Saturday, September 20, 2014

Freaking out moments #14 - Rainbow Rowell

It's so humbling that a famous author is willing to spend the time by favoring our tweets. 

Her Official Page
Goodreads Page

 
 

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

Booksplosion Read-Along for the month - September - #8  

http://www.bookdepository.com/Rumble-Ellen-Hopkins/9781442482845?a_aid=jbblkh

My very first exposure in reading YA fiction in a poetry format. Indentations of each verse makes this reading experience a whole lot different and interesting. As I was giving it a try, I thought the beginning was a little slow to digest but as the story goes, there is this vault that just suck you right into their lives.

"Dude, I have f***ing moved on. I don't call him to dinner anymore. I don't think I hear him coming in the back door. I hardly ever dream about how he looked when... when I found him. But if you mean I should accept what happened, you're out of your mind! -- I never will." 

Tragic has both it's good and bad side. It all drills down how a person respond to it. Here, we are reading in Matthew Turner's POV through out the book and we are able to observe how he and his family struggled through a lost of a family member due to an accidental outing of homosexuality cum aggressive bullying and discrimination in a school premise. It is never pretty; it is even uglier when it comes down to an emotional stretch when one doesn't know how to deal with grieve.

"That's the worst thing about you, and the rest doesn't matter. You're not perfect, that's a fact. But your imperfections are part of what makes you, YOU. And that's who I fell in love with."

In reality, love still plays a major part of human existence. No matter how stereo typical Hollywood has infiltrate our mind on how they portray their love scenes. It is never like what has been quoted above. This is the single most used quote about a person when it boils down to puppy/teenage/desperate love, although overly used but it is NEVER practiced in today's context.


"You know how they say revenge is best served up cold? I'd say it's best not served up at all. Revenge is a great motivator, but it doesn't help achieve the desired results. I've seen guys lose buddies, then go off half-cocked, piss fuel running through their veins. Things never turned out well."


I've known of many that always think that revenge is the ultimate solution because they thought they are the ONLY one that has to live through that pain/struggle WHOM they  think someone has done to them but what they didn't know is that, would they feel happier now when they know that they have made someones life a living hell? 

My question to them: How can you even sleep when you know what you have already acted upon out of just a mere revenge? And in what position are you to make that sort of judgement towards a person in measurement of your own revenge?

"You just asked Vince for forgiveness. Maybe the price is giving it."

After all that has happened, reconciling is always a major human pride issue. Are we able to lay ourselves down to take that first step so that we all can live a harmonious life? This question is thrown back to us many times when angers take over our life.

Awareness of homosexuality and school bullies are pronounced with great debates and arguments during the course of reading this book. However, it ended with a little bit of a rush when I expected it more when Ms Hopkins has already brought us into such a traumatic state.

Overall, it is a great read and a rough emotional ride. I like it!

Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Goodreads Review Link

Saturday, September 13, 2014

The Mistborn Series 03 - The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson




Trilogy US box set here
Trilogy UK box set here

I have to admit, I do not know how to write this review. It's all about the feels... I mean... just feels. Seriously, do you guys even feel me yet? I thought I would start with "That Ending... THAT Ending... etc" and it turns out I do not know how to continue with that statement at all. And, above all the series that I've read, this itself is one of the most exhilarating series of all times. 

The world building itself is even more detailed than the first two. And if you think the those two books has detailed or deep characters introduction/background, you're wrong! He has a bibliography of all the characters and it's history. Talk about really really Epic!

I'm keeping this review short to avoid myself from giving it away too much. Just read this guys... I mean seriously, it went from mist/ash to something THAT epic. Mr Sanderson, YOU ARE my new found EPIC FANTASY hero! 

Alright, "The Alloy of Law" is next! Good gracious, should I even start with "The Stormlight Archive" already?

I think this artwork by Marc Simonetti is absolutely brilliant!!


Oh yes please... I need some of that right now!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars (I would give it a 10 if it's even possible)

Goodreads Review Link

Freaking out moments #13 - Ellen Hopkins

A simple retweet causes me to go "weeeeeeeeeeeee...!!!" Yes, it's the ever so lovely Ms. Ellen Hopkins. I was only a few pages into her new release titled "Rumble" and it is sooo good, sooo raw... 

Here's her Goodreads page.