Today is World Book Day! As I see Mr Dad busy preparing costumes for Fatimah and Ali, I can't help but miss those days in primary school when I dressed up myself. The most memorable costume would have to be the one for World Book Day 2017! I always preferred to be different from other people. I hated those ready-made shop-bought costumes because most of them were Disney cartoon characters. So in 2017, instead of dressing up as a character from a book, I came as...an author! Yes, that's right, an author! I always believed that I had an author in me somewhere, screaming to get out!
As a big fan of Charles Dickens, I chose to dress up as him during his childhood, the darkest hours of his life, when his family was in debt and his father was sent to prison. He was only 12 years old but he was forced to take up a job in a shoe-shine factory to earn money for his family at this time of his life.
I can clearly remember the night before the big day...
Mrs Mom was really ill at the time, and Mr Dad had his hands full not only looking after her, but Fatimah and Ali too. So there I was, still no costume ready - but I guess I was lucky! If Cinderella has her own fairy godmother to prepare her outfit to the ball, then I too have a fairy god-uncle who came to the rescue! My Mamajee Adamdidam was the one who saved World Book Day! He searched through my wardrobe, looking for something he could work his magic on. He stayed up all night preparing the costume. He even went as far as cutting up gloves and sewing on patches for my trousers one by one!
So here it is, my costume for World Book Day 2017, handmade specially by my PAWSOME uncle! And it's not just handmade, but handmade with love. It may seem like a normal costume, but really, the love, care, time and effort that has gone into it is what makes it so valuable and heartfelt! And that's what made this World Book Day one of the most memorable ones!
Sentimental mode on,
Omar Mukhtar a.k.a. The Pawsome Lion
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p/s: Since it's World Book Day, I can't help but think that if Mamajee was a book character, he would definitely be Gandalf from 'Lord Of The Rings' because he is kind, wise and he always has magic up his sleeves! What about you? If you were a book character, who would you choose to be?
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ในลิสต์มีหลายเล่มที่แปลภาษาไทยแล้วนะ: 1984, ประวัติย่อของกาลเวลา, แมงมุมเพื่อนรัก, ดาวบันดาล, บันทึกลับของแอนน์ แฟร้งค์, เรื่องเล่าของสาวรับใช้, ลาลับ, บันทึกนกไขลาน ฯลฯ
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
1. 1984, by George Orwell
(1984 http://readery.co/9786167196442)
2. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
(ประวัติย่อของกาลเวลา, สนพ.มติชน)
3. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
(สนพ. Legend Books จะพิมพ์ปลายปี 2018)
4. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah
5. The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans!, by Lemony Snicket
6. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
(ย่นเวลาทะลุมิติ http://readery.co/9789740211389)
7. Selected Stories, 1968-1994, by Alice Munro
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll
(อลิซในดินแดนพิศวง http://readery.co/9786167147130)
9. All the President's Men, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
10. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir, by Frank McCourt
11. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
(รอวันนั้น, สนพ.กันยา)
12. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
13. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
14. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall
15. Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge Danticat
16. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
17. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
(โรงงานช็อคโกแล็ตมหัศจรรย์ http://readery.co/9789741404735)
18. Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
(ชาร์ล็อตต์ แมงมุมเพื่อนรัก http://readery.co/9786161811167)
19. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
20. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brené Brown
21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1, by Jeff Kinney
(ไดอารี่ของเด็กไม่เอาถ่าน, http://bit.ly/2vVZtZf)
22. Dune, by Frank Herbert
(ดูน : ราชันย์พิภพทะเลทราย, สนพ.คุณพ่อ)
23. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
(ฟาเรนไฮต์ 451 http://readery.co/9786163430816)
24. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, by Hunter S. Thompson
25. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
(เล่นซ่อนหาย http://readery.co/9786162870538)
26. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
27. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
(แรงใจและไฟฝัน http://readery.co/9786167147697)
28. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, Ph.D.
