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20 Books of 2020 (Pt.11)
I cannot believe we are on Part 11 already. Check out my page if you'd like to see what else I've been reading in Parts 1-10. I enjoy reading as more of an extreme sport, as some like to put it, than anything else and with this COVID-19 stuff still knocking everyone about, I have been inside more often than normal (which is difficult to achieve because I'm naturally always inside, I hate the outdoors). When it comes to reading, I have been told by others that they are jealous of my speed. My response to this is naturally that I don't count speed as a factor when it comes to reading. As long as you are reading for enjoyment, it doesn't matter whether a book takes you two hours or two years - as long as you enjoyed it, that's what counts. It doesn't matter what you read, how much you read or how many books you can fit in. The point is, whatever and however you're reading - you should be enjoying yourself. If you're not enjoying yourself then there's really no point.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Paperback books
Ever since I was little, books were always a must in my life. Back when I was younger, we had reading time at school, it was compulsory. As we move on, we now have kindles or we just read online, what I ask is. Can you smell the paper when holding your kindle fire? does the age of the book scream at you as you read it from your computer screen? That wrinkle on the spine like when you cut down a tree, that worn look of being written 40 years ago in your hand, brushing the dust of the pages. One day they will be gone. But not just yet.
By Natasha Skelton6 years ago in Geeks
The 10 Most Emotional Books I've Ever Read
As we've reached Part 10 of my 20 Books of 2020 series (that means we're at the 200th book!) I have devised a little milestone article for the occasion. These books are very close to my heart and I remember the first reading experiences like the back of my hand - I hope you have either read some (or all) of them or are planning to. Hopefully, they will give you a similar feeling to what they gave me...
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 10)
Finally, we have reached part 10 of our journey through my reading of 2020. Now, if you haven't reached 200, then don't be discouraged - I don't judge people based on speed or even what they choose to read. I don't really judge people anyway. I just like it when someone reads something for enjoyment - even if that means reading one page a day or reading one book a year. Reading for enjoyment and reading the way you enjoy is more important that anything else in the world. Why? Well, because first and foremost, reading is a medium of entertainment. You must do it in a way that entertains you. If it entertains you to read three or four books a day then go ahead, if it entertains you to read one book a year then you do that too.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Novels to Discover: "The Handmaid's Tale"
Hello and welcome to Novels to Discover! Last week featured Brendan Reichs’s YA novel “Nemesis”, but this week Margaret Atwood is taking the stage as I plunge into the world of “The Handmaid’s Tale”, a dystopian novel that was originally published in 1985!
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Geeks
Reading my Mother-In-Law: Virginia Andrews 'Rain'
Recently, when discussing books with my mother-in-law, she paused the conversation to go foraging in her cupboard and then re-emerged with arms brimming with paperbacks. What she cradled was a new, ten-book collection of untouched Virginia Andrews novels – an author I was previously unaware of but one whom she adored – and insisted that I be the first to read them. Reading books is a highly personal experience and by sharing our favourite novels with others, we are essentially allowing them insight into our minds. It can be a great bonding experience, helping us understand those we love on a deeper level. This is what inspired me to start a ‘Reading my Family’ series that will see me read and review novels as recommended by my family members, beginning with my mother-in-law and Virginia Andrews.
By Tyler Turner6 years ago in Geeks
A Review about Once Upon a Cow of CAMILO CRUZ
The book begins with a fairly gentle fable. There was a very poor family, living in a slumped house less than fifteen square meters. Their life completely depends on the milk cow in the house. For many years, the whole family of eight people relied on milk for their living. And what they could not expect had come, one morning, some inhuman had killed their cow. If I were to fall into that situation, I would definitely be scared because the only livelihood left would be.
By Thao Thao Tran6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 9)
If you haven't read Parts 1-8 then you can head to my page to do so. I will reiterate that these articles are purely for me documenting my reading through 2020. When I did this last year in 2019, I just posted the article at the end of the year instead of splitting it up. Now, if you know how I read then that would amount to almost 500 books in one article. I found this rather counterproductive when it came to the reading public. So, for making it better for me and you, I have chosen to split it up into sections of 20 - I went with the year we're in for the number. Here's some stuff about me if you don't know me already...
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.8)
I have done many of these lists so far and the only real reason I was late with Part 7 was because I got sick. Anyways, we're pretty much back on track now and here we are at part 8, numbers 141-160. Now, as I've always said - it is never the quantity of what you read, it's not even what some consider to be the 'quality' of what you're reading. Reading is a medium of entertainment and is subjective to the individual, that is all. As long as you are enjoying yourself, you could spend ten years reading the same book - it is nobody else's business but yours.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
