Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet Book and Movie Review

Tuesday, July 7, 2015


I haven't actually been tracking down all my one day reads but I am fairly sure that when I finish a book within a span of 24 hours, there must be something in it that had my attention and it just needs to be finished right away and as much as I want to prolong my stay with that certain book, I just can't seem to put it down until I finish it eventually. The thing is, it happened to me again, with this book called Sundays at Tiffany's. I guess you are familiar with it? Yes I'm pretty sure you are because it was turned into a movie last 2010 and I haven't watched the film yet around this time that I am writing my introduction but now that I am continuing this post, I have already watched it! Hooray!

First, the book cover of the copy that I owned and got from Starry Books Shop for a fairly cheap price (it's pre-owned but it's in a very good condition that it seems brand new) is a bit misleading. This book is a movie tie in edition and if you haven't watched the film yet, like myself when I read the book, it could lead to a bit of confusion. This book cover shows two little kids, and apparently, one of them was the imaginary friend, which is the boy and his name is Michael. While it is probably the truest form of imaginary friend when you're a kid, in the book, Jane's was a 35 year old man and knowing nothing about the movie and letting the book cover sink, I thought that Michael was really a kid! But no, he's not and that got me in knots while reading but then I figured it out eventually.


This book is an easy read and with some funny sarcastic dialogues, and based on some of the books that I have read by James Patterson, this book is on par with Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas! I've only read three and I love these two and hated First Love, so I guess I'll be trying his other books and not judge him solely on a single book hate.

So a new motto for me: "Don't judge an author by one of his books but if the number increases, don't read that author again." A little warning though, not because one wormiee doesn't love a certain author, doesn't mean you won't love him too. It goes with taste and we have different tastes, okay? And besides, it's only one book and James Patterson is a great author based on Suzzane's and Sunday's and I highly recommend these books! Go on, please do.

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BOOK REVIEW

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Title: Sundays at Tiffany's

Author: James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet
Published by: Grand Central Publishing on 1st June 2009
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Chick Lit, Contemporary
Setting: New York, US
Format: Paperback, Movie Tie-in Edition, 319 pages
My Copy Source: Bought [Starry Books Shop]
Rating: 4 Roses
As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, the powerful head of a Broadway theater company, has no time for her. She does have one friend—a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael—but only she can see him.

Years later, Jane is in her thirties and just as alone as ever. Then she meets Michael again—as handsome, smart and perfect as she remembers him to be. But not even Michael knows the reason they've really been reunited.

Sundays at Tiffany's is a love story with an irresistible twist, a novel about the child inside all of us-and the boundary-crossing power of love.

 100% RECOMMENDED! Especially during Christmas time, but since that is still a good 5 months  away, you can read it anytime. Okay? It's cute and it's fun and it won't be what you think it is when you read the prologue.

Speaking of prologue, HA! I love a book that proves me wrong. I read the prologue and thought, WTF? This is a bit revealing, isn't it? But then again, it slapped me right back and said "YOU JUDGER!" =))

This book, if you have no idea yet, is about Jane Margaux, daughter of Vivienne Margaux, the busy and perfectionist owner of a big theater company in New York if I am not mistaken. Jane has a 35-year old imaginary friend named Michael who will leave her on her 8th birthday. Jane was deeply hurt because when he leaves her, she'll be alone again so he promised her that as soon as he leaves, she will forget everything about him. But that didn't happen, Jane remembers everything until she was on her thirties and engaged and everything until he came right back into Jane's life and from there, everything was in full brightness with their reunion.

I love all the characters in the book after watching the film, because by then, I was able to fully appreciate their vivid personalities as compared to the film. Take Jane's fiance for example, his name is Hugh, I love to kill him in the book. He's a self-centered bastard who wants nothing but fame from Jane whereas in the movie, he's apparently a not so vain but still kind'a vain and famous fiance. Next is Vivienne, she served a lot of purpose in the book and her character is a lot more antagonistic compared to the movie. I just don't think I'll ever get the reason why she's the way she is. Vivienne is a bitch to her daughter and the book just didn't answer why, there is no story. The only reason for her being a bitch was  that she wants Jane to be independent. You can do that, you know, even without making your daughter fell like she's worthless! UGH. (see? I'm much more alive and kickass with the book's characters because they are easy to hate HAHA). Who else? Let's see... I guess those are the two characters that are "hate-able" in the book and "love-able" in the film.

