Man, I've been so busy the past weeks. To be honest, it's our midterms week this week, and.. The first half of the term's not doing quite well. I mean, it's not that I'm failing, it's just that I have this feeling that I'm not going to get the grades that I target on having. I really hope I can pull my grades really up through the midterm exams and through the other half of the term. I know I can. It's just that.. During the first half of this term, I haven't been motivated. During lectures, my mind slips away; I get scared of reciting (when I wasn't before); I wish for free-cuts almost everyday; and I get sleepy during some classes. But as of now, specifically, today, I'm starting to get motivated again, and hopefully, the motivation lasts until the end of my College life. Haha! :)
Oh, and if you're wondering why I'm blogging although it's midterms week, it's because my block's been dismissed early today of free-cut (Free-cut is getting your class dismissed when the professor doesn't show up after the half of your class's schedule had passed. For example: your class is from 1:00PM to 2:00PM and your professor doesn't show up in 30 minutes: that is indeed, a free-cut). :)
So aaanyway! I've read 4 books already and I'm going to share my review of all of them.
So far, the best ones I've read are still TFIOS (The Fault in Our Stars), and LFA (Looking for Alaska). My recent reads aren't as touching as TFIOS and LFA, but they're good. The stories are still cute. Lol. Haha!
So here they are:
The Abundance of Katherines by John Green.
For me, this book of John Green isn't as great as TFIOS and LFA. The scenes weren't really exciting, and most of the time, the story only tells about Colin's formula for dumpees and dumpers (Colin is the male protagonist). Yes, he made this formula that will tell the road of one's relationship, the length of the relationship, and whether the person's going to be the dumpee or the dumper. I thought the formula part was cool because in some point, I could relate, but honestly, in most points, I really don't. HAHA. I probably didn't get them because I felt bored reading the texts about the formula. So the details didn't sink much in my brain. I mean seriously, there even are pictures of his graphs and you can see tons of Parabolas. I didn't really get the formulas even when it's already been explained through text. Sad, I know. Haha! So again, the scenes weren't really exciting. Most of the time are just talks and trips, and the only part I felt excited about was when Leslie's (Leslie is the female protagonist) boyfriend fought with everyone in the garden. And... That's just it. The story was good, probably great for readers who like talks about formulas and more on just.. Talks. But the story is good. :) Oh, and one thing I observed: John Green used a Third Person point of view in this book. :)
Sammie rating. :)
The Abundance of Katherines: 5/10
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella.
This book is really cute for me. The romance in this book is between a multimillionaire boss (Jack) and a regular assistant (Emma). I loved how I could relate in some parts of the story regarding secrets. Hahaha! Besides that, I loved the dialogues. Jack's dialogues are formal, which makes it sexy, mhm.
Example:
Emma: "Everyone was laughing at me. Everyone was teasing me, in the whole office. Artemis (female antagonist) was teasing me-"
Jack: "I'll fire her,"
Emma: "And Nick was teasing me-"
Jack: "I'll fire him too." "How about this: anyone who teased you, I'll fire."
See!! It's such a turn-on!! It's like I was focusing on Jack 3/4s of the freaking story.. Haha! Kidding. :) but really, the dialogues caught me, and I found the story great too. :)
Sammie rating. :)
Can You Keep a Secret?: 8/10
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella.
This story's good too, but I thought "Can You Keep a Secret"'s better. :) I like how Sophie made some characters's personalities and attitudes realistic. It made me realize things and it made me sure of my preferences. Example of characters:
Lexi (female protagonist): has flaws = given names and is bullied or is teased, rather = did surgery.
Eric: rich, handsome = jerk
Or maybe these kind of characters are just common.. Haha. Doesn't matter, I liked the book and that's it. It wasn't really great, but it's great. :))
Sammie rating. :)
Remember Me?: 7/10
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen.
This book is the same as the movie. As in totally the same. I read the whole book, having the "Flipped" movie's characters's voices narrating in my mind. Haha! If you haven't watched the movie, the style of the movie is a narration. The characters narrate what they're thinking, but there are still a few dialogues as well. :) I highly suggest you read the book first, before watching the movie because almost everything written in the book is in the movie. :)
but all in all, they are both great. The story's cute; It's about crushes and love in the young age. It'll make you think like "I was like that?" and "I was so silly before". Haha! :)
Sammie rating. :)
Flipped: 10/10
And that's all I've read. I'm currently reading "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella, and I'm planning on finishing the whole series. Once I've done reading the series, if I don't find any book that seems cool, I'll most probably try reading Nicholas Sparks's other books that I haven't read, nor watched. :)
Hope you enjoyed this post. Have a nice day! xx.
