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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Release Day: Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test #2) By Aimee Carter

rate } ♠♠♠♠♠ ♥
genre } fiction | mythology | young adult | romance
release day } 27th March 2012
acquired } 22th January 2012
publisher } HarlequinTeen
format } paperback
isbn } 9780373210459
pages } 307 pages
source } ARC
age group } 18+
interest } 18+
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Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test #2)
By Aimee Carter

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Kate Winters has won immortality.

But if she wants a life in the Underworld with Henry, she’ll have to fight for it.

Becoming immortal wasn’t supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she’s as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he’s becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate’s coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry’s first wife, Persephone.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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Membaca Satu Proses Berfikir, Nadi Segala Kebaikan

Mufti Kerajaan Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Dr Ustaz Awang Haji Abdul Aziz bin Juned semasa menyampaikan Ceramah Perdana Khas di majlis pelancaran Seminar Kebangsaan Memperkasa Budaya Membaca 2012.Mufti Kerajaan Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Dr Ustaz Awang Haji Abdul Aziz bin Juned semasa menyampaikan Ceramah Perdana Khas di majlis pelancaran Seminar Kebangsaan Memperkasa Budaya Membaca 2012.


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Membaca adalah satu proses berfikir. Semakin banyak buku dibaca semakin tajam akal dan semakin banyak maklumat serta wawasan-wawasan baru dapat diresap. Malah dari buku itu, mampu untuk menumbuhkan idea-idea baru dan besar yang menakjubkan. Kerana itulah, ramai orang-orang pintar di dunia adalah mereka yang rajin membaca.

Membaca adalah proses untuk meningkat lebih matang. Tanpa membaca, pertumbuhan kematangan itu boleh membantut. Membaca juga satu proses penuaan minda. Tanpa membaca, penuaan itu tidak berlaku atau lambat berlaku, walaupun umur meningkat tua.

Membaca itu adalah nadi segala kebaikan: punca kejayaan, punca laba dan keuntungan. Bukan saja kejayaan duniawi malahan juga ukhrawi.

Sebaliknya kalau tidak membaca, adalah ia musibah, tidak ada kebaikan padanya, boleh membawa gagal serta tidak beruntung. Contoh mudah, seorang pelajar yang malas membaca, apa yang dia boleh dapat selain kegagalan. Maka begitulah dengan sekalian orang, keadaan mereka adalah ditentukan oleh sejauh mana tahap pembacaan masing-masing. Siapa yang luas bacaannya akan memiliki kejayaan dan kehebatan. Sebaliknya siapa yang tandus bacaannya akan tercicir di belakang dan menggigit jari.

Nabi Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam Contoh Utama Dalam Membaca.

Al-Qur'an telahpun lebih-lebih awal lagi menyuarakan tentang "membaca" ini. Malah, perkara yang mula-mula sekali diungkapkan Al-Qur'an sebelum yang lain-lain ialah "membaca" sebagaimana dalam surah Al-'Alaq ayat yang pertama. Ungkapan "Iqra'" dalam ayat tersebut adalah dalam bentuk perintah: disuruh, diminta, digesa untuk membaca.

Kalau kita membaca sejarah orang-orang hebat, kita akan lebih memahami harga "membaca" itu. Nabi kita Sayyidina Muhammad Shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam adalah contoh utama dalam membaca. Baginda membaca Al-Qur'an dan membaca Zikrullah tanpa berhenti, dan pernah dalam satu peperangan, orang Islam menawan ramai musuh. Musuh meminta untuk dibebaskan. Baginda bersetuju dengan permintaan ini, tetapi dengan syarat, seorang tawanan sebelum dibebaskan, dikehendaki terlebih dahulu mesti mengajar membaca dan menulis anak-anak orang Islam.

Sikap Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alahi wasallam ini dicontohi pula oleh para sahabat. Mereka juga membaca dan membaca. Sayyidina Umar, di atas kenderaan pun membaca. Bahkan ketika menghakimi manusia, beliau akan mengambil sedikit masa rehat - break time - dengan membaca. Bukan dengan makan-makan atau minum-minum sambil berbual. Tetapi dengan membaca Al-Qur'an.

Mengiringi era Al-Qur'an, katanya ialah era kitab-kitab. Para ta'biin dan ulama yang datang kemudian, turut meneladani Nabi dan para sahabat dalam membaca. Mereka membaca tanpa henti kerana mereka tahu rahsia dari perintah Allah tentang membaca itu.

Allah mahu ilmu berkembang, kerana jiwa Islam ialah ilmu, sementara tonggak iman pula adalah juga ilmu, sebagaimana riwayat berbunyi: "Islam itu mekar dan hidup dengan ilmu sebagai rohnya, dan juga menjadi tonggak kepada Iman."

Al-Qur'an Asas Semua Ilmu

Kalau menyebut "membaca menurut perspektif Islam", maka paling atas sekali yang mesti dibaca itu ialah Al-Qur'an. Selain membacanya merupakan ibadah dan kita dapat pahala kerananya, membaca Al-Qur'an juga adalah selari dengan fungsinya selaku asas kepada semua ilmu.

Jangan kata dalam Al-Qur'an cuma ada ilmu sembahyang , Puasa, Zakat dan Haji sahaja, tetapi di dalam Al-Qur'an juga ada ilmu sains, ilmu ekonomi, ilmu perubatan, ilmu laut, ilmu tanam-tanaman, ilmu hayat, ilmu sejarah dan lain-lain.

Sains dalam Al-Qur'an malah mengungguli sains biasa. Sains biasa tunduk kepada hukum tabi'ie (nature) dan akal manusia. Sementara sains dalam Al-Qur'an tidak mesti tunduk kepada hukum nature dan akal manusia.

