But of course, I don't read books for the sake of being a lifestyle lolita, or for its 'cool factor', or even to 'improve my vocabulary and my sentence structure' or any other nerdy reasons you may fancy. I just love reading. It's the best thing since Dance Dance Paradise (mwahahahaha).
And for that, I need more books. Mine is a pathetic collection (pathetic in terms of quantity, not quality). I even have fricken Twilight Saga in my collection - all four of them (I felt grateful to fall out of love with Twilight before I manage to buy the Official and Unofficial Guide, Twilight Men/Women, Robert Pattinson biographies, those Twilight Saga Diaries in a Tin, Team Edward/Team Jacob T-shirts/mugs/bedsheets, Midnight Sun, Senjakala, Cinta Baru, etc.). Most of my books fall under the vampire romance category - and by 'vampire romance' I mean Christine Feehan-type vampire romance, not those teenage vampire flicks like Vampire Kisses or whatever.
And, ehehe, since I'm so fond of wishlists, I present you:
Alice's Ultimate Bibliophile Wishlist
Through The Looking Glass (hardcover) by Lewis Carroll. Of course I have read this, but I need the hardcover version to express my undying love to Lewis Carroll :xThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Because tales of little girls from the Edwardian period are so lolita :D- A Little Princess (hardcover) by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It reduced me to tears, so I NEED IT. NAO. MY BIRTHDAY.
- Emma by Jane Austen. Collector's item.
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Again, collector's item.
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Uh. :D
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Preferably that one with the freaky cover design I saw at Borders some time ago :D- Anything from Edgar Allan Poe. However, if you give me The Black Cat, I swear I'll tear you apart (me is an animal lover. The Black Cat itu melampau. Kesian kucing tu.)
- Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales. Because I can.
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I think it's interesting :D
Frankenstein (hardcover) by Mary Shelley. As an aspiring Elegant Gothic Lolita/Aristocrat, I am a big fan of Gothic literature.- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Oh the Gothic romance... oh my lovely Erik...nuff said.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Yes, I have a copy, but not the one with Ben Barnes on the cover XD
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I love the Bronte sisters~
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. While it may not be my kind of lolita, I think Nabokov's style is exquisite, and therefore deserves to be in my collection :D
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. You see, I live in the Victorian era.
Pirate Latitude by Michael Crichton. Hahaha, not classic literature, but I adore the late Michael Crichton. I have The Andromeda Strain, Prey, State of Fear and Next, but not this. And the fact that its manuscript was found after Crichton's death makes it extremely valuable XD- Nightlight by the Harvard Lampoon. Aku suka gelakkan Twilight. The Harvard Lampoon makes the best parodies ever (read Bored of the Rings!). Belle Goose and Edwart Mullen FTW
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Love the book, love Dumas, love the anime, love guys with the title Count (as in Count Raphael Edward Adams tee-hee XD)
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Really, I've read the manga version, and I was hooked since then.
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I need to own it. Reading the borrowed copy from the library is not enough.
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. Borrowing from Leana doesn't count XD
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. IDK, somehow this whole Illuminati thingie sparked my interest.
of course there will be more, and of course I'll update later, but for the time being, these are my wishlist for my birthday (ni wishlist buku jek, wishlist penuh kat sini)
Happy Shopping! XD
Alice
6 comments:
classic lit??? dem, u have no idea how lit class can kill u. esp the classic lit.
hahahahahahah ;D
(T.T) long list.. how r we (ur frens) gonna know tht we r not buying same items?
on d other hand.. i alredy have angels n demons.. so why not giv i dont even bother to read any further (cuz d movie was out, that's enuf for me) to somebody else..
and i also have pirated copy of jane austen's pride and prejudice.. cuz we r doin tht for malay studies..
haha =p
The Secret Garden is a beautiful potrait of childhood innocence. I LOVE it. Borrowed from a friend in form 4, read it twice back to back. I just love ittttt xD
I didn't realise that A Little Princess is by the same author! Shall add it to my Reading list :)
Read a few chapters of Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sesibility and a few pages of Emma. Didn't like em all. I don't know...haha. Kinda slow for me.
Wuthering Heights? I have a WITHERED super old ver of that book. Zaman my mom punya. Gila tue. Read a lil' only, but it was kinda good. Been on my reading list since form 1 haha xD Still tak baca2.
THE LITTLE PRINCE! SGT SGT2 comel. Seriously comel. People study that for literature a lot (nampak byk2 kali kat tv haha). Borrowed from a friend too, sgt suka the pictures :) But I'm pretty sure I didn;t actually finish it cuz my friend demanded me to return it to her real quick =.= Dia obsessed dgn itu buku.
Frankenstein? Maisarah sudah baca and told it to me hehee...:P
Dorian Gray..hm. Awak pinjam sy punya ka?
Jane Eyre, pun bace a few ch's shj. SLOW. Abg n mak sy sgt suka tapi.
Life of pi! Me wanna own one of m own too =3=
Angels & Demons sy ada if you wanna borrow. Me don't dig Dan Brown for some reason :S
I'm still reading The Karamazov Brothers (Dostoyevsky). Seriously, it's a MASTERPIECE. I adore Dostoyevsky now. Bought Crime & Punishment yesterday. And Doctor Zhivago too cuz my mom says its good. Oh yeah, also bought The Catcher In The Rye (sbb Salinger dah mati. Buku kegemaran mai :P).
Why must you mention me? *sigh*
I wanted to read The Count of Monte Cristo, but never brought myself to find it whenever I go shopping around for books. Must go find it sometime.
I have Angels and Demons; my brother bought it, but I never was interested in anything by him.
Edgar Allen Poe; I loved the Black Cat. Some friend gave it to me when some cat poo-ed on my bed. So aku gembira bila baca. Bought his book (buku rm8.50 penguin oh) but never started on it. Yet. But I think I've read the purloined letter somewhere and remembered liking it as well... hmmm
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vampires and whatnots aside; what constitutes as gothic literature? something dark and comes from 18-19th century with castles and candles?
dear,
i would suggest the new book, alice in wonderland-inspired, 'Alice I have been' by Melanie Benjamin. iy's a nice book, more like a sequel of the the real writer blah blah. it's pretty interesting anyway. :)
and if u somehow like the historical / gothic books, i would suggest 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova. it's about the Vlad the Impaler and a pair of young adults who are pursuing him.
by the way, im loliritz. r!tzy is my cyber pen name. feel free to drop by my blog ya. :D
I'm doing literature this year and it includes the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. To be honest, the book aint interesting. So u might as well reconsider. You can find it in times book store for only rm8.90. publisher: penguins.
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