 That little plot twist in the end was by far unpredictable. I am not saying anymore because I might spoil you. I've already spoiled a little already by saying something about the prologue. I'm sorry about that, okay?

All in all, I love the feel of breezing through the pages because I love that it did not bore me. I love how it ended and I love Michael, really. It made me wish I had an imaginary friend. The one who would know everything about me even when I already forgot it myself.



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MOVIE REVIEW

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The movie was charming and  a bit different form the book's story line. Michael, for one, is a kid and not a 35-year old imaginary friend and he grew up into a man and came back into Jane's life after leaving her at Tiffany&Co. on her 10th birthday, the age of awareness, with a broken heart (at age 10 of course it's because she lost a friend).

Again, I am in love with Michael, not just in the book but also in the movie. He is freaking handsome and funny and childish. As for Jane, she's sooo pretty and it's just... Even with entirely different story line, the movie is still great and enjoyable.

There are parts that I wished they'd retained, but then again, I still loved both the movie and the book even with different pros and cons. It's a happy ending and realizing that Jane is not happy with Hugh and she's completely herself with Michael is enough for me to feel joyous even with the less dramatic ending as opposed to the book's VERY TRAGIC AND DRAMATIC end.

Definitely a chick flick must watch! Go read and watch wormiees!

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Another great recommend is Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson also. It will leave you teary eyed and the film adaptation is, as far as I can remember from the book, entirely the same and you'll absolutely love it. Go Go Go! :)

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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Book Review

Friday, July 3, 2015


First, the hype around this book was palpable. It was like one of the most talked about books that came out this year. So I was curious, but not so much that I would risk being spoiled so I tried to stay away from the reviews and sticked to the synopsis.

I've waited for this book for 2 months. Two freaking months of people actually reading it already and me waiting and waiting... And when it arrived, I just admired the book cover because it's so freaking beautiful in its simplicity. Silver crown tainted with red blood (very fitting with the story) and the big words, RED QUEEN. Gorgeous *in a singsong voice*.

 You can sneak a peek at the beautiful book right HERE.
Title: Red Queen
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Published by: HarperTeen, 10th February 2015
Series: Red Queen #1
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Dystopian
Format: Hardcover, 383 pages
My Copy Source: Bought [Barnes & Noble]
Purchase: Amazon | B&N | FullyBooked [PH] | NBS [PH]
Rating: 4 Roses
Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace itself, where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a power of her own—an ability she didn’t know she had. Except…her blood is Red.
To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betrothes her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks her new position to aid the Scarlet Guard—the leaders of a Red rebellion. Her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince—and Mare against her own heart.

Read Excerpt

I dived into this book half blind. All I know is that the world is divided into two, the silvers and the red. The silvers having god-like powers and rules above the reds who are lowly and powerless. Mare Barrow is nothing special, just one of the faces from the unworthy reds but there is something special about her, one that she has no idea about and one that nobody understands. Those are the things that I kept and the only things that I need to know before reading it so that I won't be expecting a lot, although actually, I was expecting much because of the freaking hype that's why the best I could do was to avoid the reviews.

It took me long enough to finish this book because the beginning was dragging, all but drawing the world in front of me that it bored me. The thing is, of course, you want the world to be as vivid as possible because it's a different world, but then again there's also this thing where an author can paint an amazing world without boring its readers, but the world building in this book didn't do it for me. Despite the fact that it bored me, it still amazed me. It's not magical for me, but it's powerful and scary at the same time.

It was hard to connect with the characters at first because I was bored with the first few pages. You know I only ever got the chance to quicken my reading pace when the extraordinary Mare was known and then became slow again inside the palace and then bam, bam, bam! The second half was freaking ACTION-PACKED, especially the ending. Woah super awesome and kick-ass!

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Silvers are awesome but hollow and stupid. I mean, yes, they know how to oppress, they have the power to kill a person with a single flick or wink or anything but they are just as destructible as a normal human being. They look at themselves as gods but they are such scaredy-cats. But anyway, they have the right to be scared when the resistance is lurking in the shadows, though it's just weird that their characters don't come out as strong when they are supposed to especially that they should live up to their names as "silvers". I don't really know how to explain it...

