Save Me by Liz Appel

Me #2

Katie Matthews needs a knight in shining armor. Immediately. Three weeks shy of graduating from college, her life is on a crash course with disaster.

Her parents suddenly announce they're moving across country. Bye-bye free place to live.

Her long-time boyfriend decides he's really not all that committed. Bye-bye relationship.

Homeless, boyfriend-less and very nearly broke, Katie searches for someone to save her from the monumental mess her life has become. Her best friend Dani, who offers her a place to stay but who just might live with the biggest slob on the planet. Her parents, who are so busy reinventing their own lives that they can't be bothered with hers. Even her ex-boyfriend, Ben, whose mixed signals are making her head spin.

In desperation, she answers an ad for a roommate and discovers the perfect place to live—and some gorgeous roommates, too. Things might work out for Katie, after all. But when another unanticipated complication arises, her new living situation is threatened.

As she baby-steps her way out of a never-ending string of disasters, wondering if that knight in shining armor is ever going to show up, she realizes that she might not need one, after all. Katie Matthews just might be able to save herself.

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Hello readers, 
It's been a long time since I had a book review and honestly speaking, I missed it! That is why I'm back. :) I've already continued reading the Me Series which were written by Liz Appel. If you have read my previous review about the Me #1.. I told you guys that I will definitely read another book from her, so I did. 

I'm done reading Me#2 - Save Me.  The story is good enough for us to relate --during rough road in our lives. We may have different kinds of difficulties and challenges though. Still I can relate to Katie, since sometimes we may feel like we are all alone.. yeah alone.. alone and broke. We are emotionally and financially unstable. It's hard. Nonetheless, I know that there is a lesson behind every challenges in our lives. That is what happened to Katie. During her down times, she realized that her boyfriend Ben wasn't good enough for her. She felt how her best friend Dani loves her. She even found new friends... and new lover. 

Sometimes I am thinking how silly this road is. When you are happy, you are happy. But when you are sad.... you are so sad. When something bad happened, another bad thing will follow. It seems like a domino... a trial strikes you and before you can even stand again, another block will bump you so you will fall again. So ironic right? 

Life is really hard at times however you are not expected to win in every obstacles that life throws you. It's the lessons that you've learned along the way. Those lessons that would mold you to be a better you. So don't give up! So what if you are in pain right now? So what if you are so down? So what if nobody believes you? So what if you are broke? So what if you fall? It's about standing up. It's about moving forward with a smile on your face saying that you've learned, you learned and you are carrying those lessons with you as your strongest weapon in this life marathon. 

Come on, life is the most wonderful and priceless gift we had ever received. And it would be more precious if we would offer our lives to our Most High Creator.. We are living  not for our selves alone, we are living for each and everyone. We are created to love and to take good care of each other. We are such a wonderful creatures. We were already saved long time ago by Jesus. All we have to do is to have our faith on him. 

What a wonderful life, so please be strong. God bless you~~

 xxMIDAxx

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The Single Girl's To-Do List by Lindsey Kelk

SYNOPSIS.

A hilarious and romantic standalone novel from the bestselling author of the I Heart series Rachel Summers loves a to-do list: * Boyfriend * Flat * Great job NOT on the list: * Being dumped Best friends Emelie and Matthew ride to her rescue with an entirely new kind of list -- The Single Girl's To-Do List. Rachel doesn't know it, but it will take her on all kinds of wild adventures -- and get her in some romantic pickles too. And then it won't be a case of what but who she decides to tick off! * Mr. bendy yoga instructor * Mr. teenage sweetheart * Mr. persistent ex * Mr. deeply unsuitable The Single Girl's To-Do List gives Rachel the perfect heartbreak cure -- and proves love is out there if you're willing to take a chance.

I don't really know where exactly to start up with this review thing. It's been ages since the last time I read a book and I did miss it like seriously. I came up with this novel by Lindsey Kelk because of the novel's title 'The Single Girl's To-Do List' and it's very catchy right? It's like asking yourself; 'Is there really such thing as a to-do list for single ladies?' Because if we do really have that oh my! shame on me 'cause I'm not even aware of it.

