See... it's really "Truly Malaysian"
Talking about how expensive a book it can be, it's really a lame excuse.

Those who can afford to smoke everyday are lame for taking the reason "I don't read because books was more expensive than my rokok."

Those who, "I can't afford to buy a books because I have budget for every friday's happy hours"

This is really Lame...

But then again, if "READ" is the word, even you read newspaper daily are considered as Reading.
Reading reviews virtually also consider as reading.

So if the topic can changed from general READ to Buy Books/Magazine and Read, then you can see more lame people who take up the reasons that those books are more expensive than their daily/weekly expenses.

I just bought a book, Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb dari MPH MV. Tapi sepatah haram aku tak faham. English dia tinggi sangat la bro. Susah la macam ini.

Bro, bacalah dari basic dulu...
banyak book yang boleh belek belek dulu sebelum beli...

I don't understand maybe because it's off topic from my usual reading. Beli buku tu sebab nak mencuba baca benda baru sempena tahun baru ni ha. Sekarang tengah merangkak-rangkak baca. Dua tiga kali ulang baca perenggan baru boleh tangkap makna.

;_;

Haha, Take it easy. Maybe the writer's style is different from those that you usually read. Sometimes I face this problem too. You should be able to get use to it after sometime.

if only books here are cheaper...one fiction costs about RM35
i rather go online to read but some books cannot get softcopy from the internet

1 book @ RM35 consider ok what..
if you say RM350.. then I'll say otherwise...

1 book rm35 yea is ok.
but imagine those series novel..and i m hardcore in reading..
and i got hobby of collect stuff...
haha..just complain for malaysia tarrif and tax charges(as i know Asia highest tarrif and tax charges is ahem..bolehland) oni no offense..

@edan~ i wont pengsan..due to biasa already

but still reading most fun place is imagination..
and sometime u will feel "wow" amazing" toward author ability to explain "VERY" details the scene or storyline thru word.. and from there i realize the powerful of "word"

Actually i would say hardcover books are overpriced, as a book supplier, i know how much it cost, sometimes i think its better to wait for paperback version to come out only you buy

But spending on books is better than spending on most of the things like phone and stuff like that
we should think of book like something precious then u wont feel its a waste of money to buy books.

buy book... to cut tax... lolz...

If Malaysians find that some books are expensive, perhaps its best to look into 2nd-hand books.
Or Amazon if you have credit card.

No more reasons to say 'books are expensive', am I right, my dear Malaysians?

One of the reason Malaysian don't like to buy books cause it's expensive. Imagine 1 book rm36... and it's the first book of the trilogy if want to buy all 3 it's rm108. And then there's some books are priced rm40+. harry potter books are even more expensive. hehehe... malaysian are cheap mah... only stuff that are below rm10 are considered cheap.

But my main reason i don't buy books cause the bookstore rarely have complete sets. Currently reading the first 'book of words trilogy' but I can't find the second and the third book anywhere. it's very annoying and if it's not because JV Jones is one of my fav writer I won't have bought the first book at all.

Because japanese read japanese books as they have high japanese proficiency.

As for Malaysians, Chinese-eds chinese half half, Malay-eds Malay half half, and they all also English half half.

just kidding la, my friends and I read a lot. And i always see people reading in the LRT ==

Same with me.
Normally I just refer to dictionary , easy.

books are rather expensive. So i read online stories instead

and not long after that, u will have to wear a thick spec like me.

but u get to save the trees! no wasting of paper if u read electronic version of it~

This post has been edited by roticanai92: Feb 5 2009, 11:14 PM

There is no denying the fact that books in Malaysia are indeed expensive. Averagely a novel costs around RM35 these days. What more when you buy the series or trilogy it'll go up to three figures.

However as an avid reader, I resort to other sources such as newspapers, magazines and 2nd hand books.

Yes, you guys are correct - price shouldn't be an excuse for those who really love reading.

I've been trying to encourage some of my friends to read but the excuse they give is that articles are boring, they have no interest, and stories in books are predictable.

As for Malaysians in general, I suppose the emphasis isn't there and reading isn't part of our culture. Our culture is to mug and study textbooks which will give our students straight A's.

Basically, I think reading is an acquired hobby and interest. If you haven't been reading since young, it's pretty difficult to pick the habit up.

too late. already wearing it.

Thats right , baoz. I can't agree more.

Once you get addicted to reading, it's even tougher....always want to read...always feel restless without new book or anything to read.

sure 35 is not that expensive for once a month...but for every week? Hello second hand bookstore here I come.I save half of that money by purchasing in second hand store and the owner already recognized my face she gave me a lot of discount when I buy 2 or more books.I think I probably love her the most. But sad thing is, her store already closed,taken over by some pastry shop.Must be because the rent is expensive and nobody really buy books.

Anyway, I like reading since young because library is the only thing open in the morning and have air cond.So cultivates from that.

But I sooo cannot read a whole poem book. An excerpt or two yes. but I cannot imagine how Yeats could cried from reading Tagore. I haven't reach to that level yet where I could appreciate his poem.

p/s: no online reading for me except for blogs and times.com. I like owning in actual physically,lining up my shelves.That's the only reason why I refused to sell my any of my textbooks.I think I might actually be obsessed with the idea of collecting everything. From books to bags and shoes.All lined up prettily.


This post has been edited by milleu: Feb 6 2009, 04:11 PM