SS paper - revenge not accomplished yet

One word would suffice to describe my feelings :
~ Disastrous ! ~

huhu...
How come I can do the first SEQ ?
BUT
HOW COME I forget the two name !!! ERP and ALS !!

I ended up doing the British question instead...what a luck !!! >.<
Argh ! I want to write ! Want to type !
Huhuhu...

Some more , can't buy Rukia kimono from PanInTheBox since the cost , $88 , is way too high for me...[Indonesian recession..huhuhu...]

AAAH ! I better study or I'll be dead on the day of my Literature paper...WOOh ! Sleep first !

POST-O-LEVEL REVENGE !!

Wahahahahah! I almost went insane after ONLy the first two torturous week of O-LEVEL !
I haven't had time to relax...
Haven't had time to update my blog ...
Haven't had time to check my numerous accounts...
Haven't had even a second to READ a NOVEL !!
>< [tears] huhuhu... But I've had plans for the After O !! No matter what , I am going to 1.Buy piles of books ! Hahahaha ! Brisingr! LotR ! Here I come ! 2.UPdate Blog !! Gonna write on - To Kill a Mockingbird and A Midsummer Night's Dream Hahahaha! Pure revenge ! after O level , I'm gonna bury these two books in the topmost shelf so I probably won't see it again for the next 10 years ! - I am Messenger_Markus Zusak - New moon and Eclipse_Meyer , finally coming after I reread it ...hehe... - etc [still have lutsa books XD] Last but not least ...gonna : Party ! Eat ! Play ! Hahaha ! Seventeen ! Who says "scholars shouldn't have fun !!" And I am going to have as much fun as I can next month ! YAY !

-Almost crazy-

By the way , this is my latest "hunt" item...hikz...seemed like I can't find it ..><

Breaking Dawn

You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers—the monsters, the enemies.
When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it?
If it was someone you truly loved?

- Breaking Dawn -
by : Stephenie Meyer

Don't know what is Breaking Dawn ?!!!
Run straight to the nearest bookshop to grab one of the Twilight sagas and read it !!!
you just can't miss this one !

The next two paragraphs are written straight after I finished the book , still heavily intoxicated:
Wow ! Now , I don't care the smallest bit of anything anymore .I just wished to regurgitate everything that have been raking inside my brain for the last few hours as my eyes raced through Breaking Dawn's last few pages !!- But..phew....[sigh..] Though I have been rather worried by the movie [ Don't judge the book by its movie !!!], the myth that the saga had been, 'seemingly' deteriorating in quality down to Eclipse , and the beginning of the book ,........................................,Breaking Dawn is an overall success !!!!!!! Yes ! Appaluse to Stephenie ! I finished reading it , eyes teary and weary , but with a huge grin on my face ! Now ....

SPOILER ONLY IN THE BOLD PART Man ! This book , when you're reading it half way , it really irked you to the deepest rung of your heart .The pregnancy part , which was especially graphic [for most people , and slightly distuirbing for the faint hearted ones , like Esme , for example ..hehe...] albeit being a very logical part of the plot .I kind of expected such sufferings when she conceived her baby -which she shouldn't have any idea of in the first place .But ,I'll tell it straight, this book really stole my heart , like the others did .It have a proper opening and ending .I began reading the first pages with a smile and finished it with smiles !

" I want you, and I want you forever. One lifetime is simply not enough for me."-Edward

Ok , back to the review thingy ...

Stephenie's Breaking Dawn had sold 1.4 million copy in a day , and ,having read it :
- I know that there's more to it than the fact that there are lots of Twilight series' fans who had been dying to purchase this book since the beginning of this blissful year !

You won't be disappointed if you love the previous book . You will be thrilled , your heart battered with so much excitement that you won;t mind reading it again though you've just finished it ! [ I have one friend who is reading it for the fourth time straight-now, that might be a hyperbolic example , quite surprising even for me ]

"Dancing isn't so bad—with you. But I was thinking more of this,"—and I pressed myself to him even tighter—"of never having to let you go."-Bella

But Breaking Dawn ? I absolutely , indefinitely , unconditionally loves it !

Breaking Dawn , the fourth sequel to the Twilight series , told us of Bella's[the main character who fell in love with a vampire] wedding and honeymoon with Edward , followed by lots of twists [which you may or may not like, but INTERESTING !] , ironies [which makes up most of teh funny parts, ALERT : danger of paroxysms of giggles] , and things [I don't want to add spoilers...hehe...] which makes the plot almost irresistible [if not because I've read too many good books but no time to put it up here ...] ! .

Based loosely on The Empire and A Midsummer Night's Dream , those who had read these books would have an advantage in understanding more about the processing of the book .For those who doesn't , easy does it !

There's no worry and you can enjoy this book as much as those who've read the two books .

As I had mentioned , the plot would present you with twists , circumstances which one will not expect .In the beginning to the middle of the novel, some of us ,might behave defensively and rebelliously against this change ,but DON't put the book down or you'll regret it and mope over it !

One thing you must do with Breaking Dawn is : keep reading , grasp it , wrestle with it , be fascinated,astonished , awed , amazed with it , and eventually , infatuated .Believe it or not ,climax, denouement and all , you'll be besotted by this book !