When I started reading the book I felt a little bit bored reading it but I still continued anyway. The book caught my attention when Simon asked Rachel for some time to be alone. You know, boys were really good about this thing. Then when they talked outside the pub where in Simon showed that he's really an arse. I think it's a really stupid thing to do guys, asking your girl some time to be alone and all that and assuring her that it wouldn't be a serious break as in break thing. But after some time apart while she's like waiting for you to figure out the missing piece in your life, you were actually like starting a new life on your own. It’s very unfair! Like seriously, I felt Rachel’s agony at that part and I was really like; ‘Oh, I’m really going to read this novel! I think I love it!’  

So yeah, Simon broke up with her officially and all that. Personally for me, I think the stupidiest thing that Simon did was to broke up with her in front of many people, went home with her that night and made love with her and boom! Disappeared early morning! During that part, I can feel her! As in super swear! I’m hurting too for Rachel. I just don’t really want to know any girl who’d been dumped by their stupid ex’s! I hate men! I hate them when they’re doing this. 

Moving on, that’s where the story begins. They came up with this ‘Single List To- Do List’ thingy and Rachel took them seriously. Ten things that she had never imagine she’ll do. That’s where the story revolves, on how Rachel accomplished the ten to-do list that she together with Em and Matther made.

So to make my review a little bit different this time I’ll share some of my favorite lines from the novel itself.

“I’m not saying you weren’t happy before, but you’re not happy now. Things change, you know, that’s not always bad.”
It's really true. We’ve might been happy yesterday but it doesn’t mean and will never assure us that we’ll still be happy tomorrow. Things do really change. 

“….but the end result was always the same, no matter how many times I ran through out. I’m not the one. He doesn’t love me. He doesn’t want me.”
The most awful thing to realize is that no matter what we do, it’ll always be the same result after all.

“Real relationships were difficult and required work. They needed understanding and compromise. You couldn’t just run away when things got though…”
But sadly, not all can understand and compromise. There will always be that one partner who’ll always give up and will just run away.

“Oh god, I look like Justin Bieber!”
Haha! One of the funniest part of the book. When Rachel cut her hair and she said this line. LOL

“If he didn’t want me in his life, I didn’t want him in mine.”
That’s the spirit of a person’s who’d just been left behind. True :p

“Who wants a boyfriend where you’ve got bigger balls than they have?”
Come on! This is so much true! Now a days, girls have a bigger balls compared to those men who don’t really know how to value the things/persons they have. 

“..you probably did me a favour. Im pretty great. And pretty great is too good for you.”
For all the arsehole men out there without enough balls to value their ladies!

“Good. You’re better off without him.”
Yes! If those guys don’t want us in their life, so be it! We’re better off without those asses! Boo!

“Sooner or later you’re going to find someone who knocks you right off your feet . Someone who makes you feel alive. Someone who kisses you and makes your knees week. Relationships are complicated enough as it is. It’s not worth settling for anything else.”
Umm… Complicated! :D

“The point of the list wasn’t just to tick items off and forget about them, it was to learn something new. And the most important thing I’d learned was that I could do anything.”
Yeah! Cheers for that! Anyone can do anything! This may serves as an inspiration to us. :p

“A man can’t make you happy if you’re not happy with yourself, you know.”
Point well done. ^^

Well yeah! That’s all I want to share. Hehe. The novel was really good! Cheers to that, ladies! We all deserve to be love, let’s make this novel our turning point to valued ourselves even more. We’re not just a lady. We’re a wonderful creation of God so we need to be valued and treasured. Smile!

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Match Me by Liz Appel

Hi there!  Well this is kind a late book review for me. I finished reading this book last month I guess but I was so lazy to give my reviews about it. Anyway, I’m already here. 

Synopsis:

Bonnie Nichols wasn't the kind of girl to crash a wedding. Or throw things. But somehow, she ends up doing both...at her ex-boyfriend's wedding.

Bonnie has been in love with Chase Somers since elementary school and seeing him at the altar with the absolute wrong girl causes her to do the unthinkable—toss a shoe in his direction in order to try and stop it. But she doesn’t count on the shoe knocking him out. Nor does she count on the entire church knowing it was her who did the throwing. The shoe doesn’t stop the wedding, but it does make her the laughingstock of her town.

