Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Date A Girl Who Reads - A Poem

I had to post this. It's fantastic.

Date A Girl Who Reads
 

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book. 

Buy her another cup of coffee. 

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice. 

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does. 

She has to give it a shot somehow. 

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world. 

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two. 

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series. 

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are. 

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype. 

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots. 

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads. 

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

By Rosemarie Urquico

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Book #12

Hello blog readers^•^

Book #12: Jane Eyre
Finished: March 20, 2011

I have this app on my itouch that let's me listen to free autiobooks. Of course there're all old classic books, so you won't find Twilight or Harry Potter on it's list. I don't really know why I started reading/ listening to Jane Eyre. I guess it's because I was going to read it for school but I changed my mind. So when I saw it on the list of books on this app I picked it. I also down loaded the free ebook on to my iPod so I could listen and read it at the same time. 

Jane Eyre Summary: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is about the life of a girl named Jane. She was an orphan her whole life and ended up living with her aunt who hated her and forces her to go to a boarding school. When she arrives at the boarding school every thing changes..

My favorite things about the book: I really loved this book. It was mysterious, full of adventure and love, and all about finding who you are. It was great. I loved Jane, and Mr. Rochester. And I love the time period it was writen.  Books aren't written like that anymore, it was beautiful. Listening to it on autiobook was great because at some points they spoke french. It was a fantastic love and life story and I loved it. 

Some things I didn't like about the book: the only things I didn't like about this book was that the chapters were sometimes long, and since it was written in the 1800's some of the vocabulary they us is hard to understand. But it's not that bad.

Rating: I would give Jane Eyre a 4.8 out of 5 stars

Recommend it?: Yessss :)

Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog very soon! Sorry I'm so behind on my blog. A lot of school work this year! The next few blogs will most likely be short like this one. I have five books I just finished to write about. So more very soon <3 

12 down, 88 to go (help! Haha)
That's all for now 
Adieu~ Caroline

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Book #6

Hello blog readers^•^

Book #6: Looking for Alaska
Finished: February 2, 2011

Good morning John it's Thursday. 

If you're a fan of the vlogbrothers (Hank Green and John Green) on YouTube than you will know why I started my blog like that. Anyway I've been a fan, and a nerdfighter, for about a year now. This whole time I've been watching the vlogbrothers videos I've heard John talk about his book Looking for Alaska. I didn't read it right away because my school's librarian, who has read everything, told me she didn't like it- at all. And she knows books, and she knows when they're good and when they're bad. So I put off reading it for a little while, but final curiosity got the best of me and I read it. And let me say, its nothing like I thought it would be...

Looking for Alaska Summary: So this book is about a boy named Miles, later known as Pudge, who leaves Florida to go to a boarding school in alabama for his junior year of high school. At this new school he meets Alaska Young, and she changes his life forever...

My favorite thing about the book: There were a lot of things I like about this book. 1. I like thinking "haha that's such a John Green thing to say". 2. I loved Alaska's love for books, and the book and poetry references they used. 3. For the first half of the book they are counting down to something. And I being curious and having no self control looked ahead to see what they were counting down to. I couldn't figure it out. I skimmed and skimmed and skimmed, until I finally gave up and just read. Wow I didn't see this coming. I thought they were counting down to Alaska leaving, and then having Pudge go "looking for her". But no. They were counting down to Alaska's death. Did not see that coming. Congrats John, it takes a lot to pull something over my head like that. 4. I loved Alaska complicated, secret filled life. 5. I loved Pudge's essay at the end and how he figured the way out of the labyrinth.

Some things I didn't like about the book: I didn't like the huge drug, sex, and alcohol uses in the book. The one thing I didn't like about Alaska was her obsession with sex. And there was this one part in the book with Pudge and a girl named Lara that was very discussion and not needed. I mean really John? Why write that into your book, all it did was turn it from a PG-13 book to an R rated book. I can't even write about it here, i feel so dirty. But oh well, what can I do?

Rating: I would give Looking for Alaska 3 out of 5 stars

Recommend it?: Yes I would, to some.. Mature readers.. It really is a good story.

Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog in about two days.

6 down, 94 to go
That's all for now 
Adieu~ Caroline

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

List of Books

Hello blog readers^•^

I wanted to let you guys know some of the books I'm planing on reading soon. This way you  can know what's coming and if you want you can read them too (there not in any particular order, there just the books at the top of my list!)

Looking for Alaska by John Green (I love john green. I think it's about time I read his book. Dftba)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by stieg larsson (people say it's great)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by stephen chbosky (again, people say it's great)
Linger by maggie stiefvater (sequel to shiver)
Torment by lauren kate (sequel to fallen)
Angel by James Patterson (next book in the Maximum Ride series, 13 days until it comes out. Eeeep!)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (can't wait to read for school!)
their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston (also reading for school, but it's amazing)

So those are the books I know will be coming soon. Hope there are some books here you like, if not then leave some comments with recommendations :)

Thanks for reading. Blog tomorrow on Looking for Alaska! 

That's all for now 
Adieu~ Caroline

Monday, January 31, 2011

Book #5

Hello blog readers^•^

Sorry, I know it's been a few days. I finished my 5th book on Saturday and I was planing on writing my blog on Sunday. But on Sunday I got to see my cousin who is home from war so I didn't have time. He's leaving to go back tonight so if your a religious person than pray for him, if not then that's a-okayy. So anyway here is book #5!

Book #5: Heartsinger
Finished: January 29, 2011

Heartsinger by karlijn stoffels is my schools librarians favorite book and she basically forced me to read it. And I'm glad she did.