Also ,despite the mixed reviews from many fans , I think Stephenie's way of ending the book is acceptable .She's the author anyway , and I think she had the right to make the denouement which she thinks is suitable , and as long as it is logical and it fit into the plot very nicely , I won't mind it .Her denouement had painted a huge smile on my face - yet I sort of understood the disappoinment of some fans who've too much expected the story to be ended "their way" [you can google in to see with your eyes] .

We might have expected differently , and she might not have written it as well as she have written Twilight for some of us , but personally , I think she won my utmost admiration when I read the last few pages ,and I am expecting more and better masterpieces from her now ...

"Now you know," I said lightly, and shrugged. "No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you."
"You're almost right." He smiled, his eyes still a little wider than usual. "I know of just one exception

Midnight Sun ?
It's confirmed now that I WILL ABSOLUTELY have it in my shelves .

Breaking Dawn .
A must buy ? Definitely !!
Now , quoting a part of the book :

ALice : "Like it ?"
Bella shook her head .
Alice :"Love it ?"
She nodded !!

That's how my feeling is about BD !!

And for those who read A Midsummer Nights' Dream , 'Mischievous' , just like Puck .You can't expect what to expect ...

You'll see some Demetrius , and making references between BD and MND is fun [ I tried to make an essay relating MND to BD with one of my lit friend ... it's hillarious , knowing what Stephenie might be thinking when she wrote this ...]



Lastly , I just want to speak out , that , if not for Stephenie's Twilight , maybe I would not have discovered the wonders words as early as last two year ,when I first learned English . Maybe , like some of my friends , I wouldn't have seen the beauty of words [which is horrendous !!! ] till now .So , thank you , Stephenie ... We're waiting for more from you ^^

"Forever and forever and forever" he murmured .
"That sounds exactly right to me "

The Shadow of The WInd

The Shadow of The Wind
from the author : Carlos Ruiz Zafon

" There are worse prisons than words "-Julian Carax / Nuria Monfort

The Shadow of the Wind is a captivating tale , mesmerzing and intoxicating at the same time . Reading this book will remind you of Gabriel Garcia mixed with Charles Dickens and with a tinge of sweet Spanish romance and mystery . This book enchants his readers with a tale about a young boy , by name Daniel , who found a book titled 'The Shadow of The Wind' [yes !] in The Cemetery of Forgotten Book .Struck by the literary beauty of the book , and intrigued as to why the book he was holding onto was probably the last existing copy in this world , Daniel set up on his investigation about Julian Carax , a man of enigma who is the author of that enchanting book . Along the way , we are rewarded with alluring plots which intertwined with each other , forming a huge tangle of lives which cuts or loops over each other when they met . We follow Daniel's breathtaking and suspenseful pursue of Julian Carax while he himself is threatened by a man with no face , Lain Coubert , the devil in Julian;s books , who had lived to burn the remaining of Julian's books , and as Julian's life tale is unweaved , slowly , slowly , we began to draw a line of symmetry between Julian and Daniel's life , and just how riveting this tale is !

" so long as we are being remembered , we remain alive ." Julian Carax

The Shadow of the Wind is too good to miss ! Go grip one and take a look over the first few pages and you'll be flipping over the pages feverishly before you realize that this book has bewitched you . It's just so simple to fall in love with this one , especially with such charming and yet enigmatic characters shrouded in the darkest secrets possible in the Gothic setting of Spain , Barcelone . As for me , personally I found that this book had taught be to remain honest , to stood with courage and marches up against all odds no matter what , and to keep on believing .It makes me believe in the significance of sacrifices , and how sometimes there are things which are best kept hidden - forever ...

"This city is a sorceress , you know , Daniel ? It gets under your skin and steals your soul without you knowing it ..." Fermin Romero del Tores

TSoTW will get you rummaging the content of this book no matter how you despise classics !This book is simply exhilarating !
Some things which I could tell you as you read this novel :
-You'll be dying to know Julian Carax
-You'll abhor yet be besotted by the characters , whoever they are
-you'll found yourself holding your breath or chuckling at some points
and ,
You'll Love It !
Trust Me !
It's too tempting a treat to miss !
ANd ,
Carlos Ruiz Zafon seems to have another one coming !
"The Angel's Game "

Watch out ~ he..he ...

"The stranger turned around and walked off toward the docks , a shape melting into the shadow , cocooned in his hollow laughter ."-Daniel Sempere

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

from the author : Kim Edwards

"This would destroy her . I would not have her destroyed ."
- David Henry [McCallister] about Norah , a wife beloved to him .

Life is a choice .Happiness is a choice .Love - is a choice .
One stormy night in the midst of winter in 1964, Dr.David Henry was forced by circumstances to deliver his own twins .Although shocked and terrified , he managed to do that calmly , thanks to his expertise in medical practices .Paul , his son , was born first , crying and healthy .Phoebe was born later , quiet and pretty .Holding the tiny baby girl in his arms , recognizing the unmistakable traits which confirmed that she was to be burdened with Down's Syndrome for her whole life , he numbly requested for his nurse , Caroline Gill , to take the baby girl to an institution for the invalids .A choice made without his unconscious wife knowing ,and later , a secret little prison of his own life. Achoice which would send his whole life wheeling out of control when Caroline , who was in love with David , ran away with the baby , away from David's life ... Until the end came ...