As Bonnie copes with both the embarrassment of her actions and the loss of the boy she has always loved, her best friend Jill attempts to yank her out of her despair by pushing her to use Match Me, an online dating service. Despite her skepticism, Bonnie agrees to go on a few dates, dates that end up going comically bad.

Convinced that she will be single forever, an unanticipated complication causes Bonnie to take stock of her life and the people around her. Was she really ever in love with Chase Somers? Or was loving him simply the easy thing to do? 

Crashing the wedding—and throwing that shoe—just may end up being the smartest thing she's ever done.

Miida’s POV

Well yeah! Look this novel was amazing! I mean, though it’s really short and you can read it like the whole day it’s really great! Look it’s very precise and straight to the point. I really like the personality of Bonnie, I was kinda like her too.  So in love and would even try to do silly and unpredictable things.

I just really  Chase! I mean, he was really an asshole! There was a part in the story where in they saw each other in an ice cream parlor and then Chase told Bonnie that Angela, Chase’s wife would be going somewhere far and he’s actually asking Bonnie to see him and to do the old stuff. See? That was a clear evidence that Chase was a totally an asshole! I hate these kind of mhatean who thinks they were so high and all that. They don’t even know how to see the importance of woman. I do really hate them!

On the other hand, I do really love Paul. He really knows how to appreciate a girl. He even see the importance of Bonnie way back when Chase and Bonnie were still together. He even ditch Chase as his best friend for Bonnie. It only shows that Paul saw how worthless was Chase is.

Favorite part…. Of course the end part. ^^ I love how Paul approaches Bonnie and how he told her everything about his feelings. Very manly and I did really fall for it!

The novel was so good that I would read another novel by Liz Appel. ^^

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I Know It’s Over – C.K. Kelly Martin

BOOK SUMMARY

PURE. UNPLANNED. PERFECT. Those were Nick’s summer plans before Sasha stepped into the picture. With the collateral damage from his parents’ divorce still settling and Dani (his girl of the moment) up for nearly anything, complications are the last thing he needs. All that changes, though, when Nick runs into Sasha at the beach in July. Suddenly he’s neck-deep in a relationship and surprised to find he doesn’t mind in the least. But Nick’s world shifts again when Sasha breaks up with him. Then, weeks later, while Nick’s still reeling from the breakup, she turns up at his doorstep and tells him she’s pregnant. Nick finds himself struggling once more to understand the girl he can’t stop caring for, the girl who insists that it’s still over. (Credit: Summary from the back of the book)

So yeah? You had the summary out there. I would say that the book was pretty unique. This book was actually the first ever novel I’d read that is coming from a man’s perspective. We all know that women are more likely to speak and talk almost everything about their lives. That’s make this novel pretty much different from others. You know honestly speaking I always wanted to know what’s inside of a man’s head. You know, men are pretty much like a big secret. And that’s the big difference of Nick among other protagonist.

Nick showed his love, weakness, care, and everything that can rarely be found among men.  He’s also shown that “speechless” thing which is very much common among men. You know, they want to say something but they can’t just really express their self though. I don’t know why men are like that. They always tend to act as if they are a maze game where in you have to go and figure them out all by yourself. It’s kinda depressing though. How men do usually act as if they don’t really care where in fact they cared a lot. Some may act as if they cared about you but the truth is they don’t. It’s really different. They were like a jumbled letters where in you can find different meaning out of it. They were just really hard.

The funny thing is; that is what I like most among men. I like their way of being so mysterious. I like men who are showing their superiority and control. I am more challenge but not all the time though. Yeah, guys are full of secrets but I think being a girl is much more an adventure of being a man. Girls are much more difficult news especially to guys. Like Sasha in the novel. She’s so perfect to show those men out there that women are a great challenge. That they can’t just read everything that is on our mind. Sometimes they really need to learn how to read between the lines.

Going back to the novel, I just really don’t like what Sasha did like aborting their supposed to be child. Yeah I get it that they were just sixteen and they can’t have it. Sorry but I am actually standing on a pro-life side. It’s actually standing for what you did. They had fun so they have to take responsibility to whatever happens afterwards. That is always the problem among us humans. We all know how to enjoy things up but not all of us know how to handle it when things get rough. It’s all about running, leaving everything behind us. I understand, in the end everything will depend on us. After all it’s our life. But we must at least give consideration not only on ourselves but to other people who are involved as well.

