Literary Adventures for October 2008

I have been really busy with work this month. It was the end of the semester so I spent my time making tests/assessments for my students. We also had a United Nations Day Program which you could read in my other blog. The preparations and practices were tiring so I just slept whenever I got home. Of course, I had book shopping sprees but not as much as I had last month. So the following are the books that I acquired this month:

October 11, 2008 (National Book Store, SM Fairview)

Writing Stories by David L. Harrison (P212.25)

I bought this book because I plan to write a children's book and have it published some day. Hopefully, it would happen.

I also bought the book, The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown (P50.00) but I don't have a picture of it because the book is missing. My study table is a mess right now so it might be buried there or it's with my 5-year-old niece, Raevin. She is now an excellent reader because she does not only read the words in books, she comprehends the stories. Of course, the books she reads are appropriate to her age. Anyway, the book is just around and it will appear soon. To continue...

October 18, 2008 (National Book Store, SM Fairview)

My World by Margaret Wise Brown (P87.25)

The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger (P175.00)

I was reading The Catcher in the Rye last Sunday in our dining room while eating cereals (at around 8 in the evening). My Dad was beside me writing some thing when he noticed what I was reading. He told me that he did a book analysis of that book when he was in high school. I thought of my own book analysis experience in high school and remembered only one. Then it occurred to me that the reason why I only remembered only one was because I only did one book analysis in my four-year stay in high school. Crap. What were my teachers thinking?

Okay. So we studied the lives of William Shakespeare and other dead writers, but we never wrote an analysis of their works. Well, we analyzed some poems, but not real books. Not even works of modern literature writers. The only book analysis/report I did was actually crap, too. Haha. We were required to write an analysis on a science fiction book. Since I wasn't a fan of sci-fi, I wasn't that excited. The first book I chose was an adventure by Han Solo of Star Wars. I didn't get past page 1 so I proposed another book to my teacher. The book I chose was Channel X by Francine Pascal. It is one of the Thriller Edition in the Sweet Valley University series. Yes, Sweet Valley - the fictional world of the blonde twins, Elizabeth and Jessica. The story was sort-of sci-fi so it passed. I know it would have been better if I worked on a real sci-fi. But it would have been even better if we were required to write book analyses. Oh well.

October 18, 2008 (Booksale, SM Fairview)

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (P70.00)

Corduroy by Don Freeman (P40.00)

October 29, 2008 (National Book Store, TriNoma)

A School Of Fish (Coloring Storybook) by Marcus Pfister (P71.25)

This book appealed to me mainly because it's a coloring book. I'm in my mid-twenties but I still adore coloring books and bringing the pictures to life.

Si Pagong At Si Matsing by Danilo Consumido (P61.75)

Sampung Magkakaibigan by Kristine Canon (P61.75)

These last books I bought are books that I plan to read to my Nursery students during story telling time this coming semester. I bought them from NBS but I forgot to have my receipt stamp for the passes in the upcoming NBS Children's Reading Fair. So I have to buy books again. But that's not going to be a problem. I love to shop for books! And read them, as well.

So there goes my book adventures this month. I'm in the middle of reading The Catcher in the Rye and The Lovely Bones. Hopefully, I'll finish them before I go back to work on November 6.

Back to reading...