Anyway, Mare is a kick-ass newbie! Haha, despite having no knowledge of who she is or what she's capable of, she knows when to stand her ground and fight and when to back down and hide (not literally). That's the thing that you will love about her, she's strong, but the thing is, she's indecisive and fickle. Hahaha, I can't blame ger though, the people around her are just so..... *can't spoil ya guys* I can't tell you enough about the awesomeness of the ending of the book, it's like gladiators inside an arena and 5 silvers are trying to kill 2 people and ugggh! The best surprises are best left to the end of the book, but don't you forget the cliff hangers too!

 Damn the wait again.

HAHAHAHA, a never ending laugh for another love square! =))) It's not like romance is a big thing in this book but there's just no story to it at all. They all just felt the attractions and bam! Mare loves Cal but Cal is a leader who has no compassion for the reds so Mare is torn between liking Maven, the perfect prince, but there's still Kilorn, the childhood bestie... Oh Mare, such a beautiful girl *scoff*. Kidding. The best thing about the romances escalating quickly in this book is that you don't know who you'll root for! I mean, for me, I don't know who I'll pick for Mare. Cal is like the obvious choice but Maven is perfect and there's Kilorn who she cares for too damn much. But hey, knowing that this is a baby of The Hunger Games [refer below], I'm guessing Kilorn will just be the best friend forever. Bwahaha, let's see in the coming books. Aryt?

What else to say... Why 3.8 stars? I love the book but I didn't LOVE the book, y'kno what I'm saying? Ya, I know you don't. :( Okay, first, I didn't end up loving it as much as I thought I would but I enjoyed it despite the boring parts. Another thing why it didn't get a whole 5 stars is because the story is not really all that original and unique. It's like a baby of The Hunger Games Trilogy and The Selection and Divergent and X-Men and Idk, others as well, i think. Hahahah they all hook up to make way for their baby, RED QUEEN. Hahaa, and speaking of that, why is it entitled Red Queen by the way? It's not like she became queen at all! Ugh, misleading, misleading!

Lots of issues with the book but 3.8 stars eh? Haha because it's the ending that got me! That was a literal BAM! BAM! BAM! I just can't stop talking about it. Intrigued??

Okay, guys, read the book and then come back here with your jaw dropped to the ground when you get to the major plot twist and the betrayal and the ending, okay? Coz I'm pretty sure you'll be speechless with all those scenes that will be thrown at you by the last quarter of the book.

Enjoy Wormiees!


Book in Focus: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Friday, June 26, 2015


It has been weeks since I finished Red Queen and I still haven't finished my review yet, so for now, I'll just feature Red Queen as my Book in Focus this week. *partyy*

As you can see, this book has a very simple but gorgeous cover. The first time I laid my eyes on it on my computer screen, I instantly have this urge to own this book because I am a sucker for beautiful book covers and it falls just slightly behind my most favorite book cover available on my bookshelf, and that is A Thousand Pieces of You.

You see that silver crown tainted with red blood? It's the most fitting illustration for the entirety of the book! It's tells all of the book and it's awesome! But the title is kind of not suited for the book and I'll talk about that in my upcoming review, but all in all, this is a WOW book.


The book without its jacket is kind of boring, though, it's gray and it's lifeless.


Despite the lifeless gray cover under the jacket, flipping it to the very next page just makes you forget all about it. I did not ponder on the meanings and what nots of this page, I just know it was cool. I was just actually hoping that there's a map on this book so that I'd have a better view of the new world I visited.


Here are some snippets of the inside of the book.


"In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again."  -Mare Barrow, Red Queen

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PERKS OF BEING A WORMIEE [SHORT AD?]

Sunday, June 21, 2015


 BEWARE: I suck at video editing, and I am not good at directing and manning the camera so bear with me A-kay? :D

For our final project in school, we were asked to make a short advertisement on how we would tell the world to keep reading. This is not my original plan, but I think it worked out just fine. This was also not the project that we passed, because the one that we passed to the professor was not edited by me so originally, I was only the director and the cameraman but the video above was edited by me. I was browsing through my Note's gallery when I stumbled upon the pieces of the videos so why not stitch it together and make a Perks of Being a Wormiee, right?

