Thursday, March 21, 2013
Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
it was the best book i've read so far. i haven't been into dystopian novel before but started loving it since i read Hunger Games. I like how Suzanne Collins thinks. how articulate she is and how wide as ocean her imagination could be.
It is a futuristic dystopian novel set in North America (or used to be)
that is now called the nation of Panem. It is divided into 12 districts headed by the Capitol. This is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who volunteered to take her sister's place in the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games. Hunger Games is annually celebrated in penance to the uprising during the dark days, each district shall offer up a male and female between the ages of 12 to 18 at a public Reaping. these tributes shall be delivered to the custody of the Capitol and then transferred into an arena where they will fight to death, until a lone victor remains. but Katniss isn't just an ordinary girl, she was the girl on fire and she is set to put a flame into the whole nation and might lead to rebellion which in the first place she didn't intend to. she was just trying to save herself, and that boy. The boy who's been in love with her eversince they were five. The same boy who helped her on the day that they almost starved to death. the boy with bread, Peeta. But would she be able to stop the spark she started? with all their eyes on her?
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Elsewhere
Elsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Elsewhere, it's a kind of book that you've already heard and read before, or not exactly, but pretty similar to other stories pertaining to afterlife. expected plot and ending. but you know what's good about it? it kept you from wanting more, and i must say i just couldn't put the book down to the point that i just wanted to finish it right away! haha i like it, i really like it. it isn't just about fantasies about afterlife but it gives you something. it teaches something you wouldn't realize until you read it.
Liz is about to turn 16 but an unfortunate event happens. she got hit by a taxicab and died. she woke up in a room with a girl named Thandi in a ship named SS Niles. at first, she thought that it was just a dream and she did everything to make herself wake up from this long, long sleep. but she's afraid she's not until one day she got an invitation to the deck hall of the ship. Liz and Thandi were invited but Thandi refuses to go. so she went alone. there, she found a binocular-like thingy called OD. through those binoculars, she witnessed her funeral which confirms the fact that she's definitely dead.
Welcome to elsewhere where no one's getting old but you'll definitely gonna get younger and younger. you'll age backward until you were a baby and will be sent to the earth again. Liz falls in love, which she never knew would happen, got her heart broken, gained friends, and even got a driver's license! but everything must end. she was sent back to earth 2 years ahead of Owen Welles, his afterlife boyfriend (weird but cool!). A baby who is Liz but not Liz have to start a new, different life again.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I adore this book. it's as if Sayuri truly exist, like a real memoir. It's one of those "unputdownable" books, you just couldn't help but turn those pages until you reach the end. It's a little bit dragging at first, but as the story progress it got exciting. And I must say, Hatsumomo is one of those antagonist you'll love to hate. haha :D
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
An Open Letter
Julius,
Hi, I haven't talked to you for quite some time right now and i miss you so much. I always told myself that I have fallen in love with the same guy over and over again for two years now, and I just didn't realize that it's actually four years! haha Pathetic as it may sound, but it's true. But there has to be a point in life when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. Am I still in love with you? Or just in the idea of loving you? You know, you never really walked with me. I mean metaphorically. You made no efforts at all, I always made the first move and it's quite shameful to realize what have I have done out of love. But you have to know, people who's in love do crazy, weird things. I haven't regret it though, at some point I thought you've already fallen for me. The way you hold my hands, not talking just staying still. The way you look at me, all those thoughtful things you did. You made me laugh whenever we're together, there was never a dull moment with you. But I was wrong, of course. I must have read the signs wrong. I wander to many places, but still I keep coming back to the place where I left you, thinking, this time you'll walk with me and me alone. But every time I do, you seem to be lost in thoughts. It's as if you're mind was present somewhere else. You haven't noticed me at all, as if I'm not existing. You kept on looking to something, or looking FOR something. Then she came, and you went with her. All the the efforts that I made we're put into trash, just like that. It tore me apart, devastated as hell. But no way I'm giving up. Then one day, she left you. I don't want to be