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Feb 22, 2007

'books are fun, books are great' -- barney song

1 down, 1 more to go. yesterday, i met up with yam to get the books. =) later, another meeting to get another set of books.

yes, i'm reviving my hobby of reading to keep my brain cells from dying. and, also i wanted my kids to be interested with books. so what better way but to be an obvious example.

my interest with books started with those romance novels before i even started grade school. i always saw my nanay having her free time on silhouette(sp?), mills and boons, and whatever romance novels. hehehe. it makes me wonder what she found in them that made her so hooked to it. i even begged her to teach me to read so i can read what she's reading. but she'd say those are not for kids, and instead shoved fairytales and children's encyclopedias full of pictures/illustrations to my face. but came grade 3, the time i started to fully grasp strings of english words, i would secretly stole my nanay's romance novels and lock myself in a room to read them. hahaha. later on, i moved to my uncle's wife thicker romance novels collection. she knew that my nanay does not want me to read those genre so she'd let me read her books in their room. =)

then, later later came those sweet valley twins. i only read sweet valley twins. i don't like the sweet valley high. is there a college version of it too? then those nancy drew and hardy boys. there was some romance novels for high schools. i forgot how you call them. but never get to like them maybe because i was exposed to those hardcore romance novels already. hehehe =)

of course, my taste did improve later on. thank you to mdm reyes, mdm pinzon, mr montaƱo, ms rabago who sort of open my mind to the real literature. =) i mean i'm not really into those serious literary works but hey i know they exist! =)

11 comments:

aubrey n.. said...

sweet valley university is the college version. hehe i had more than 10 siguro. lea aves has like tons of it! naa pa sad toy sweet dreams. ug love stories, i like the sharing sam novel. remember mo ato, guys? hehe

yam yam said...

hmm. saw this book on eBay. Raising Readers, or something like that. you might wanna get a copy. hehe =) thanks!

Maia Maia said...

nancy drew jud akong first book, rose...and the rest as they often say is history...i never go anywhere without a book jud...kaagi sad ko nga dili sugot ako mama nga magread ko sa mga romance novels...i remember ingon xa nako nga if di nako undangan kay iyang lutuon and paka-on nako..hahaha...wa naman sad gud ko tuon tuon ato...chege na lang basa...drove my mom crazy..i still have my first book which i got when i was in grade 6...your kids is so lucky to have a mom like you..they get to appreciate the beauty of written words early on. =)

rose buenconsejo said...

mao na ako pasabot -- sweet dreams diay. =) eheheh... i remember sharing sam but i dont think ako to nabasa... di ba naay mamatay ana? =)

and i remember we called one of leah aves' crush todd wilkins... =)

rose buenconsejo said...

1 was not really a fan of nancy drew. pero si godo maoy fan kaau... if wa na jud lain mabasa, mobasa na lng ko sa nancy drew niya... =)

di ba naa man toy mga nancy drew sa library nga lata na gali kaau. =) heheheh

nina lorraine said...

remeber UP lib has tons of nancy drew and hardy boys! My first book was a nancy drew book given by my ninang. I started to love it so much that during my first year in UP high? i borrowed all those books in the lib and read them. Imagine that! hehe i got to pay was it Php 5 for another lib card after 2 mos gud.. hehehe ;)

aubrey n.. said...

yea, naay namatay.. this other girl.. hehe dramatic man kaayo to. akong pinakaganahan na nancy drew kay katong black widow niya.. LATA gyud to ang mag nancy drew ug hardy boys sa UP lib. kinsa gani to na c todd wilkins na crush ni lea aves? ahahahhaah bukingay ni?:p

aubrey n.. said...

kasuway ba ka ninz nga nakabayad ka kay wa nimo na-uli on time? hehe

nina lorraine said...

yep! alot of times! hehe tag piso ata to ang adlaw? hehe

aubrey n.. said...

hahaha maygani tag piso pa to ninz!

LaRiSsA MaE tan said...

hi :) (pa-reply ha) i also love to read :) and like you, ni-mature nasad akong taste. and also, i am hooked sa hardcore romance novels :) nahan ko sa word, hardcore :) hehehe :)