Yeah I know, I think I am being so personal now. So let’s just leave everything behind as I close the book. Good night folks.

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The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

I’d just finished reading another novel by Nicholas Sparks. Well I can tell that he’s a really good writer. The story is very different. Every time I read his works, I can really feel it. And I can tell that God is also with me. In his works, he never failed to show how great our God is.

So about the novel, it’s a great story between Travis and Gabby who happened to be neighbors. Gabby has a long term boyfriend – Kevin. But then when she met Travis, she fell in love with him – same as Travis to her. So Gabby made a choice between Kevin and Travis, she chose Travis. They got married and bear two daughters. Eleven years after, they had a car accident that caused Gabby in a comma. Three months after the accident, Travis has to make his decision whether to keep Gabby in a nursing home or just to let her go and die. It was a hard choice for Travis, because she remembered the thing that Gabby told her two years ago. That if anything happened to her he needs to let her die. This decision was influenced by the couple that Gabby met in the hospital where she was working. The wife was in a comma for six years, the husband tend to visit her everyday but on the latter part it seemed like the husband got tired of visiting and waiting for her to wake up. The husband lost his job, house, and their two sons didn’t finish their schooling and even got involved in drugs. It was such a hard choice that Travis has to do. But he can’t just let Gabby die. So he didn’t follow his promise to Gabby, instead he moved her to a nursing house. Three months after, June 2007 Gabby woke up.

It’s such a wonderful novel. A true love indeed! This is how we can truly show our love to one person. It’s all about believing. I know it’s hard. We may have different ways of showing our love but I do believe that all of these ways, they are very unique in their own ways. I don’t know if God will give me such this kind of love story. But I hope He will. I am always hoping. I will be a little personal this time, but I think – I was built to love. I am here to share to others what love is really is. Yes yes, I am not Cupid or yadda yadda. Don’t get me wrong but I can really feel that I do really know how to love. It’s obvious, everyone knows how to love. I just really want to have something like this. And if I will love, I want God – no other than Lord God to be inside and in between my relationship. ^^ That will sum up The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. Thank for reading God bless everyone!

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A Good Boy Is Hard to Find by Suzanne Young

So again here I am. ^^ I’d finished another book in two days. This thing is sort of a late blog, well I’m such a little busy bee for these past few days. “A Good Boy Is Hard to Find” by Suzanne Young—— oh wee. So the novel is so much like a girly thing. And I like it (obviously I am a girl.) So the story was good. I mean, cheer leaders doing those spying things at the same time let’s admit it its kinda hot thing to do.

Okay, let’s have a short run about the novel. It’s about cheer leaders which are the Smitten Kittens (Tessa the captain, Leona, Izzie, Kira, and Chloe the newest essential member that has something to do with the SOS) who are also having this underground organization called SOS. They were like your spy that you can count on whenever you have this intuition about your boyfriend cheating on you. So they will do all those spying activities and will give you all the results and evidences needed. Yadda yadda. I will not tell the whole story. I don’t want to be a spoiler.

So yeah? My comment. Well well, about the SOS? I am honestly wishing that we have that kind of organization here. So whenever we feel like our boy friends are cheating on us we can contact someone that will do all the necessary stuffs to do. We don’t have to pay anything, all for free ladies. And yes please!! We really need this kind of organization to reveal all those man-whore cheaters!! >:))

Next highlight was about the love triangle between Tessa, Kira, and Joel. (Joel was Kira’s ex.) Tessa and Kira were best of friends before. In my own point of view, I just can’t date my best friend’s ex. — Okay, EX best friend, still… I can’t. No offense, but it’s like leaving some prints. It’s your friends special someone even after they broke up. Well, I just can’t really see myself doing that. But I really have nothing against those people who are in a relationship or dating their friend or ex-friend’s ex.