So enjoy the video and tell me what you think?
HAHA, me, if I saw my fave book read by someone, I would try to tell her that I love the book, but
I would look suspicious and creepy, so I'll try not to do what I did up there. But so far, I haven't had the chance to spot book readers around the campus mainly because I haven't looked around. *sad and busy life with friends and school*

Credits to all my group mates, you're all so great! Mwa.x

The Heir by Kiera Cass Book Review

Wednesday, June 17, 2015


Title: The Heir
Author: Kiera Cass
Published by: Harper Teen on May 5th 2015
Genre: YA, Romance
Format: Paperback, 346 pages
My Copy Source: Borrowed
Purchase: Harper Collins | Barnes & Noble | National Bookstore [PH] | FullyBooked [PH]
Rating: 3 Roses
Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she'd put off marriage for as long as possible.

But a princess's life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can't escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests.

Eadlyn doesn't expect her story to end in romance. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn's heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her . . . and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.
NON SPOILER REVIEW

First, it's been days since I finished The Heir and I still can't decide whether I'd be disappointed or not and with those days that has passed, I know one thing for sure, Eadlyn did not stick entirely, easily forgettable. For me, there were only 2-3 characters that were kind of memorable, or rather the ones that I still remember vividly to be exact. But of course I can't say their name... Or can I? Hmm, maybe I'll put a spoiler review at the end so if you already read the book please feel free to agree or disagree with me but if not, I suggest you should stop where the warning tells you to. Okay? Okay :)

I think it's already clearly obvious to everyone, and by everyone I mean those who have and haven't read the book that Princess Eadlyn is the next queen of Ilea since she is the eldest child of America and Maxon and she grew up knowing that she would be the most powerful woman in their nation so it gave her the free pass to be all bitchy and bratty and spoiled and everything negative that you can think of relating to those that I have mentioned.

You know why I said that I'm undecided? Okay, I'll tell them to you:

  1. First, the main character is not memorable enough even though you want to just slap her in the face most of the time. Even with enough violence you cooked up inside your head with ways on how to hurt Eadlyn physically, the whole of Eadlyn just can't stay in our heads for more than 1 minute because, no, she just don't have a space in there.
  2. Second, I know that Kiera Cass is the queen of frustrating characters so I kind of know what I am heading into before I read it. So.... my fault for being this frustrated.
  3. Third, three of the guys are major stand out and I can still remember them clearly and rooting for one of them to be the one for Eadlyn.
  4. Fourth, there were actually other potential guys that are given enough attention to be elaborated in the book but I guess they're just fillers because it's still a bit pretentious to me and they  just don't fit the part.
  5. Fifth, I am the queen of half full half empty (I'm both), and in this fifth reason I am going for the half full. You know how we always say people deserve a second chance and there's always room for improvement? There's still the fifth book for the second chances and improvement for our bratty little soon to be queen of Ilea.
  6. Lastly, I believe the important thing is to watch Eadlyn grow, learn from her mistakes and I guess we would look back to this book and talk about how far she has ventured from being this irritating and selfish character to the most sophisticated and selfless leader Ilea has ever seen.


With the last numbers, I think you could easily say that I'm still looking forward to the next book despite the disappointment that The Heir has brought me. I am still hopeful.

You see I have contradicting emotions with this book and I don't like it but I don't hate it either. It's an okay read and comparing to the first three books which I finished in a span of 5 hrs to less than a day, I finished The Heir in two days I think. Woah, 2 days for a short read! That's because I wasn't exactly thrilled and excited to turn the pages of the book that I just found myself putting it down for long hours without much excitement when I pick it back up. It is that for me, my opinion lies on a balance and I'm in the middle of these emotions, it's a love-hate relationship I've built with Kiera Cass' books right here.

I don't love the entirety of the book the way I kind of did for some parts of the first three books. I know, it's a new perspective being from someone who holds the selection and not from one of the competitors. Eadlyn holds a lot of weight on her shoulders and she vents everything out by being a bitch to everyone who she thinks is way below her. She's not the "queen-type" and that's the freaking hateful part of the story but the best thing that would happen is, she'll find her "queen-ly" manners and attitude the hard way and the selection way!

