JOURNAL 1: MY EXPERIENCE

At my young age, not being a book lover especially novel had not actually made me any different from my other friends, they too have least exposure in book reading. I may not read an English book unless if I have to. Obviously, I barely knew any authors, even the famous one; neither locally nor at overseas.

It happen that one day I was roaming around in a public library back in my hometown. At the fiction section, I effortlessly skimming and scanning the books randomly and by luck I stopped and saw a row of books with same author, Christopher Pike. Unintentionally, I picked a book with quite an interesting title. The plot of the book had grabbed my interest to read on, though I had a hard time to finish the book. It was then a turning point in my perspectives about English novel and I had addicted to books on thriller, investigation and detective series ever since. Author like R.L Stine is also one of my favourite.

Even though I do not get much learning from reading books on thriller genre which I can apply in my daily life, but it did changed my perspectives on reading book – patience is to enjoy! It is not that boring after all. I become more positive towards book especially in English.

Young adult literature is no longer a big term for a light reader like me, but a process of preparing me as a reader to indulge in to a more complex experiences, where reader able to transport himself to unknown places, to understand what others experiences, or to discover of self and of the social context.