all about books..

tis was done by lts..and i just read m/o/k/c/i/k/n/a/b's and one of hers is the same as mine!

i dont really have much time to read. i used to read more when i was very young, then sometime in my teenage years i kind of stopped only picking a book or two. but i picked up reading once i graduated.

the following books are those that affected me in someways and some of these are books which i have reread at least twice. yes i reread books i really like.

the ones that meant something to me..

1. the alchemist by paulo coelho. i dont think this book is preachy nor did i take it initially as inspirational or self help. it just has a good story witth life lessons subtly woven in. and is the best of coelho's.

2. the road to mecca by muhammad asad. i read it while having my first holiday at perhentian. it may seem ironic that a book with islam as one of its theme was read while bumming on the beach. but it was some sort of a perhentian for me to reflect. i actually have another book he worked on, which was given to me by a muslim friend when i was in the states ' message of the quran' by m. asad. i've read it but had never taken note of the translator.

i really admire muhammad asad and his works. and i may just name my son (insyallah if i have one), muhammad asad.

3. gone with the wind. yes i reread this book. it was THE romance book for me when i was growing up and it taught me a few lessons about love...like the idea of love is not the same as actual loving, and not to get pride in the way.

4. catcher in the rye. it was so teenage angtsy book. i think it was one of the earliest presents between us. i just cant remember now who gave it to whom.

5. lil house on the praire series. this was it. the one that got me into reading when i was a kid. i just couldnt wait to go to the library to borrow more and read about laura and her ma and pa. this series together with the enid blytons will be the ones i would love to pass on to my kids someday.


and the other parts of the questioning:

1) Total Number of Books You Own:
cant remember..they're all in my jellicoe flat though. boxed up right now.

2) The Last Book You’ve Bought:
has to be that guidebook to lombok and bali i bought because i wanted the map in it.

3) The Last Books You’ve Read: status anxiety by alain de botton. am still reading tho


can i also add...a few more things here ;

the last book you want to give your husband/boyfriend during a holiday : this will be the davinci code.my mistake for telling him to read the book. this book consumed the man who normally doenst have that good attention span with books. he just didnt want to do much or go out much coz he wanted to finish the book :S

and a book i can never finish reading: a brief history of time by stephen hawking. tried as i might i just cant. got lost somewhere when he started bringing in the graphs and circles.