What I've read in 2014 :)

So here comes to the last week of the year two thousand and fourteen.
Today is Christmas! hohoho Merry X'mas :D
But decorate a Christmas tree and caroling and and get a sock and wait for the Santa and exchange the presents and eat a turkey and and and..... well, celebrating Christmas just not my thing.
The reason I'm here typing this now is merely to record down what I've read throughout this year.

I remembered that I actually set a target of the amount of book to be read in this year in my 2014 first blog post.

Here it is:

4. Spend more time in reading. Hopefully 8 English novels. *2013 record is 4-5* I know it aint a lot if I could stay quietly and read like every second I'm free, but I just couldnt. So, I would like to train myself.

I am glad that I am not only achieving this target, but I broke my reading record too! XD

I had read 10 English novels this year!!!

It might not be a big amount of books for those who is reading all the time, but it is really a great achievement for me coz I am always a lazy bum and I couldn't really concentrate when I read.

I will play on phone or laptop after maybe I had only done with 2 pages? Serious, I am that typo girl.

I am taking Chinese as my major now and my English sucks. So, it is actually not an easy task to read English and not easy to keep this habit. Thus, I am real proud of myself. *clapclap*

I will always remember the reason I started reading English novel. That's because I want to improve my English and hopefully I can converse with my uncle's family fluently one day. Though my uncle ain't here anymore, but I have promised to him that I won't give this language up easily.

I will continue reading English books.
I have a long list of book-to-read and book wishlist.
Giving me books will never go wrong if you're worrying about what to give me on my coming birthday. =P

Okay, so here starts my recap of the books that I have read throughout this year.
You can click the book title to link to my previous book review.
I didn't write a review for every book I read especially Chinese books so I try to write some short intro/feelings below those.
And my book review can't be considered as a very well written or pro one but just some of my inner feelings or reflection after reading a book. Hope you don't mind and welcome. =)

1. LONE WOLF by Jodi Picoult 

2. BETWEEN THE LINES by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer

3. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green

*One of the most popular book this year i guess*

4. THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN by Mitch Albom

5. THE TIME KEEPER by Micth Albom
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6. FOR ONE MORE DAY by Mitch Albom

7. TWENTIES GIRL by Sophie Kinsella

8. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini

*I love this book so much!*

9. AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini

10. FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
*gonna write a review about it soon*
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I READ CHINESE BOOKS THIS YEAR!! 

It had been years since I read my Chinese novel coz I found most of the Chinese books are Love or Encouragement. 

I found Love story quite boring. What I mean is that I won't improve anything reading it and I can guess the story flow either. That's why I don't read.

A lot of people loves inspiring book but I never read one. For me, I think this kind of book is meaningless. You won't be positive if you always think negatively even you read a dozen of this kind of book. And you can still having a positive mindset even you don't read any.

Thankfully I join Reading Camp this year and I found some nice books, I mean meaningful Chinese Children Literature.

You might think that 'Cheh, Children books, easy peasy, what can you learn through it?'

C'mon no offense coz I used to think like that too initially but after I read it right, I found a lot of simple yet beautiful sentences and story inside.

It is simple but it is touching. It is warm. :)

And sometimes there are a lot of meaning that you can explore and think over for a long time in Children books.

11. 米切尔.恩德 ——《毛毛——时间窃盗和一个小女孩的不可思议的故事》

*听了郭史光宏老师的介绍后非常感兴趣的一本书，然后就买了。

很有意思，对“时间”的解读有了不一样的诠释。*

12. 王淑芬 《我是白痴》

*一个叫彭铁男的弱智儿童的故事。

虽然他笨笨的，可是那单纯的人性和可爱的说话方式令人感动。*
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13. 《我和小姐姐克拉拉》

*如题，我和小姐姐克拉拉的故事。

两个小孩之间调皮的互动，让人读了觉得很可爱，很滑稽，会心一笑。*

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14. 《弗朗兹的故事系列》

*这套书有好多本，我几乎看完了因为我在阅读营中就负责导读这套书。

我没有太喜欢这套书可是其中几个故事很可爱很逗趣。*
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15. 《西顿动物记——永远的领袖银斑》

*阅读营时我一直抗拒都这套书，因为我以为这是很教科类的书籍。

每个学生都说很好看我才拿了一本来读。我错了，这套书太好看了！很感动！

它不是教科类地在介绍动物，而是把它的特性用故事带了出来，像一个人，一个朋友一样地呈现在你眼前。*
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16. 《西顿动物记——银狐托米》

*阅读营后我就买了其中一本来收藏。我超想买完全套不过我经济有限只好一次买一本。

同样好看同样感动。*
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17. 罗尔德达尔《女巫》

*算是科幻的小说，故事很精彩让你一直追下去，可是结局让我有点无言啦。*
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18. 《罐头里的小孩》

*罐头里装的是一个超级听话、守规矩的小男孩。

这样的孩子应该很讨喜，为什么要让他变坏呢？原来.......*
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19. 《一百条裙子》

*这一百条裙子并不是真的裙子，而是画出来的裙子。

故事也非围绕在裙子，而是同学间。3个主角的人性让我自己反思，觉得里头那讨人厌作弄人，自以为是的性格和懦弱，不敢发言的性格似乎都出现在我自己身上，好伤心。*
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20. 《5月35日》

*世界上没有5月35日，可是书里头有。5月35日这一天发生了许多奇怪的事情。我还满喜欢这本书的因为里头的内容好有趣，尤其是懒人国，里头的居民懒得也太淋漓尽致了吧。*
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21. 程玮——《俄罗斯娃娃的秘密》

*第一次读这本书，平淡。第二次读这本书，有什么道理，欲言又止。

第三次读这本书加上了小组讨论，这本书太酷了！绕了一圈，看似一条直线发展的故事，其实是一个圈，什么事都是有所联系的，不得不佩服作者的笔尖。*
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22. 汤汤——《青草国的鹅》

*由于是沉砂老师提到的一本书，我就很感兴趣地去读。

内容很有趣。*
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23. 汤汤——《喜地的牙》

*弟弟终于换牙了，可是每换一次，身上就会出现奇怪的变化，慢慢地变成了一个怪物。

惊悚的过程让我很好奇他最后会怎么办然后就不舍得放下。*
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24. 九把刀——《等一个人咖啡》

*当每个人都在看这部电影时，我看了其小说。

我没看过电影可是朋友说里头那个帅哥是鬼，可是我读完了书他还是人啊。

没有什么特别内容的小说或含义吧。这本e-book存粹是等朋友一同上学时，上无聊的课时按手机的多一个选择。*
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25. 苏明进——《希望教室——让孩子前能大大发光》

*很多面对和教育小朋友的方法。看了很温馨。*
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26. 苏明进——《亲师SOS》

*实习1前买的书。同上，读后一样暖暖哒。*
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So, here are the books I had completed this year.

I don't count those books that I didn't completed. Cheating no good no good :P

2015 is going to be a f*cking busy year I guess *although I hope it won't be as busy as I expected* so I might not have too much time to do my usual reading. I hope I got la as long as I don't be lazy and keep procrastinating my job. hehehe

I don't think I can read as much Chinese books unless I join reading camp again? 

*Perhaps I got the chance to join again lah*

So I am not going to set target for Chinese books.

But, I will definitely set a target for English books as I said I got too much books queue up in my to-read list in my cupboard and in my iPad. 

I hope I could read 8 - 10 next year. 

Of course it will be better if I could read more.

I start to feel the stress omg I read too much this year. LOL

Okay la that's all my crappy crap. Ciao.

xo