What books do you want to read?
I need not tell you how I love reading and books, I have been reading since I entered high school and that never waned. I have a virtual library at Goodreads and have read about 1,759 books, reading 6 books at the moment alternately. This does not include my early years in high school since most of them were romance books, haha.
I joined Goodreads back in 2011 when Shelfari closed and have participated since 2014 in Goodreads’ Reading Challenge. I set a limit every year with the number of books that I can read. I want to read other books by Tessa Afshar, more of Mark Sullivan, new books by Charles Martin and more books of Richard Paul Evans. What makes them such wonderful writers creating books that I usually rate four and five stars, the latter being the highest in the score board? They write about varied subjects that I can relate to and love.
If you were to ask me now what books I want to read? I want to go back reading children’s classics. There were several I read too when I bought Nissa those children’s books when she was a kid. Sadly, we were not able to save them when we got flooded back in 2009. I want to discover again what’s in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, the great story of Wilbur, the pig and Charlotte, the spider. This book is full of lessons about friendship. Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie would be a great reread too. Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume was such a joy to read. If I have time, I will read it again. Let us not forget Alice Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I love Stuart Little too. Bought Nate a harbound copy in one of his birthdays. Nissa and I were able to watch the movie adaptation years ago.There are many more, I probably wouldn’t have time to buy and read them again, who knows?
Here are some quotes from the book The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. I have it on my tab.
“When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you, then you become Real”.
“….because once you are Real you can’t be ugly , except to people who don’t matter”.
I am happy for you that you’re continuing your love for reading. As for me, maybe that is why I don’t write well because I am not into reading… but I try!
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I really could not live without books. Namana nung dalawang anak ko although it is Nissa who is the voracious reader among the two. She bought a new Harry Potter set for Nate besides those books we have here and he’s now in his third one. Hiniwalay ko lahat ng book collection niya nung nag renovate kami at inuwi na sa bago nilang bahay.
Maybe you haven’t found the book yet that would lure you into reading.🥰
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Maybe. My son is into reading but my daughter got it from me. But she is trying. Maybe I should to.
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Techie, one learns a lot reading books. Aside from grammar, tenses, proper use of words, you can travel to places you’ve never been,learning their culture and the like. When one cannot travel like I do, reading helps.🥰
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That’s so true. Thanks Arlene ❤️
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You are welcome my friend.🥰
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Good choices, Arlene. I have read most of them
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Hi Derrick, thank you.🥰
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Things I read right now revolve around studies and textbooks lol do they count?
Used to devour thriller and horror novels (Jeffrey Deaver, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, etc) and detective novels (Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, the Sherlock Holmes complete collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, etc), spy novels by John Le Carre (he writes really well. His biography is quite interesting, too).
Sometimes it’s better to read than watch the films. For example, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” was better read than watched. My opinion, of course. I wanted to collect books by Le Carre, but that will be when I retire maybe 😆
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When you retire you will have all the time to read. Read one or two books by John Le Carre but I could not remember the titles. So far The Shining was the best I’ve read of Stephen King and his wonderful book On Writing which I have reread before. We have some books by Deaver too. Thanks Lucy.🥰
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If my eyesight allows haha Deaver is quite good!
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Not much into him.🥰
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Anyway, mostly uni stuff to read for me. Never used to read my textbooks as I was reliant on my handwritten notes. They were more than sufficient! Now, though, I find reading more valuable 😊
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Your love of books is infectious and inspirational, Arlene.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yeay, thank you Pete.🥰
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I can’t remember if I told you I knew Tessa Afshar when she was just beginning to write. She is very accurate since she was a pastor first.
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You didn’t Betsy, I am glad I discovered her books though. She is a good writer.🥰
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She does it full time now which gives her great satisfaction.
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I have two more unread books of hers, Pearl in the Sand and Bread of Angels.🥰
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I’m impressed you’ve read so many books especially as you can read several books at once. I tend to read slowly so it takes me forever. Which is your prefered genre?
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Thank you so much for following and commenting on my blog. How shall I call you?
I love historical fiction, poetry and memoirs.🥰
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