How I Spent My July 20% Discount Kino Voucher

Saturday loot!

20% used on the 2 most expensive books from the pile; Print! And Handmade Books.




p/s: Last voucher collection date is 31st July 2012 and first coupon expires on the same day! Hurryyyyyyy!!!! ;)

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The 20% Kinokuniya Discount Voucher

To Malaysia Kinokuniya members,

If you have received an SMS to collect your discount voucher, please do so by end of this month; 31st July 2012 from the Customer Service Counter.

I collected mine today!!!
Two 20% discount vouchers. One for July and one for August. *grinssss*



By the way, is this just given out to ALL members or are there any pre-conditions? Hmmm....

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Dream New Dreams by Jai Pausch

For those who have read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch over and over again like me, here's a book written by his wife Jai Pausch.

Bumped into this at Borders a few weeks ago. No, did not buy it. Need to make great progress with my TBR pile first! ;)

I you have read and/or reviewed this, drop me a link to your post. Eager to know!!!!

The Receipt Book

Simply the best! I normally keep my book receipts in an envelope. 1 year 1 envelope. With this book, other receipts and tax claimable purchases can be easily tracked. :)

Cheeky name, eh?




This is what it looks like on the inside. One envelope per page. This book has 10 pages and I'm sharing it with my husband so 5 pages for me and the other half for him. :)




Filled up!




Bought this book from Typo.
To check out this shop online, go to http://shop.cottonon.com/typo

I fell head over heels for this shop when my husband and I were in Australia for our honeymoon. ;)

p/s: Malaysians who are interested to buy book receipts, feel free to buzz me! Hahaha

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WWW Wednesday - 09052012

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the 3 questions...

* What are you currently reading?

The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney

* What did you recently finish reading?

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

* What do you think you’ll read next?

At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks :)

  

Teaser Tuesday - 08052012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"I think we would have played our new game all day, but Mom saw what we were doing and called me inside. She said our gam was the stupidest idea I had ever had, and she banned me from playing it with Rowley any more."
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Dog Days by Jeff Kinney-

p/s: I never tried reading this book but now I know why kids love it!!!! =) 

Which eBook?

With the number of eBook readers out there, which would be best for you?
Kindle? Nook? Galaxy tab? The famous iPad? No? Don't know?
Click here to go to Top Ten Review's eBook Configuration to find out!

Answer a series of simple questions....(you better be sure of what you are looking for!)
The more you answer, the more accurate the graph gets.

Here's the sample result based on my preferences.

Their recommendations based on the result above.



Hmmm...recommendation is a recommendation . Choice is still mine.
Not making the purchase anytime soon. :P My best friend is looking at Asus Transformer Prime. Will hit on this when she gets it! ;)

For those who wants more detail comparison between top eBook Readers, hop on to the following.

• Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy?
• 2012 Best eBook Reader Reviews and Comparisons
• PC Mag : The Best Ebook Readers
• C-Net : Best eBook Readers

Roald Dahl Bookathon : The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl

Title
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Author
Roald Dahl
Publisher
Puffin Books
Rating
5/5

4 friends. 1 creative idea. 1 amazing business.

Window Cleaning Company ran by a boy named Billy and his 3 friends;The Giraffe, The Pelly and The Monkey. Billy's dream is to have a candy shop. 

Imagine this.

Windows cleaning crew with no pail and no ladder.

I would say, cost effective! $.$

No need for a ladder. Thanks to The Giraffe.

No need for a pail. Thanks to The Pelly.

The Monkey? He cleans the windows of course!

How can these talk to humans? Here comes Billy the manager. =)

With great friendship and hardwork, luck came into place. The team managed to capture the criminal at the  Duke of Hampshire's house where they were hired to clean the windows. The reward is of course very fruitful!

I will leave it to you to have these friends running in your head cleaning up windows and you'll never know if they will pop into a candy store near you! LOL!

WWW Wednesdays - 25042012

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the 3 questions...

* What are you currently reading?

How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

* What did you recently finish reading?
Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin

* What do you think you’ll read next?

I have made up my mind this time! It will be 

• Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad

  

Teaser Tuesday - 24042012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person."
- How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie; p.207 -

p/s: OMG! I'm still in the same book..................Not good!

Booking Through Thursday - 19042012

What are your literary “pet peeves”?

My answer:
1. Slowwww moving storyline.
2. Sad ending!
3. Blurry ending! Some say it is the author's intention to leave it to reader's imagination but I want to know more!I need a definite ending! :p
4. Author not up to their normal standard. For example, Author A writes magical stories but in her newly published book, there is soooo little magic injected in it. This saddens me. I need the "ummmppphhh". ;)
5. Super long sentences.
6. Repeating points! This is definitely true for some non-fiction books...

Guess I better end this post here. LOL!

WWW Wednesdays - 18/4/2012

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the 3 questions...