Sebagai misalan, janin dalam rahim ibu boleh hidup dan berkembang sehingga 9 bulan, tetapi apabila lahir, sedetik sahaja lahir ke dunia, tidak mungkin lagi untuk sebarang pakar membawanya semula ke dalam Rahim yang sama bagi mengalami kehidupan untuk kali keduanya di sana.

Ah, ini sains yang langsung daripada Allah berdasarkan Qudrah atau kuasaNya.

Dengan ilmu, seseorang yang belum beriman boleh menjadi beriman. Istimewa ilmu dari Al-Qur'an apabila dihayati, boleh membawa orang kepada iman.

Contohnya, seorang pakar maritim, pakar laut berbangsa Inggeris, Mr. Brown, memeluk Islam kerana ayat laut. Dia mendapati pendekatan Al-Qur'an tentang laut adalah sungguh-sungguh hebat dan mendalam. Laut disebut oleh Al-Qur'an sebagai gelap, malah "gelap berlapis gelap" suatu ungkapan yang amat-amat menakjubkan, yang tidak mungkin terlintas di dalam benak kita untuk mengungkapkannya. Kita tidak pandai, tidak mampu untuk mendatangkan ungkapan seperti itu. Mr. Brown kagum dan terpinga-pinga dengan ilmu Al-Qur'an, kerana itulah dia masuk Islam.

Dari perspektif Islam, membaca itu adalah Fardhu Ain. Al-Qur'an wajib dibaca oleh setiap individu Muslim. Bukankah dalam sembahyang kita membaca Al-Qur'an? Al-Fatihaah sahaja adalah Al-Qur'an.

Makanya, ulama sangat-sangat memahami perkara ini. Telah diriwayatkan, Sayyidina Othman bin Affan, Tamim ad-Daari, Sa'id bin Jabir dan al-Imam Abu Hanifah Radhiallahu anhum, mereka itu pernah mengkhatam Al-Qur'an dalam satu rakaat sembahyang. Al-Imam asy-Syafi'e Rahimahullah mengkhatamkan bacaan Al-Qur'an - sekali khatam - dalam sehari semalam, dan dalam bulan Ramadhan sebanyak 60 kali.

Kitab Hadis dan Ilmu

Mengiringi Al-Qur'an, menurutnya ialah Hadis dan lain-lain kitab ilmu. Abu al-Qasim hafiz Morocco, membaca kitab hadis Sahih al-Bukhari dalam satu hari sahaja, bermula dari selepas azan Subuh sehingga masuk malam harinya. Begitu juga Al-Fairus Abadi, pengarang kamus Lisan al-'Arabi, membaca kitab Sahih al-Bukhari lebih 50 kali. Al-Hafiz Burhan ad-Din al-Habli, telah membaca kitab Sahih al-Bukhari lebih 60 kali dan Sahih Muslim sekitar 20 kali.

Al-Hafiz Ibnu Hajar, membaca Sahih al-Bukhari dalam 10 majlis, Sunan Ibn Majah dalam 4 majlis, Sahih Muslim dalam 4 majlis dan kitab an-Nasaie al-Kabir dalam 10 majlis. Bagi setiap satu majlis itu mengambil masa selama 4 jam.

Tidak sampai tiga bulan berada di Damsyik, Ibn Hajar telah membaca hampir 100 jilid kitab. Lebih hebat lagi, Ghalib bin Abdulrrahman bin 'Athiah al-Muhaaribi membaca kitab Sahih al-Bukhari sampai 700 kali.

Dalam era mutakhir abad ke-20, Syeikh Ali at-Thanthawi bin Mustapha (1909 - 1999M.), yang pernah menjawat jawatan hakim tinggi di Siriya dan mempunyai banyak penulisan, semenjak dari kanak-kanak lagi sampai sekarang, paling sedikit membaca 100 lembaran, malah ada kalanya mencapai 300 lembaran atau lebih setiap hari.

Membaca, selain untuk mengasah minda dan memantapkan ilmu, membaca juga boleh mengangkat bala sebagaimana disebutkan di dalam Fahras al-Mafaris wal Itsbaat bahawa As-Sayyid Ashlud Din membaca kitab Sahih al-Bukhari lebih 20 kali apabila berlaku sesuatu yang penting atau kejadian yang menakutkan. Setiap apa yang beliau niatkan kerananya ketika membaca itu, semuanya tercapai.

Perkara ini dikuatkan lagi oleh Ibn Hajar al-Qasthalani Rahimahullah di dalam mukaddimah syarah Sahih al-Bukharinya, yang dinukil daripada Syeikh Abi Muhammad Abdullah Abi Jamrah, katanya: "Memberi tahu kepadaku beberapa dari kalangan orang-orang arif yang pernah aku temui, bahawa Sahih al-Bukhari, tidaklah ia dibaca ketika dalam kesusahan, melainkan kesusahan itu terangkat (hilang), dan jika ia dibawa belayar, tidaklah akan ditimpa bencana tenggelam."

Al-Qasimi Rahimullah mengulas bahawa apa yang dinukil oleh al-Qisthalani ini telahpun dilakukan oleh ramai ahli ilmu dan para pemimpin ketika di negeri mereka berlaku malapetaka. Mereka juga, katanya membaca untuk orang sakit, untuk melepaskan orang tahanan daripada penjara dan lain-lain kesusahan.

