Goodreads Malaysia discussion

Saya kena cuba trace back buku yang saya baca sejak January. Rasanya tak la banyak. Sebab dalam bulan March saya busy sikit. Mungkin ada dalam lima enam buah je...

[EDIT:]
Managed to track down ONE book I've read during January - March '09 period...

[EDIT 2:]
I was wondering by the end of this year, would I be able to read more than 10 Malay books? I should set a goal for that as well...

Yang saya baru saja habis baca:-

English Books
1) The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (18/01/09)
2) PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern (06/02/09)
3) The Cupid Effect by Dorothy Koomson (13/03/09)
4) The Cinderella Effect by Miriam Morrison (27/04/09)
5) Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (30/04/09)
6) The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones (06/05/09)
7) A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones (16/05/09)
8) 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (16/05/09)

Malay Books
1) Tarikh Luput Cinta by Lynn Dayana

Oh. Did you like Artemis Fowl? I found the style really irritating!

Yati wrote: "Oh. Did you like Artemis Fowl? I found the style really irritating!"

To be honest, it was a... rather boring book... My friend could kill me, I don't care, but I was falling asleep trying to finish it. Fowl the second gets on my nerve after just two chapters lol... I almost wished I had read another book instead...

Jack wrote: "To be honest, it was a... rather boring book... My friend could kill me, I don't care, but I was falling asleep trying to finish it."

Samalah kita . . . terus tak bersemangat nak baca buku-buku Eoin Colfer yang lain.

Diana Wynne Jones! One of my favourite authors! Tapi The Time of the Ghost isn't among my favourites.

Yati wrote: "Samalah kita . . . terus tak bersemangat nak baca buku-buku Eoin Colfer yang lain.

Diana Wynne Jones! One of my favourite authors! Tapi The Time of the Ghost isn't among my favourites."

I have never given up on an Author, well not without a fight. So, I'm looking into other books by Eoin Colfer. Maybe Artemis wasn't such a hit for me that doesn't mean I don't want to try and read other books by him =D

Yeahh... I'd have to say, it's not easy to read The Time if the Ghost I kept wanting to give up on it. But then I remember back when I was trying to read The Merlin Conspiracy, it took me a while to get my head around it...

Jack wrote: "I have never given up on an Author, well not without a fight. So, I'm looking into other books by Eoin Colfer. Maybe Artemis wasn't such a hit for me that doesn't mean I don't want to try and read other books by him =D"

Wah. Completely opposite -- I just give up on authors if I don't like a book; most likely won't pick up anything else by the them unless someone recommends another book by the author.

The Merlin Conspiracy wasn't a favourite either. ^^;; The alternating POVs got on my nerves. Kalau nak cerita yang lagi pening try Hexwood, but I rather liked that one. Her book I like most is Howl's Moving Castle. Also others on the noteworthy list: Fire and Hemlock, the Chrestomanci books, Eight Days of Luke.

Yati wrote: "Wah. Completely opposite -- I just give up on authors if I don't like a book; most likely won't pick up anything else by the them unless someone recommends another book by the author.

The Merlin Conspiracy wasn't a favourite either. ^^;; The alternating POVs got on my nerves. Kalau nak cerita yang lagi pening try Hexwood, but I rather liked that one. Her book I like most is Howl's Moving Castle. Also others on the noteworthy list: Fire and Hemlock, the Chrestomanci books, Eight Days of Luke. "

It's a habit =D I'd like to think that there are more and I've been missing it. So, I usually try to see if there were more. To me, an author is a person who can create a world and would like to share it with everyone else. I might not like a world that an author had created, but that doesn't mean I would hate the other worlds he/she had created as well... Pelikkan?

The Merlin Conspiracy was a good challenge though lol. I still remember the reason why I bought it. I had a long vacation or something and wanted a long book to read hahah... Hmm... Hexwood, yang tu saya ada copy, x baca lagi je. I still don't have Howl's Moving Castle, Fire and Hemlock, the Chrestomanci books & Eight Days of Luke. Maybe saya akan beli the copies by next month... Have to go and raid Kinokuniya... Borders BTS x bnyk option...

Jack wrote: "I might not like a world that an author had created, but that doesn't mean I would hate the other worlds he/she had created as well... Pelikkan?"

Taklah. Nothing wrong in giving them a second/third/fourth/nth chance. ;)

I don't precisely dislike the "worlds" the authors create -- my problem is often with the writing style. Sometimes the plot might be outrageous and the world-building poor, but I might be persuaded to read on if I like how the author writes!

Besides, I have too many books I want to read. If I can cut down the list by eliminating a few authors, well, why not. XD

Yati wrote: "Taklah. Nothing wrong in giving them a second/third/fourth/nth chance. ;)

I don't precisely dislike the "worlds" the authors create -- my problem is often with the writing style. Sometimes the plot might be outrageous and the world-building poor, but I might be persuaded to read on if I like how the author writes!

Besides, I have too many books I want to read. If I can cut down the list by eliminating a few authors, well, why not. XD "

It's quite difficult to hate or even dislike the world created by an Author - well, at least to me it is. But, I agree, the writing style can sometimes be a real turn off. Just imagine, a good story idea, but poorly written. I'm sure I'd feel like strangling the author - better yet, I'd be dying to re-write it. Heheh...

I think it was Frank Zappa who said it "Too many books, too little time"... I can say I definitely agree with that. But, I don't give up that easily heheh... Ye lah... Make believe world is the only world I could understand compare to the real world... Sah... Kena jumpa pakar sakit jiwa ni...

Assalammualaikum..

Tumpang lalu.... :)

Jack, have you ever read Terry Pratchett?

@ annahs:-
ahahah...

@ Khairul:-
Umm... I don't believe I have. I might try it. But, I couldn't even get through some book at the moment (why on earth did I even buy that Ian Rankin book in the first place?!)... So, it might take a while before I get around to read it... Of course - fantasy such as the likes of Diana Wynne Jones, Angie Sage, etc, could always find their way to cut in line as well... Heheh