* What are you currently reading?

How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

* What did you recently finish reading?
Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin

* What do you think you’ll read next?

• At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
• A Stolen Life by JAycee Dugard or
• Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad

  

Teaser Tuesday - 17/04/2012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic."
- How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie -

p/s: Barely half in this book!Need to read moreeee!

Roald Dahl's Books Pending Reviews

Since I am back, there many things to be done! (Fair enough; this page was left for monthsssssss :( )
Mr.Work, please be nice to me. =p No doubt the outlook of this blog needs some ammendments.
Pardon the mess for the time being.

I need to get back to writing reviews on Roald Dahl collection. Started the thread here in 2010. Now i 2012, I still have 9 more pending reviews! The list as following :

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Boy: Tales of Childhood
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
• Danny, the Champion of the World
• Going Solo
• The Witches
• Matilda
• The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
• The BFG

Target? One review every one or 2 weeks on any of the books listed above! =)

Stay tunnneeedddddd.

Cheers!

Booking Through Thursday - 12042012

What book took you the longest to read, and do you feel it was the content or just the length that made it so?
My answer:
Hmmm I would say one of the technical and classics book. Most of the time, it is the content that makes it a lonnnnnnnnnnnggggg read! Read. Understand. Absorb. =)
p/s: I'm back!:)

Reading Speedometer

How fast do you read?
I read 483 words per minute.
I am 93% faster than the national average.
(Source: Staples eReader Department)

If I maintained this reading speed, I could read
1. To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
in 3 hours and 25 minutes
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
in 2 hours and 32 minutes
3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
in 55 minutes
4. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in 1 hour and 21 minutes
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling in 2 hours and 39 minutes
6. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien in 16 hours and 31 minutes
7. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller in 6 hours and 1 minute
8. Graphs of Wrath by John Steinbeck in 5 hours and 51 minutes
9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in 3 hours and 47 minutes
10. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells in 2 hours and 5 minutes

50 Books in a Year 2012 Challenge

This post has been procrastinated for too long(again....). I've participated in the 50 Books in a Year 2011 Challenge last year but was short of 16 to 50! To justifiy a little, I picked up cross-stitch :)For thos who are also interested, do drop by my Craft Blog at http://ruzcraft.blogspot.com. Hope I make it to 50 this year!!!

If 50 Books in A Year 2012 Challenge is foreign to you, click here to find out more about it. The organizer has been organizing this since 2009! In my opinion, it is simply awesome as I believe it is achievable by everyone!

To following are the rules of the challenge adapted from the challenge announcement.

1. The goal of this challenge is to read 50
books within 365 days. Very reasonable, no?

2. Anyone can join in. Host has screwed up
Mister Linky this year, so participants will be added manually. Please leave your
name (or your blog name; however you wish for it to appear) and your URL. If
you prefer, you can just RSVP on GoodReads anytime.

3. Everything counts: any genre, eBooks,
AudioBooks, re-reads, textbooks, books read for other challenges.... As long as
it exists and you read it, it works! (Essays, single short stories, etc. do not
count, obviously.)

4. Challenge begins on January 1st, 2012 and
ends on December 31st. Books read before or after do not count.

5. You do not have to make a list of books and
stick to it. Go ahead and make a list if you like, of course, but you don't have
to stick to it.

6. Please link back to this post in your challenge posts
or anywhere on your blog.

Books I've Read

1. Craft Inc. by Mateo Ilasco
2. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
3. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
4. Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin
5. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
7. Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
8. The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
9. Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
10. The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
11. When I Was A Kid by Boey
12. Mistress on Loan by Sara Craven
13. Whining by Joy Berry
14. Soal Jawab Remeh Temah Tentang Solat by Ustaz Mohammad Nidzam Abdul Kadir
15. Money Work Life by Carol Yip
16. Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
17. Switched by Amanda Hocking
18. Torn by Amanda Hocking
19. Ascend by Amanda Hocking
20. Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
21. Chi's Sweet Home Volume 6 by Konami Kanata
22. Chi's Sweet Home Volume 7 by Konami Kanata
23. Between The Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Deer
24. Chinese Business Strategies by Jiang Wei
25. Unlocking The Social Media Code by SenZe
26. The Vow by Kim Carpenter
27. Everybody Has Those Thoughts by Christian YoungMiller
28. Marlow and The Monster by Sharon Cramer
29. Ledakan Facebook : Antara Dosa dan Pahala 
30. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
31. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
32. Chi's Sweet Home Volume 8 by Konami Kanata
33. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
34. Chi's Sweet Home Volumn 8 by Konami Kanata
35. WTF? 23 Properties by 30 by Faizul Ridzuan
36. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
37. The Cubicle Manifesto by Mainak Dhar
38. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
39. Bah, Humbug (A Christmas Street #1) by Heather Harrocks
40. Love Me by Bella Andre