I didn't even think of the rural vs. cities thing, since it has been forever since it had any impact on how much people read here. I think even the smallest towns here have had a library so people could read even if they couldn't buy the books themselves. I do like the fact that you have Malay books too, even if they aren't that good since from what I've understood English has a pretty large threshold there. IDK, there is just something different about reading in your mother tongue.
I love it that your mother has been worried about you not learning English because you read Malay translations. I don't think my mum ever even got me a book in English, though she might have paid my copy of the Order of the Phoenix. (Which is the first book I read in English and it took me weeks.) And can I just say how much I love it that we've basically read the same stuff when we were kids/growing up. I kid you not, I probably read every single Nancy Drew book our library had and owned a ridic amount of the Sweet Valley books. And what you say about Malay books makes me realize how happy I am that Finnish literature is pretty good, we have some excellent authors and translations.
Haha, maybe it's presumptuous but it is kind of true. I mean, you can always try talking about books if you meet someone you don't know and end up having an awkward silence. At least that's what I do. And the point about knowing what people are talking about is so true, sometimes a book comes such a big hit that if you haven't read it you keep missing so much in conversations and such.
I'm very bad with classics ARE YOU ME. Seriously, I'm trying to get into Russian classics right now, and I adore Wilde, but there are works by Austen or Shakespeare and other that are considered classics and I just can't get through them. I seriously love it how similar we seem to be when it comes to reading. :)
Ahh, I want a Kindle too (or a tablet but they're sooooo expensive). Plus I love having a real book in print format on my bedside table. And I've noticed I read more now that I go to Helsinki at least once a week and have a book with me on the train.
IT DID NOT BORE ME I LOVED IT YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT BOOKS ALL YOU WANT ♥
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I love it that your mother has been worried about you not learning English because you read Malay translations. I don't think my mum ever even got me a book in English, though she might have paid my copy of the Order of the Phoenix. (Which is the first book I read in English and it took me weeks.) And can I just say how much I love it that we've basically read the same stuff when we were kids/growing up. I kid you not, I probably read every single Nancy Drew book our library had and owned a ridic amount of the Sweet Valley books. And what you say about Malay books makes me realize how happy I am that Finnish literature is pretty good, we have some excellent authors and translations.
Haha, maybe it's presumptuous but it is kind of true. I mean, you can always try talking about books if you meet someone you don't know and end up having an awkward silence. At least that's what I do. And the point about knowing what people are talking about is so true, sometimes a book comes such a big hit that if you haven't read it you keep missing so much in conversations and such.
I'm very bad with classics
ARE YOU ME. Seriously, I'm trying to get into Russian classics right now, and I adore Wilde, but there are works by Austen or Shakespeare and other that are considered classics and I just can't get through them. I seriously love it how similar we seem to be when it comes to reading. :)
Ahh, I want a Kindle too (or a tablet but they're sooooo expensive). Plus I love having a real book in print format on my bedside table. And I've noticed I read more now that I go to Helsinki at least once a week and have a book with me on the train.
IT DID NOT BORE ME I LOVED IT YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT BOOKS ALL YOU WANT ♥