A few months back we started the ProductiveMuslim book club. MashaAllah, it started off with a bang and it looked very promising with lots of signups and eager members! Somehow unfortunately, it didn’t turn out as expected - and to be honest, we are partly to blame. We didn’t think through it carefully enough, and there were quite a number of obvious glitches and miscommunication... all this coupled with the fact that the book club members were not interacting the way we envisioned them to do and it kind of fell apart :(

All was not lost though...  :D

Realising the stumbling of the book club, we tried different ways to energise the club and make it more interactive, these efforts did encourage some of our members to do a number of book reviews (which will be released over the next few weeks inshaAllah).

So now when the dust has settled, we’ve gone back to the drawing board to see how we can re-introduce a much more dynamic and fruitful book club... The result: a new and stronger ProductiveMuslim Book club – (inshaAllah!)

Introducing the new book club!(We even got a logo this time! lol)

So how will this book club be different from the old one? 

• The book club will be open for ALL members interested in joining it. It won’t be an exclusive book club with exclusive members anymore.

• It’ll run entirely on the interactive facebook page and not as a dull Google Group. This ensures a dynamic platform for people to share their favourite productivity, Islamic and other books, what they like/hate about them, and any favourite quotes. Moreover, the facebook page will be run by our very own Book Club manager and his team!

• No homework! Unlike the first book club where we requested members to submit reviews - we’re taking a laissez faire approach for this one. So you don’t HAVE to send any reviews! - Just join the discussion, discuss your book with your friends, learn about other books, and if you really really really like a particular book which you want to see featured on ProductiveMuslim.com - send us a simple review! 

That’s it. Nice, fun and easy. No complications, just pure interaction and hopefully lots of cool discussions.  Join the new book club by becoming a fan on the ProductiveMuslim Book club facebook page!

(P.S. Oh one more thing...once we hit 1000 members for the new Book club, we’ll have another suprise for you :D stay tuned!)