About Mee
I’m a book-nerd programmer, Chinese descendent, born in Indonesia, and turned Australian by choice. I have lived in many cities around the world since I was 17. Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, Vancouver, Singapore, Sydney, and now London, which shows how much I love to learn and experience new things. Some of these I find by reading.
I’m working in movie industry and previously worked in games for many years, so I’m also into movies and games, including graphic novels apart from all-text books. But really, what I love, is story. I love stories told in any kind of medium, though book was my first love and will always reserve that special spot in my heart. I love words and am amazed at their power to evoke so much out of thin air.
About this blog
I had many blogs and personal websites before this one, but Bookie Mee is my first official book blog, which I started in October 2007. I work full time 10 hours a day with 3 hours commuting, so my reading and blogging time is limited. I mostly read outside the house, on the train, and write on the weekend. I would (try to) never apologize for any lack of online existence, because no matter how important this space and its connections are for me, I need to keep my real live priority straight for my sanity. That probably sounds obvious, but when you’re involved as much as I am in this lovely, rewarding, yet time consuming, book blogging community, you can easily get carried away. This whole blogging thing is for fun, and I have to remind myself for it at times.
About review books
I do occasionally request or receive books for review, but so far I’m not very good at it. The schedule rather kills the fun of reading for me. But I’m always happy to hear any offer. Just drop me a mail at dioniys[at]yahoo[dot]com. I always review books that I read. Or you can just send books to make friend with me! I would usually hop around a bit and smile a lot during the day when that happens.
About Favorite Books and Authors
I’m generally more inclined towards literary fiction with occasional fantasy elements. I love world literature, as I am as huge an armchair traveler as a real live traveler. Note that I just started reading English novels in late 2003 and I wasn’t raised in English speaking country, so I have a lot of catch up to do.
To get a better idea of my reading taste, here’s the list of my favorite novels in no particular order:
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Waiting by Ha Jin.
Favorite authors:
Jeffrey Eugenides, Shaun Tan, Haruki Murakami, Truman Capote, Amy Tan, Kazuo Ishiguro.
I welcome any talk about books. Don’t be shy. We might make the best bookish friends!
Email: dioniys[at]yahoo[dot]com
There are 12 Comments to "About Mee"
I like your new intro a lot! Always inspired to re-write mine, but never got the leisure to reflect. :)
I agree heartily on the bit about setting personal priority straight, without being carried away in blogging.
For someone who start reading English novel not till 2003, you have done extraordinarily well! Do drop me an email and talk about your days in Kuala Lumpur. :)
Thanks! Well, I finally wrote this one after.. um.. maybe years. I can’t remember the last time I had “About Mee” page :)
Just wanted to say that I stumbled on your blog and it looks wonderful! I love how you’ve posted the first line of the novel beneath each review, along with awards and quotes. Will definitely have to come back and have a good long browse…
Baker, thanks for the compliments! Hope you drop by again sometime :)
Hey, I found out today your books blog. These awesome. I do like your personal opinion with the books. Your bring a great nuance for the reader to read more and more books. Keep up your review writing!
Puri, thanks for visiting! Are you Indonesian or Malaysian? Hope to see you around again :)
Indonesia dong! hehe. Have a great christmas and happy holiday!
Hahaa Indo toh. You too have a great Christmas!
I would like to add you to my blog roll if it’s ok with you.:-)
Happy Reading!
leeshinyoung, feel free to add me, and thanks for that! Hope you drop by here again some time :)
Hey I just thought of 2 books you might really like
“The Minotuar takes a Cigarette Break”
“Fup”
You know, I never heard of those 2 books or the authors. Look interesting. Will keep them in mind. Thanks!