Amalan membaca Sahih al-Bukhari ini telah pernah dipraktikkan di Masjid al-Azhar Mesir, sekitar tahun 1320 Hijriah (seratus lebih tahun yang lalu) bagi maksud untuk menghapuskan kesusahan-kesusahan kerana peperangan, kebakaran dan lain-lain yang melanda negeri pada ketika itu. Peristiwa ini disiarkan oleh sebuah majalah ilmiah Mesir dengan tajuk: "Dengan Apa Ulama Menolak Bencana?"

Membaca kitab Sahih al-Bukhari adalah zikir kerana membaca kitab ini kita membaca Hadis yang mencakup semua sabda atau kata-kata Nabi, dan kata-kata Nabi menurut Al-Qur'an adalah berstatus "wahyu".

Membaca Al-Qur'an, Hadis, Zikir dan Ilmu adalah bagi menambah pengetahuan dan membanyakkan pahala dan juga telah dipakai oleh ulama sebagai penolak bala dan kesusahan. Dan kepala segala bacaan itu ialah Al-Qur'an. Dengan membaca Al-Qur'an syaitan lari, 'ifrit tumpas, penyakit sembuh, hati tenang, kesusahan hilang dan hajat sampai.

Jendela Dunia

Saya tidak kata cuma membaca Al-Qur'an sahaja, Hadis sahaja, kitab-kitab agama sahaja, tidak! Tetapi semua: Baca segala bahan bacaan yang berguna, bukan disimpan, bukan diperam, seperti orang membuat perpustakaan besar-besar.

Diisi dengan ratusan/ribuan buku/kitab dan lain-lain bahan bacaan tetapi tidak dibaca - tidak ada makna. Berbanding orang yang tidak punya perpustakaan, tetapi cuma rajin membaca akhbar dan rajin membaca buku-buku yang dipinjam atau dibeli, ini adalah lebih baik lagi.

Akhbar, buku dan lain-lain bahan bacaan adalah "jendela dunia".

Cuma dengan akhbar, buku dan lain-lain bacaan, tanpa perlu berkeliling dunia, kita sudah boleh mengetahui segala perkara yang menakjubkan tentang dunia dan kerana itu orang-orang hebat di dunia, biasanya bertabiat suka membaca.

George Washington pernah menunggang kuda sehingga berbatu-batu jauhnya hanya untuk meminjam sebuah buku daripada temannya.

Abraham Lincoln sangat terkenal dengan kegemarannya membaca, sehingga terpaksa bekerja sambilan hanya untuk menggantikan buku kawannya yang basah terkena hujan ketika di dalam simpanannya.

Winston Churchill yang gagap, kerana rajin berlatih berpidato dan penggemar buku-buku berkaitan politik dan falsafah akhirnya menjadi pemimpin yang hebat dalam sejarah negaranya dan juga dunia.

Soekarno, pemimpin tersohor di rantau ini adalah seorang penggemar buku yang tidak ada taranya. Saya pernah terbaca, malah ketika di bilik air sedang memberus gigi pun, beliau masih membaca.

Begitu amat menakjubkan sekali kehidupan orang-orang hebat ini dengan buku.

Kesan Membaca

Kesan daripada budaya membaca juga boleh nampak kepada negeri. Di Jepun, katanya membaca telah menjadi budaya positif sejak dari era Meiji seabad yang lalu dan orang-orang Jepun mula-mula sangat giat menterjemah buku-buku asing dari Amerika dan Eropah ke dalam bahasa mereka.

Jepun, katanya, adalah di antara bangsa-bangsa di dunia yang sangat mendaulatkan bahasa mereka. Mereka berkembang, membangun dan maju dengan bahasa mereka, dan amat percaya kepada diri sendiri, amat yakin dan bangga dengan bahasa sendiri dan tidak mahu bergantung sepenuhnya kepada bahasa orang lain serta tidak merasa rendah diri dengan menterjemah.

Kita tidak wajar malu menterjemah dan membaca buku-buku terjemahan. Orang Jepun maju dengan penterjemahan dan sampai sekarang juga masih menterjemah.

Bangsa Jepun, satu bangsa yang kuat membaca dan menurut fakta, setiap tahun mereka mencetak lebih dari satu juta buku. Budaya membaca mereka berlaku di mana-mana: dalam sekolah, dalam perpustakaan, dalam kenderaan, dalam toko buku dan lain-lain. Mereka juga dikenali biasa melakukan "tachiyomi" iaitu membaca sambil berdiri.

Selain Jepun, Rusia juga sama terkenalnya sebagai penggemar buku. Mereka sangat suka membaca. Buku yang dijual di Rusia murah, sehingga orang paling miskin di Rusia boleh membeli sepuluh buah buku pada setiap bulan.

Ini patut menjadi inspirasi kita untuk menjadi bangsa yang kuat membaca. Kita belum lagi sampai ke tahap Jepun atau Rusia dalam penerbitan buku. Jepun sudah di tahap istimewa iaitu satu juta buku setahun tetapi kita berapa? Kalau dikumpul-kumpul, barangkali paling banyak 100 membawa ke 200 buah sahaja, ataupun mungkin juga kurang. Ratio jumlah pembeli buku di Brunei kalau dapat dikesan, boleh menentukan kadar "tingkat baca" kita di Brunei.

Rasanya tingkat baca kita masih rendah. Filipina, ratio jumlah penduduk dengan surat khabar adalah 1:30, sementara Indonesia 1:43, yang bererti bagi Filipina, satu surat khabar untuk 30 orang dan Indonesia pula satu surat khabar untuk 43 orang, sedang ratio yang ideal ialah 1:10.

