Reading, for me, is not just an activity. It is an experience. Actually, I am not a bookworm. I just enjoy reading. Bookstore is my favorite place to go and spending money to buy some books is not a big deal for me.
My reading adventure began when I was very little. I was able to read before I entered my kindergarten. And that time I always read Bobo, a magazine for children. My parents bought me Bobo every week. I like to read it and tell the story I had read to my parents. As I grew up, reading Bobo was never change. I still bought it every weeks. I save my money for buying it. My parents were never allowed me to buy a magazine for teen even though I already wear a white-grey uniform. So I kept reading Bobo until my last year in high school.
During my junior high school, I rarely went to the bookstore because there was no bookstore in my hometown. So every school holidays, I went to Palu and the first place I visited was bookstore. The excitement of visiting bookstore and being surrounded by many books were my happiest childhood memories. At that time, the books I read and bought was still controlled by my mother. So I did not bought a comic or teenlit, I bought a book titled 'Chicken Soup for The Soul", a book which consist of some short real stories and has various types. I have some types of this book such as for kids, for preteen, for teenager, for pet lover and for college.
Along with Chicken Soup, in my second year of junior high school, Harry Potter came. My cousin introduced me to Harry Potter and it was the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I only read the first chapter and I stopped because I did not understand anything. So my cousin lend me the first book, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer Stone. I read it and felt in love with the story, the characters, and anything about it. I read it until the fourth book. After that I patiently and excitedly waited for the next book. Unluckily, the price of these books was unaffordable for me. So I just borrow it from my cousin, but my cousin lend it to my uncle first, then to her friend, then me. So I waited it a bit longer because I was the fourth to read it.
After three years experience with Harry Potter, in my second year of high school, my uncle introduced me to Laskar Pelangi. It also has the series. After I read the first book, I cannot help to immediately read the second, the third and the last book. I love Andrea Hirata's works. They were interesting and unusual. I like the way he presents the stories, the way he tells the humor, the way he explains the characters, and of course I like the stories. I also read the other books such as Padang Bulan, Cinta di Dalam Gelas, Ayah, and I cannot wait to read the next book, Ikal dan Lintang.
Other than those ones above, I also read several good books such as Kang Abik's Ayat-ayat Cinta, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih, and Saat Cinta Berbuah Surga, Ahmad Fuadi's Trilogy of Negeri 5 Menara, Some of Tere Liye's books, Asma Nadia's books, Hanum Rais' books, Dee Lestari's books, Oki Setiana Dewi's books, Sibel Eraslan's book and many other books from various authors. I always get into the books I read, especially the series books. It give me a chance to develop my feeling for the characters and the story intensely. It also gives me something to be waited for.
Along the journey, I always enjoyed every single thing I read. Once I read the good ones I will fall in love and it will stay for a long time in my heart. And when I find something related to it somewhere, that will bring back the memories I had with the book.
My reading adventure began when I was very little. I was able to read before I entered my kindergarten. And that time I always read Bobo, a magazine for children. My parents bought me Bobo every week. I like to read it and tell the story I had read to my parents. As I grew up, reading Bobo was never change. I still bought it every weeks. I save my money for buying it. My parents were never allowed me to buy a magazine for teen even though I already wear a white-grey uniform. So I kept reading Bobo until my last year in high school.
During my junior high school, I rarely went to the bookstore because there was no bookstore in my hometown. So every school holidays, I went to Palu and the first place I visited was bookstore. The excitement of visiting bookstore and being surrounded by many books were my happiest childhood memories. At that time, the books I read and bought was still controlled by my mother. So I did not bought a comic or teenlit, I bought a book titled 'Chicken Soup for The Soul", a book which consist of some short real stories and has various types. I have some types of this book such as for kids, for preteen, for teenager, for pet lover and for college.
Along with Chicken Soup, in my second year of junior high school, Harry Potter came. My cousin introduced me to Harry Potter and it was the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I only read the first chapter and I stopped because I did not understand anything. So my cousin lend me the first book, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer Stone. I read it and felt in love with the story, the characters, and anything about it. I read it until the fourth book. After that I patiently and excitedly waited for the next book. Unluckily, the price of these books was unaffordable for me. So I just borrow it from my cousin, but my cousin lend it to my uncle first, then to her friend, then me. So I waited it a bit longer because I was the fourth to read it.
After three years experience with Harry Potter, in my second year of high school, my uncle introduced me to Laskar Pelangi. It also has the series. After I read the first book, I cannot help to immediately read the second, the third and the last book. I love Andrea Hirata's works. They were interesting and unusual. I like the way he presents the stories, the way he tells the humor, the way he explains the characters, and of course I like the stories. I also read the other books such as Padang Bulan, Cinta di Dalam Gelas, Ayah, and I cannot wait to read the next book, Ikal dan Lintang.
Other than those ones above, I also read several good books such as Kang Abik's Ayat-ayat Cinta, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih, and Saat Cinta Berbuah Surga, Ahmad Fuadi's Trilogy of Negeri 5 Menara, Some of Tere Liye's books, Asma Nadia's books, Hanum Rais' books, Dee Lestari's books, Oki Setiana Dewi's books, Sibel Eraslan's book and many other books from various authors. I always get into the books I read, especially the series books. It give me a chance to develop my feeling for the characters and the story intensely. It also gives me something to be waited for.
Along the journey, I always enjoyed every single thing I read. Once I read the good ones I will fall in love and it will stay for a long time in my heart. And when I find something related to it somewhere, that will bring back the memories I had with the book.