Reading Right Now

I am reading right now...The Personal Demons by Lisa Desroches. I have been reading this for 3 days already.

I Am Number 4

I thought this book was a sci-fi fiction and I hate them but this is an exception though it talked about aliens and what not, it's readable and not so much scientific jargon. Once I started reading it, I can't put it down. That's how good it is.

I do recommend this.

Since the movie is being shown here in the Philippines, I watched it with the kids and I loved it also though there were some changes in film such as when and where Henri died. In the book, he died in the school while they were being chased by Mogadorians but in the film, he was killed by Mogadorians while chasing some lead from the publisher of "They Walked Among Us."

The dog in the movie is adorable. Love him. If you watched the film not reading the book, you'll not notice any differences and you'll love it nevertheless.

The Lost Saint by Bree Despain (Book 2 Dark Divine)

The Lost Saint continues with the story of Daniel and Grace.

Grace having infected in Book 1 is trying to use this into a blessing. She's using the power of the wolf to help other people but unknown to her even though she is using this for good deed, she's still feeding the wolf with her anger and frustration, helping the wolf to grow in her and putting her relationship with Daniel in danger.

Grace received a phone call from Jude and decided that she will be the Hound of Heaven for Jude. She will do what she did with Daniel.

She was desperately looking for Jude when she met Talbot. It was a trap unknown to her. Talbot is from the coven that is holding Jude. Talbot started to feed her lies to grow the wolf in her.

In the end, they were able to sour their difference but there's a twist...Daniel transformed into a white werewolf. Was he already cured of the curse? The reason for this would be the essence of the third book, am I right Bree?

It was also revealed the reasons why is it that the father of Daniel wants to kill him. The reason was Daniel is the true alpha not his father.

This was a nice read. I will be waiting for the next book.

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

I know already read this last year but since the second book entitled "The Lost Saint" has been released, I have to read this again so I'll be able to remember the details of The Dark Divine (am admitting that I have memory gap lolz).

The main characters of this book were Grace Divine and Daniel Kalbi. Grace Divine is a daughter of a pastor. She has the burden of being a daughter of a pastor and being in love with Daniel but Jude her brother, hates him. For what reason? We'll get to that later on...

Daniel Kalbi is the werewolf in this story. His family comes from a tribe of warriors. They're strong defenders of their land. They were also stalwart in their belief in God and followed his teachings. So, God decided to reward them with special abilities, infused them with the essence of the most powerful animal in their highland forests, giving them enhanced speed, agility, strength, cunning and tracking. They were marked with white-blond hair like angels. They are called Urbat or the Hounds of Heaven. His ancestors fought the forces of hell for many years. The Hounds had been blessed with an animal essence that made them strong and agile, but they were still human, with human emotions. What they didn't realize is that the animal, the wolf that lured inside of them, fed on those emotions, the negative ones particularly: pride, jealousy, lust, fear, and hate. The devil nurtured those feelings. As the Hounds grew more prideful - believing they were superior to all other humans - the wolf inside grew. It influenced their thoughts, their actions, devoured pieces of their souls. Their blessings became their curse. They turned their backs on God and despised mortals. Then the wolf started to lust for the blood of the ones the Hounds had once sworn to protect.

However, there is a cure for this curse. The only cure to free the soul is to be killed, in an act of true love, by the one who loves them most.

It will be the burden of Grace Divine to carry out this. Will she be able to it?

This book was really a good read. The reason why Jude hates Daniel because Daniel bit Jude three years ago and Jude thought Daniel left him to die but it was not.

Grace was able to carry out her mission even though she was bitten by Jude and thinking that she will become one if she killed Daniel, thinking that killing Daniel is a predatory act that will turn her into one. But it was not, it was an act of love, sacrificing herself to free the soul of Daniel from the clutches of the curse and giving Daniel's life back.

Jude ran away from home...

Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma

I finished reading the e-book copy after 3 days. I thought that I'll not be able to finish this because the story has so much deep, it was so heavy...Maybe, because both protagonists in the story were presented with certain deep in their characters.

This is the story of two siblings who fell in love with each other. Do I see raised eyebrow?

