D.E.A.R
It's "Drop Everything And Read" (D.E.A.R) from today till end of this month. National Library members can borrow up to 8 books instead of 4 at this period. Well.. I can't even finished 3 books at this given period let alone 4-8 books. so the increment makes no difference to me. haha..
Most of us are busy with either work/ school/ family. When I was busy @ work, finding time 2 read becomes secondary. After coming back from work, shower and have dinner with family, check emails, watched TV... there's seem no time left for some reading, be it newspaper/magazine/novels.. However, we can do some "catching up" on weekends.
Usually I would go EMF @ holland V to rent a second hand short novel to read or borrow from the national library near bras basah. Sometimes I would even venture to Bt Batok/Jurong West/Bt Panjang Community Library to seek out my type of books.
What''s my kind of books then? 尤今's <<大胡子的春与冬>>,<<燃烧的狮子>> & her short travelogues... her stories are usually kept short and the language use is simple, easy to understand. Suitable for Secondary/JC students to read. I started reading her books in sec one when I needed to do a book review. Mum chose for me<< 燃烧的狮子>>. From then on, I fell in love with 尤今style of writing. The author herself is a JC teacher. Alot of of her stories's background are set in schools. The conflicts/the problems/ the charecters faced in school, how some of them succeeded in overcomeing the obstacles, how some failed though..
English novels: Mainly Agartha Christie's dectective mysteries.(they are interesting In my upper Primary & secondary days, it was Nancy Drew. I had a rather large collections of Nancy Drew books. I bought them because I didn't know what books to read, so to cultivate a habit of reading I bought a series of Nancy Drew's detective stories to read. I wasn't an avid reader in my primary schools days, I watched TV more than I read. As I grew older, realised the beauty and enjoyment of reading.
Reading habit is best develped from young.
