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I'm Finally done reading Lang Leav’s “Sad Girls” after ages and yeah t’was alright. First and foremost let me just say I am a big fan of Lang Leav, I adore her flair for writing (prose and poetry) which is the very reason why I got so damn curious when her first novel came out. However, my take on the book would be my honest to goodness opinion. Let me just also say that I purposely eluded any reviews prior to reading this book so my opinion won’t be based on other readers' judgements. So, here it goes. 

“Sad Girls” 

Author: Lang Leav

Setting: 

Australia

Characters:

• Audrey - person speaking in the book; a budding writer 
• Ana - one of Audrey’s friends; committed suicide
• Lucy - Audrey’s childhood friend
• Freddy - Lucy’s boyfriend
• Candela - also one of Audrey’s close friends; a wayward
• Dirk - Candela’s equally wayward boyfriend
• Duck - Audrey’s long time boyfriend
• Rad a.k.a Colorado Clark - Ana’s boyfriend; a budding writer as well; later on became Audrey’s love interest.

Ana's wake.
Ana is one of Audrey’s friends who’s death she felt responsible for because of a “lie” she fabricated. Ana was believed to have committed suicide after she was found in the bath tub with her slashed wrist. Rumor has it Ana had a sexual relation with her own father thus led to her suicide and the rumor eventually spread from an unknown source, and the unknown source was Audrey. Audrey is wallowing with guilt on the day of Ana’s funeral, she never told anyone about the veracity of Ana’s death, not even her close friends Lucy and Candela. The thing was, there’s no truth to the incestuous sexual relation between Ana and her father, it was all concocted probably out of Audrey’s secret hate for Ana. 

Audrey.

Let’s focus on Audrey’s life for a minute here: Audrey had a rough life as well and is seeing a shrink to address her panic attacks which emanated from issues she had in the past such as her mother leaving her father and them kids behind for another man just to come back again to patch things up as if her mistake was irrevocable. Her mother was a control freak as well and is intrusive with her relationship. Audrey’s mother is also responsible why she and Duck became a couple in the first place because her mother and Duck’s mom are good friends. She has not forgiven her mother neither for cheating on her father. Audrey was advised by her shrink to wear an elastic band in her wrist which she could use to snap back to reality when panic attack hits her. 

The third wheel.

Going back to the story, Audrey noticed Rad during Ana’s funeral and found he was her boyfriend. She was undeniably physically attracted to Rad the first time she’s laid her eyes on her. The two left together during Ana’s funeral which even led to further skirmishes. Audrey’s mom was furious with what happened because she felt ashamed for her since she and Duck’s mother are friends. Rad and Audrey on the other hand had a special thing going on which eventually caused a strain on Duck and Audrey’s relationship. Lucy, on the other hand was offered to house sit her kin’s house in Sydney and thought of Audrey since the latter is planning to take a writing job in Sydney plus the tension between Audrey and her mom is getting worse because of Rad. Audrey by the way parted ways with Rad prior to her leaving for Sydney. 

One day, the editor assigned Audrey to interview Colorado Clark regarding his new book. Audrey liked Clark’s book after reading it because she found one of the characters familiar. Little did Audrey know, Colorado is Rad’s real name because his mother wanted to go to Colorado while pregnant with him I think (as far as I can remember). This rekindled Rad and Audrey’s little love affair back home which however led to Audrey and Duck’s break up after the latter learned she’s seeing Rad in Sydney. On the other hand again, their friend Candela, another sad girl, became involved with drugs and took off with her equally addict boyfriend Dirk. 

Fast forward.

Things did not really work out between Audrey and Rad after she admitted she caused Ana’s death. Audrey did not expect Rad to forgive her and they parted ways without closure. Audrey left for Colorado (yes Australia to Colorado U.S) to write, reflect, and probably mend a broken heart. She changed her number and never heard from Rad since. Another little love affair though blossomed between her and a guy named Gabe in Colorado. The two was already planning to go on a road trip when Audrey got a call from Lucy, Candela and Dirk, who both finally got their acts together decided to tie the knot and the wedding is happening sooner than expected. Because of Candela’s wedding happening on a haste, Audrey had to postpone her road trip with Gabe and flew back to Australia. She’s still by the way in love with Rad and never ceased thinking about his whereabouts the whole time. 

