I love Fiction books

The wonder of iPhone. I'm now blogging on my iPhone as I wait in a long queue to see my doctor. As the weather gets hotter, more people fall sick and the docs get richer :). Anyway, Calyn's comment in my chat box made me think of my book collection and my love for reading... Fuctions mostly with thrillers blended in. I remember when I was a little girl, I love Disney tales and Enid Blytons. Err.. Did I get the spelling right? Then there were Nancy Drew series too. Wonder if kids of today share the same interest with Hannah Montana, High School Musicals and Ben 10!! I live those books and I believe I read all the collections. Reading actually brings me to another world and makes imagination fun. But of course, don't get sunk in after that la.

When I was in primary, my English was soooo bad. I spoke in chinese and could hardly converse in English. I never read then. It was all play play and play. When I got to Secondary, my school, BBGS mandated only 2 spoken languages. I remember that we had to speak English only on Mondays, Malay only on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and the rest if the days in the week, either English or Malay. I had it bad. I spoke in broken language. Then I got to reading. Believe me, that is when it started to get better. The fact that I enjoyed those books and authors spurred more reading. It would have been tough if I had to force it. I'm hoping to build this interest in my kids, hence I'm actually I'm collecting children's books. Till they are able to read independently, the books are there for them.

Actually my sons are curious about reading now. They have been seeing me reading fictions and asking me about it. Good sign but with my new job, I have yet to find reading time with them. How sad!

As I was saying, I have been reading and collected so many books overtime. I read and read over again enjoying the thrills and the wits if my favourite authors. My favourites are Julie Garwood, Judith McNaught, Catherine Coulter, Iris Johansen and more... Simply because of their writing styles. I'd probably put up some of these in ebay later coz I have no more room to store the new ones. Got to find some time to get down to it. My house is a mess already :(

joanne