LOCHAN, the brother, is 17 years old going on 18. He is a socially inept type of person. He has difficulty talking to people outside of family. In school, he's smart with straight A's but does not want to participate in class discussion. He does not want to connect with anyone to the point he is having social anxiety.

MAYA, the sister, is 16 years old going on 17. Her age difference with Lochan is 13 months. She is outgoing person, the typical teenaged girl of our society.

Both characters were introduced with so much deep in their thoughts and wants.

Their father left them for another family while their mother is alcohol junkie who rarely sees them and works as a waitress in a restaurant.

They started to recognize that what they feel for each other is greater than that of a brother and sister relationship when they had confrontation about Maya having a date with Nico, their schoolmate. Maya kissed Lochan after their argument regarding her date with Nico...WHAT???

Lochan only realized that it's only with Maya can he really be with himself. They share the same burden together and she was always on his side, by his side. He does not want to need her, to depend on her, but he does, he really does.

With Maya, Lochan was always so much more than just a brother to her. He is her soul mate, her fresh air, the reason she looks forward to getting up every morning.

However, they realized that they have to stop what they're feeling because of their younger sibling, Kit, Tiffin, and Wila. They're afraid that they will be taken away from them. They don't like the idea of them being separated from them but they cannot withstand of them being not together. They planned that when Tiffin and Wila are old enough to tend for theirselves, they will leave and live together.

They have always been equals. They've been best friends since they were toddlers. They've shared a bond closer than friendship all their lives. Together they've brought up Tiffin and Wila. They've cried together and comforted each other. They've seen each other at their most vulnerable. They've shared a burden inexplicable to outside world. They've been there for each other - as friends, as partners. They've always loved each other and now they want to be able to look each other in a physical way as well. So, it happens (the sex thing) and they were caught by their mother thinking that Lochan is raping Maya so he was brought to jail.

Maya declared that it was consensual and incest sex being not allowed by law, she will be brought to jail also. Lochan does not want it to happen because no one will take care of their younger brothers and sister. So, he did something to free them both, him and her from prison. He killed himself.

Maya does not want to live also and plans to kill herself after saying goodbye to Lochan but she realized that Lochan sacrificed himself so that Maya and his younger siblings will not be separated from each other.

What a great love! but for the wrong person thus forbidden.

Do you believe that "there are no laws. no boundaries on feelings?"

February Reading

From now on, I'm planning to blog whatever I'm reading....Right now, I'm reading the Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma...."How something so wrong feel so right." I'm reading it from my nook.

Based from my GT friends, it's a taboo story but will make you cry. I will let you know my thoughts about this after I finished this book.

January Haul

I don't know what's with me that I love things that are techie. For example, I'm not satisfied with just a simple cellphone. I had to have what is the latest in the market but not iPad (can't afford). Last year, my Samsung Omnia was stolen and I swear that I will not anymore buy a cellphone that's a lil bit expensive. I should be contented with a text-call purpose kind of cellphone, however I bought what's hot like the LG Optima. Ooops, so much for that...

For my January haul: I got a free Samsung cellphone from Smart Bro Retention Program and a hair straightener.

By January 2011, I have reached my 24th month of being a good customer of Smart Bro. For the past 24 months, Smart Bro was able to provide a good service to me generally though there were downtimes. So, I decided to renew my contract and to avail of their retention reward program. I renewed my contract with them for another 24 months and as a reward I was given a chance to choose my reward. The choices were:

a. Plan Upgrade: Instead of paying 999 monthly, I will be given a 20% discount, so instead of paying 999, I just have to pay 799.20 monthly.
b. Free Cellphone: For now, they are giving away Samsung Champ (not bad).
c. A hard drive, and
d. Plug it internet.

I preferred to choose the free handset and I was happy about it. The touchscreen of the handset is very responsive unlike my LG unit and love the color white of the handset.

My second haul for January was hair straightener. This was a must because I had my hair cut short as in short. Never had this hair short for so many years, I think the last time I had this short hair was 8 years ago. I bought the hair straightener from SM and it costs me P1,449.50. So far, it's good and does not consume energy much because its specs was 33W only.