What
kind of a reader are you? For me, I fit the description of the book preserver.
However, I will not buy a fresh copy of the book even the book is damaged, but the damaged book
will no longer be on my list of favorites. After all, the book preserver would not fully describe
what kind of a reader I am.
My
Chinese background certainly influence the type of reader I am. Since I moved
to United States at a young age, my life is filled with English learning. In many occasions, I just want to reconnect to my Chinese language
through Chinese novels, instead of through English novels. Therefore, reading English novel is not my favorite of all time. Perhaps, I just need to discover a book I really love and that will remove my obstacle from the love of reading.
Nevertheless,
there are two books I really enjoy. One is Alabama
Moon by Watt Key and the other is The
Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker.
From
the condition of the book above, it proves that I am really a book preserver.
The
encountering between Alabama Moon and I was in an elementary school book fair. Aside
from the hard cover of the book (the hard cover will be easy for me to preserve the book in an intact condition), I read a little
summary from the book cover, and I was engaged by the book immediately. In the
book, the protagonist, Moon Blake has been living in the forest with his father
for many years. It was not until the death of his father that Moon has a chance
to explore the outside world. The book enclosed the adventure of Moon to a new world. I also found a sense of familiarity with the character since his experience
with the society share common features with my emigration experience. I was too
confused and feared to a new environment, however, Moon and I both learned to
enjoy the possibilities of the new world.
The
other book I love is The Liar Society. It was love at the first sight when I first read the preview of the book. The protagonist of the book, Kate, receives an
email from her best friend, who died in a fire. There are clues in each email
that lead to a truth behind the school she attends. In her adventure to find the
hidden truth, she experiences both loving and thrilling moments. Unlike the
similarities I shared with the protagonist from Alabama Moon, The Liar Society
has a thrilling adventure that I have always wish to be in.
I
am a reader who love books with interesting plots, and I can often relate
my experience or my desire with the elements of the book. By creating this reading
blog, I hope to document my growth in reading, and to provide an opportunity
for me to continue to read interesting books.
I really liked the chart you added at the beginning of your blog, now that will help me depict the type of reader I am. It's very interesting how you always would like to connect back to your roots through novels. Besides the writing of your blog the background was very cute and the pictures you added spiced up your writing. It really added a connection to what you were blogging about.
ReplyDeleteI can tell that we both have very similar tastes in books. I can only ever fully engage myself into a book if the plot interests me, especially if that interest is personal. I also love how you incorporate you culture into your reading style. There ought to be many opportunities throughout the year for you to connect what you're reading to those essential questions that Mrs. Smith showed us. I, unfortunately, don't tend to step outside of my culture as far as reading. I'm very interested to see what books you choose to read this year!
ReplyDeleteI love this post! I love how you provided a mini plot of each book, and these plots show me that I would particularly enjoy these novels. I also found the graph above the article to be very interesting, I think that I am The Chronological Reader and also The Library Lover. I usually end up tearing my books apart so I'd rather buy them. I also love the theme of your blog, its so cute!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog! I enjoy the connections to your roots in the Chinese culture. I don't really know what's it's like to transition from one culture to another so it is great to see how well you made the transition! Also, have you considered trying to find some Asian-American novels? I think I'm understanding that you long to read books from your own culture because you're being submerged in English literature. I'm sure there are books out there that tailor to both the Chinese and American culture, it's just a matter of finding them. Oh! That chart at the start of your blog is great and I think I'm going to reference it when I think about my reading style. Anyways, I'm enjoying your blog and I hope you continue to relate literature back to your culture!
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