Sunday, September 2, 2007

Enid Blyton


Talking about my favourite author or book, it is quite embarrassing for me as I am an English teacher because back when I was a little kid and until my early adolescent, I was not into reading habit. I was more interested in watching television. Maybe I am more into audio visual person. However, when I said I was not into reading habit, it didn’t mean that I never read any story books.

I used to read a few books written by Enid Blyton especially the collection of the secret seven books and also the famous five books. Enid Blyton is one of my favourite authors during that time because of the books he wrote. He is famous because all of his collection is about how teenagers tried to solve and investigate about a mystery. This is because; I like to read story books that the theme or genre is about crime and investigation.

What I really like about his books is not only the theme, but also the language that he uses. It is very easy for me to understand as he uses quite a simple English language. It is suitable for young adults like me at that time who were not into that reading habit yet. His works have affected me a lot because until today, when I want to find a story book, I will try to look for a book with the same theme that is crime and investigation. Even when I want to watch tv program, it should be related to the same theme.

Only lately I tried to switch my habit into different genre of story books. This is because I need to try to read a lot of different genre of young adult story books in order to understand the different conflict in young adults.

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