All in all, a love-hate but I was looking at the long run when I included the "love" because I was looking at the bright side and that is not yet available because the fifth book is not yet out. I'm hopeful though. Please Kiera. Please, I know you're good in the frustrating department but give your fans something to love without all these rants. Hahaha, although it's good we have something to talk about.

Before I head on to the spoilers section of my review, I'll share about how my bet last May didn't make it to the cut! (Check out my bets and why I chose them) Hahaha damn, Kesley Timber! You're just a name in the book! You and Eadlyn did not even talked. Hahaha, Oh well. I was hopeful, really, and I was a bit dismayed when I first read that Kile is Eadlyn's childhood friend. I was like, ugh, predictable! But hey, Kiera Cass, good job with what you did! You did not let Kile have all the advantage. Thank you for that bit of spice in the competition.

SPOILER!!!

I actually don't have much to spoil here. I mean, just look at what I've written up there! Way too much for my rants!

I remember 3 or 4 guys. I forgot the name of the other one in there, the one who gave Eadlyn a proposition? Yeah, that guy, he knows that Eadlyn's heart is a wild beast, cannot be caged, hard to capture and he knows that picking a love interest is not her first priority in this stupid selection so he asked Eadlyn to pick him. Basically, the proposition was that Eadlyn would pick this guy for he would totally understand if she would not have feelings at all in return for the comforts that being a prince consort (did I remember right? not a king because she's supposed to have the highest position and a king overthrows that nominally) would provide him. He's kind of a poor and he would love to have the opportunity to live a more than comfortable life in the palace. Hmm, sounds fishy. I don't know if there's more to that but I just can't trust him completely. He may have some evil plans in his pocket for all we know! No Eadlyn! Please don't fall for this, you'll find your love, trust me. What's the point of the book right? Hahahalolz.

Next, hmm. Henri! Yuhs, he's adorable! He's cute and he's sweet! I would have love him for Eadlyn because he's everything positive,although it's kind of impossible for him to be a ruler of Ilea if he doesn't speak the language. I mean, have you watched The Prince and Me 3? In there, for Paige to be the queen of Denmark, she must know at least a bit of the language and recite the constitution in their language and in this movie, at least the prince and Paige has a common language and the people of Denmark speaks English too so it's possible.I mean, come on Henri, I know you're cute and all but it would be too hard but your presence is pretty much loved in the selection.

Erik is kind of sweet too. He's Henri's translator and he basically can just be a part of the selection! He knows what to do on the right occasions and he's sweet and nice and he listens. Would it be a-okay if he can be a part of the selection? Umm, maybe not, it would be unfair to Henri. But anyways, Erik and Eadlyn can be best friends! Yay!!!

Lastly, Kile! At first, before the book came out, I was hesitant to like him because it's unfair! The advantage that he had over the others is soooooo! But then came the book, and yeah, it wasn't like the two of the are the best childhood friends ever, they just grew up in the same palace but they don't really have the interest to like each other and so it's a great way to actually have a story between the two of them because they might probably end up with each other so right now, I'm #TeamKile. Yes, it would be a great love story if they kind of hate each other but found a friendship in the selection then eventually find love in each other. Ya kno what I'm sayin'? 

I think the list was narrowed down by a lot even though there are still 11 I think in the palace? But then again, the potentials boils down to about 3 of the gentlemen only.

I think I blabbed way too much in this review and I should stop now and to be fair, I gave this 3 roses because I'm on a love hate relationship with Kiera Cass right here.

P.S. Eadlyn you're so frustrating. So like your Mom! Guess it runs in the blood. =)))

It's been so long since I last posted a review so here's a long review to make up for that! Bye!! :)


Lifespan of Starlight Book Review

Sunday, May 24, 2015
Title: Lifespan of Starlight
Author: Thalia Kalkipsakis
Published by: Hardie Grant Egmont on April 2015
Genre: YA, Sci-fi
Format: ARC
My Copy Source: Borrowed from Dianne
Purchase: Readings
Rating: 4 Roses

The first in a thrilling new trilogy of epic proportions from best-selling children’s author Thalia Kalkipsakis. A fresh take on the time tripping genre, The Lifespan of Starlight is Gattaca meets The Time Traveler’s Wife.


