Does what you read, show what sort of person you are? Maybe you can tell me whether there is any correlation btwn the two?
I have to say that my reading behavior tend to skew more to the romance sort of category. Hey!, What can I say, I am die hard romantic. I dream too much ,I think. So these books sort of give me the lead to dream and fantasize. Well its not like i don't read other types of books but majority of what I read tend to fall into this category, though.
Anyways, since its a new year and all, I told myself that I would like to make it point to stay away from these "romance" sorta books. But alas, its not working well so far. Well, I try to borrow books from those book rental shops. I usually go to the one in Bangsar, its kinda small and crammed up but the good part is if you want a book and its not in the shelfs and its out with some other customers, they will call you once the book gets checked in. Pretty good aye?
Ok, i went there this month, returned the Da Vincci Code by Dan Brown. You should see how, as soon as I returned the book walked away from the counter, the lady picks up the phone and start dialing. Then I heard her say, ".... the book you wanted Da Vincci Code is in.. when can you come by to pick up?" WA LAU EH.. talk about being efficient.
Like I said before, I wanted a new start in this new year. Maybe a new reading habit would do me good. But a drastic change would probably put me into a serious withdrawal state. So I decided, fine, I would borrow 2 books, one romance and the other... some other sort. Okie, I had no choice but to get the shop assistant to help me out. So she recommended this book called.. The avenger or something like that.. haha. That shows I haven't read it yet. But I have finished the romance one already like 2 days after I borrowed it.
Then yesterday, I was at SJ, waiting for a friend to show up dinner. Since I finish work at 4pm on fridays, I got there earlier. I need to kill time, so i went to this readers corner.. Talk about wanting to escape the "romance" category of books. You can't, its everywhere... aisles and aisles of it. As fate has it, I had to give in to temptation. I borrowed 2 instead of 1. hehehe.
Anyhow, I will be stronger the next time I return the books :) but at least I still have The Avenger one to read , rito? I, at least made the effort. WAHAHAHAHA.
2 comments:
You want book recommendation, you come to the book Maestro :P
As to your other non-romance book, try
- Michael Crichton's books. They are really good. Scientific-thriller.
- Or John Grisham's - law-thriller.
- Or Mario Puzo's - Mafia thriller..
- Or James Patterson's - detective...
- Or Agatha Christie's (murder)
- Or Stephen King's (horror.. well, there are some jewels in Stephen King's collections that are non-supernatural)
Collectively, all the above authors have like hundreds of books.. HAVE FUN!
Heh, I have never read a single M&B, Barbara Cartland and all those stuff. Not an avid reader. Only read VC Andrews series of books years ago. When I borrowed books while still in KL, they were comics - Beetle Bailey, Archies, hahaha. These days I am into gardening and interior design books as well as relationship books - have to do relationship maintainance even after marriage too :) Perhaps what we read does not portray who we are but rather, how we feel at that point of time? Anyway thanks for sharing, would never have known you like romance novels if you hadn't written about this.
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