happy, but I won't deny that I feel glad. Not for your despair, because I'm telling you I don't want you to get hurt, but because this time I might have a chance. I ran as fast as I can, but I was already too late. Someone had already found you before I did. She saved you from the heart aches, and I saw that you were happy. Too happy, you haven't notice me standing right behind her. And this time, I was the one who stepped back and ran away. Not that I don't care, no, I cared too much for you. They said, one point of loving is letting the person you love be happy even if you're not included. So that's what I did. I left you with her, got along with my life and moved on. You have to know, that you have broken my heart. I was shattered to pieces, I was thinking will I ever be fixed? I ran miles and miles away. I kept my distance from you, I want you to realize that somehow you missed me. Time passed by, I witnessed how happy you are. But all of sudden, she left you. You were left alone, again. I thought that I have already moved on, but as you may have guessed, I came back. I came back for you. I wasn't there by your side, but I know you know that you could always count on me. At that moment, I made a promise to God. I won't ask again for you ever. I just want Him to make you happy. I'm contented that you remembered me at times of despair and loneliness, that even though I couldn't understand fully what you feel, you remembered to find comfort with me. Sorry, if secretly, I'm in love with you still. But not that same amount i felt before. You were a part of me, and will always be. Don't feel sorry if you've hurt me. It was my fault, I should've know better. But no regrets. It was a roller coaster ride with you, but I enjoyed it a lot. I will never ever forget. Have a nice life. :)
Always,
Blanch
Hi, I haven't talked to you for quite some time right now and i miss you so much. I always told myself that I have fallen in love with the same guy over and over again for two years now, and I just didn't realize that it's actually four years! haha Pathetic as it may sound, but it's true. But there has to be a point in life when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. Am I still in love with you? Or just in the idea of loving you? You know, you never really walked with me. I mean metaphorically. You made no efforts at all, I always made the first move and it's quite shameful to realize what have I have done out of love. But you have to know, people who's in love do crazy, weird things. I haven't regret it though, at some point I thought you've already fallen for me. The way you hold my hands, not talking just staying still. The way you look at me, all those thoughtful things you did. You made me laugh whenever we're together, there was never a dull moment with you. But I was wrong, of course. I must have read the signs wrong. I wander to many places, but still I keep coming back to the place where I left you, thinking, this time you'll walk with me and me alone. But every time I do, you seem to be lost in thoughts. It's as if you're mind was present somewhere else. You haven't noticed me at all, as if I'm not existing. You kept on looking to something, or looking FOR something. Then she came, and you went with her. All the the efforts that I made we're put into trash, just like that. It tore me apart, devastated as hell. But no way I'm giving up. Then one day, she left you. I don't want to be happy, but I won't deny that I feel glad. Not for your despair, because I'm telling you I don't want you to get hurt, but because this time I might have a chance. I ran as fast as I can, but I was already too late. Someone had already found you before I did. She saved you from the heart aches, and I saw that you were happy. Too happy, you haven't notice me standing right behind her. And this time, I was the one who stepped back and ran away. Not that I don't care, no, I cared too much for you. They said, one point of loving is letting the person you love be happy even if you're not included. So that's what I did. I left you with her, got along with my life and moved on. You have to know, that you have broken my heart. I was shattered to pieces, I was thinking will I ever be fixed? I ran miles and miles away. I kept my distance from you, I want you to realize that somehow you missed me. Time passed by, I witnessed how happy you are. But all of sudden, she left you. You were left alone, again. I thought that I have already moved on, but as you may have guessed, I came back. I came back for you. I wasn't there by your side, but I know you know that you could always count on me. At that moment, I made a promise to God. I won't ask again for you ever. I just want Him to make you happy. I'm contented that you remembered me at times of despair and loneliness, that even though I couldn't understand fully what you feel, you remembered to find comfort with me. Sorry, if secretly, I'm in love with you still. But not that same amount i felt before. You were a part of me, and will always be. Don't feel sorry if you've hurt me. It was my fault, I should've know better. But no regrets. It was a roller coaster ride with you, but I enjoyed it a lot. I will never ever forget. Have a nice life. :)
Always,
Blanch
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