To-day I finished reading On Writing. Quite a good book to read for aspiring writer like me;-)
Now, I want to seriously learn how to use my iMac-so I went to Kinokuniya Bookshop to buy a book entitled My Little iMac Book by Robbin Williams.

Now,I am half way through Stephen King's book On Writing.One thing I am sure he is not bullshitting anyone. Writing is hard work.To be a good writer, I must red a lot and write a lot! Not mention,I have to have good vocabulary,use good grammer and develop my own style...

Now, i realised that I have a long way to go before I can become a good writer.
So God,please give me the commitment and the patience to read,write and learn...........

I am glad to read Hamka Kenang-Kenangan Hidup when he reflected on his journey from the love of 'seni' to philosphy and then moved on to religion.

Bookstore:By Lynne Tillman

I had been looking all over London last year for the book, but no one is selling even at the Borders.To-day,I am lucky to get it at Kinokuniya in my own city in Kuala Lumpur.The book is about the Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co-a tale of a great bookshop in New York City!
I just can't wait to read it.....

To-day I noticed my eldest son was reading the novel Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck. Now, everyone has taken up ready as a hobby:-)))

To-day, my wife and my son went to Mischief Books looking for more books to encourage my son to read. My wife bought one religous book on 'doa' and me a book on Tok Kenali,the famous Ulama from Kelantan who taught my own father.

I am very happy indeed when my youngest son came to me and asked me to take him to the bookshop that I bought a story book for him two days ago. He enjoyed reading the book and he wanted me to buy him another book!

Your wishes is my command!
I think I may have succeeded in my project to instil a reading culture in him!
Thank God for it.

I bought two Malay books yesterday at Mischief Bookstore located at the mezzanine floor of Plaza Ampang(next to Amoang Park shopping complex,Kuala Lumpur.This is my frist visit there to look for books for my son. I think this new bookshop has something to offer for everyone despite its small size and limited stocks.

The books are:
1. Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck-for me.
2. Cerita Kayu-for my son.

Yesterday I visited the Malaysian International Book Fair at PWTC and managed to get an old book written by the famous ulama Hamka of Indonesia-Kenang Kenagna Hidup.Lately I have been reading too much of western philosophy and thoughts and I feel I need to know more about the scholars from my own kind. The balance of ying and yang is important to harmonise one's philosophy of life...

I just bought On Writing by Stephen King. Hope to read it in the next two weeks.Someone told me it is a good read -for readers as well as writers.I hope to learn from the master story-teller how to write well;-)

Now, I am half-way through a story called Odessa File. It is very interesting reading how a journalist trying to track ex-Nazi..

Yesterday, I bought the first edition of Disclosure by Michael Crichton for RM 15. This is my first time reading a novel by the author. I love the movie( starring Michael Douglas) but only now I got the chance to read the book. Now, I am on page 88;can;t put it down!

To-day I read in the newspapers that the government( Malaysia) declared July
as the reading month. Previously,it was in August every year. The theme for
this year is: Reading Frees the Mind!

Unfortunately,from my personal view our Malaysian reading culture has not
improved very much despite all the efforts taken by th government
agencies.My question is what has gone wrong?

I stopped reading Anil's Ghost last week because I found it dull and leading to nowhere.Then,I pick up a collection of short stories by Hanif Kureishi and again I am bored after two boring stories:-((.

May be I should try reading Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden;this novel havs been sitting on my bookshelf since 30/10/1999!

Two days ago I discussed about the book entitled Five Equations that Changed the World with TSO. It was quite an interesting exchange of opinions on these equations,especially on their simplicity and beauty; not to mention their great impacts to the world!

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Just finished reading The Brethren by John Grisham. Not as good as The Firm and The
Testament. May be I should be looking for a new author to satisfy my interests in thriller books.
Now, I continue with Anil's Ghost...so far nothing great about this book by Micheal Ondatjee.