Brunei perlu mengenal pasti ratio tingkat bacanya untuk menentukan di mana negara ini sedang berada. Saya khuatir kita berada di tingkat yang terlalu jauh ke bawah, berdasarkan, sedang negara besar yang lebih awal bangkit pun, seperti Indonesia, masih sahaja dilebal oleh UNESCO sebagai rendah minat bacanya di ASEAN.

Di kalangan anak muda, termasuk para pelajar dan penuntut, membaca itu adalah "kuasa pembebas" dari segala belenggu kejahilan dan kemiskinan idea. Jika mereka tidak banyak membaca, bererti kuasa itu adalah lemah, dalam makna, daya intelektual mereka layu dan tidak bermaya, sedangkan menurut Arnold Toynbe intelektual adalah "human transformer" atau pengubah nasib manusia.

Selaku bangsa yang mahu memanjat maju, kita perlu merasa bimbang mengenai ini. Kita tidak mahu daya intelektual pelajar-pelajar kita bermasalah dan kita tidak mampu melihat para pelajar kita mengabaikan tradisi intelektualan seperti membaca. Kita akan bersedih kalau perpustakaan di kampus-kampus sunyi sepi, sedang di pusat-pusat membeli belah terus ramai dan meriah.

Hendak ke mana dan akan jadi apa bangsa ini kalau kurang membaca? Hendak ke mana dan akan jadi apa kita ini kalau asyik berseronok lebih dari berfikir?

Mati hati, tumpul Minda

Kerana itu, sekali lagi kita berbalik kepada isyarat Allah menyuruh membaca. Bacalah banyak-banyak, biar banyak membaca dan sedikit berseronok atau main-main, kerana banyak berseronok dan main-main dan banyak ketawa itu mematikan hati dan menumpulkan minda.

Sindrom mati hati dan tumpul minda ini, sepatutnya menakutkan kita, kerana ia beresiko melemahkan bangsa.

Saya turut tersuntik dengan kenyataan Yang Berhormat Menteri Tenaga di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dalam mesyuarat negara baru-baru ini iaitu tentang industri minyak dan gas negara ini yang sudah berumur lebih dari 80 tahun, namun peratus pekerja dari kalangan warga tempatan masih saja belum mencecah 50 peratus, cuma baru sekitar di antara 30 hingga 40 peratus sahaja.

Pada hemat saya adalah perlu untuk mencari sebab-sebabnya, kerana masa 80 tahun bukannya pendek. Adakah kita mahu menunggu untuk 80 tahun lagi baru akan mencapai 70 peratus, sementara untuk sampai kepada 100 peratus kita akan menunggu pula sehingga satu kurun kemudian.

Kerana itu sangat perlu dicari sebab-sebabnya, supaya kita cepat mendaki dan terus mendaki. Dalam minda saya pada saat ini turut meramalkan bahawa antara sebab terpenting kita tertunda melengkapkan diri ialah akibat dari ketinggalan ilmu. Kita masih kurang menguasai ilmu walaupun dalam perkara yang kita memerlukannya, seperti bidang kemahiran kerja, dari peringkat yang serendah-rendahnya sampai kepada tahap profesional. Sebab itulah makanya, tempat kita yang sepatutnya kita duduki masih sahaja diisi oleh orang luar. Soalnya sampai bila ini baru akan berubah?

Kita wajar bercontoh kepada Jepun, yang bangkit selepas pasca kalah perang dan insiden Hiroshima dan Nagasaki. Mereka itu, mara dengan cepatnya menggarap ilmu sambil bertekad untuk mengejar kemajuan setanding Barat melalui ribuan buku yang diterjemah ke dalam bahasa mereka.

Untuk penduduk Jepun yang berjumlah sekitar 125 juta itu, jelasnya lagi pada setiap hari, beredar puluhan juta lembar surat khabar dan pada setiap bulan, beredar ratusan juta lembar majalah, dan pada setiap tahun dicetak lebih dari satu juta buku.

Jepun selepas perang adalah bangsa yang berulit dengan buku, mereka seperti membebaskan diri daripada hedonism (dari sikap mementingkan keseronokan, hiburan dan main-main) dengan menggantinya dengan buku, dengan budaya membaca, yang natijahnya sampai membawa Jepun berjaya dalam industri otomotifnya menyaingi Amerika dan Eropah.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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Waiting on Wednesday (14/3/2012)

WoW

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating! Want to participate? Post your own WOW entry on your blog, and leave your link at Breaking the Spine. My pick is:

Croak by Gina Damico

Croak (Croak #1)
By Gina Damico
Expected publication: March 12th 2012

Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby has sucker-punched her last classmate. Fed up with her punkish, wild behavior, her parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort’s true occupation is much dirtier than that of shoveling manure.
He’s a Grim Reaper. And he’s going to teach her the family business.

Lex quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated entirely by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. Along with her infuriating yet intriguing partner Driggs and a rockstar crew of fellow Grim apprentices, Lex is soon zapping her Targets like a natural born Killer.

Yet her innate ability morphs into an unchecked desire for justice—or is it vengeance?—whenever she’s forced to Kill a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they can strike again. So when people start to die—that is, people who aren’t supposed to be dying, people who have committed grievous crimes against the innocent—Lex’s curiosity is piqued. Her obsession grows as the bodies pile up, and a troubling question begins to swirl through her mind: if she succeeds in tracking down the murderer, will she stop the carnage—or will she ditch Croak and join in?

 

That and I have a soft spot for “Lex”

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Interviews with B:Read Bookswap Committee

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1. Reason of establishing this project?
Teah: Because reading is awesome and fun and more people should do it and book nerds should come together in unity against... no one in particular. 

Nazmi:
Motivation for myself to keep reading, and more reading material from me to draw from. Have fellow book lovers come together and share their love of books with other people from all over the country.

