it here.
I was lucky to get my hands on the set of 20 Minute Manager from Harvard Business Review Press that too for a bargain at 10,000 PKR whereas its actual worth is over 24,000 PKR. Other than these, I wanted to complete some of my book collections from authors like Robert Galbraith, Khaled Hosseini, and John Green so I got whatever I could find from them. Liberty was too crowded this time and there was hardly any space to move so I couldn't find Will Grayson, Will Grayson but still managed to find Paper Towns by John Green.
Elif Shafak has been another popular author as of late so I picked three books from her; Black Milk, Forty Rules of Love, and The Bastard of Istanbul.
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| L-R/T-B: 20 Minute Manager, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Paper Towns, Black Milk, Forty Rules of Love, The Bastard of Istanbul |
Kartography by Kamila Shamsie is one book that I have been looking for ages but it is now hard to get hold of since it is no longer published. However, this time, I spotted two other books from the author so I had to get them. In the City of Gold and Silver by Kenize Mourad seems like another interesting read pertaining to the subcontinental culture and I want to read more mature writers now. So, this made me get another book from Murakami as well and just one chick lit from Sophie Kinsella that too on a recommendation, because if your read my 2015 Has Made Me Realize blog post, you know I am over that genre.
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| L-R/T-B: A God In Every Stone, In The City By The Sea, The Silkworm In the City of Gold and Silver, Shopaholic to the Stars, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running |
That is pretty much all I got and there are some books that I will be borrowing from my brother's shelf too. If any of you guys attended KIBF or any such book fairs recently, let me know what you got! :)
