{"id":1007,"date":"2008-08-05T09:18:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T01:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2008-08-05T11:54:26","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T03:54:26","slug":"bookworm-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"Bookworm Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowing I like reading, Kitty Cat<\/a> got me to do this bookworm tag<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Do you remember how you developed a love for reading?<\/strong>
\nI can’t remember.
\nMaybe when I was 7years old. We had story telling competitions in school, and you have to pick a book, read it, and then recite the story to the whole class (and hopefully be selected to represent the class).<\/p>\n

What are some books you read as a child?<\/strong>
\nI can’t remember either but they were all Chinese books.
\nOne set of books I remembered the most was my parents’ gift from Taiwan, compositions written by local children. I can’t recall the name of the books, but some of the composition, I could still vaguely recall.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite genre?<\/strong>
\nNon-fiction novels written by Chinese authors about life in China.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favourite novel?<\/strong>
\nThe Good Women of China – By Xinran (I would love to read the Chinese version, but I don’t think I’ll be able to find it)<\/p>\n

Where do you usually read?<\/strong>
\nIn bed or in the toilet.<\/p>\n

When do you usually read?<\/strong>
\nIf I’m not too tired, after the girls are asleep, or when trying to get them to sleep.
\nMost of the time when I’m in the toilet.<\/p>\n

Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?<\/strong>
\nUsually no. <\/p>\n

Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?<\/strong>
\nI’ll feel more for the characters\/events since I know they are real.<\/p>\n

Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?<\/strong>
\nI buy them most. Most of them are picked up from book sales, but I’ll hunt a title down if I know a favourite author has released a new book. (Library? Who borrow books from the library in Malaysia?)<\/p>\n

Do you keep most of the books you buy? If not, what do you do with them?<\/strong>
\nYes, I keep most of the books I buy. (Daddy is complaining I need a bigger book shelf)
\nOnly very rarely, do I give away my books.<\/p>\n

If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them? Were they some of the same ones you read as a child?<\/strong>
\nBoth girls love reading.
\nZara’s current favourite is the Ginn Reader Series<\/a>, while Zaria is books with Maisy<\/a>. I never read (or being read to) such books when I was young.<\/p>\n

When I was a child, I read only Chinese books, and at this point in time, the girls are not being read in Chinese yet. Hopefully, they will when they start going to school.<\/p>\n

What are you reading now?<\/strong>
\n\u00e4\u00b8\u00a5\u00e6\u00ad\u0152\u00e5\u00b2\u00ba~\u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e5\u00a7\u00a8\u00e5\u00a4\u0161\u00e9\u00b9\u00a4
\n(Chanced upon it when I was in Beijing<\/a>; not knowing she’s the bilingual author Ge-ling Yan<\/a> whose The Uninvited<\/a> is still sitting on my shelf.)<\/p>\n

Do you keep a TBR (to be read) list?<\/strong>
\nMy whole shelf is filled with books and I’ll read all of them one day soon, or after I’d retired.<\/p>\n

What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next?<\/strong>
\nI’ll probably check out Yan Ge-ling’s The Uninvited.<\/p>\n

What books would you like to reread?<\/strong>
\nNone identified now, there are so many good books to read (and I’m lucky I’m bi-lingual, so there are more variety), I probably won’t re-read any.<\/p>\n

Who are your favourite authors?<\/strong>
\nHa Jin, Xin Ran, Yu-Hua<\/a> (\u00e4\u00bd\u2122\u00e5\u008d\u017d), Khaled Hosseini.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to know more about the reading habits of:<\/p>\n

ehon<\/a>
\nLian<\/a>
\nGrace<\/a>
\nGiddy Tiger<\/a>
\nWMD<\/a><\/p>\n

Reading habits are infectious, see how the girls spent a lot of their time when they are in the bedroom.
\n\"Zara<\/p>\n

\"Zaria<\/p>\n

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