Back for Good?

With Audrey’s return in Australia she asked about Rad’s whereabouts and Lucy told her he may not be ok. Audrey looked for Rad and found him working for a park and living in a trailer. She learned that Rad became miserable after a supposedly big writing break did not work out so he decided to live a life of a recluse and stopped writing. Fast forward again, Audrey and Rad are back again and she told him about her plan of writing a book which he of course supported. Rad started writing again and was offered a screenplay gig in L.A. until a startling news broke out. 

Weather the greatest storms..

Audrey got a call from Candela, Lucy’s boyfriend Freddy died from a car accident. Freddy was Audrey’s good friend as well, she always thought Lucy and Freddy are perfect for each other. Lucy told Audrey she already asked Freddy to move in with her before the accident and warned her to be careful with Rad.

Revelation.

Audrey found from Lucy that Freddy read Rad’s suicide note on the latter’s Mac book (he left the mac book to Freddy’s care before he went on hiatus) and was on his way to Lucy’s when the accident happened. Lucy told Audrey what Freddy read on Rad’s suicide letter which stated the whole truth about Ana’s death. Audrey learned from Rad’s suicide letter that Ana allegedly died and hit her head after her and Rad had a fight. Rad felt Ana’s pulse and found nothing so he dragged her to the tub and slit her wrists to stage a suicide. Audrey confronted Rad and he admitted everything. Audrey abhorred Rad for what he did because she carried this guilt with her for a long time.

The novel then ended with Audrey reading through Ana’s handwritten suicide note she accidentally fished through her coat’s pocket which will furthermore justify Ana’s suicide intent. So, should Audrey feel just as culpable as Rad for Ana’s death then if there was a real intent to commit suicide on Ana’s end? My answer is just read the book lol. 

Well, seriously they’re both accountable for Ana’s death in my opinion depending on the circumstance. If Ana committed suicide due to the emotional, social, mental, psychological damage the rumor may have caused (say the rumor served as an impetus for Ana to kill herself then if proven true) Audrey goes to jail. In Rad’s case, whichever way you put it, he goes to jail for staging Ana’s suicide: he moved Ana’s body what more slitting her wrist. If he called for help the medics could’ve revived Ana because in the real world murder is only murder if there is an intent to kill and in Ana’s case she tripped which might’ve caused her death which can be then ruled out as accident provided Rad did not purposely push her then he’s off the hook. Anyways, my love for suspense thrillers and Nancy Drew books as a kid drifts me away from time to time lol.

My Review.

Going back to “Sad Girls” which took me a long while to finish because I got to the point where I just wanted to find out if Audrey’s story has a climax at all since reading the novel felt as if I’m listening to a classical music and I’ve been waiting for the crescendo but it went melodiously on and on. Lang Leav’s impeccable choice of words was very romantic reminiscent to the sound of water lapping or waves crashing if that makes sense, very languorous, that serene vibe even if the novel is quite dark and rueful. The book is a myriad of beautiful words but did not have that many surprising revelations I was waiting for the whole time I was reading it. I have also reached the point wherein I thought the book's release was just overrated because of the success of her previous books (Love & Misadventure, The Universe of Us etc.) that I may have expected too much from the story until I read through the last chapter and thought yeah, it’s not so bad at all although honestly I was only able to appreciate the book when I was down to the last chapter. “Sad Girls” was alright, it's just too melancholic for me. It was beautifully written hands down it's just the lengthy poetic ramblings, they bored me like hell. There was a downpour of words almost half of the book, way too much until your anticipation is gone with the wind. 

On to my next read, Sophia Amoruso’s #GirlBoss. I’m hoping to finish it in less than a month’s time. I must, I will. 

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Mirage #2

Mirage, Book 2 | Kristi Cook

I just finished the second book from the 'Haven' trilogy this morning and yes as soon as I woke up I flipped through the few remaining pages excited to know how it would end. This trilogy is just my guilty pleasure not realizing I would enjoy it more than twilight. Well, Meyer's Twilight is the heavy drama version as opposed to Cook's trilogy.

