Check Out My Authors Page!

I've created an Authors A - Z page in my book review blog. That's where I list out the authors I've read in alphabetical order. I got the idea from Nymeth's and Maw Books Blog.

If readers want to find my review of books by a particular author, they can check out the Author A - Z page to see if I've read anything by the author yet. But there are only around 58 authors listed there! So not a really extensive list. It'll get longer as the days go by though. :)

Well, not much going on right now. I'm just starting The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. I bought the book from Better World Books for only USD18. Quite a good price. Shipping was also only USD2.97 for international orders! Now it's already USD3.97... :(

Sigh, school starts next Monday, 3 days before Christmas!

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There's a book giveaway over at Em's Bookshelf. Hurry! Leave a comment on her blog post before December 19, 2008 to enter.

I Won A Cecelia Ahern Book!

Wow, I'm speechless! I checked my e-mail just now and I couldn't believe my eyes! It started with this:

Dear Winners

Congratulations! You have been selected as the winners for this contest published in The Star, Star Two section on 5 Dec 2008.

Your prize, a copy of Cecelia Ahern's latest book, The Gift will be mailed to the mailing address provided by you in the contest form.

We had to write a slogan about why we love reading Cecelia Ahern's books. I think this is the first time I've won something from writing a slogan. To tell you the truth, my slogan-writing sucks. So this win was like once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing.

Oooh, I can't wait for the book to arrive. An early Christmas present for me! :D

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You might also like to read this article on how to end the year! I might sit down and do suggestion No. 1.

ABC List of Books

KittyCat from Right Reads tagged me for this last month.

What are your favourite books? Can you create an ABC list of them? Here’s mine:

A - Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
B - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Black Maria by Diana Wynne Jones
C - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
D - Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fatah
E - Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
F - Firestarter by Stephen King
G - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
H - The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
I -
J - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
K -
L - Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
M - The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty
N -
O -
P - PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Q -
R - Rebel Angels by Libba Bray, Roots by Alex Haley
S - The Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella
T - The True Story of Lilli Stubeck by James Aldridge, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
U - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
V -
W - Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern
X -
Y -
Z -

This would be my list for the time being. As I read more books and if I happen to get fond of them, I'll just add them in the list above.

If you want to do it, go ahead and let me know! I'd like to see your list too. :)

Downfall

I saw this over at Trisha's blog and wanted to do it too! I did another one just like this some time ago and found it oh-so-fun. The answers were hilarious too!

• Put your iTunes/Other music device on shuffle.
  
• For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
  
• YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
  
• Tag friends who might enjoy doing this.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY? Hand In My Pocket
   
2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Wait A Minute
   
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Taking Chances
   
4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Dream Catch Me
   
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE? Glamorous
   
6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Don't Cha
   
7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Runaway
   
8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? Dance Inside
   
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Ashes and Wine
   
10. WHAT IS 2+2? Take A Bow
    
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Be Mine (???)
    
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Best I Ever Had (???) :p
    
13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Single
    
14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Far Away
    
15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Obsession (No Es Amor) Hmm, sounds cool.
    
16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Maria
    
17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Potential Break-Up Song
    
18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? I Ain't Missing You (Oh no!)
    
19. WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Say
    
20. HOW WILL YOU DIE? Brave
    
21. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? All You Wanted
    
22. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? Bounce
    
23. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Torn
    
24. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR DAY? Put Your Records On
    
25. HOW’S YOUR LOVE LIFE? Who Knew
    
26. IF YOUR LIFE WAS A TV SHOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED? She's So High
    
27. WHAT’S YOUR PARTY SONG? Everything
    
28. WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR A LIVING? Over You
    
29. WHAT WAS THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY? If Everyone Cared
    
30. WHAT WAS/WILL GRADUATION (BE) LIKE FOR YOU? Complicated
    
31. WHAT WERE YOUR DREAMS LIKE LAST NIGHT? Ever The Same
    
32. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Downfall

Wow, that took almost two hours. You know, to listen the songs one by one. :)

Anyway, I'd like to tag the following people:

1) Edmund
2) Faisal
3) Drey
4) Jard The Great
5) YOU!

What I Read Last Month

Only three books because I had exams until November 19. Here they are:

• Mo' Dirty: Still Stuntin' by Darrell King
  
• Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern
  
• Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer
  

I'm now reading Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer! In the middle of Chapter 5 right now. :)

The Twilight Movie

I watched Twilight today! I couldn't wait actually. I almost resorted to buying a fake DVD just to watch it but luckily there were none! A few days ago, I even tried downloading the movie from Limewire. I downloaded it twice but couldn't watch on any of my movie players! Definitely frustrating. So today, armed with my student card, I went to watch it for only RM6 or around USD1.65. Very affordable. I didn't even buy popcorn as the movie was almost starting.

The movie was quite okay. I read the book last year but I think it stayed pretty close to the book. And like I mentioned in my previous post, they had a good-looking cast. Duh, they were already good-looking in the book! Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan looked and sounded smarter than the Bella from the book. I also thought Bella from the movie kind of unfriendly and unsmiling.

Robert Pattinson (Cedric in Harry Potter) was okay as Edward. Yeah, he did look good and mysterious, like what he's supposed to be. And he looked nothing like the movie poster above! What's with the poster???

They also casted the role of Alice well. I liked Ashley Greene as Alice. She looked likeable. Carlisle was so white and yellow at the same time. Well, he looked like that to me. Jacob's hair was sooooo long. I didn't realize he had long hair in the book. Did he?

Besides that, they played great music. I enjoyed them! Look out for the part where Bella first watches the Cullens enter the cafeteria. I liked that part.

Overall, great movie. I wonder if they'll make a New Moon movie. If yes, wow, then it's gonna be another long wait. I might enjoy the movie better than the book, which was unfortunately quite dull.

ETA: I've just read that the baseball scene from the movie is famous! Yeah, it helped me understand how they actually played because I did not fully get it from the book.

Wow, Pattinson actually played the piano in the movie! He's a 'really talented musician' as quoted from WikiAnswers.