2019-08 Reading Plan in August
不知道该不该写读书计划，因为脑子里实在没想法。
很害怕自己半途而废，又暂时心目中没有特别想要读的成型的书单。总觉得工具书（books for information）和消遣书（fiction）应该分开区别对待，然而实际的情况又很容易有出入。
When I wrote the aforementioned book types, I wonder what kinds of books there are in western culture. Here are what I found.
Books are either fiction or non-fiction. These are the types of books. Then these two types of books can be further divided into many different sub-types, called ‘genres’.
**Fiction**
Action and adventure
Alternate history （架空历史）
Anthology（选集）
Chick lit（言情）
Children’s
Comic book
Coming-of-age（成长）
Crime
Drama
Fairytale
Fantasy
Graphic novel（视觉文学）
Historical fiction
Horror（恐怖）
Mystery（推理）
Paranormal romance（玄幻）
Picture book
Poetry
Political thriller
Romance
Satire（讽刺）
Science fiction
Short story
Suspense（悬疑）
Thriller（惊悚）
Young adult（青少年文学）
**Non-fiction**
Art
Autobiography（自传）
Biography（传记）
Book review
Cookbook
Diary
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Guide
Health
History
Journal
Math
Memoir（回忆录）
Prayer
Religion, spirituality, and new age
Textbook
Review
Science
Self help
Travel
True crime
It is really interesting to relate all the English names of genres to Chinese. Especially those new genres, in my eyes, like alternate history, chick lit and paranormal romance. Isn’t it?
These sub-types are divided into precise categories. You may surprised by that as I did. It always feels good to know a bit of everything.:)
Anyway, back to my reading plan. My friend did gave me quite a few books last week, fiction, non-fiction. In fact, I chose them from her bookshelves.
There are five books in Chinese:
《这么慢，那么美》by 罗敷
<As I Lay Dying> Novel by William Faulkner
<Snow Country> Novel by Yasunari Kawabata
<The Plague> Novel by Albert Camus
< All the Light We Cannot See> Novel by Anthony Doerr
Two novels in English written by Jane Austin:
*<Northanger Abbey>*
*<Sense and Sensibility>*
The rests are reference book for English learning.
*<The Little, Brown Handbook with Chinese notes>*
*<English Grammar in Use, Elementary>*
*<English Grammar in Use, Intermediate>*
*<English Grammar in Use, Advanced>*
*<Vocabulary Workshop 1>*
*<Vocabulary Workshop 2>*
*<Behind the English Words>*
I quite enjoy the last book. I guess I will keep reading the last one but the others.. I am not sure when I will finish reading them. I will try my best…
So…Considering my agenda on August, my reading plan is as follows…
1. <Behind the English Words>
2. <Northanger Abbey> by Jane Austen
3. <Reinventing Your Life> by Jeffery Young
Feel free to read books not on the lists, which I am certain that I definitely will…. = =
