What I've Been Reading 005

I have got to keep this list up-to-date before I forgot about everything...

1. The Distance Between Us, Kasie West

But knowing about someone doesn't equate to knowing them.

You have as many options as you give yourself.

I enjoy this book mostly because of Caymen. She was portrayed as a girl with dry humor but I really thought she was funny. Maybe I was just in the #mudahterhibur team... The story was pretty cliché but cute nonetheless.

2. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han

Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone.

For me there was -- is -- nothing better than walking on the beach late at night. It feels like you could walk forever, like the whole night is yours and so is the ocean. When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can't say in real life. In the dark you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.

I felt it a week before we left, every time. And then of course, when the time came, I was never ready to leave. I wanted to stay forever.

I read this book because I really liked To All the Boys I've Loved Before and I have seen this book in Chapters for so long. I was a tad disappointed that it wasn't exactly up to par...Belly was just annoying to me. However, I liked the last quote very much because it hit very close to home.

3. Pivot Point, Kasie West

"Wait, are you saying a love interest has to annoy you?"

And that reaction - my inability to react - scared me more than anything.

I expected this book to be as funny as The Distance between Us but of course it was not. The book was about a girl who can see situation in the parallel world if there was two different choices available to her. It was interesting but a bit confusing.

4. It's Not Summer Without You, Jenny Han

It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough.

Well, because I've read the first book, I should read the second one, right? Conrad was confusing as ever and Belly was still annoying...heh. The quote was an argument against the phrase 'it's the thought that counts'. The phrase couldn't quite be applied to all kind of situations, could it? Sometimes, actions speak louder than words (or thoughts).

5. We'll Always Have Summer, Jenny Han

A fight is like a fire. You think you have it under control, you think you can stop it whenever you want, but before you know it, it's living, breathing thing and there's no controlling it and you were a fool to think you could.

Girls with boyfriends, she'd said, limit themselves to a certain kind of college experience.

Belly was in college and she was still immature. The decisions she made were almost always impulsive and senseless and I have no other words to describe how childish she was. I liked the last quote because it rings true at some point. :P