On the other hand, I like the scene between Tessa and Chloe. They found a reason to forgive each other. Forgive? Yes, because they had a cat fight before when Chloe tried to steal Tessa’s ex boyfriend. Chloe hit Tessa’s head with an alarm clock which leaves stitches on Tessa’s forehead. Cute uh? Well I just like that, I mean forgiving. After all who can tell that they can be a good friends after all those cat fight and throwing of an alarm clock on someone’s head. ^^

Moving on, let’s now focus the spot light to Aiden who happened to be Tessa’s ex boyfriend. Unfortunately Tessa found out that Aiden cheated on her when he slept with another girl. Ouch uh? Of course it hurts! But then, Aiden never stopped to win Tessa back. Look!! That’s the real man! Efforts and all those silly stuff that will win his girl back. Do we still have that kind of man here? I don’t think so. Well all I can say is; Tessa is such a lucky girl. Even though yes, it’s really hard to forgive and it’s harder to forget. Especially to us girls, when it comes to this kind of case. But I will admit that though it’s really hard for us girls to imagine what happened during the cheating process our boyfriend had, we still forgive them. That’s us. Girls are so wonderful. Do you guys even see that? Uh? I bet not! But I’m extremely happy for Tessa because finally she found the forgiveness for Aiden.

A good boy is hard to find. Yes! I extremely agree that good boy is really hard to find. Reality checks I think that’s life. That’s man’s nature. But I am not saying that all boys are a cheater or what so ever. Yadda yadda. Let’s close this case.

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Taking Chances by Molly McAdams

Taking Chances by Molly McAdams Okay, so where am I going to start with this? The novel was so damn good!! I swear!! It was amazing. It’s quite long compared to the previous books I’d read before, but I was surprised to finished the said book in two days. Ah, actually two nights to be exact. Oh my, it was really a page turner. I can’t stop but to continue reading. That’s also the reason why I slept before the dawn two consecutive nights. So do I love this novel?

The story was about an eighteen year old girl named Harper. She grew with her marine father who was very strict. Like real strict, she was only allowed to call her father “Sir.” She grew up with a bunch of marines in Sir’s unit. She never had a long conversation with her father that lasts for more than ten seconds. So when she decided to study to California, to stay a distance from her father. Then she met Breanna – her roommate, who’s also the person who brought her to some of the parties and shopped new famine clothes for her. To cut the story short, she met Chase on that party who happened to be Bree’s brother – anyway, its Breanna’s nickname. Then afterward, she also met Brandon, Chase and Bree’s friend. Then after a few days, she became Brandon’s girl. Again, let’s cut the story short. Then five months later — during their holiday break while Brandon was in Arizona something happened to Chase and Harper. For the record, Harper was still pure during that time. Okay I’ll give my comments later. Afterwards, she felt that she’s really in love with Chase for so long time ago. So then she asked Chase for some time for her to think things over. Then Brandon came home from Arizona, she realized that she can’t hurt Brandon’s feeling. Suddenly, Harper and Bree found out that she’s pregnant. So she told Bree everything that she never lied to her every time she answered Bree that she and Brandon still haven’t have sex. And it’s Chase whom she gave her virginity, and now she’s pregnant. Then she broke up with Brandon and told him she’s pregnant with Chase’s baby. Emailed sir but unfortunately, Sir disowned her. Fortunately Claire and Robert Garyson ( Bree and Chase’s parents ) treats her like their own daughter. Then on her nineteenth birthday when Chase was about to surprised her, Chase saw all the ultrasound photos. He’s very angry and thought that it’s Bree’s. So Harper told Chase that it’s her. Chase knows that it’s only him who had made love with Harper so yes, he already knew that it’s theirs. They’re going to have a baby. They tried to fix their relationship until the incident in Chase’s graduation party. Where in Trish ( the girl who had crush on Chase ) took a photo of them together while in the bed and sent it to Harper. She broke up with Chase and that night….. Chase died in a car accident. To cut the story short once again. Brandon took the responsibility and married her.

I think that is too much for the synopsis. Look, I told you guys. This novel was awesome. Really it was! I will never forget my reactions to some part of the novel.

The time when Harper got lost in Chase arms. When they made love to each other. I was like, “Oh please NO!! Don’t do this to Brandon.” But unfortunately, Harper can’t hear me and she still made love with Chase.

How it breaks my heart when Harper told Brandon that she’s pregnant, Brandon was very surprised because he knew that Harper’s still pure and he has always respected her. When Harper told him that it’s Chase baby, I felt all the sadness on Brandon’s part. He finally realized that Harper cheated on him. I’m so sad for him.

