My fellow Hong Konger, Norbyah, www.imanorbyah.blogspot.com, awarded my blog the Liebster Blog Award. What is this award? Well, it is simply an award that is passed on to another blog that has less than 200 followers. Part of the deal is that I have to write a blog informing my audience of five things about myself and pass the award onto other blogs.
I have decided to break down my 5 fascinating (!) things about me for the coming five Mondays. Here is number one:
I am a book snob.
I read a lot. I often have five books on the go at once: next to my bed; in my work bag; next to the bath; a thinner one in my handbag; and one on the living room shelves. It is the same deal with magazines and newspapers. With magazines, (I only read ‘Time’, ‘The Monthly’, ‘The Economist’, ‘The New Yorker’, ‘Newsweek’ and ‘The Monocle’) I tag the pages I plan to read and pop them in a folder. With newspapers, I cut out interesting and informative articles and place them in another folder to read in the very near future. You just never know where or when you’ll have the opportunity to read – and I don’t want to waste a moment.
With that said, I will not waste my time reading something that I think is a waste of my brain space or energy. This often happens to be books that: find themselves on best seller lists; have a cult following; and lack any literary stance whatsoever.
I may have just lost a few followers on my blog with the above statement …
Here is a list of some of my current reads:
I’m often asked if I get the narratives mixed up. Simple answer to that, no. I just retake the position I left when I last picked up the book. Yes, I am an OPEN book snob, and proud of it!
Haha! I love any post on books! Please do more!! Time is awesome and im about to start Malcolm Knox’s summerland. Have you read it? xoxo
No l haven’t read ‘Summerland’, but l definitely would read it. Awesome Australian author. More posts on books coming your way, Jen. xo
I find your ‘book snob’ title very funny! I think you are simply selective, rather than a ‘snob’, because not everything you read is a piece of literary genius, is it? You just like to stay away from things that are ‘pop culture’. I love reading things that are trashy and allow me to escape the sometimes-mundane, boring life I often find myself leading. In saying that, I also love to read beautiful writing…when words can jump off a page and hit you right in the head and heart, is pure literary genius in my book (pun intended). ‘The Paris Wife’ looks interesting x
I do believe you have calledme a book snob, young lady. xo
Well as ever … Book snob…. I intend to lower the intellectual tone. Since you have been gallivanting around the globe, women all over Australia are getting all over ‘fifty shades of gray’. They are reading it on the train, on the toilet, in cafes in bed….. It is being very widely discussed. Apparently, at one friends mother group circle, it is a source for most of them to masterbate to!!!!
There are three books in the series
I have just finished the second book.
They are being passed around the office and are a hot topic…… I do not want you missing out. As such, I am posting them to you.
Hold on to your hat…… I will LOVE the discussion they evoke….. Particularly your feminist strong independent nature and how that will effect your perception of it!
I will post tommorrow…….
Don’t bother sending it. It’s trash! Plus, it is on the best seller list.
xo
Hahaha. Trashy! Trashy!!!!!! The word trashy does not even begin to describe this series! The books are hilarious! Ridiculous! I am loving the escape though. You would be horrified at me….. I also read the hunger games trilogy….. and I was not really satisfied with the ending, so I extended it and added my own bit on. Yes…….you need to come home and sort me out! Xx
I have these next on my list – LOVE a bit of lit trach. The fact that you are reading them El, means I will LOVE them!!
They are so funny Ally!!! You will LOVE them. Though ‘trash’ they are! Xxx
I repeat again – l will not read them. I was in the book stor today and there were women buying them. The cashier, who knows me well, said l should also buy them. I said – no way! Her response was that there will be many pregnant women … Soon?!?!
Hilarious! Lots of rooting horny women!!! USE A CONDOM HORNY WOMEN!!
Well done on admitting you’re a book snob!! Lucky for me (who is very much the other way and will read anything- and I don’t hold it against you at all!), i also love the fact that you are sending some of your best reads back home. I love that you love reading and can share that with others! Enjoy..and keep sending them back for me! x
But how l have educated you so away from Picoult
More books coming your way the end of this week. You realise it’s your duty to look after them for me?! xo
good idea to break these five things down! i’ll take a look at the books on your current reading list….i’ve got a bit of time this summer, so i’m hoping to get stuck into a good book. i know what you mean by not having time to read crap books….right now i’m reading the sense of an ending. LOVING it.
‘Sense of an Ending’ – let’s discuss it when you are done. I’ll reserve judgement until then. xo
Joining book groups has widened my reading repertoire which I’m pleased about. Since becoming an ex-pat, I think it stands for X-patriotic. That is to say, more patriotic. So I will admit to buying slush-mags that have a picture of the Queen or Royal Family on the front. Sorry! Having just won a year’s subscription to SCMP, I will be reading that daily as well.
You are a very insightful reader, Gail. It’s how we met! I’ll let you off the hook with your trashy reads because l know that you reader the finer finds. xo