Anyways, a new character came in at Winterhaven, Tyler, from another psychic school called Summerhaven which sounded kind of funny to me cuz I never thought Cook would coin such name for a school considering she named the first one Winterhaven.

Tyler happened to be Violet's fencing counterpart at Summerhaven and the two became friends. Aidan got a little jealous of Tyler because Violet spends a lot of time with him as they were fencing partners. Another new character came in, Dr. Matthew Byrne, a young professor with Phd at Winterhaven who teaches Science and became Violet's precog coach. The girls at Winterhaven called him Mr. Hottie because he was goodlooking ang young for a professor.

Violet and the gang got busy with SAT and scouting for a perfect college/university after high school whilst Aidan spent more time at the Laboratory trying to perfect his serum/elixir that would turn him to a somewhat normal human being again.

Dr. Byrne kept his regular coaching sessions with Violet to improve her precog ability and enable her to playback her visions vividly.

A vampire stalker on the lose started victimizing random targets until one day a female body was found on Winterhaven grounds. Tyler learned that Aidan is a vampire and suspected he might be the culprit. Violet started having doubts neither.

Among Violet's significant visions; putting a stake at Aidan's heart and Whitney getting chased by someone unknown.

Violet learned about her Megvéd who happened to be Matthew or Dr. Byrne, a match for a sabbat.

Came Christmas brake, whilst Patty, Violet's step mom is away for a holiday with her new boyfriend, Whitney called Violet to let her know she is sleeping over at Patty's apartment where Violet is headed for the holidays. Violet got a call grom Trevor to warn her something is wrong with Aidan and must immediately stay away from him for the time being. Too late because Aidan already got to Patty's apartment and Whitney asked him to come up. Violet asked Whitney to leave the apartment to run away from Aidan.

Matthew called Violet and already knew what's bound to happen. The two started looking for Whitney and Violet realized her visions about her friend. The two were able to save Whitney from Aidan. Aidan realized what he did decided to turn himself to the tribunal.

On the other hand, Trevor and Matthew have this resolve that Aidan is the vampire stalker as he wasn't himself every time he injects the serum.

Aidan and Violet believe that there is someone messing with the serum at the lab whos intent is to destroy Aidan. This was also one of Violet's vision, an unknown person getting a hand on the test tubes.

Aidan, broken hearted, bid Violet goodbye and asked Matthew to look after her.

Book 2 did not end happily and I already started reading book 3 as I am writing this bloggie. I don't wanna spoil what's to unfold next :)

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a review: ocean at the end of the line by neil gaiman

setting: sussex, england

characters:

• the hempstock ladies - old mrs. hempstock /gran (the gradma) ; ginnie hempstock (lettie's mom); lettie hempstock, youngest hempstock

• main character, the boy 

the main character of the story came back to his hometown to attend a funeral and that's when he went back in time as a little boy in sussex, england.

his mother decided to accept tenants to their family home to get by financially which was to his dismay because he dislikes strangers invading his attick room. they once had this opal miner tenant who accidentally ran over the his kitten.

the opal miner was found dead in a car close to the hempstock's farm down the road. while the police investigate the crime scene, lettie, the little hempstock, approached the boy to veer him away from the scene. 

the hempstock ladies claimed that all the hempstock men already left the family which left him bewildered. 

along came ursula moncton, the newest tenant at his house. i'm sure that the boy's name was ever mentioned in the book but i can't recall which chapter it was so i guess i'll just suit myself calling him the boy geez. he hated ursula but his family adored him. ursula became his arch enemy. 

the story was strange i think cuz the hempstock's had powers of some sort. ursula happened to be his enemy and eventually lured his father. she almost drove him out of his own home until lettie and family interfered. ursula is a witch of some sort i think as well because she can fly and bully the poor little boy.

ursula was vanquished by the hempstocks and he was safe again except for the vermits (flock of raven black birds) chasing him and claiming that they need 'something' that belongs to them from the boy. lettie defended him and almost died from the battle with the vermits. the hempstock women made it appear that lettie is bound to australia for good, returned the boy to his family and they never saw each other again until he grew up. 

