What I've Been Reading 003

I am so upset that I couldn't find the quotes that I have saved from the first three books listed below. I read them during summer in Malaysia and I used a different device then. Hence, the quotes mentioned would be some random ones I pulled out of the books and probably not my favourite ones. Haih.

1. The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion

Why do people value others’ time so little?

Why do we focus on certain things at the expense of others? We will risk our lives to save a person from drowning, yet not make a donation that could save dozens of children from starvation.

I love this book for so many reasons. I personally felt like I was reading the stuff that was going on in Sheldon Cooper's (from TBBT) head. I found Don to be cute and yet frusrating at the same time. The second book was out a while ago and I have yet to find time to read it.

2. I Heart New York, Lindsey Kelk

Sometimes we get so used to not really feeling anything, just going with the flow, that we forget how it feels to be really happy or sad.

I honestly did not like this book. It's too...for lack of better words, shallow? The storyline is too fairytale-ish to me, I felt like banging my head on the wall every time the 'perfect' turn of events happened. There are three other books in the series and I don't know if I would be able to get through them...

3. The Boy Next Door, Meg Cabot

Honey, You ain't a hundred dollar bill, not everyone is going to like you.

 This book was certainly an interesting read because of the sense of mystery that was included in it. A bit Detective Conan-ish I would say. I wish I have my notes with me because I honestly can't remember anymore what else I liked about this book. :/

4. Allegiant, Veronia Roth

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.

I like Veronica's style of writing but the plot of this story was getting more and more ridiculous to me. I couldn't wrapped my head around the idea that she had for the ending that I just wished it ended then and there.

5. Epic Fail, Claire LaZebnik

No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior.

You wouldn't think the touch of someone's hand could blow your mind. It's nothing, right? People don't write songs and poems about holding hands - they write them about kisses and sex and eternal love. I mean, when you're a little kid you hold hands with your parents to cross the street. Who's going to write an ode to that?

 This was a light read that I had to had because of my frustrations from Allegiant. It was a fun read nonetheless and served its purpose to me. People say that it's a modernized version of Pride and Prejudice but I have yet to read that book, so I can't really compare them.