books galore

Since I’ve been in Bangi, I’ve been able to delight myself with wonderful fiction books from fatimah’s home library. I’m especially interested in reading books that have been adapted into a film because then I can compare them, hehe.

Among the books that I’ve read include:

1. The Spiderwick Chronicles (consists of 5 books)

• Dr Melur said that she watched the movie at the cinema with her kids and they loved it. When I found the book at timah’s house, I just had to read it.
• I think it’s a very clever book. Rather dark and full of scary but unique characters and also enchanting rhymes.
• I saw the movie at home. It was a bit different because the movie was set in the modern times compared to the book. And they had to alter the storyline to cut it short and introduce all the characters. I like the book better. Highly recommended if you’re into fantasies and children’s stories.

2. Miss Potter

• The cover of the book had Renee Zelweger’s face on it so I knew that it had been adapted into a movie. The book tells of Miss Potter, an unmarried middle-aged English lady who lives with her parents in London and has no friends. She loves drawing and painting and making up stories. One day, a friend urges her to publish her book. There, she meets Norman Warne who is enthusiastic in publishing her book. They fall in love but faces opposition by Miss Potter’s parents who are very strict on social status. She was adamant with regards to her choice and her parents gave in. They agreed to allow her to get engaged secretly but she had to wait until the summer was over to see if her feelings changed or not. They wrote each other everyday until one day the letters stopped and she was informed that he was sick. When she got back to London, he’d died because of a chronic cough. She was devastated and became depressed. She moved to the country and met another guy who was sweet and she was able to recover from depression and began to draw again.
• Sedih jugak cite ni. Nasib baik ending die menggembirakan.

3. Charlotte’s Web

• This book is very enlightening and funny. It tells of a friendship between a pig, Wilbur and a spider, Charlotte. The spider saves the pig from being slaughtered by deceiving the humans. She weaves a few writings in her web about how terrific the pig is and soon everyone thinks it’s a divine sign that the pig is special because spiders can’t write. Its funny how easily people are fooled.
• I haven’t seen the film yet.

4. Edgar and Ellen

• This one is about two mischievous twins who play pranks on the townsfolks.
• I think it’s biasa je. I wouldn’t go so far as to recommend it.

ok, i know i shud be reading tarbiyyah books and also books for the future like financial planning and all. reading storybooks can be considered a regression, but i don't really care. nanti i'll read those books. i've got a whole set of serious books at my bedside to read, but i keep grabbing the storybooks instead, hehe.