Fuyumi Reads
Wow! I never thought I'd be so into this book! It definitely suits my present situation. I am planning to change a person but because I read this I think I'll just influence him and not exactly change him.
Emily is totally like me. I'm nice but so sick of being one. Everyone thinks you'll always do the nicest best thing. But actually, I know how to screw things up, intentionally or accidentally.
I only have 3 words. NOBODY IS PERFECT.
I super love this book! Since, I've watched the movie, I've been too in-love with its story! It's a modern day story of Beauty and The Beast. And it gives you the lesson that you shouldn't judge a person by his/her looks. I know this lesson is super old and pretty much everyone may know it, but let's face it, not everyone believes in this, they still hate or don't like a person because they're ugly, poor and everything. And once you've read this book, you'll realize everything. Maybe most people knows the story of Beauty and the Beast and maybe watched it too, but believe me, you'll fall in-love with the story all over again. And HIGHLY RECOMMEND everyone to read it and watch the movie too!! :))
gosh! I love the story ! its so romantic! I thought Im not going to really love this book but I did! Im annoyed by Joy's disobedience but that just added flavor to the story. I thought she'll end up with Christian but not!! I totally love this!!
I don't really know why I read this book. It wasn't that much interesting, really. It took me 2 weeks to finish this, but if this was one of those books I really like, it would just take me 2-3 hours.
I was disappointed that he never mourned for his Mother's death, I mean, is he for real? He never once visited his mom while she's in the Home and just right after the funeral, he went back home like nothing really happened, like his mother didn't die. Merssault is the kind of person who doesn't care about anything. He just goes with the flow of events in his life and never thinks about the future. I find him very boring and pitiful. I think he has no emotion and no ambition. If I was in his place, I'd defend myself but he didn't. I mean, yes, he killed the Arab man to defend himself. His life was pointless and has no direction. He's pretty much absorbed with the present, never the future nor the past, except when he was thinking of Marie.
I don't get why he never defended himself on the court and in front of the lawyers and the prosecutor. He accepted that he was a murderer just like that. I thought the prosecutor was a decent man because he was blabbering about God and all that, but in the end he judged Merssault based from what he'd heard and see, ugh, what a judgmental person.
I think he was just like most men, he doesn't believe in love, but he's attracted to women. I really liked dear old Salamano, he treats his dog like a trash, but deep inside he really loves the dog and I find that very moving.
When he was in jail, I thought of the people in the jail. They must be really bored inside, but I guess it's the payment for what they've done and the way for repentance. And I thought of all those prisoners who were really not guilty for the crimes and was just framed.
When he was talking to the chaplain, I realized he's a practical and realistic man. He just believes in what he sees and what he's sure of, maybe that's why he doesn't believe in God. I'd say he's neither bad nor good, but he's extraordinary.
I've learned a thing or two from this, but I won't mention it, read for yourself and you'll find out.
Kafka on the Shore Quotes:and you find yourself breaking through clouds at a tilt, no longer certain where the plane is headed or if the laws of flight even apply.Money isn't like mushrooms in a forest-it doesn't just pop up on its own, you know. You'll need to eat, a place to sleep. One day you're going to run outYou've already decided what you're going to do, and all that's left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it's your life. Basically you gotta go with what you think is right.”That's right. When all is said and done, it is my life.Your life's just begun and there's a ton of things out in the world you've never laid eyes on. Things you never could imagine.”Not that running away's going to solve everything. I don't want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn't count on escaping this place if I were you. No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything.”Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step. There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.I've built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself.The facts and techniques or whatever they teach you in class isn't going to be very useful in the real world, that's for sure
Jillian and Marcus is a great match. They both yearn for love. They hate each other and can't resist each other at the same time.
Fragments that caught my attention:
“People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living memory of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is an exception to this annihilation. For in the books they write they continue to exist. We can rediscover them. Their humor, their tone of voice, their moods. Through the written word they can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you. All this, even though they are dead. Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic.”
“My gripe is not with lovers of the truth but with truth herself. What succor, what consolation is there in truth, compared to a story? What good is truth, at midnight, in the dark, when the wind is roaring like a bear in the chimney? When the lightning strikes shadows on the bedroom wall and the rain taps at the window with its long fingernails? No. When fear and cold make a statue of you in your bed, don't expect hard-boned and fleshless truth to come running to your aid. What you need are the plump comforts of a story. The soothing, rocking safety of a lie.”
The book was fine. I had a good laugh on some parts. I can't relate on Georgia. I was once 14 but having a boyfriend and kissing isn't my problem back then. I haven't cared that much on my physical appearance.
I don't know why I read this again.
But I really can't believe Katherine let go of Michael, I mean he was everything a girl can ask for. But I guess, sometimes, perfect is still not enough.
I love this book! I've learned so much about the Twilight Saga. I've read about Stephenie's experiences in writing the Saga. I got to know the characters well enough and the reasons behind each personalities. And all questions that has been circling my mind was answered. :))
This book is amazing! Really! Eddie is hero. He saves lives, I'm so proud of him. He may thought that his life is nothing but really, he is a hero. I thought the fifth person he'll meet is the girl he saved but I was shocked when it was the kid from the nipa hut. I like that some parts are held in the Philippines because I'm from there. It made me think of the wars of the past which our country faced. This book is must-read. It thought me a lot of things. Everything I do corresponds to what might happen in the future, and sacrifice and everything.
OMG !! I am so into this book!! i love it so much!! YEah im annoyed by Lucius and Jessica-er Antanasia becuse of their attitude but they just do those things because of their love for each other ..
I've learned about this twice in high school, in the Philippines and then in Canada. I have also read the Anne Frank Diary and heard a survivor talk about her experiences. And every single time, I wonder how cruel human beings can be.
I think Vladek was still a prisoner of the holocaust, he may have survived but he never became happy. He couldn't free himself entirely of what happened. I feel sorry for him but if he was my dad, he'd most likely drive me nuts, too.
Jamie has the perfect life!! Her parents trust and love her! And their super cool too but not the being-naked-while-next-door-neighbors-are-inside-the-house part, that is soooo gross!!!!
I can't believe her mom talks to her about birth control and masturbating!! My mom never talks to me about those things!! I mean, she's only 14 and she lost her virginity!! Her family is way too liberal, well except for her sister, Renee.
This book is amazing, funny, interesting and I learned some things here.
Fairy tales with fewer fairies.
Here are my thoughts while reading:
Sleeping Beauty:
What happened to the dragons? I thought the seventh fairy brought dragons to the castle, but there's no mention of them when the prince came.
I'm not sure if I like this version than the one I've grown up with. I didn't feel passion and love when the prince came. I feel like he just went there out of curiosity because it was said that the castle was haunted. He may have just went in to show bravery; he's a prince after all.
Rumpelstiltskin:
Isn't this cheating?
Why do you write sad things? He asked. When I am here, when I love you.
Because someday, in one way or another, you will be taken from me or I you. It is inevitable. But please understand; from the moment I met you, I stopped writing for the past. I no longer write for the present. When I write sad things, I am writing for the future.
Reading this book is heavy, like there's always something in my chest, but this beautiful and full of emotions.
I am so in love with this book! Especially, to Taylor! He is my dream guy, the sweet, the popular and the handsome guy. I kept falling in love with his character. I kept wishing I was Chloe. She is so lucky to have a person like him. <3