sidney sheldon is a he

sidney sheldon is a mr. sheldon ... and i just found that out like, last week? ... and here i am thinking that i am a well-read person ... and i know quite a few things on authors ... and then sidney sheldon is supposed to be a he ... i even imagined "him" as a slender lady with golden hair and grayish eyes ... hmmm, did i just describe danielle steele?

i've just finished the book "memories of midnight" last weekend ... it was actually good ... i didn't really expect that ... when i got it from chireh's stack of books - it was out of panic because i need to go to the restroom already and you know ... you know what i mean ... and when i started reading ... i was thinking - "seems boring ha" ... but i was hooked ... the twists were interesting ... i especially liked how the characters "tricked" each other ... yun nga lang, i was expecting more details about catherine douglas ... i found out that this is just a sequel to "the other side of midnight" ... hm, eslite, here i come!

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i also finished the 5th book of narnia ... the voyage of the dawn treader ... hmm, so-so ... tas i'm getting a little tired of the "super book" idea - the kids being summoned to narnia by some form of magic ... segue, naalala ko bigla yung theme song ng "super book" - *super buk ... super buk* ... i need to search an mp3 for that ... and another thing, i need to take back what i said about this book in one of my previous posts ... you do need to read the previous books ... cause c.s. lewis does refer back to it .... i'm still deciding if i want to continue reading the chronicles ...

the chronicles of narnia

it's been a while - again : ) ... but just like last time, it doesn't mean that i'm not reading ... actually, i've been devouring narnia (said in a very nasal manner) chronicles ... i've finished "the magician's nephew" way, way back ... last year pa ata ... tas since no book captures my attention from our "mini-library" dito sa bahay and i have this compulsive need to read ... i decided to continue with narnia ... i've finished "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" and "the horse and his boy" ... i'm at book 4 right now - "prince caspian " ... one of the things that i like about this collection is that it's not really necessary for you to read the previous book ... the author - c.s. lewis - gives some kind of explanation if there will be a reference about something or somebody dun sa naunang libro ... i also like the simplicity of these books ... saka it's such a breath of fresh air to be reading something na may fantasy ... makes me feel younger ("young" pa naman kasi ako) ...

truman capote

disclaimer ... i am not a professional book reviewer ... i just love to read books ... therefore, ergo, my opinions on this and that book are solely based on my values, my interests and so on and so forth ...

now on with the bashing ....

let's get one thing straight ... i like truman capote.

in reality, i even saw the movie about his life (not really expecting to like it - http://imdb.com/title/tt0379725/)- well, his life related to the book "in cold blood" - and i liked it ... loved it even ... resulting to my buying of the book right after watching the film (book was out of stock so i had to go back a few days later) ...

in cold blood was really good ... it was gripping ... it kept my attention .. it moved me ...

so when i borrowed chireh's breakfast at tiffany's, my expectations were soaring ... only to be disappointed ... the story - the way it came to me - was just too simple and i was left hanging at the end ... not in a "makes you wonder" kind of way ... more of - "ha? anu daw? yun na? yun na yun????"... ganyan ... it's about holly golightly - isang sosyalera who gets her way around men (parang from an escort service nga ang pagkaka-describe kay holly e) ... holly became close with paul - a struggling writer ... in the end, paul helped holly escape when her name got tangled in something illegal ... i think yan na yung buong book ...

so there ... i didn't like it ... maybe there's more to it than that ... i'll probably give the movie version a chance ...

teka, i also read capote's short story - "a diamond guitar" ... and i liked it better than breakfast at tiffany's ... i understand the sadness that the guy who owned the diamond guitar (forgot his name) brought to the other prisoners ... they saw in him what they don't have anymore - a thirst for life outside their cells ....

it's been a while

it's been a while since i last placed an entry here ... it's not that i haven't been reading ... i actually think that i've been reading too much to have time to enter the cool thoughts that i get from the books ... hehehe ... but that reason (read: excuse) would defeat the purpose of this blog, right?

tama na ang paliwanag, anne.

since my last entry, i've finished two books and right now, i'm reading another one ...