lettie beforehand taugh him that the pond at the farmhouse is an ocean which i think she meant figuratively. 

moving on, lettie never showed up after the night that she almost died until the day the boy, who's now a grown man paid his childhood home a visit and noticed then that ginnie hempstock, lettie's mom, did not age. 

the end.

the book is profound because there's this intrinsic meaning to everything. the story is hard to decipher really because it's not superficial. NOT your mediocre chidren's book. expand your horizon :)

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the bookstore - deborah meyler

setting: the owl bookstore; broadway, new york ; a bookshop between staples and the GAP


main characters:

• esme garland - an english girl who went to new york for her PhD at the columbia university.
• george - owner of owl bookshop
• luke - an employee of owl, musician,  laidback friend of esme.
• shelley - close friend of esme; met her at columbia university dorm.
• mitchell van leuren - esme's love interest.


i love this book as reading it felt like walking down the streets of manhanttan. you could feel and breathe the season.


esme garland is english and went to new york for her PhD in art history through a scholarship from Columbia University. she often drops by at the owl bookshop which she describes as ramshackle old bookshop in between staples and the Gap. so just imagine how out of place the owl is  in between two major shops in new york. esme is a book lover you know she's pursuing PhD in art history. esme met mitchell at an art gallery during one of this social functions in new york, the two made out and hang out ever since but not exclusively as mitchell loves to flirt with other women while esme thinks he and mitchell are exclusive. to make the long story short, esme got pregnant to mitchell's child and before she was even able to tell mitchell they broke up. mitchell said she found her unattractive although not said in a direct manner. esme was of course hurt so they split up leaving the later in forlorn. esme did not tell her parents. shelley, being her only friend in new york knew about it until one day she came across mitchell again (new york is a small world eh?) on some bookstore and caught her buying books about pregnancy. mitchell tried to talk esme into getting rid of the baby whilst esme thought mitchell would be happy about it. esme was devastated again and despised mitchell so much that she thought of not seeing him anymore and that she will fend for herself and her child alone thus she decided to work at the Owl to sustain her pregnancy. she worked part time because she's technically not legal to work in the US on a student visa. she met george, the owner of the owl; luke, the laid back guy who loves to play music and his guitar. the quiet guy who later on became his friend and taught her so much about music that connects to the soul & her drinking buddy at the owl's during dead hours; two of the homeless guys and customers of the bookshop of which she later turned friends with; mary, the girl with the german shepherd, bruce etc. the owl turned esme's little family in new york. the folks she works with supported her with her pregnancy and admired her for keeping the baby inspite of the father's indifference. they gave esme light workloads and a lot of talks checking on her if she's ok most especially luke. out of nowhere, along came mitchell again then offers esme marriage,  told her that he's in love with her. esme, still head over heels towards mitchell said yes to the engagement despite her reluctance.

let me just introduce mitchell from the van leuren family. he's from an elite clan and esme is not aware of that and she's not really after mitchell's money in the first place. it just so happened that she can't afford getting her baby terminated because of her moral standards not taking into account a possible big career ahead of her.  mitchell took her to the hampton's (yes of course) to meet his family. esme's uncle talked to her and she was devastated because she felt like mitchell's family thought she's a gold digger and that the whole pregnancy thing is just a way for her to get a hold on mitchell. later on, she learned that it was just a test and mitchell's uncle is only trying to test how pure her intentions are. esme did not accept the apology. she learned that mitchell had a past with this girl named anastasia, met her and the later told her to choose someone else not mitchell. all is well until esme started bleeding. she was advised by her doctor that she might miscarry and need a 3-day rest with mitchell missing in action as usual. luke was by her side though and visited her often. i love the guy luke more than the dick mitchell by the way. shelly told mitchell that someone else took care of esme in his absence. luke said george sent her to see if esme is ok although i think luke was not really sent by george but went to visit esme because he wanted to.