It already lies dormant within you: the ability to move within time. In 2084, three teenagers discover the secret to time travel. At first their jumps cover only a few seconds, but soon they master the technique and combat their fear of jumping into the unknown. It’s dangerous. It’s illegal. And it’s utterly worth it for the full-body bliss of each return.


As their ability to time jump grows into days and weeks, the group begins to push beyond their limits, with terrifying consequences. Could they travel as far as ten years, to escape the authorities? They are desperate enough to find out. But before they jump they must sure, because it only works in one direction. Once you trip forwards, there’s no coming back.

I have managed to get through the first half of May not reading any books at all (not including short story ebooks, that is), and when I got back on track, I busied myself into reading 2 books in 2 days. Yep, one for each day (I usually read book in a span of 5-10 hours then rest and pick another book the next day). The first one is The Breakup Bible and the second one is the Lifespan of Starlight. But today, I am going to start reviewing Lifespan of Starlight before I forget everything. Ugh, remind me to write down my thoughts when reading so I won't forget. Maybe, I'll be posting the review for the other one tomorrow?

Lifespan of Starlight follows the story of an illegal citizen, Scout, who managed to get an identity chip from a dead woman who time traveled for nearly 17 years, if I am not mistaken; and Mason, the boy who constantly watched the grid and found out about the time traveling woman. Scout got mistaken by Mason and his friend, Boc, to be the time traveling woman since the chip was in her possession when they decided to follow her dot on the grid after re-emerging from her 17-year time travel (Is it really 17? Gosh, I forgot. Please correct me if I got it wrong).

These two friends, ever so curious about the existence of time traveling, wanted to know how she does it, followed the dot that now belonged to Scout and not the real time traveling woman, for she is now dead. Here, Scout, not wanting to be caught as illegal, pretended to know the key to time traveling when in fact she's just as ignorant as the two boys are. The story goes from there until all three of them mastered the key to time traveling and faced a big consequence in the end that would be picked up by the second book, of course, because deym, this first book ended in a big cliff-hanger. The pile of my anticipated-next-book-in-a-series-pile is now growing because these books are just UH-MAZING and my hands are itching.

First, thank you Dianne for this review opportunity. You know she can really attest to my enthusiasm about this book, because when I received the email and read: "The Time Traveler's Wife meets Gattaca", I was like, WOAH WOAH WOAH, those are two of my favorite films! (I still haven't finished The Time Traveler's Wife book yet, and I'm planning to reread it from the start again after I make this post) So I literally jumped up on the opportunity to devour this book because I just have to!
And I tell you, you can find no trace of disappointment painted in my face at all, well expect for the fact that I got bored at first because the beginning was kind of slow and the fact that I wasn't just that attached to the characters, but the middle, the end, the scenes? It's not something you can go back from. Literally! =)) (You'll know this when you read the book)

I am so psyched to read another fantasy book. I seem to be reading a lot lately. I've read parallel universes, parallel Londons,and now time traveling. Yaahs!

Do you know what sets this book apart from other time traveling books? It shows the in depth mechanism of time traveling. Like for me, I always see time traveling as something that is instant, something that can be done in a flick of thumb, but it's actually not. Maybe because the movies never really show what happened after you clicked the "time travel button"; this book showed that when you decide to click that button (not that there is any in this book), you will be gone in real time and you will be missing out on what happened on the minutes, hours or years, that you decide to skip. You see, films and other books never showed the POV of the scene that was left after the traveler disappeared for an amount of time. This book certainly does! Ugh, this is really hard to explain :(

Anyway, another thing I loved from this book is the title. It's so fitting. "Lifespan of Starlight" *whistles*. Based on what you already know from the synopsis from Goodreads above, this time travel only works on one direction, and once you go forward, there's no going back, so anything that you've skipped is already skipped, you can't relive them. Not that it will be a big of a deal, since when you skip time, you are literally wiped out from existence until you reemerge so anything that happens when you skip will not involve anything that would include you since there's no two of you. That only happens when you go back, but such a thing does not exist in this world, you only travel forward so there will only be one of you and that you will not exist until you decided to come back, so nothing's really wasted. The only thing you will miss is you did not witness the world go more insane and destructive and wasted than it already is when you left, but I think that's a good thing, right? You're spared from the world's madness. Though there will be danger in that, because skipping for a longer amount of time will mean changes in the environment so you will have no idea where you will land for let's say 20 years? Maybe you left at an abandoned building at the present time and in the future, you will reemerge in the same place but in a different setting, let's say, luxurious hotel, maybe? You will never know. You just have to wish to reemerge in a crowd-less place because when a naked man suddenly appears in front of a crowd, that would be a big scene, and being that you came from the "past", being low profile is on top of your priority list.