Oh, and if you're wondering why I'm blogging although it's midterms week, it's because my block's been dismissed early today of free-cut (Free-cut is getting your class dismissed when the professor doesn't show up after the half of your class's schedule had passed. For example: your class is from 1:00PM to 2:00PM and your professor doesn't show up in 30 minutes: that is indeed, a free-cut). :)
So aaanyway! I've read 4 books already and I'm going to share my review of all of them.
So far, the best ones I've read are still TFIOS (The Fault in Our Stars), and LFA (Looking for Alaska). My recent reads aren't as touching as TFIOS and LFA, but they're good. The stories are still cute. Lol. Haha!
So here they are:
The Abundance of Katherines by John Green.
For me, this book of John Green isn't as great as TFIOS and LFA. The scenes weren't really exciting, and most of the time, the story only tells about Colin's formula for dumpees and dumpers (Colin is the male protagonist). Yes, he made this formula that will tell the road of one's relationship, the length of the relationship, and whether the person's going to be the dumpee or the dumper. I thought the formula part was cool because in some point, I could relate, but honestly, in most points, I really don't. HAHA. I probably didn't get them because I felt bored reading the texts about the formula. So the details didn't sink much in my brain. I mean seriously, there even are pictures of his graphs and you can see tons of Parabolas. I didn't really get the formulas even when it's already been explained through text. Sad, I know. Haha! So again, the scenes weren't really exciting. Most of the time are just talks and trips, and the only part I felt excited about was when Leslie's (Leslie is the female protagonist) boyfriend fought with everyone in the garden. And... That's just it. The story was good, probably great for readers who like talks about formulas and more on just.. Talks. But the story is good. :) Oh, and one thing I observed: John Green used a Third Person point of view in this book. :)
Sammie rating. :)
The Abundance of Katherines: 5/10
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella.
This book is really cute for me. The romance in this book is between a multimillionaire boss (Jack) and a regular assistant (Emma). I loved how I could relate in some parts of the story regarding secrets. Hahaha! Besides that, I loved the dialogues. Jack's dialogues are formal, which makes it sexy, mhm.
Example:
Emma: "Everyone was laughing at me. Everyone was teasing me, in the whole office. Artemis (female antagonist) was teasing me-"
Jack: "I'll fire her,"
Emma: "And Nick was teasing me-"
Jack: "I'll fire him too." "How about this: anyone who teased you, I'll fire."
See!! It's such a turn-on!! It's like I was focusing on Jack 3/4s of the freaking story.. Haha! Kidding. :) but really, the dialogues caught me, and I found the story great too. :)
Sammie rating. :)
Can You Keep a Secret?: 8/10
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella.
This story's good too, but I thought "Can You Keep a Secret"'s better. :) I like how Sophie made some characters's personalities and attitudes realistic. It made me realize things and it made me sure of my preferences. Example of characters:
Lexi (female protagonist): has flaws = given names and is bullied or is teased, rather = did surgery.
Eric: rich, handsome = jerk
Or maybe these kind of characters are just common.. Haha. Doesn't matter, I liked the book and that's it. It wasn't really great, but it's great. :))
Sammie rating. :)
Remember Me?: 7/10
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen.
This book is the same as the movie. As in totally the same. I read the whole book, having the "Flipped" movie's characters's voices narrating in my mind. Haha! If you haven't watched the movie, the style of the movie is a narration. The characters narrate what they're thinking, but there are still a few dialogues as well. :) I highly suggest you read the book first, before watching the movie because almost everything written in the book is in the movie. :)
but all in all, they are both great. The story's cute; It's about crushes and love in the young age. It'll make you think like "I was like that?" and "I was so silly before". Haha! :)
Sammie rating. :)
Flipped: 10/10
And that's all I've read. I'm currently reading "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella, and I'm planning on finishing the whole series. Once I've done reading the series, if I don't find any book that seems cool, I'll most probably try reading Nicholas Sparks's other books that I haven't read, nor watched. :)
Hope you enjoyed this post. Have a nice day! xx.
