Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Good Book: I could do anything if I only knew what it was


I actually got attracted by the book as the first glance of its title. And I cannot agree more for the idea of "What makes people feel happy".
To be happy, there are 2 essentials:
1) You have a goal.
2) You are moving towards it.

I got this book 2 weeks ago, and I'm currently on Chapter 3. I know I'm a (very, very) slow reader, so my next goal is to read faster. Let's see whether I can finish this book in May.

I had a conversation with a younger friend last year. She is a smart girl with Master degree and teaching computer network in an university. But the problem she and I both have is we don't have a goal to work for, which makes me feel unhappy, and makes she think of pursuing a Ph.D degree :) (Jin, if you are following my blog, here is my advice: Read this book first. )

Friday, March 14, 2008

读完10本英文小说计划 5) Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe


This book is incredibly humorous in language, it always makes me laugh. It is still a teen book, but it is interesting enough to amuse a young adult like me, haha.
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Meet Jasmine, 1 forensic supersleuth, 2 aspiring Model Daughter, 3 and friend to animals.4 One second she's trying to enjoy her Vegas Vacation, 5 the next she's tangled up in an outrageous adventure and has to outwit a crazed killer before he ends ten lives, one of them her own.6
1 Hi That's me 2 I. Wish. 3 Emphasis on "aspiring," Current status: "failing,"4 If "friend" means "unsuspecting victim" and "animals" means "one very bad kitty."5 And meet the cute guy at the Snack Hut. I have priorities.6 Meep But I guess it winds up okay since "Kirkus Reviews" says: "Inventive, witty, and laugh-out-loud funny, with an enjoyably twisty ending." They wouldn't say that if everyone died, right? Right?

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Woman & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny



It is a wonderful book, it tells women how to control their money, then control their own destinies. It will be the 3rd English book I am going to finish, and the 1st non-fiction one;)

The author Suze was born in US. She was thought to be a stupid girl as she had some problem with her pronunciation. She studied in University for a couple of years, but still could not get her degree. The reason is to be eligible for the degree, she has to study a foreign language. She didn't think she could learn a foreign language, as she even had problem with her native language. So she just left school without degree, and worked as a waitress in a restaurant for ~6 years. At the age of 29, she still earned only $400 per month. But then, some changes began to happen in this girl's life....

Monday, January 7, 2008

读完10本英文小说计划 3) Talking to Blue & 4) Blue Murder


本来是从图书馆的teenager区域先借了Blue Murder这本,生词出奇得少。
但是回家在网上一查,发现好像不读Talking to Blue这本,就没有办法看懂Blue Murder。索性就再把Talking to Blue也借过来,一起读。

Talking to Blue, 共191页。
Mike is an ordinary guy from New Zealand. His town is caught up in a series of murders - and Mike has had contact with all the victims shortly before they are killed. As the police unravel a series of clues trying to find sadistical murderer Blue, who kills people wearing the colour blue, Mike must deal with his life without his recently dead parents, his girlfriend Sheril and a weirdo who he is certain Mike is Blue. All the while Mike receives mysterious phone calls from Blue... It turns out new teacher at school Mr Yeomans is a cop, and he's trying to find out if the murderer goes to Mike's school. The book is ended with Mike's arrest as the police believe he is Blue. The other books in this series Blue Murder and Blue Blood continue Mike's story.

Blue Murder,共205页。
The sequel to �Talking to Blue.� Mike is now in an asylum because everyone thinks he is Blue, and no one believes his protestations of innocence. Now, however, there is another Blue murder. Released back into the community Mike tries to make a new life, but Blue is back in contact � and he is ready to kill again.

---------------------Feb 12, 2008---------------------------
Finally, I finished the Talk to Blue tonight. It is the first book that I completely finished. ^_^
But I don't like it as a story, it is such a long story without an ending.....Just tells the weird things happened on Mike: The mysterious serial-killer Blue keeps calling Mike, but Mike just can not find who Blue is...
I'm going to move on to next book, hopefully, I could also finish it before its due day (Feb 24)...

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It is a miracle but I made it :) I finished the 205-page Blue Murder in 13 days, actually, I read the final 50 pages today. My plan seems worked, my reading speed is improved, haha.
To be honest, I still don't like the story. In the blue murder, Mike confessed Blue is a part of himself, he killed all those victims as they either had affairs with his parents, or just because he don't like them. In the last chapter, Mike even wanted to kill the girl he loved, just avoid she to destroy him...In the end, the girl still alive, and Mike is lost. It seems the girl killed Mike....
I have heard there is another book Blue Blood, which is the sequel for Blue Murder. No, I won't read it. The story really sucks...

Anyway, it brings me peace of mind that I really finished 2 English novels ^_^

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

读完10本英文小说计划 2) The Midwife's Apprentice


The Midwife's Apprentice is a children's novel written by Karen Cushman set in the Middle Ages. It tells of how a homeless waif becomes a midwife's apprentice--and establishes a name and a place in the world, and learns to hope and overcome failure. It won the John Newbery Medal in 1996.
周末去图书馆还借了2个月的书,顺便又借了几本出来。这次吸取上次看不完的教训,专门去teenager的书区挑了几本,先读这本The Midwife's Apprentice吧。没想到google了一下,发现这本书竟然属于儿童读物。不过好歹是获奖儿童读物,应该可读性还不错,这回要再读不完就太没面子了。。。
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Jan 2, 2007: 这本书到期了该还了,可是还是没有读完,读了96页,一共122页。。。

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

读完10本英文小说计划 1) Somebody's baby

Somebody's baby
Author: Annie Jones

随便在图书馆里面挑的一本书,看着封面比较可爱。看了40页了,坚持看下去。。。
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最终没有看完,240页的书,硬着头皮读了90页。大概是情节不够有趣吧。
本来想坚持读完的,无奈书到期了(一共借了2个月,汗。。。),不得不还回去了。