But the most terrifying part for me was when Chase died. I cried so hard, like really hard. That night when Chase was very sorry for the pictures, when he’s telling Harper that he can’t remember everything and when the time he walked out of the door. Then after few hours, he died in a car accident. My tears fell reluctantly; it even made me harder to breath. Then during the funeral Trish appeared saying sorry and telling Harper that Chase loves Harper so much, that she was just jealous that’s why she drugged Chase to destroy them. I was like “Fuck! Sorry for that? He died, the love of my life, the father of my baby… Then you are sorry!!? What can your sorry do!? He’s gone. He’s GONE!!” Good thing Harper did the same she even slapped Trish’s face! Well she deserves it. Urgh! I don’t know, but I can’t really imagine myself in that situation. I can’t. Really I can’t. Thinking that my unborn child will never have a chance to meet his father, it will really break my heart. Dear sweet Lord, please don’t let me in that situation. You I can’t surpass that. So please..

But still Harper’s a lucky woman. Because even though God took Chase away from her He still left Brandon for her. Then she gave birth with their son, they named him Liam Chase Taylor – Liam was from Brandon’s father’s name that died when he was young. Chase from gummy bear’s biological father. In the end, Harper father showed up and talked to her. He asked forgiveness for everything. Then he moved in California to be with Harper and his grandchild. I was so happy for Harper. She’s really blessed to have those people around him. To have two great men who became a part of her life. Two man who love her so dearly. Family that loves her. A best friend who treated her as her owns sister and who even shared her family with her. Everything was so perfect.

Taking Chances —- I think life would be really about this. There will be different things that will come and it up to us if we’re strong enough to take the courage. It’s all about on how are we going to take a shot on our chances. But remember, that in every chance we have we’ll always have the consequences behind it. If we’re strong enough to take the chance, then we should also be stronger to take the consequences that come along with it. And yes, I do also believe in giving second chances away. Life will be like that, it’s a one shot thing. If you’ll be afraid to get hurt then you’ll never be happy. Give yourself a chance, a chance of being happy. At the end of the day, life will be about Taking Chances. God Bless everyone.

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Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally

I had just finished reading another teenage novel. ( Okay, I’m kinda enjoying teenage novel lately. ) Aright, so.. what can I say? Um. Honestly, at first I wasn’t really enjoying reading Stealing Parker. But then on the latter part, and I finally enjoyed this when I reached the part with the “ohh-lala” factor.

So yeah? Stealing Parker is just about a girl who really loves to play softball, until her mother left them and go with a butch, and all started with that thing. How her life was changed with that scenario. How Laura — her so called best friend left and spread all those rumors about her. How the people in their church judged them. How she quitted her softball team. How she hooked up with different guys just to show people that she’s far different from her mother, and just to prove that the rumors about her being a butch wasn’t true.

Then she had a secret affair with the baseball team’s coach – Brian Hoffman. Okay for the record, Brian was six years older than Parker that time. He was twenty-three then Parker was seventeen. Then along the way she fell in love with Will who’s also a part of the baseball team and also her competitor for the title of being the school valedictorian. (FYI, Parker beat Will.. Huh! Girl power.) But unfortunately, she can’t show her feelings toward him because her best friend Drew (who’s also a part of the baseball team) has a feeling for Will also.

To cut the story short, the school found out about the thing between her and Brian. That’s why Brian resigned and never showed to Parker again. Then Drew got mad at her because he thought that Parker hooked up with Will. Then Will got mad also with her because he found out that she was with Brian while having this good time with him. Everything’s so messed up! Then she called her mom. That’s the time she talked to her mom after the scenario of her mom leaving them for Theresa – her mom’s girlfriend. Then slowly, things got better. She joined the softball team again. She apologized to Drew and Will. She started her life again. It all ends during the night of their prom. She and Drew were okay, so with Will. Then they decided to start and to get things back together again.