many things happened thereafter,  luke told esme that her friend dennis died (the homeless guy) and she was saddened by it. luke said no official and decent funeral is being held for homeless people in new york. esme turned ok after the bed rest and went back to the owl. asked mitchell if he's able to  pay for dennis' funeral but he declined. luke went away to join in some music festival and play with his band. esme was saddened by that because luke would be away by the time she gives birth. she seldom saw luke and another blow hit esme when mitchell suddenly decided to break up with her because she never loved her and the magic is gone. esme was devastated again because he wouldn't want to be in contact with her anymore. inspite of that esme kept updating mitchell through sms although he wouldn't reciprocate. esme gave birth and named her baby girl georgia after george who took her to the hospital when she was in labor. shelly her good friend also showed up and happened to leave her number to esme's co-workers in the event she gives birth. She, at one point showed mitchell their baby but he refused. what a dick right? if i were esme i'll treat him like a dead man! esme went to the bookshop with her baby georgia for her owl family to see. everyone was delighted since most of them haven't held a baby in their arms. luke showed up and the bookstore family is complete. luke treated esme for a drink at the owl while they watch the world from the inside in silence like the old days.


the end.


t'was a nice read. it kept me reading for more hoping luke and esme end up together and mitchell out of the picture but it didn't happen though. well, maybe in the long run and am hoping. the two can be a good match. i just don't understand why esme kept giving mitchell chances while he's such a dick who keeps on leaving her behind. love is love i guess but i'm hoping not many of these love stories happen cuz of the growing number of single parents nowadays. the book has turned enticing halfway through because i thought esme will ditch mitchell and luke would be in the picture. the start was interesting prolly cuz i haven't been to new york and it's such a feeling to behold sharing the streets of manhattan with the characters. the story made me feel how i'm missing a lot reading ebooks than buying the heavy ones or paperbacks from the actual bookstores. geez.  don't be fooled by the book's simple cover. there's so much more to it once you flip through its pages.



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in lieu of technology

Iinferno by dan brown

setting : italy

prof. robert langdon, who's impeccable knowledge on symbols and dante's writings (dante alighieri's, divine comedy) led to the unfolding of an already viral virus. langdon and the genius doctor sienna brooks became hand in hand in unravelling what the video message of zobrist (scientist & siena's ex, he made the virus) meant.  prof. langdon woke up at a hospital in italy. he was told he was shot whilst he was on a sabbatical.

the world health organization sent langdon on a mission to found out what the WHO can't in relation to zobrist's plans. his mission is to release a virus of some kind to ward off population explosion. he then commited suicide by jumping off a historic building afterwards scheduled the release of his video borrowing phrases from dante a. for the experts to figure. the WHO suspected langdon's loyalty and later on was on a hunt to find langdon as he might have taken on a new leaf and started working for the enemies. but, that was just an assumption on the WHO's end. langdon didn't know brooks got involved with zobrist and so on and so forth.  fast forward. langdon was made believe that people are after him. that, he was shot in the head and brooks was out to help him out of the situation just for him to find that she's not indeed an ally but someone after to propagate the virus made by zobrist which was again an assumption on langdon's and the WHO's end. the two traveled as far as turkey to prevent the virus from spreading just to find that they're too late. the virus already gone airbourne which inflicted tons of the population already. the virus was meant to avoid population growth thus will turn vast of the population infertile. the virus can no longer be reversed but there was no indication on the book that they will let it go on widespread unresolved. the book ended well, langdon now ok with the WHO, was again friends with sienna then went back to boston.

t'was  an exciting read although it took me long to finish it because i can't wrap my head around too many jargons used in the book and i'm not into science and stuff that much although i felt like i was running with robert langdon and sienna brooks in the streets of italy.

• out of the easy by ruta sepetys • 

setting : new orleans, La

i found the book very exciting to read. 

characters:

•josie moraine - main character; daughter of a prostitute.

•patrick - charlie's son; josie' s closest childhood friend

•charlie - patrick's dad, former writer and has turned looney, owner of a bookstore; gave josie a small space on the 2nd floor of the bookshop when she could live.

