The Time Traveler's Wife

There are 2 books on the top of my list, Twilight and The Time Traveler's Wife! We've all seen Twilight, and I think The Time Traveler's Wife is more promising in terms of quality and budget. I think this movie can pretty much meet my expectations. If you haven't read it, go to the nearest bookstore to buy a copy before the movie's released.

2008 Books.

I had this goal that for the year 2008, well 2008 and moving forward, I'll read at the very least 10 books every year. 10 days to go before 08 ends, and I can post already that I failed. The thing is, what do you actually read after reading the Twilight series, right? ;) Anyway here are the 9 books I read for 2008.

1. Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
2. Witch of Portabello by Paulo Coelho
3. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
4. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
7. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
8. You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
9. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

And for the supposedly 10th, I haven't finished it and I've decided to put it back to the shelf rather than leave it on my bedside table and accumulate dusts.
10. Why We Want You to be Rich by Donald Trump, Robert T. Kiyosaki

I'm actually a nerd that I enjoy reading books like Freakonomics, or A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.

Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know about Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space... and More! is on my wish list! I keep on waiting to purchase it whenever Powerbooks is on sale, but it's always out of stock.

I even have the Time Almanac 2009 on my bedside table hahahaha, okay I'm such a semi geek.

I can't claim that I'm really a bookworm since most people can read more than 10 books a year, and I can't even hit 10. If I had all the time in the world, I'll probably read more :) and bake more, and watch more tv series... Oh well :)

So some comments on the books I read:
-Twilight is still the best book in the series.
-I'm tired of Paulo Coelho's same tone/feel in all of his books, it's the same book after book after book.
-Kudos to Lethem's way of writing.
-Rich Dad, Poor Dad was inspiring, the book with Donald Trump didn't move me. Well, I'm not yet done so I have to wait and see.
-I hope one day the stage Wicked here. I'm interested to try other Gregory Maguire books :)

And the Saga Continutes.

I read the Inquirer paper for today, and lo and behold, a lot of people in the Philippines are really into the Twilight Saga! There's even an online petition with already3,000 people who signed up for the petition (I'm 3,177 to be exact) to move the release date of the movie from January to it's original date in December in the Philippines. We usually have our Metro Manila Film Fest in December, so all movies released in December are moved to a latter date.

Fully Booked is even opening it's doors past 12 midnight on August 3 so people can get Book 4: Breaking Dawn at the stroke of 12! How crazy is that? I'll just wait on August 4, Monday :) I already had my copy reserved and I kid in the office that I might go on leave on that day. Hmm since I got my book reserved in Greenbelt Powerbooks, half day would probably do. But who am I kidding, it's a Monday and 'Monday leaves' are sacrilege. Since it's the last book, I'd better savor it's words and story :( I get sad on saga endings. I got sad when I've finished the last book in Harry Potter, and I'm pretty sure I'd feel the same thing after reading the last book.

Well, at least I have the movies to look forward to! :) I hope the petition works.

Twilight.

This is an overdue post, I've been meaning to write an entry about this book, the book that I've been/people have been fussing about, I've been looking up trailers in youtube.com, some done by fans of the book with their own take on who should be the stars in the movie adaptation, to reading through Stephenie Meyer's site on outtakes, FAQ's about the book, etc. Even downloading mp3's, Vanessa Carlton has a song entitled Twilight, which really sounded apt for the book.

I have nothing but high praises on TWILIGHT! Every girl would fall in love with Edward. He's excruciatingly beautiful. Oh and I've always wanted to be a vampire since I read the Christopher Pike series on vampire back in high school. Vampire sans the blood thirst that is :) But plus the hot vampire boyfriend :)

Here are some helpful links on Stephenie's site:
Outtakes
FAQs on Twilight
Edward's POV, Midnight Sun Chapter1

The extras in the second book New Mooon are very interesting. There's also a pdf file with Edward's perspective on what happened.

I'm currently on the third book, Eclipse! I can't wait for the fourth coming this August :)

Goodbye Harry.

(No spoilers here in case you haven't read the book.)

The long wait is finally over, I dunno if it's really a good thing that the last book was finally out, or it's a bad thing because the series finally reached its end. I'd surely miss the 'waiting' period, the excitement that goes with it, and the predictions on what's gonna happen next (I have my own theories :p).

As I read the last book, instead of savoring every word, I munched and crunched through the pages like a hungry HP fan, I was binging on JK Rowling's writings :) I have nothing but praises for the last book, and I think it even exceeded my expectations. It's action packed, it's exciting, and it keeps me in the edge of my seat. Rowling really has one hell of imagination, I mean to be able to create a totally different world that deviates from what we actually have, and be able to put the pieces together and not get lost in it, she really brought Harry Potter to a different level.
It's just so sad that there are only 7 books, and the final one is already out. I'd surely miss the boy who lived :)

Currently Raving.

2005 Entries Back. Thank God for Google, I swear I owe the guys behind Google! Thanks a bunch. Even if my reecah.coms.ph entries are practically non existent, I was able to google them. Uhu. Their system cached the old entries and I was able to view them and copy paste to blogspot. I guess that's also a drawback if you want to delete your entries completely, like emptying your recycle bin. But na-ah, doesn't work online because deleted stuff can possibly be recovered and found :)

White Chocolate Croissant. I'm a big fan of white chocolate. I loooove this croissant, I tried it from Breadtalk, and man, it's a piece of heaven on earth. Manna! I love the bear filled with white chocolate also, but this one's sooo damn good. After heating it up in the oven toaster, the white chocolate melts and it's ooooozing with white chocolate goodness. I used to eat the pizza, floss, ham and cheese, etc on Breadtalk, but now I'm trying to explore their dessert pastries.

Taco Jolly Hotdog. If you know me very well, you'll know that I'm a Mcdo baby. CERTIFIED Mcdo baby,and that's even after watching Supersize Me. Well, Supersize me then! Haha. Anyway, I like chili dogs, and this one's yummy because it has that chili dog taste and ground beef. Well it's basically yummy.

The Time Traveler's Wife. I'm not yet done but it's a really good book. A lot of people are raving about it :) I guess the title says it all. It would really be an interesting thing to time travel. Oh and to clarify, book's different from Buttefly Effect, different sort of time traveling. Both are equally interesting though. Oh and tips for people who love books, wait for Powerbooks' 20% off sale. Then hoard! That's what I do, I list down the titles of the books that I want to read(in my small notebook mentioned in an earlier entry haha) then I buy it during the sale. I had to reserve this book twice before getting a copy of it during the sale. I guess a lot of people really wanted a copy of this, huh? :) And one more thing that I do, I go to barnesandnoble.com then I type the book I recently read then view the "people who bought this book, also bought these books". So that gives me ideas on what other books to read. I guess books have demographics also. Readers are inclined to certain books even if they have totally different topics, writers or stories. And searching on Barnes and Noble apparently works for me, because when the "people who bought this book, also bought these books" list shows, I see that I've read some of the books mentioned on the list.

The Prestige. I saw this movie last weekend, and after watching it, I can only say one word, WHOAH. I loved the movie :) Batman vs Wolverine! Haha.

That's basically it :) Happy Halloween!