Making an effort to read others’ work December 8, 2006
Posted by curioustan in Hobby.trackback
THIS IS IN RELATION to my previous post on my passion - writing and reading…
It is quite an expensive hobby to read others people literary works (pocket books, mags, text books, etc.) but it is a priceless undertaking for individual like me to appreciate their talents in writing/story telling. Well after more than a year now in the UK, having the resources to acquire these materials, I have already collected more than 30 books (excluding photo magazines which I buy them monthly) of bestsellers writers both in the UK and US. This is not to include my collections in the Philippines which I have also been keeping for almost 5 years now from the time I started my passion in Australia. From time to time, I visit second hand bookstores, charity stores, on websites (like Amazon and Ebay) and even joined a group where I could exchange books with the members (http://www.bookcrossing.com) just to reduce my monthly expenses for books.
MY FAVOURITES vary from inspirational to suspense/horror stories. But most of the time, Im always attracted to suspense/horror/ and psyho plots. Initially, my desire to read really started when I was working in Bangkok after finishing my MSc degree in Urban Planning. One of my bosses, she encouraged me to read one of the novels written by Mary Higgins Clark, popularly known as the ‘queen of the suspense’. Unfortunately, I cant remember the title, but it was an excellent read. Since then I was hooked to read her other books.
Im an avid fan of Jeffrey Archer (Cane and Abel, Shall We Tell the President, False Impression, etc.), James Patterson (his popular character, Mr. Cross), Harlan Coben (with his athletic and goodlooking main cast, Mr. Bolitar), Dan Brown (all his works), and also with Stephen King( short stories only, and Cell) and Mary Higgins Clark!
To date, with my membership with dooyoo (www.dooyoo.ac.uk) I was able to post my reviews and some of them are as follows:
1. Marley and Me by John Grogan
2. The arrival of fergal flynn by Brian Kennedy
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/the-arrival-of-fergal-flynn-brian-kennedy/1032634/
3. The abortionist’s daughter by Elisabeth Hyde
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/the-abortionist-s-daughter-elisabeth-hyde/1032132/
4. False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/false-impression-jeffrey-archer/1031632/
5. Shall we tell the president by Jeffrey Archer
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/shall-we-tell-the-president-jeffrey-archer/1031257/
6. Rules of Life by Richard Templar
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/rules-of-life-richard-templar/1031176/
I also interested to write reviews on photography such like these:
1. Digital Photo Magazine
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/magazines-newspapers/digital-photo-magazine/1036266/
2. Practical Photography
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/magazines-newspapers/practical-photography/1031971/
3. Digital Photo
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/magazines-newspapers/digital-photo/1038411/
Lately, I am very very busy with my research which somehow hinders me to start with a new book. But hopefully this coming Christmas holiday, I will be able to read again…
EVEN THOUGH I cant grab a book this time, I have another passion to dwell on… my passion to watch live shows - The Musical. Since I was in college, I took the time to watch live shows and plays in the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Meralco Theater, Shang-rila Plaza, and UP Film Center.
WHAT MAKES ME HOOKED with these productions are the music, backdraft, props, and of course the ‘cast’ itself. So far, I was able to watch Titanic -the musical (Northern Ireland), Miss Saigon (New York, Philippines, Northern Ireland). Footloose -the Musical (Philippines, Northern Ireland, History Boys (Northern Ireland), A Chorus Line (Thailand, San Francisco), They’re singing our Song (Philippines), Jesus Christ Superstar (Philippines). So, I will elaborate some of these excellent productions in my next article!
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