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Thursday, December 25, 2014

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*
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.
*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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西顿动物记(全5册)
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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Cover of 俄罗斯娃娃的秘密
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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*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

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