So many books, so little time! I’m sure many of you can relate to this. Lately I’ve been wanting to spend more time reading, and less time blogging. I’ve been thinking of taking a week or two off from blogging, so I can gain more time to read. Taking a break is inevitable anyway, no matter the hobby. I don’t train for sports all year round. When a season concludes, my teams have always taken a break before resuming training for the next season. I’m thinking with blogging, a break might do me good as well.
TEASE by Amanda Maciel
Some might find it difficult to read a book about bullying from the perspective of the one who bullied. That is exactly the perspective that Tease offers. It is not a book that can be taken lightly. Neither is it a book about a victim of bullying who overcomes her plight. No, it is a story about the bully after her victim committed suicide.
Stories Are Meant to be Told: On Audiobooks
Before I could read, my parents used to read me bedtime stories. Even when I could read, they still did because my younger sister asked them to, and I listened happily. My grandmother used to tell us stories; the fairytales that she could remember. I always listened to stories with great fascination. Some were real as adults related to me how their childhoods were like. Others were fictional, either from books, or stories passed on from one person to the next.
Retrospect #29: July 20th
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green
I braved the hype and finally read The Fault in Our Stars. Before I read this book, I knew surprisingly little about it, considering the massive popularity and the release of the movie. Of course I knew that John Green wrote it and that it was about cancer. For the most part, I managed to skip past all the spoilers, especially on Tumblr. Although I didn’t manage to escape the metaphor of the cigarette. Then again, I couldn’t make heads or tails of it, so it didn’t matter in the end.
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