Back to the title. I kind of strayed away for a moment, I got carried away. So, there's this scene in the book where Mason explained to Scout how the light that we see from the stars in our night sky is now just a remnant of a dying, if not, dead star. These stars that we see each night are very far from us and the light that radiated from it stretches and travels the whole galaxy that's why we see the light from here. It stretches on forever until the light hits a planet or an asteroid or whatever, but the thing is, the light can never go back. Same goes with time traveling, once you surge forward, you can never go back to the star you once came from. I never thought of it that way before. *Mind BLOWN*

This book is exhilarating and the characters are "dauntless", if I may say. Even with the slow beginning, you'll find yourself intrigued as to how they will end up discovering the key to time travel itself. The romance is not a key part of the book as much as it should have, since of course, Mason and Scout would eventually be attracted to each other. There should have been more romantic part in it, so that some emotional feelings would be triggered in the latter part, but eventually, it was only a "that's it?" moment for me. Well, what can I do? Scout is 14! Freaking 14! What a young age for those romance stuff. Damn. 14 and kissing already? She should have been 16 or 18, I don't know, it's kind of weird. Apart from the romance that should have been "there" more, the ending was a big cliff-hanger, as I have said. This book was way more action-packed than I expected. Pretty cool, way cool and I couldn't wait for the next book to come out. There's no news yet, but I'll be sure to watch out for it. I am really curious on how the story would pick up after the story ended with a very dramatic separation.

Want to know what I am talking about? Yes, go forth and read it. If you are into sci-fi, time traveling, futuristic dystopian sort of book, then this is for you! I might be blabbing way too much on things that you don't get yet, but if you picked up the book, we'll be more in the same page. HAHAHA, please come back and discuss it with me after reading the book. *wink*


Because you see, we don't travel back in time... we shoot forward like the light of stars we see each night.

-Ishiee.

5 Reasons Why Book Lovers Are The Happiest

Wednesday, May 20, 2015



We are not weird, we just don't settle with the mundane

We do a lot of things that weird people out. Take me for example, I dance like crazy with or without audience because my favorite heroine does it so I would think it's cool, it's fine and it's fun! Yes, we don't care about what other people think because in the books we read, it's okay to be different and being different is what really makes us unlike the rest, which is the thing I dread the most, being just like all of them and not being unique in my own way.


We are never really alone.

Yes, we find a lot of friends, fiction or not, we have lots. Feeling lost, lonely, depressed? We just cope because somewhere out there, we just know, that there is someone who feels the same emotion we were feeling right now. Somehow, through these fictional characters, we are reminded that we are not alone.


We are never afraid to be left on solitude

People who don't read are afraid to be left in a place without anyone to converse with, because they don't have this skill that book lovers acquire. We can be alone and not be lonely at all because we have our books with us! We just don't leave home without a book in our bag, it's useful in time traveling you know? Do you really think it's a skill that only Mason and Scout mastered? That's where you're wrong, because just like them, we can travel forward through time. The only medium we need? A pretty good book and we would never really feel that 5 hours was already taken away from us.


We find solace between the pages

Because somehow, after emerging from a rough day, knowing that our fictional boyfriend will always be there waiting for us, is enough to cheer us up. The fun, the wit, the romance, the action, the drama is all the comfort we need along with the chocolates and the ice cream and the fluffy bed, really. *wink*


It's not that hard to please us, really.

It's not that hard to strike up a conversation with us. Sometimes, we might talk about something that we already experience first hand, but I tell you, even if we don't, we might know a thing or two about it. Why? Because we've read about it!

Like one time, when me and my sis talked about Paris, I kind of know this certain place and what it is or stuff. Why? Well, thanks to Anna and the French Kiss. Or when the time comes that someone will talk to me about Indiana, my ears will definitely perk up not because I've been there, but because Violet and Finch told me all about it in allthebrightplaces.


Agree? What are other things you think that defines us from non-booklovers?

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