Hi, everyone! It's been a while since we met each other!
I went back to the past journal I had entered at mixi from 2003 to 2014. I've been wandering around in distant memory, astounded with the fact that I had regarded myself as if I were always what I was from the beginning. But that's just misunderstanding. I've forgotten about something I've been doing so routinely that it's hard to remember if I've ever had that experience. I am amazed at its impact.
One of the experiences was to read books written in English. I would say I had read a lot, but I don't know exactly how many books I read and at what pace I read them.
The entry says how I started reading. It appears that I met someone who had read a stack of books that were taller than me. I've been to many gatherings useful for studying English here and there, and I've met so many people who gave me influence, but nameless. Thanks to him/her (or even I just picked up his words not knowing), the forest of literature was open to me after a long time since my school days.
The records I found there are as follows. As the first book I read was the DaVinci Code, I suppose I started reading in 2004, near the year of its publication, after I had passed my first level of the English test. It seems that 2006 to 2009 was the hottest years for me as far as reading goes. I didn't remember how much time I had left on my hands at that time, or rather, how busy I must have been while reading. I might have found time to read in time.
[2006/09-12]
2006/09/30 Sandra Brown "The Crush" P474
2006/10/10 Kazuo Ishiguro "Never let me go" P288
2006/10/22 Mark Haddon "the curious incident of The dog in the night-time" p221
2006/11/05 Laura Hillenbrand "Seabiscuit" p339
2006/12/05 E.L.Konigsburg "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" p162
2006/12/15 Fannie Flagg "A Redbird Christmas" P 224
2006/12/26 Ha Jin "The Crazed" p323
2006/09/30 Sandra Brown "The Crush" P474
2006/10/10 Kazuo Ishiguro "Never let me go" P288
2006/10/22 Mark Haddon "the curious incident of The dog in the night-time" p221
2006/11/05 Laura Hillenbrand "Seabiscuit" p339
2006/12/05 E.L.Konigsburg "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" p162
2006/12/15 Fannie Flagg "A Redbird Christmas" P 224
2006/12/26 Ha Jin "The Crazed" p323
[2007/01-06]
2007/01/28 Mitch Albom "Tuesdays with Morrie" P 208
2007/02/25 Margaret Atwood "The Blind Assassin" P 655
2007/03/30 Sue Miller "The Best American Short Stories" P356
06/04/2007 Nicholas Sparks "The Wedding" p286
2007/05/13 Alice Munro "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" p323
06/14/2007 Alistair Macleod "No Great Mischief" P 283
2007/01/28 Mitch Albom "Tuesdays with Morrie" P 208
2007/02/25 Margaret Atwood "The Blind Assassin" P 655
2007/03/30 Sue Miller "The Best American Short Stories" P356
06/04/2007 Nicholas Sparks "The Wedding" p286
2007/05/13 Alice Munro "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" p323
06/14/2007 Alistair Macleod "No Great Mischief" P 283
[2007/07-12]
2007/08/08 Michael Chabon "The Best American Short Stories" p393
2007/08/27 James Surowiecki "The Wisdom of Crowds " P284
2007/09/20 Ian McEwan "Atonement" P372
2007/11/05 Lloyd Jones "Mister Pip" P256
12/27/2007 Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" P309
Audiobook
2007/08/08 Michael Chabon "The Best American Short Stories" p393
2007/08/27 James Surowiecki "The Wisdom of Crowds " P284
2007/09/20 Ian McEwan "Atonement" P372
2007/11/05 Lloyd Jones "Mister Pip" P256
12/27/2007 Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" P309
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06/25/2007 Lois Lowry "The Giver"
2007/07/15 Synthia Kadohata "Kira-Kira"
2007/09/07 Kevin Henkes "Olive's Ocean"
2007/10/25 Weed flower / Synthia Kadohata
2007/07/15 Synthia Kadohata "Kira-Kira"
2007/09/07 Kevin Henkes "Olive's Ocean"
2007/10/25 Weed flower / Synthia Kadohata
[2008/01-06]
2008/01/03 The Children of Green Knowe/ L.M. Boston P183
2008/05/04 The Autograph Man/Zadie Smith P419
2008/05/12 Drama/Charlyn Wessels P133
31/05/2008 Disgrace/J.M. Coetzee P220
2008/01/03 The Children of Green Knowe/ L.M. Boston P183
2008/05/04 The Autograph Man/Zadie Smith P419
2008/05/12 Drama/Charlyn Wessels P133
31/05/2008 Disgrace/J.M. Coetzee P220
[2008/07-12]
2008/07/18 Claire Davis/ Winter Range P262
2008/07/30 Tess Gerritsen/ The Sinner P355
2008/8/13 Meg Cabot/ Rules for Girls p228
2008/10/28 The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic/ Sophie Kinsella P320
2008/11/12 The Best American Short Stories 2007 / Editor Stephen King P411
2008/11/19 The Inheritance of Loss / Kiran Desai P 357
2008/11/28 Blink / Malcolm Gladwell P286
2008/12/24 Water for Elephants/Sara Gruen P331
2008/12/28 Rebuilt /Micheal Chorost P195
------------- Total 15,330
2008/07/18 Claire Davis/ Winter Range P262
2008/07/30 Tess Gerritsen/ The Sinner P355
2008/8/13 Meg Cabot/ Rules for Girls p228
2008/10/28 The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic/ Sophie Kinsella P320
2008/11/12 The Best American Short Stories 2007 / Editor Stephen King P411
2008/11/19 The Inheritance of Loss / Kiran Desai P 357
2008/11/28 Blink / Malcolm Gladwell P286
2008/12/24 Water for Elephants/Sara Gruen P331
2008/12/28 Rebuilt /Micheal Chorost P195
------------- Total 15,330
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2008/07/02 Carl Hiaasen/ Hoot
[2009/01-06]
2009/02/13 The Ninth Life of Louis Drax /Liz Jansen P227
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2009/02/13 The Ninth Life of Louis Drax /Liz Jansen P227
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2009/01/12 Airhead/ Meg Cabot
08/03/2009 The Birth of Venus / Sarah Dunant p391
2009/06/20 Shopaholic Takes Manhattan / Sophie Kinsella p325
I've been reading more and more since then, but lately, I've been reading less and watching more videos. I don't have this tension in my life anymore. In this way, my interest in English never ceases, and I enjoy my time with English endlessly, changing the subject we'll continue to do that.
I mean, records are important. I'm going to keep my blog up to date properly as well.
I'll see you soon!