Zairina: at the book fair my answer to cana bulih kamu buat book swap ani? i said "kami ani banarnya andang minat membaca. and kami kdg2 suka pinjam2 buku and tukar2 buku sesama sendiri. skalinya dtg tah idea atu arah kwn kami. mun betukar sesama sendiri, limited jua tu kan? why not exchange with other ppl other than friends? we can get "new" books and make new friends in the process." it was BS but that's how i assumed it all started

2. Was it hard to start up? (capital wise, book wise)
Teah: It gets easier with each swap because we have books that were not picked up from the last one that we'll keep bringing forward to the next.

Nazmi: It wasn't a cakewalk as nothing of this sort had been done before here, so we had little experience to draw on except from other bookswap experiences written up online from all over the world. As Teah said, it does get easier with each successive event, and people interested in starting up their own bookswaps can learn from our experience.

Zairina: what Teah said. And Naz said. Do we need capital? Not really but it would be great to have some for refreshment and whatnot. Some snacks swappers can enjoy as they meet other swappers.

3. How's the public mindset about this project?
Teah: Positive so far! If there were negative ones, we've swept them under the rug and sprayed poison all over it.

Nazmi: People who did not know what it was all about were curious, and once they learned what a bookswap was about, were pleasantly surprised and supportive of the projects, and they have expressed that they would like to see more of these kind of activities in the future.

Zairina: When I was manning the booth for the book fair, I received and overheard a LOT of positive responses. Parents loved the idea. I have people walking by saying "bisai jua ah" "bagus eh!"

4. Why swap?
Teah: Because it is cheap! And there are a ton of books that people don't want on their shelf. One person's garbage is another person's DIAMOND!

Nazmi: Saving money by swapping books rather than buying new ones. Encourage discussions of books you have read because now other people would have read them too.

Zairina: no money involved. it's sort of free but not really. berter trade!!!!


5. What sort of books (genre) to bring and swap?
Teah: Our favourite quote in the booth is "No text books, no phone books."

Nazmi: What books you're expecting to get out of the bookswap should be the kind of books you should be bringing to the bookswaps, so I recommend bringing those kind of books to this event.

Zairina: any book. not magazines, not text books, not comics, not pass exam books. i got a lot of these questions during the book fair.

6. Age range allowed?
Teah: Anyone can come! Except the dead. We don't know how to talk to dead people.

Nazmi: All ages. Right now we have primarily teenagers and young adults visiting our bookswaps and bookmeets, but we hope to have more adults and younger kids to come by and have a look too. The great thing about books themselves that a lot of them are not age-restrictive.

Zairina: if the child can read, sure why not? reading isn't restricted to a certain age

7. Does it all have to be new?
Teah: We've seen semi-worn out books, and we've seen yellowing pages with liver spots on its side, and we've seen fresh new ones that I bought two months ago and hated. No restrictions except--let's all say it together--no text books, no phone books!

Nazmi: I'd love it if people swapped in some old books, which sometimes have a history which is another story by itself.

Zairina: old books, new books, we welcome them. as long as the condition of the book is still ok. not torn or missing any pages.

8. Any restriction? (age, genre)
Teah: Nay! Harlequin romance or whatever, all are good. No satan worshipping books, I guess...?

Nazmi: Probably the same answer as number 6 above.

Zairina: not really. reading books shouldn't have restrictions. everyone has a genre that they like. i won't force anyone to read what i read and vice versa. reading is for everyone!

9. Do our "swappers" have to come in a proper formal attire to come?
Teah: As long as you're nicely clothed. Don't come in just your underwear or naked... That is just as bad as dead people.

Nazmi: We require three-piece suits minimum-- just kidding. Wear clothes that feel comfortable to you. The bookswap in Seria will be in an air-conditioned area, and if you plan to stick around for a while (and we hope you do!), maybe bring a jacket.

Zairina: everyone must dress as their favorite character from a book. i kid, i kid! they can dress however they feel comfy.

10. Other venues?
Teah: I would really like us to have one near a shop that gives free ice-cream.

Nazmi: 10. Give us suggestions! (breadbn@gmail.com)

Zairina: at my non-existing bookshop/coffee&tea/sandwich place which i will breadcrumb. we will also have ice-cream just for Teah


11. What's your favorite author(s)?
Teah: Jean Rhys, TS Eliot, John Green, Stephanie Perkins, Maureen Johnson

Nazmi: Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams.

Zairina: i love sophie kinsella and jodi piccoult. i feel like i could relate to the characters in their books (some). i like books that i can relate to and "feel" for the characters.

12. Books you recommend?
Teah: Everyone should read Harry Potter! (Also! I rec The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson)

Nazmi: The Godfather, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Zairina: Horrible Histories by Terry Deary. I love that book!