•jessie - josie's love interest

•willie - owner of a brothel house where josie's mother works.

josie and her mom were settlers in new orleans. josie's mom is a prostitute but she described her not in a filthy way. she accept gifts from men and loves money more than her daughter. josie's mom was ambitious and once told her she was supposed to go to hollywood to pursue a career as an actress until she got pregnant with her. what kind of momma blames a daughter for her misfortunes? josie met a fine man named mr. hearne at the bookstore where she and patrick works, he said he's in new orleans to watch a game and drop by at the bookstore to find himself nice reads. he assumed josie's in college. josie was born out of wedlock so he once dreamt of having a father and the man was too fitting to be his father. josie dreamt about going to college  because she met charlotte, a girl who goes to school uptown. she goes to Smith where fine young girls goes to school. charlotte invited josie to apply to Smith. willie, owner of the brothel house where josie works as a cleaner, heard of josie's plan of going to smith so discouraged her to apply  and instead advised her to go for northampton. willie was supportive of josie's dreams despite her harshness towards her. josie once told willie that she's her fairy godmother.  mr. hearne died all of a sudden, someone slipped a drug on his drink at the bar. josie's mom was the suspect as she was last seen with him. her mom left new orleans with cincinnatti, a thief and and a dick who hurts her mother. her mother got away with her involvement with mr. hearne's death but josie was asked for 5 grand to pay off the group who covered up for her mom. willie helped josie. 

josie & patrick - the two kissed but their relationship never prospered because patrick said he liked josie as a friend because he's now with a girl named kitty. 

josie's mum along with her bf stole her college funds which was raised by cokie (works for willie and protects josie like a friend and father). josie was devastated. she failed Smith to aggravate the situation.  jessie became josie's crying shoulder.

willie had a heart attack after josie told her how her mother stole her money and ran off with cincinnatti. josie got willie's vacation home in shady grove. cokie and sadie (willie's trusted brothel house employees), all got their share as stated on willie's last will and testament. 

josie ended up with jessie and as the book ended she's headed to northampton to pursue college.

t'was enticing to read because of the swift turn of events. i didn't even notice i was down to the last few pages as i was expecting for more. but then, i couldn't think of a better ending for josie.  it is indeed a nice read. i was addicted at some point. sometimes i judge the book by it's cover and most of the time the cover tells so much about the book if you will just take notice. there's always a gem lurking in each and every book i guess. 

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books & make up

I  love my new Revlon perfecting primer. I purchased  one few days back  because i've been yearning to have a primer so that my make up would last all day long. I have been using this tinted moisturizer in a while, the only problem was, the texture appeared  'cakey' every time i look at myself in the mirror.  Moving on, Revlon's perfecting primer was great and dries pretty fast so you can apply your foundation fast enough so you have enough time to do the rest of your make-up.

By the way, I bought new e-books from this e-book shop on Instagram called @shop4ebooks and got this another talked about book by Dan Brown entitled 'Inferno.' I'll blog about it once done reading so i can share my thoughts about it.  You know, sometimes reading a book yourself changes each and every rumor about it. To read is to believe. 

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beautiful disaster

beautiful disaster 

by jamie mcguire

it took me a while to finish the book because i was busy again with tons of things such as preparing for my sister and i's birthday (hotel reservations, buying stuff for the trip etc.) so, finally, i finished the darn book with a rock on cover. i never thought t'was a love story.

characters: 

• travis maddox--fell madly in love with abby/pigeon
• abby abernathy--the virginal love interest of travis
• america--abby's bestfriend
• shepley--travis' cousin and america's bf

travis and abby met at eastern university. travis join fights to raise money for himself thus spends them lavishly. when i say 'fights' imagine robert downey jr. in sherlock holmes, that kind. travis and abby made a bet on one of travis' fights, eventually the later won. abby, as a result of losing the bet was left with no choice but live on travis' condo, same room, same bed to abby's dismay. travis & abby's love story was exhausting to read: lots of fighting, travis stalking abby, abby holding back but in the end was not able to fully ignore travis. love is a strong force eh? the two went back together, amend their differences, kissed and made out. happy ending amidst the two's prolonged enforced agony. they got married and abby had a tattoo (not to mention travis was a tattoed bloke himself.)