So, here you go. That will sum up the novel. It’s good right? I mean look. Almost all of us will at least experience a time wherein we’ll feel like we are all alone. There are times where in we don’t know what we really want for our lives. We are pursuing those things that we thought we want and we need, but not seeing that the thing we really need is just there. We don’t have to look too far away. Just like what the pastor said last Sunday – “Selah Regularly… Pause and Pay Attention.” I am so glad that this novel showed the importance of faith with God. Parker is a Christian. She always seeks God. Though, there are times we aren’t really sure about God’s message to us. All we have to do is to “Selah Regularly… Pause and Pay Attention.” To pause, and to pay attention to what God is saying. Not to rush things. Pause. That’s what happened to Parker – to each and every one of us. When we are in a rush, we can’t hear what God’s telling us. We can’t pay attention to him because we are too busy doing other things. If only we know how to pause, to pay attention. Things will be better; we can hear Him loud enough. We’ll understand His message to us. Well, I’m happy that the rough time in Parker’s life is over. I am happy to see and witnessed how God can truly help us with our lives. Praise God! :)

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He’s So Not Worth It~~

Done reading “He’s So Not Worth It” by Kieran Scott. ^^ Well okay.. What can I say? It’s a novel for me I think. I mean for my age. For teenagers. Blah~ Even though I can’t barely see myself in the shoe of Ally Ryan, but you know… as a teen, we all (almost I think) experience something that really made as very sad, disappointed, hurt, mad, and so on and forth. Well yes, probably all of us seen ourselves in that situation right? Wherein we think, nobody cares about us. That everything was just so fucked up.

Sometimes, I think life isn’t fair.. Like nothing is right. You know~ problem to deal with our parents, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, teachers, and everyone else. Like, we don’t have anyone to vent on. We’re all alone. No one can even understand us. Perhaps that is how life teaches us our lessons. (Okay, done with all the sermons.)

Moving on, when I first saw the title of the book – “He’s So Not Worth It.” I paused for a while, then I said to myself… “Oh I think I want to read this.. Why He’s So Not Worth It, lemme find out.” Then that’s it….

So a father… Mr. Ryan, who’s been gone for like three years.. Can a father do that? Leave he’s family behind? He has a problem, that’s why he ran? He needs to find himself, that’s why he left everyone behind him? Disappearing like bubble popped in the air? Then suddenly when they finally found themselves, they will go running back to those people who’d they left behind.

Why do guys are like that? Why do they always run when they have problems? Why they can’t just stay and face it! Can’t they see there are a lot of people at their side? I am just so disappointed with those kind of people. >.<

(Move on) Ah’right. So the other thing was the issue with the local man named, Cooper. So yeah right, Ally kept on saying that Cooper was hot and all that… but the point is, that hot Cooper is not really worth it. I don’t know, maybe I had just a lot of experiences when it comes to different people that is why I can easily tell if “Okay I will go with them or not.” Or perhaps, because it just happened that I can see the whole scenario and Ally didn’t. Well well, enough for Cooper. I don’t like him that’s all. ^_^v

So let’s have, Hammond Ross. Ah’right. I don’t know what’s up with Hammond and Ally in the past. (Well they didn’t mention anything aside from their kiss which they claimed a million years ago.) Well, I can see that Hammond is a good man. But taking advanatage to a girl like Ally who just saw Jake and Chloe together is totally a NO NO! So that’s all I can say ‘bout Hammond.

Then we have Faith Kirkpatrick, Shannen Moore, Chloe Appleby and Annie. Those girls. I think they weren’t bad at all. I mean, they were even bestfriends before. So it’s very common to have a fight with your bestfriends sometimes. But at leats don’t close your door with any reconcillation right? (Well.. just trying to be realistic, but honestly I never had a bestfriend to enemy scenario yet.)

With Mom. I don’t know what to say with this. I can’t imagine my mom marrying other guy aside from my dad. That is why I totally understand Ally in this part. I can feel her. I probably might treat my mom like what she did. But on the other hand I feel for her mother, when she only wants to be happy.

Then lastly let’s have, Jake Graydon – Ally’s ex something. Well At most, I like Jake but somehow I find him so stupid not trying to explain everyhing to Ally. I mean, if you really love a person you should at least have tried to do any effort to have her back. That’s the problem, many of us don’t do this – the doing of the so called “effort.”

Well well, so much for this novel. Good enough for teenagers specially those who are experiencing such problems like that.

So, I think this will sum up my blog for “He’s So Not Worth It.”