"kings of infinite space" ... it's about paul who has a "ghost cat" for a pet ... who used to be a professor but because of some unfortunate events (all were of his own doing), had to work as a copyrighter - but later on was promoted to technical writer. he became aware of individuals in his office who aren't really working but for some unknown rison, still get to finish whatever tasks were given to them. as it turned out, a group of people were doing the job for them ... a group of ex-employees (laid-off) who supposedly perish in an "after being laid-off" trip ... they didn't really perish but they became hermits ... feeding on rats, cockroaches, insects found in the sewer ... paul has been given the chance to be "protected" by this group ... but for a price - he had to sacrifice his girlfriend which he refused to do ...

hm, i think that sums it up ...

for me, the book is just ok ... i got confused with some parts pa nga ... cguro, slow lang ako talaga ... well, there were metaphors in the book having to do with office life ... pero what confused me is the part where realism/fantasy intertwined ... hmmm ... cguro, slow lang ako talaga hehehe ... it did scare me a little, though ... it described "creatures" coming out of the square blocks on the ceiling of the office ... peeking from above when you're getting busy in the restroom ... paranoia tuloy ako nung nasa kalagitnaan pa lang ako ng book tas sakto na nag-stay ako ng late sa opis tas ako na lang mag-isa ... nggggiiiiii

"odd thomas by dean koontz" ... eto ang *winner* ... but before that, se-segue (definition? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/segue) muna ako ...

this is the second dean koontz book that i've read ... and so far, his writing has been all too amazing ... the first one was "life expectancy" ... it's about a guy who received 5 prophecies from his grandfather on the day he was born ... same day that the said grandfather died ... so basically, you journey with the protagonist as he goes through each of the prophecy ... the book keeps you at the edge of your seat habang inaantay mong magkatotoo yung hula sa kanya ... and the plot just thickens ... and thickens ... and the lines are very witty ... the story's mood - albeit dark - wasn't too heavy ... it even has its cute moments ...

going back, odd thomas is about odd thomas (yep, that's the main character's name) who has the gift of sixth sense - can see the dead and "communicate" with them (the dead doesn't really talk - so he says - but they can convey emotions) and can see some things in the future ... the story is mainly about a big tragic event that will happen in odd's hometown ... and he is supposed to stop it through his gift ... the plot is actually simple but it was laid out in a very interesting manner ... and the ending? ??? wala akong masabi sa ending! good read talaga etong book na 'to.

eto ka, if i were to write the cool thoughts from these 2 books, i would probably end up writing it's entirety (exag ba???) ... ganto na lang, maganda kasi sila talaga ...

right now, i'm reading tw7sted by jessica zafra ... and just like in her other twistedss, her articles are intelligent (no matter how mundane a topic is, her writing makes it an intelligent topic) but delightfully funny ... tas there are things that she talks about that don't normally rouse my interest (ie, tennis) but the way she describes them makes me sit down and listen - kaka-search ko lang kay marat safin ... hehehe ... jessica zafra inspires me.

kings of infinite space, chapter 3, page 22

" i could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space "
- Shakespeare, Paul's screensaver, by James Hynes

- my take -
not much really ... just inspired on how hopeful Shakespeare was ...

larry's party, chapter 6, page 111

" you did love her. That's something you're going to want to remember. It'll make all this seem worthwhile in the long run, the fact that you really did love her in the beginning. "
- bob to larry, by Carol Shields

- my take -
when i was still in my "not-so-accepting" moments (read - bitter : ) ), time and again, i was saying that the relationship i had was wasted time ... 5 years of my life down the drain ... just like that ... but after some time, i realized that it was alright ... i gave my all to that relationship ... and the fact that i did made it all worthwhile ... it just didn't work ... as my friend tonie said - shit happens ... and it did happen ... but things are getting better and brighter now ... and i'm really thankful ...

- intro -

i love to read books ... i am a sucker for books ... i "gobble" one : ) when i ride the bus or the mrt going to work ... when i'm at the w.c. doing my business ... when i'm in bed waiting for sleep to come ... when i'm wating for my flight at the airport ... when i'm waiting for my turn at the doctor's office ... when i have something and nothing to do ... you know what i mean ...

and every once in a while, i come across statements from these books that really catch my attention ... lines that make me sit-up and say - "deep ... really deep" or "that is sooooo true!" or "nice one" and so on and so forth ...

this is my motivation for creating this new blog ... i want to share the many thoughts that i get from reading ...