Heartsinger Summary: This book is about a boy, named Mee, who grew up with to death parents. Mee has this amazing singing voice that could make anyone happy, except his parents, because they are death. He feels he has failed them, and when they die he travels west to use his singing talent for good. Just by looking at someone he can see there whole life story. Though Mee's travels he sings at many funerals and we learn about their lives. Thoughout this book Mee learns who he really is. Along side the story of Mee there's another story of a girl name mitou who travels east to meet up with Mee. Fate brings them to one another and together they become heartsingers.
 
My favorite thing about the book:
This book is one of the best books I have ever read. There are only two books that I wish I could have written and this is one of them. It's truly beautifully written. With in the story there are other little stories and each little story is amazing. I love mitou's story of how she grew up to ugly words said by her parents and how eventually any noise at all sounds ugly. I love the story of the princess and how she would sit in front of a mirror and look at her self because when she was little her parents would never look at her or pay her any attention. I mean, come on, how does someone come up with stuff like that? It's fantastic. And the way it's written is just incredible. It was translated in to English so I think it being foreign might have to due with the way it sounds. And I love the ending, when Mee runs to meet mitou and sings as he goes. Beautiful. 

Some things I didn't like about the book: The only thing I didn't like was that it was so short. I wish it was longer... oh well :)

Rating: I would give Heartsinger 5 out of five stars. (one of the only two books I would give a five)

Recommend it?: Absolutely yes. It's really unlike anything you have ever read. This is an amazing example of how a book can be good with out all of that teenage drama stuff mixed in.

Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). So It's the end of January and I should be at 8 books... I'm a little behind. But I just finished up midterms so that took about too solid weeks of  free reading from me. I'm gunna have to double time it in February! Next blog out... Wednesday? Or when ever I finish my next book. I'm going to try to do two blogs a week from now on, maybe three until I catch up.  Thanks for reading!

5 down, 95 to go
That's all for now 
Adieu~ Caroline

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Book #3

Hello blog readers^•^

Book #3: Fallen
Finished: January 17, 2011

Have you ever walked into a book store, looked at a book, and went "Wow that looks stupid, or that looks ready bad"? Well I'm sure you have, and I have too. And one of those books was Fallen by Lauren Kate. When I saw it i didn't give it a second look. But one day I went into my school library and the librarian took my arm and said "I have the perfect book for you". She dragged me over to the new book section and picked up Fallen. The whole time she was checking the book our for me I was thinking 'Noooo, I don't want to read this, it looks so bad', but I knew I had to read it because she would want to hear all about what I thought of it ( I'm one of the only kids who comes in to actually check out books). So I read it. Have you ever heard the saying 'Don't judge a book by it's cover'? There has never been a statement more true.

Fallen Summary: This book is about a 17 year old girl name Luce, who is sent away to this boarding school full of messed up and troubled kids where you have no connection to the outside world except for one phone call a week.  At this school is where she meets Daniel, a boy who clearly wants nothing to do with her but she can't help but feel she already knows him...

My favorite thing about the book: Okay so the truth is... I loved this book. It was fantastic! I loved the setting; the school, graveyard, hidden lake, and angel statutes. I loved Cam, but hated him at the same time. I like the description of his green eyes. But I loved Daniel more, and how he kept slipping up on secrets of the past. I loved the description of Luce and Daniel's kiss. And I just loved the whole idea of the novel; secret pasts and fallen angels. And the ending, it makes you need to read the next book.

Rating: I would give Fallen a 4.6 out of five stars.

Recommend it?: Oh my gosh yes! Read this book now!

Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Another blog tomorrow, thanks for reading!

3 down, 97 to go
That's all for now 
Adieu~ Caroline

Monday, January 24, 2011

Book #1

Hello blog readers^•^

As you can see I'm a little behind with starting this blog, but even though I started so late into January I'm still going to include the 4 books I have already read this year. So I thought I would start off with a teenage classic to get the ball rolling.

Book #1: Twilight
Finished: January 9, 2011

The first book I read this year was Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. And no this was not my first time reading this book. It was my ... 5th?

I am a huge fan of the Twilight saga books. The movies- not so much. The
movies do not do the books justice. I think the people they cast were all wrong, the way they changed the plot was wrong, the cullens house was wrong, the school was wrong, everything was wrong. But this blog is not here for my to complain about bad movies, it's here so I can talk about wonderful books. And twilight is a wonderful book.

Twilight Summary: I'm guessing most people know what twilight is about but for those few people who have been living under a rock the last five years... twilight is a novel about a girl named Bella who moves to Forks, Washington and meets the love of her life, Edward. There's only one problem- he's a vampire.

My favorite thing about the book: What's not to like? It has love, secrets, revenge, action, vampires, and on top of all of that Bella tries to figure out who she is and where she belongs. I like how in a lot if ways (besides the vampire love part) I can relate this book and the way Bella feels to my life. Parents divorced, going to a new school, trying to fit in, that kind if thing. Edward and Bella are perfect together. I  love all of the different characters in the book and all of there different personalities. Jasper and Alice are adorable together, and my favorite characters. Hmm.. I think that's all of my favorite things from the book. I don't have a ton to say for this book because in guessing everyone knows it. Over all it is a great read that will make you not want to put it down. And if you don't feel like reading it YouTube Alex Day reads Twilight. He is making fun of it but it's just so fantastically funny it doesn't even matter :D heres the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L253VLwH3w

Team Edward or Team Jacob? : I known right now that's the only thing you really want to know ;). And the truth is I am proudly Team Edward. So sorry all you Tayl- I mean Jacob fans, but Jacob is an annoying, clumsy, huge, long haired dog boy and I see nothing attractive in that. Edward on the other hand...

Rating: I would give twilight a 4.6. out of five stars.

Recommend it?: definitely. But of course I'm sure most people have read it.

Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Another blog tomorrow, thanks for reading!

1 down, 99 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline