BTT: Day and Night

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This week's question:

Do you divide your books into day and night reads? How do you decide?

Before, I would read anything be it day time or night time. Time was not an issue. When I started reading Kathy Reichs' first book, Deja Dead, I realized that I don't have the stomach to read it during the night. Her descriptions of decapitated bodies and maggots had me imagining the worst  at 2 in the morning. I decided then that I will only read my bible and books that are light reads during night time. The morbid and gruesome books are reserved to be read with the sun on.

Note: By the way, I'm still not yet finished reading Deja Dead. Yes, it played tricks in my mind. Everytime I reach for it, I remember her description of the maggots squirming on the floor. Ugh! Disgusting. I wonder if I'll ever finish it.

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BTT: Disaster

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This week's question:

You’ve just dropped your favorite, out-of-print book into a bathtub, ruining it completely … What do you do now?

I can foresee that my first reaction will be to say some expletive a mile long and preferably in my dialect. We are talking about a ruined out-of-print book and I'm very possessive with my books. Then my next course of action is to go to Amazon or Book Depository and hope they still have some copies left. If not... well who says life is fair. It's my fault anyway for being careless. Hmmm... I better give a note to myself: Don't read while in the bathtub. XD

BTT: Evolution

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This week's question:

Have your reading choices changed over the years? Or pretty much stayed the same? (And yes, from childhood to adulthood we usually read different things, but some people stick to basically the same kind of book their entire lives, so…)

Reading, just like any natural process in this earth, is an evolution. You start from the most comfortable and when that becomes banal, you go seeking for new challenges.

I started with books that are thin. Easier to read. Remember those Sweet Valley Kids and Twins? Then I graduated to Sweet Valley High and SVU, then to the thicker novels: Johanna Lindsey and Sidney Sheldon. As time passed and on my way to reading maturity, my tastes changed and I look for novels with more substance and hook. I evolved into a book snob and would not read books with shallow plots no matter what they say that it is a fun read. About a few years back, I tried to balance my reading list by adding a few non-fiction books like those of John Maxwell.

Recently, I want to challenge myself to read the books of Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics) & War and Peace: Original Version to name a few. I remember when I was in high school, my professor (God bless his soul) would push us to read the books of Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway and other classic authors. I think I've mention in my previous post that he gave us this list of 100 books to read. We asked him how come the books of contemporary writers, like Sidney Sheldon are not included in the list. He then harangued us and called Sidney Sheldon crap. Hahaha... but back then I'd rather read Sidney Sheldon than Leo Tolstoy. I've never read one single book from that list (even until today) because I think it will take me one year to finish one book. I'm still boosting up my confidence to even touch one of those books. Okay, that was too over acting, because I have The Picture of Dorian Gray lounging in my bookshelf and the book was part of that list (and yes I've never read the book).


One thing that never changed though: books that are way too explicit still don't have a place in my reading list. Again, when I was still in high school, some of my friends would push me to read Harold Robbins. Ick Factor to the highest level. Read one and never again.


I thinks others would agree that our reading preference have changed over time. Change is inevitable.


What are your thoughts? Feel free to share.

Booking Through Thursday: First Book

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This week's BTT is:

What is the first book you remember reading? What is it about the first book that made you really love reading?

I was first introduced to Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew but I never really finished the books. I then got hooked on Sweet Valley Twins when I was still in 5th grade. One of classmates lent me a copy of one of the series. If I remember correctly, the first Sweet Valley Twins book I've ever owned is Elizabeth's First Kiss. Todd and Elizabeth were my first favorite couple. After that I started reading Sweet Valley High. As always, I want to read the whole series but Francine Pascal just continued adding more books. I never got to finish the whole series.

The first book that really made me love reading more is Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels. It's the first book that made me cry. Because of that book, I started reading all of Sidney Sheldon's books even if my Literature professor told me that Sidney Sheldon books are crap. Hahaha... I can't still remember him telling the whole class like it was yesterday when in fact, it was 16 years ago. After that the rest is history, I got into Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood Jude Deveraux, etc, etc.

If one can say that there's an addiction on reading, then I have that affliction. I'm a book junkie and I blame it all on Sidney Sheldon. =)

"... Tell us of the secret hosts of evil, O Cimon:

Their names may not be spake aloud lest they profane mortal lips,

for they came out of unholy darkness and attacked the heavens, but they

were driven away by the rage of angels..."

- from Dialogues of Chios

Booking Through Thursday: Beach Buddies

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Miz B of Should Be Reading.

This week's BTT is:

Which fictional character (or group of characters) would you like to spend a day at the beach with? Why would he/she/they make good beach buddies?

Uhm... This is hard. There are a lot of interesting characters I've encountered from years of reading. Okay now, I'm scanning my brain...

First, I want some girl bonding. I would like to hang out with some of the heroines of Susan Elizabeth Phillip's books. Let me see, there's Molly (the children's book writer), Jane (genius Physics professor), Blue (artist), Phoebe (Molly's sister and an NFL Team owner), Gracie (Mayor of Heaven, Texas), Isabel (America's diva of self-help) and Francesca (TV talk show host). Then throw in Parker (the wedding planner) and Alice (the vampire who can see the future). These women are brave, talented and are not afraid to fight for what they believe in. Hanging out with this eclectic mix will surely be interesting.

Hanging out at the beach wouldn't be complete without the arm candy. XD I'll pick Dean Robillard for this. He is gorgeous, he loves the beach and he can play football (not soccer). Perfect!