about the young version myself, finally able to read fluently at the age of 7, in the beginning of second grade. I loved it so much when the letters grouping into words, words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, paragraphs into a story.
Visiting the school library was a very exciting event that year. I always want to read a new book. "Why do you borrow the same book ? You alredy knew the story," I said to a friend who had no idea what to borrow.
Yeah, that young version of myself is not me anymore. Now I love go back to the books which I have read. Especially those which were specials to me.
Let's start from the left, Gone Girl. I have a hard cover version, only $1 at the secondhand bookshop. I love the story of Gone Girl , a perfect girl who doesn't seem as she appears to be. I love mysteries, murders and detectives.
In my life I am a little addicted to figuring things out ( things meaning events , heart motivation, etc... deep things ). These days, I finally realize that it's okay if I don't understand about things. The outlet for me is detective novels because they have the moment when the detectives explained everything or when the mysteries finally solved.
No, I don't advise people to stop going to psychologist or trying to solve their problems by pondering deeply into their hearts. Please keep doing that, it's just for myself I usually go overboard.
Another reminder to stop myself from figuring things out is coptic binding ( another book related activity..yeah..I am into notebook making this days )
Coptic binding is a style of binding which exposes the spine of the notebook. Honestly it's hard for me. My husband is better at this loopy things, he even helped me when I started. So far I made 5 notebooks with coptic binding, I still need to look at the intructions. If I venture into figuring overboard, I remember that I still not able grasp the pattern of coptic binding. If something that simple is difficult, how difficult it is to understand the deep things in my/other's hearts.
Now go back to my books, let's look the second one, Captivating by Stacy Eldredge. This book made me cry. It helps me to understand and embarace my feminine heart. I bought this at Amazon.com.
Dunia Sophie or Sophie's World is like Philosophy 101 wrapped in a story. Very creative. During the end of my years at uni, when I was interested in philosphy I often read this book. Not a surprise huh, for a person who's addicted to figuring things out. At the end, I still don't understand about all those fancy philosophy. I asked my parents to buy it at Gramedia for me and brought it all the way from Indonesia because I lost the old one.
CS Lewis's Narnia series are a heaven for me. I love the Pevensieve kids, the adventures, the descrition of the food , the exotic places. Mostly I love Aslan. If I could meet Aslan in person, I will hug and kiss him. Carefully though, because he is not a tame lion ! I love Lewis but cannot read Tolkiens. Bought the complete set at the secondhand bookstore for a mere $2.
Rose is a biography of a lady's maid. I got it at Barnes and Noble. Why I bought it ? Because of my fondness of Downton Abbey of course. I always read biographies. I like to know why that famous person were or how he was during his childhood. Love to see the old photos . Love to see how he overcame his difficult situations. I love biography but not history.
I also love the children and juvenile books. Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono is bought at amazon.com because I watched the anime.
Kreatif Sampai Mati by Wahyu Aditya and Creativity by Phillipe Petit are two books about creativity. I love reading about the creative process. I love to see ( in the photos mainly) the artists studios, the chefs kitchen, the designer sewing room, etc. My cousin Dwika, bought Kreatif Sampai Mati for me. Creativity was bought online at amazon.com
Last, this is a love letter from my God, which I kept reading every so often
So dear readers, let me show you where I kept my security blankets
Some people have friends, bags, clothes, paintings, kitchenwares and even real blankets, as security blankets. For me, they are books.
Alow Tirsa! I love Gone Girl too! My friend keep saying that there are a lot of plot holes, but if you actually read the book, there's an explanation for all of those so-called plot holes. The sequel is coming! Set 10 years from now, from the perspective of the kid. Narnia - I was a bit underwhelmed by the series. The boy and his horse was a hard one to go through because the whole book is about .. well, a boy and his horse. :) The ending was nice. I think I have higher expectation of the series, not realizing that it's written as a children book, hence the simpler plot and emotional nuance. Btw, I also love figuring out how things work, like motives and rationale why people do something ... check out Psychology Today, it's relatively light and quite illuminating sometimes. I might check some of your favorite books this Christmas... :D
ReplyDeleteGlenny... can't wait for the sequel of Gone girl... I bet the kid is Amy's child, huh
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