--the end

i am a fan of suspense thrillers so beautiful disaster isn't really my kind of book but whaddaheck i enjoyed reading it and at one point got engrossed with it for some reason lol. love is an element in every book the readers cannot find not interesting no  matter how cheesy the story is. next read---infinite sky by c.j flood :)

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shadows on the moon - zoe marriott

i finished reading the book last week and it was worth reading. i was enthused to read it because i found the book cover interesting.

setting : “Moonlit Land, or Tsuki no Hikari no Kuni.”

suzume, the main character of the book witnessed the death of her father and cousin. her father was accused of treachery towards the moon prince. suzume and her cousin ran for their lives but only suzume got lucky because this old man named youta weaved shadows around her so she would be invisible to the soldiers. suzume's mother went out searching for her and eventually found her, surprised and was happy to see her alive amidst the dreadful death of her father and cousin. youta and suzume became friends and he gave her a new name 'Rin.'

i'll fast forward a little: suzume found out that her mom is getting married to her father's closest friends just few days after her father's death. suzume was devastated. youta found out that suzume has a gift--she can weave shadows like him. i know it's a jargon so lemme explain..she can weave shadow to make herself invisible and appear differently such look flawless etc. suzume was oblivious of what she can do, so, youta trained to use her 'gift.' one day, her stepfather invited folks from various countries known to be good friends with the moon prince so he could obtain influence. otieno, a son of one of the men, became suzume's love interest. suzumi's mother gave birth to twins. on that same eve her lunatic stepdad wanted to kill her. suzume ran away out of horror the turned homeless and got locked up in prison after she was acused of being a thief. she met akira in prison and she learned she's a skilled shadow weaver. the two escaped. akira gave suzume her third name 'Yue.' akira taught everything she knew about weaving shadows. she also told suzume that she was once a shadow bride. once a shadow bride a woman could ask anything from the moon prince. a shadow bride will earn so much power. suzume was amazed and wanted to be a shadow bride herself because she wanted to avenge her father and cousin as well as revenge against her own mother. akira and suzume succeeded with their shadow bride mission. suzume was a perfect match and eventually became one. oriento and suzume ended up together. that's about it.

the end.

my take on the book--t'was interesting really. reading its first few pages made me think of those typical japanese classic flicks...cherry blossoms, kimono, women with their chalk white faces, geisha etcetera etcetera. the killing of suzume's father and cousin was grotesque--there goes my favorite word again lol. my only concern was, some terms were in japanese so i guess it wouldn't hurt for footnotes. another thing was, i never thought that the author was british! the way the book was written made me think that the person who wrote it was probably japanese. i even thought that it was a book originally written by a japanese author and possibly was translated in english as in the case of the girl with a dragon tattoo originally written in swedish. well anyways, it's a nice read. i recommend that you guys read it and see for yourselves. i liked it because it's not your typical love story. love maybe typical i know but suzume's story isn't. 

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sucking the marrow out of life

before i got myself busy,
had a dose first of Italian
white hat yogurt!

It's been a while since i wrote something cuz I was pretty busy with tons of stuff: reading e-books one after another..after another..after another...feeling like this energizer bunny ad on tv, work, instagram yadda yadda.

it's been really cold where i live lately. it's true, the first quarter of the year gets even more colder than usual. sometimes, it would come to the point i get nosebleeds. i know it's not severe though, but t it gets really scary at times because i'm from down south all my life so my body is kind of accustomed to living in humid to way hot temperatures yet never had nosebleeds? well, i guess, somehow my body is made for the heat but not that much for the cold!

i've been busy with e-books by john green i kind of rummaged online. i'm currently reading 'the fault in our stars' then i'll move on to the next 'will grayson.' i'm kind of reaaally itching to book hop but i don't want to cuz that'll ruin my being faithful to one book. that'll make me sad. i don't wanna book hop like i job hop ha ha!

i'm so happy that my sister and i just got our orders through e-bay today and i'm sooo thrilled to see some new stuff!

my song of the day --- monsters by band of horses ;)

i hope you have a great day like i do...it's freakin' payday and i lahvet. i'm considering having false eyelashes...maybe one of these days.

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