10 Books Challenge for ABAW

ช่วงเดือนที่ผ่านมากระแส challenge กำลังมาแรงไปทั่วทุกหย่อมหญ้าค่ะ ทั้ง ice bucket หรือ rice bucket และอีกกระแสที่มาแรงใน Facebook ก็คือ challenge เกี่ยวกับหนังสือ หนัง และเพลงที่ชอบ ซึ่งเราเองก็ไม่วายที่จะโดนแท็กมาอยู่ดีค่ะ จากเบบี๋ของเรานั่นเอง และหนังสือโปรด 10 เล่มในลิสท์ของเราจะมีอะไรบ้างก็ต้องตามตามชมกันเลยค่ะ

1. Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

This is my very first YA book I read. My mum likes this book so much and she recommended it to me since I was 6. It's about a little girl named Tetsuko-chan who was studying in an elementary school during World War II. She couldn't pronounce her name properly. All she could say is Totto-chan. She is so naive and sweet, sometimes annoying. Her friends from school and her headmaster are so adorable too. That's why this book became my all time favourite Japanese novel.

2. Shanghai Baby - Wei Hui

The book has been released in Thai version on the year 2002. It's about a girl named Nikki. She always wanted to be famous as a writer. She lived her live with passion and lust in conservative family and Chinese society. This novel is banned in China yet it's a bestseller in many countries. I read it when I was only 17 and love it so badly.

3. Odd Girl Out - Rachel Simmons

This book is about girls bullying. I grew up with the thought that I don't like to be friend with girl while I'm a girl obviously. Then I found this book in the year 2004 if I'm not mistaken. It's good for every girl who wants to figure out her own emotional and causes in girlfriend relationship. Even boys or men can read it to understand girls' culture better.

4. The Broken Wings - Khalil Gibran

Khall Gibran describes his love for Selma Karamy that against the taboo of Lebanese society. I read in Thai version and it's super heartbroken. I don't know if this book is too mature for me because I read it since I was only 14. I read it again when I was 27 and I think I could understand it a lot better.

5. Only Love Is Real - Dr. Brian L. Weiss

To make it simple; it's all about the soulmates reunited. Dr.Weiss is kind of a psychiatrist who can hypnotise his client. Once he hypnotised two of his client, the truth has been revealed. I think it's romantic and stunning.

6. Why We Buy - Paco Underhill

As I was a marketing student once and so into branding for a long time, this book is kind of my marketing Bible. If you're in business industry, even just an officer, you should read it once. If you have a plan to sell something or own a shop, you must read it too. Paco makes marketing and branding easy for non-experienced reader. I used this book as a reference for my essay many times.

7. South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami

He's a famous contemporary novelist from Japan and his books are also very popular in Thailand. Back into early 2011, I didn't know how famous in my country he is. Then one of my friend told me that I should read his work and she recommended Norwegian Wood for me. I bought it in English version. After I had read it, I've found that it's so hard to understand. I didn't get the point Murakami wants to say and I haven't finished it up till now. But South of the Border, West of the Sun is different. I could read it in just one sitting. I love it so badly. Most of his works are related to loneliness, sex, cat and jazz bar. It's kind of good combination and becomes his signature.

8. Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke

He is my inspiration. I know him and his works from a movie, Sister Act 2. If you want to be a writer or a poet, you should read this book and other works of him.

9. Enchantée, Paris - Varinda Alonso

This book is about love story of Thai woman named Ai in Paris and Korean man who is her classmate. This may sound normal or a bit cheesy. It's even more dramatic if you know that both of them are already married. Varinda describes Parisienne lifestyle, architecture, language study system for foreigners so well. It's like she combines her own experience with her novel. Her story is so real. I felt like I was a small insect that stick to Ai's purse or backpack and go around Paris with her. 

10. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

He is my all time favourite writer. I knew his book from one of my friend who likes to watch indy movie and I like to read Middle Asia literature. I cried a lot when I read his books.

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