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Bared To You vs Fifty Shades Triology

I’d just finished reading Beard to You by Sylvia Day. Pardon me for always reading some so called “erotic novel” O:) Well, I just read it for some kind of comparison. You know, I love Fifty Shades Triology a lot. Then, I heard about this novel — which is nearly similar as Fifty Shades. So I was quite interested and curious-ed at the same time — ohh~~ curiosity as always. Haha!

So I’d finally decided to read the said novel. Well, at first I don’t want Bared To You, I think because I was still high and nuts about Fifty Shades. But since I really wanted to compare and to see the difference by myself between the two, I read the said novel.

It was good though. Gideon was just like Christian — wealthy and so authoritative. Eva was not same as Ana though, yet I still appreciate the both women. They were strong enough to love a man who’s very authoritative and full of mysteries. Well, I just don’t like being control by others.. :p

What I like aboutBared To You —was the funny thing. I mean it’s not too serious, it has some part where in you will actually laugh. And oh! I did cry also, when Eva confessed to Gideon about her past. I just don’t want that thing to happen to any woman. *Sigh* On the other hand, I didn’t like how it actually ended. I mean, it’s was like……..Oh? seriously, that’s the ending?Quite depressing uh?

So it seems like I have to wait for the next book. Because I would really like to know why Gideon Cross was like that.. Blah~ So that will sum up my blog for today about Beard to You by Sylvia Day. :)

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A Walk to Remember

I had just finished reading Nicholas Sparks’ novel — A Walk to Remember. I can’t help but cry. Everything’s so wonderful. I can see myself in Jamie’s shoes. A dream of being married someday. Well yes, maybe it’s every woman’s dream right? I don’t know, um.. Yes, I’ve watched this movie long time ago. I was still a grade school student during that time. I remember that, by that time I already appreciated the movie itself. But when I read the novel, it’s like a new thing for me. Even though that I already know that in the end — Jamie will die and it will be Landon left behind.

When I finally reached the half of the book, I never stopped reading it. I can feel it. One thing more, to be honest…. The thing that I liked most about the novel is the author’s way of putting God at the center of it. You know, I can feel that the story revolved particularly in God’s greatness. And yes I extremely agree, He is truly amazing.

Um, well. All I can say is, it’s truly a walk to remember. And I will close this book hoping that I would have my own walk that will be always remember like the walk that Jamie had.

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My Fifty Shades Experience~

Oh, it’s been so long since the last time I’ve posted some random blogs of mine. Well I guess, it only shows how busy I was this past few days. Well okay, I will just go straight to the point. The reason why I bring my ass up again here in my tumblr account and why I am putting these words together again, umm.. Well I just want to write something about my latest addiction.. ^^ “Fifty Shades Triology”

Well I don’t know.. Haha! Okay okay, um.. Well I really don’t like reading books before because I easily get bore. Then suddenly my friend told me to read this book.. “Fifty Shades of Grey” then I tried to read it, and when I started reading it.. It seems like, I don’t even want to stop. And that’s the beginning of my story. :)

I finished the first book in a short period of time.. Then I was so busy but then, I finished “Fifty Shades Darker” in a shorter period of time compared to “Fifty Shades of Grey” I guess, I finished it for about two days. Surprising uh? I was busy back then but still, I was able to find time to read it. And oh it was REALLY GOOD! All the scenes — they were really good.. Some of them were really touching.. I cried for how many times while reading the second book. I felt all the agony that they were going through. It was amazing, I never thought that I will ever cry while reading this novel — or with any other novels actually. It was really fascinating. Afterwards, I proceeded with the last book “Fifty Shades Freed.” It’s kinda long compared to the first two books. But I would say that this is my favorite among the three. It was really amazing. The story is so great. I immensely cry at some part of it. The lines were so breathtaking. I cannot say anything, more than— I love it.. It’s really beyond my expectation! ^^

PS:

Well the first time I posted something about this novel, some were telling me that the novel is not that good. Because it is an erotic novel. Yes it’s true, it is an erotic novel.. but it was really good.. At first maybe it’s too detailed when it comes to the thing…. But on the latter part, it was really good. When you got to know the real story behind, you will finally appreciate it. That’s what happened to me. I will always remember this novel. Great job E.L James~!

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