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

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TV Candy Masterlist

Alphas
Anger Management
Awkward (MTV)
Beaver Falls
Being Human (BBC)
Being Human (US)
Boardwalk Empire
Bones
Can’t Buy Me Love (TVB - Period)
Continuum
Covert Affairs
Doctor Who (BBC)
Drop Dead Diva
Elementary (2012 - Modern)
Eureka
Flashboard
Game of Thrones
Ghost Writer (TVB - Period)
Glee
Grimm
Haven
Leverage
Major Crimes
Museum Secrets Collection
Ancient X-Files (National Geographic)
New Girl
Once Upon a Time
Pada Zaman Dahulu
Revolution
Saving Hope
Siti Kelembai (TV3 Lagenda)
Teen Wolf
The Exes
The Listener
The Mob Doctor
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
The Vampire Diaries (Paranormal)
Touch
Trilogi Cinta
True Blood
Up All Night
Warehouse 13
Web Therapy
Weeds
White Collar
Wilfred
World Without End

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (1001 Before You Die)

Another book list to go through. Books read are either linked to their reviews or underlined.
*List is sorted by author’s first name.
* Working In Progress*
  1. Adele Gera; Troy
  2. Agostino Traini; Moka The Cow
  3. Aidan Chambers; Postcards From No Man’s Land
  4. Aino Havukainen & Sami Toivonen; Tatu and Patu in Helsinki
  5. Alexis Deacon; Beegu
  6. Alison Lester; Are We There Yet?
  7. Allan Baillie; Drac And The Gremlin
  8. Alyssa Brugman; Walking naked
  9. Ana M Machado; My Kingdom For A Horse
  10. Andy Griffiths; Just Annoying!
  11. Anna & Barbara Fienberg; Tashi
  12. Anna Dewdney; Llama, Llama, Red Pajama
  13. Anne Fine; Bill's New Frock
  14. Anne Fine; Flour Babies
  15. Anthonio Skarmeta; The Composition 
  16. Anthony Horowitz; Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
  17. Anthony Horowitz; Ark Angel
  18. Antoon Krings; Garden Of Little Creatures
  19. Antonia Barber; Mousehole Cat
  20. Anthonio Skarmeta; The Composition
  21. Asko Sirkia; Constable Sniffler and the Sausage Factory
  22. Avi; Crispin
  23. Barbro Lindgren; Rosa Goes to Daycare
  24. Babette Cole; Bad habits!
  25. Beatriz Donnet; Rabbit and Coyote
  26. Benedict Blathwayt; Runaway Train
  27. Benjamin Zephaniah; Refugee Boy
  28. Berlie Doherty; Dear Nobody
  29. Bernardo Atxaga; Memoirs Of A Basque Cow
  30. Bianca Pitzorno; Listen To My Heart
  31. Bob Graham; Max
  32. Brian Caswell; Merryll Of The Stones
  33. Brian Selznick; The Invention of Hugo Cabret
  34. Bruno Tognolini; A Jump Into The Other World
  35. Carmen Martin Gaite; Caperucita In Manhattan
  36. Carol Ann Duffy; Rumplestiltskin and Other Grimm Tales
  37. Carole Wilkinson; Dragonkeeper
  38. Catherine Jinks; Pagan's Crusade
  39. Celia Rees; Witch Child
  40. Christopher Paul Curtis; Bud, Not Buddy
  41. Christopher Wormell; The Sea Monster
  42. Claude Ponti; Okilele
  43. Cornelia Funke; Inkheart
  44. D. M. Cornish; Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling
  45. Darren Shan; Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare
  46. David Almond; The Fire-Eaters
  47. David Almon; Skellig
  48. David Hill; See Ya, Simon
  49. David McKee; Elmer The Patchwork Elephant
  50. David McRobbie; See How They Run
  51. David Metzenthen; Stony Heart Country
  52. David Shannon; A Bad Case of Stripes
  53. David Wiesner; Flotsam
  54. David Wiesner; The Three Pigs 
  55. Deborah Ellis; Parvana’s Journey
  56. Dick King-Smith; The Crowstarver
  57. Dr Seuss; Oh, The Places You'll Go!
  58. E. L. Konigsburg; The View From Saturday
  59. Ed Young; Lon Po Po
  60. Eileen Browne; Handa's Surprise
  61. Elizabeth Honey; 45 & 47 Stella Street And Everything That Happened
  62. Elvira Liindo; Manolito Gafotas
  63. Ema Wolf; Stories Of Fernando
  64. Emily Gravett; Wolves
  65. Emily Rodda; Rowan Of Rin
  66. Eoin Colfer; Artemis Fowl
  67. Eva Eriksson; Molly Goes Shopping
  68. Eva Ibbotson; Journey To The River Sea
  69. Faith Ringgold; Tar Beach
  70. Fieur Beale; I am not Esther
  71. Frank Cottrell Boyce; Millions
  72. Francesca Simon; Horrid Henry
  73. Francine Vidal; The Widemouthed Frog 
  74. Francois Place; The Last Giants
  75. Frieda Wishinsky; Jennifer Jones Won't Leave Me Alone
  76. Gabriela Vidal; Marc Just Couldn’t Sleep
  77. Garth Nix; The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday
  78. Gary Crew; Strange Objects
  79. Geraldine McCaughrean; A Pack Of Lies
  80. Geraldine McCaughrean; Gold Dust
  81. Gillian Rubinstein; Foxspell
  82. Glenda Millard; the Naming of Tishkin Silk
  83. Gloria Anzaldua; Friends From The Other Side
  84. Graciela Beatriz Cabal; Toby
  85. Graciela Montes; Poordog The Starved
  86. Gregoire Solotareff; Loulou
  87. Guido Quarzo; In Mr Thunder’s House
  88. Gustavo Martin Garzo; Three Fairy Tales
  89. Guus Kuijer; I Am Polleke
  90. Hanna Johansen; A Mole Always Turns Up On It's Own
  91. Helen Cooper; Pumpkin Soup
  92. Helen Oxenbury; We're Going On A Bear Hunt
  93. Henning Mankell; When The Snow Fell
  94. Henrietta Branford; Fire, Bed And Bone
  95. Hermann Schulz; The Silver Jaguar
  96. Holly Black; The Field Guide
  97. Ian Faloner; Olivia
  98. Ian Whybrow; Harry And the Bucket Full of Dinosaur
  99. Isabel Allende; City of Beasts
  100. Isobelle Carmody; The Gathering
  101. J. K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  102. J. K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Philopsher’s Stone
  103. J. K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  104. Jackie French; Hitler’s Daughter
  105. Jacqueline Wilson; The Bed And Breakfast Star
  106. Jacqueline Wilson; The Illustrated Mum
  107. Jacqueline Wilson; The Story Of Tracy Beaker
  108. James Berry; Anancy Spiderman
  109. James Moloney; Dougy
  110. Jamila Gavin; Coram Boy
  111. Jane Yolen; The Devil's Arithmetic
  112. Janell Cannon; Stellaluna
  113. Janet McLean; Fire-Engine Lil
  114. Jean-Claude Mourlevat; Winter Song
  115. Jeannie Baker; Window
  116. Jeanne Willis; I Hate School
  117. Jen Wojtowicz; The Boy Who Grew Flowers
  118. Jenny Valentine; Finding Violet Park
  119. Jerry Spinelli; Maniac Magee
  120. Jez Alborough; Where's My Teddy?
  121. John Boyne; The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  122. John Marsden; Tomorrow, When The War Began
  123. John Prater; The Bear Went over the Mountain
  124. Jon J Muth; Zen Shorts
  125. Jon Scieszka; Math Curse
  126. Jon Scieszka; The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales
  127. Jon Scieszka; The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs
  128. Jonathan Stroud; The Amulet of Samarkand
  129. Joyce Barkhouse; Pit Pony
  130. Judy Schachner; Skippyjon Jones
  131. Jurg Schubiger; When The World Was Still Young
  132. Julia Donaldson; The Gruffalo
  133. Jutta Richter; The Cat or How I Lost Eternity
  134. Jutta Richter; The Day I Learned To Tame Spiders 
  135. Jutta Richter; The Dog With The Yellow Heart
  136. Karen Hesse; Out Of The Dust
  137. Karleen Bradford; There Will Be Wolves
  138. Kate DiCamillo; Because of Winn-Dixie
  139. Kate DiCamillo; The Tale of Despereaux
  140. Kate Thompson; New Policeman
  141. Kate Thompson; Switchers
  142. Kevin Crossley-Hollad; Arthur
  143. Kevin Henkes; Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
  144. Kirsten Boie; Not Chicago, Not Here
  145. Laura Gallego; Memories of Idhun: The Resistance
  146. Lauren Child; Clarice Bean, That’s Me
  147. Lauren Child; I Am Polleke 
  148. Lauren Child; I will not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
  149. Lauren Child, Utterly me, Clarice Bean
  150. Leigh Hobbs; Old Tom
  151. Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler); The Bad Beginning
  152. Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler); The Vile Village
  153. Lena Anderson; Bunny Bath
  154. Lena Anderson; Stina
  155. Leonie Norrington; Barrumbi kids
  156. Lian Hearn; Across the Nightingale Floor
  157. Libby Hathorn; Way Home
  158. Libby Hathorn; Thunderwith
  159. Lisa Shanahan; My Big Birkett 
  160. Lois Lowry; Number the Stars
  161. Lois Lowry; The Giver
  162. Louis Sacher; Holes
  163. Lucy Cousins; Maisy Goes To Playschool
  164. Luis Sepulveda; The Story Of A Seagull
  165. Lynley Dodd; Slinky Malinki
  166. Mal Peet; Keeper
  167. Malika Ferjoukh; Four Sisters
  168. Malorie Blackman; Naughts and Crosses
  169. Malorie Blackman; Pig-Heart Boy
  170. Mara Bergman; Snip Snap
  171. Margaret Wild; Fox
  172. Marie-Aude Murail; Oh Boy!
  173. Mark Haddon; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
  174. Markus Zusak; I Am the Messenger
  175. Martin Waddell; Owl Babies
  176. Martine Murray; The Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley
  177. Mary Hoffman; Amazing Grace
  178. Max Velthuijs; Frog In Winter
  179. Meg Rosoff; How I Live Now
  180. Melina Marchetta; Looking For Alibrandi
  181. Meme McDonald And Boori Pryor; My Girragundji
  182. Michael Bedard; Redwork
  183. Michael Garard Bauer; The Running Man
  184. Michael Morpurgo; Kensuke’s Kingdom
  185. Michael Morpurgo; Private Peaceful
  186. Michael Rosen; Poems For The Very Young
  187. Michelle Paver; Wolf Brother
  188. Michio Mado; The Magic Pocket
  189. Mick Inkpen; Kipper
  190. Mini Grey; The Adventures of The Dish And The Spoon
  191. Mirjam Pressler; Halinka
  192. Mo Willems; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
  193. Mo Willems; Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
  194. Mo Willems; Leonardo The Terrible Monster
  195. Monserrat Del Amo; The Painted House
  196. Morris Gleitzman; Two Weeks With The Queen
  197. Nadia Wheatley; The Papunya School Book
  198. Neil Gaiman; The Graveyard Book
  199. Neil Gaiman; Wolves In the Walls
  200. Nick Butterworth; One Snowy Night
  201. Nicoletta Costa; Julian The Rabbit
  202. Nigel Gray; A Balloon For Grandad
  203. Niki Daly; Jamela’s Dress
  204. Odo Hirsh; Something;s Fishy, Hazel Green
  205. Oliver Jeffers; Lost and Found
  206. Paolo Mastrocola; A Boat in The Forest
  207. Paro Anand; The Little Bird
  208. Patricia Polacco; The Keeping Quilt
  209. Paul Collins; Slaves of Quentaris
  210. Paul Fleischman; Joyful Noise
  211. Peggy Rathmann; The Day the Babies Crawled Away
  212. Per Nilsson; Heart's Delight
  213. Pernilla Stalfelt; The Death Book
  214. Petter Sis; Madlenka
  215. Pernilla Stalfelt; The Love Book
  216. Peter Harris; The Night Pirates
  217. Petra Mathers; Dodo Gets Married
  218. Phillip Gwynne; Deadly, Ulma?
  219. Philip Pullman; Clockwork
  220. Philip Pullman; Northern Lights
  221. Philip Reeve; Mortal Engines
  222. Philippe Lechermeier; The Secret Lives of Princesses
  223. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; Shiloh
  224. Pija Lindenbaum; Bridget And the Moose Brothers 
  225. Pija Lindenbaum; Else-Marie And Her Seven Little Daddies
  226. Pinin Carpi; The Sea At The End Of The Forest
  227. Quentin Blake; Clown
  228. Quint Buchholz; Sleep Well, Little Bear
  229. R. Chavez Castaneda; The Biggest Kiss In The World
  230. Rafael Abalos; Grimpaw
  231. Raymond Briggs; Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age
  232. Ritta Jalonen; The Girl and the Jackdaw Tree
  233. Roald Dahl; Matilda
  234. Robert Swindells; Stone Cold
  235. Roberto Piumini; Matthias And Grandpa
  236. Sally Hunter; Humphrey’s Corner
  237. Salman Rushdie; Haroun And The Sea Of Stories
  238. Sam McBratney; Guess How Much I Love You
  239. Sam McBratney; You’re All My Favorites
  240. Sharon Creech; Walk Two Moons 
  241. Shaun Tan; The Arrival
  242. Sherryl Jordan; Rocco
  243. Silvana Gandolfi; Aldabra
  244. Silvana Gandolfi; Watch Out For The Cat
  245. Silvia Schujer; The Visits
  246. Sinikka & Tina Nopola; Hayflower And Quiltshoe
  247. Sinikka & Tina Nopola; Rupert Rapper And Aunt Deep Freeze
  248. Sonya Hartnett; Thursday’s Child 
  249. Sophie Masson; The Gifting
  250. Stephanie Meyer; Twilight
  251. Stephen Michael King; Henry and Amy
  252. Steven Herrick; By The River
  253. Susan Price; The Sterkarm Handshake
  254. Ted Dewan; Crispin: The Pig Who Had It All
  255. Terry Pratchett; Johnny And The Bomb
  256. Terry Pratchett; Only You Can Save Mankind
  257. Terry Pratchett; Truckers
  258. Theresa Breslin; Whispers In The Graveyard
  259. Thierry Courtin; T'Choupi
  260. Tim Bowler; River Boy
  261. Tim Wynne-Jones; Some Of The Kinder Planets
  262. Timothee De Fombelle; Toby Alone
  263. Tohby Riddle; The Great Escape From City Zoo
  264. Tomi Kontio; Father Grew Wings In Spring
  265. Toon Tellegen; Almost Everyone Could Topple
  266. Ulf Lofgren; Alvin Says Good Night
  267. Ulf Stark; My Friend Percy's Magical Gym Shoes
  268. Ursula Dubosarsky; The Red Shoe
  269. Wendy Orr; Peeling The Onion
  270. Werner Holzwarth; The Story Of The Little Mole
  271. William Nicholson; The Wind Singer
  272. Zep (Philippe Chappuis); Titeuf
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Belait Bookswap, OGDC Seria, 11th March 2012 #Brunei