(ปืน เชื้อโรค และเหล็กกล้า, สนพ.คบไฟ)
29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
(แฮร์รี่ พอตเตอร์กับศิลาอาถรรพ์ http://readery.co/9786160417919)
30. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
(ฆาตกร, สนพ.มติชน)
31. Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
32. Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
33. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, by Chris Ware
34. Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
(Kitchen Confidential สนพ,ฤดูร้อน)
35. Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson
36 Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
(บ้านเล็กในทุ่งกว้าง http://readery.co/9786161812980)
37. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
(โลลิต้า http://readery.co/9786168053034)
38. Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez
(รักเมื่อคราวห่าลง http://readery.co/9786169183303)
39. Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
40. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
(ชีวิตไม่ไร้ความหมาย http://readery.co/9786161803278)
41. Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
42. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
43. Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie
(ทารกเที่ยงคืน, สนพ.เพิร์ล)
44. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis
45. Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham
46. On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
47. Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen
(พรากจากแสงตะวัน http://readery.co/9786163941565)
48. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi
(แพร์ซโพลิส http://readery.co/9789741662227)
49. Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth
50. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
(สาวทรงเสน่ห์ http://readery.co/9786165087575)
51. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson
52. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
(โรงฆ่าสัตว์หมายเลข 5 http://readery.co/9786169069638)
53. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
54. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
55. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
56. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
57. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
(จอมโจรหนังสือ, สนพ.เพิร์ล)
58. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz
59. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
(จะเป็นผู้คอยรับไว้ไม่ให้ใครร่วงหล่น http://readery.co/9786168053027)
60. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride
61. The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen
62. The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
63. The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
(บันทึกลับของแอนน์ แฟร้งค์ http://readery.co/9789741404650)
64. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
(ดาวบันดาล http://readery.co/9786168110003)
65. The Giver, by Lois Lowry
(The Giver http://bit.ly/2I1XHKJ)
66. The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman
(ธุลีปริศนา ตอน มหันตภัยขั้วโลกเหนือ, สนพ.นานมีบุ๊คส์)
67. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
(แก็ตสบี้ ความหวังยิ่งใหญ่และหัวใจมั่นคง http://readery.co/9786168123041)
68. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
(เรื่องเล่าของสาวรับใช้ http://readery.co/9786168123072)
69. The House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne
(วินนีเดอะพูห์ http://readery.co/9786161804367)
70. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
(เกมล่าชีวิต http://bit.ly/2JAzmJ6)
71. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
72. The Liars' Club: A Memoir, by Mary Karr
73. The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
(เพอร์ซีย์ แจ็กสัน กับสายฟ้าที่หายไป http://readery.co/9786167265117)
74. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(เจ้าชายน้อย http://readery.co/9786169160113)
75. The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
(ลาลับ http://readery.co/9789742112592)
76. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, by Lawrence Wright
77. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
(ลอร์ด ออฟ เดอะ ริงส์ http://readery.co/9786161807016)
78. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales, by Oliver Sacks
79. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan
80. The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
81. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
82. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, by Robert A. Caro
83. The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe
84. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
85. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
86. The Shining, by Stephen King
(เดอะไชนิ่ง คืนนรก http://readery.co/9786161809263)
87. The Stranger, by Albert Camus
(คนแปลกหน้า http://readery.co/9786168007044)
88. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
(หัวใจโลกีย์ http://readery.co/9786167184517)
89. The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien
90. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
(หนอนจอมหิว, สนพ.แพรวเพื่อนเด็ก)
91. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
(สายลมในพงหลิว http://readery.co/9786161804787)
92. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
(บันทึกนกไขลาน http://readery.co/9786167591551)
93. The World According to Garp, by John Irving
94. The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
(ปีแห่งความคิดสุดวิเศษ, สนพ.มติชน)
95. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
96. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
(ฆ่าม็อกกิ้งเบิร์ด http://readery.co/9786161812324)
97. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
(ไม่มีวันดับสูญ http://readery.co/9786167691169)
98. Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann
99. Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
100. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
(ดินแดนแห่งเจ้าตัวร้าย, สนพ.แพรวเพื่อนเด็ก)
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100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
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