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

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#Brunei Book Fair 2012 @ ICC 25 Feb – 5 Mar!

If you hadn’t heard it yet, there’s a book fair in town! What are you waiting for Bruneians, point your way there!

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Book Review: The Girl Nobody Wants – A Shocking True Story of Child Abuse in Ireland By Lily O’Brien

rate } ♠♠♠♠♠
genre } Non-fiction | Biography | Abuse
release day } 1st February 2012
acquired } 12th February 2012
publisher } Troubador Publishing
format } paperback
isbn } 9781780880334
pages } 248 pages
source } bought
age group } 18+
interest } 18+
awards } -
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The Girl Nobody Wants – A Shocking True Story of Child Abuse in Ireland Lily O’Brien The Girl Nobody Wants 
– A Shocking True Story of Child Abuse in Ireland
By Lily O’Brien

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You only get one chance to live your life as a child, but Lily was never given that chance; her childhood was taken from her before it ever begun. From the age of four, when she was first sexually abused, her life changed forever; when she walked through the institution's doors in Ireland, her life continued along the same path that has destroyed her soul. Her emotional pain is as strong today as it was the day it began and will never leave her alone. "When I go to sleep it's in my head and when I wake up I can see it in the mirror and I am only waiting to die."

My 2 Cents
Cover. A grim looking face on the cover with the deep piercing eyes full with complicate anger and sadness. Virgil candles burning just brings out the sorrow. Sad really.

Other than Amazon.com suggested I read this book, the reason I chose to read this book, was the title. That title tugged me to question “What the hell happened to her?". Who wouldn’t? My reaction once I started reading was, damn she is angry! That, itself, made me sit down and read. This book turned out emotionally intense. The author talked about the abused she and a few of her siblings went through as they grew up.

It appalled me how nobody believed her now try to save her and her siblings. It appalled me more reading how the nuns turned crazy and for no reason just start abusing them (her) like an enemy. It saddened me when all of these started when she’s just a baby. Even her own family let her down. That’s just sad. I feel for her.

Honestly, it took me a while to find the words to respond to this biography. I needed time to sink that all in. I hope Lily found peace for what she went through since she was a baby.

I’m glad she survived.

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