"

The Memory Keeper's daughter is definitely , undoubtedly a page-turner with a plot strong enough to ravage the sea of emotions in your heart .This book I have devoured in twelve hours' time .This book , which had trapped me in my chair , flipping through the pages feverishly one Saturday night !!

What's so interesting about this novel ?
Well , I think ...if you love The Lovely Bones , you would certainly like this as well . I find this feelingly woven story appealing in the same way The Lovely Bones did to me .
Here , we watch Dr.David Henry ,a youthful ,handsome , talented and married scholar and orthopedic surgeon whose life seemed to be perfect -simply flawless .For a child who came from a poor rural family , he was lucky he's intelligent enough to be granted scholarship and a bright financial future and a promising career .He had married his first love , Norah , a beautiful lady who ,as the story developed , would prove as talented as David was .Their life before that stormy night in 1964 seemed like a pleasant dream .David was building up his career and Norah was heavily pregnant .It was a decision David made , a decision greatly affected by his painful childhood memories , his denial and unconditional love for Norah .

It was heartbreaking though , to witness the agony , despair and fury which each of the characters would need to go through . David appeared to be calm and composed but inside , guilt had eaten the desire to life in him , convincing him that he deserves a punishment in all sort of misery and obsession he could find in order to seek redemption for his mistake - a mistake he believed was too late to be reversed . Norah , sorrowful and lifeless after her loss , was desperate for but denied love and consolation as David drowned himself in jobs and immersed himself in all sort of activities but never really listening to , or trying to understand Norah .A child as talented as his parents , who sought escapade in music and defying his parents, his emotions ravaged and unstable , after living in the darkness of the Henry's house for his whole life .Evil and selfish as they seemed , each and every single one of them had locked in their heart an unconditional love to their beloved ones .This love , which lead them to self-destruction . This love , which cause too much pain for them to bear ,they turned and walked away . This love , which wreak a silent havoc inside their family , cracking the remnants of what was left of their bond , erecting a huge wall of lies between them.

“THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER unfolds from an absolutely mesmerizing premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shapes them both. I loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language.”
—Sue Monk Kidd

“This tragedy of a man who thinks he can control how lives are redirected is as moving as the story of his nurse, who knows that her love can bless a damaged life…Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER.
—The Washington Post

“An auspicious debut novel…THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER is a page-turner, a wonderfully crafted tale…Highly recommended.”
—Bookreporter.com

And ....lastly

Terryfyingly heart-wrenching . A tale of the finding of redemption , love, happiness and helplessness . David had tried to "fix" everything but ended up screwing it all . In the end , whose fault it is ,when "all are punished" ?

click here to read the excerpt .

Night

Night

from the author : Elie Wiesel"For God's sake , where is God ?"
And from within me , I heard a voice answer :
"Where He is ? This is where - hanging here from this gallows."

Eliezer Wiesel [In English : Elie Wiesel ] is a University professor at Boston University , apolitical activist , Nobel Laureate , Andrew.W.Mellon Professor of the Humanities ,and a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust .Years after his survival , Eliezer , who described himself as being "weak,rather shy" boy ,had wondered about the purpose behind his survival . He had authored over 40 books , the best known of which is Night which had been edited ,and translated into English by his wife, Marion Wiesel . He was 15 years old when his family , neighbors , friends , and most of the Jewish society in Germany were deported to the Ghettos ,to the concentration camps and mostly ,eventually , to death itself.

A memoir written by a Holocaust survivor ,this masterpiece allows us to take a vivid glimpse at the prisoners' life inside the concentration camps during the Holocaust itself .
Night tells the story of a young Jewish boy who had ventured into the Kingdom of Night and witnessed the terror of the massacre of the Jewish population by Hitler while the whole world watched in silence .
As the boy went through the daily murders ,under the threat of being tossed into the oven/crematoriums by 'selection' looming dangerously overhead ,and struggled lifelessly to survive , his father the only beacon of life which kept him alive ,we see the horridity of each moments spent in the camps .
Each moment didn't count for nothing , for in each and every moment spent in Auschwitz , Birkenau , Bunchenwald , Jew prisoners were tossed into the crematorium and burned into ashes .Each moment saw the morale erode , humanity dissolve ,blood seeped into the earth ,tears dried and life lost its purpose . Human beings were forced to live with animalistic instincts in the concentration camps .A Eliezer and his father fought in keeping each other alive , it is painful to watch the relationship so dear and close between father and son crumple down when father turned weak and old , and too sickly that he became a burden to the son . Night allows us to witness the lost of innocence ,faith , humanity and sense .Humans fought for a crust of bread like dogs .Families torn apart .Son abandoned father .Manslaughter.
With the boy , we explore the time when the desire to live is no longer present ,when the only thing that mattered is a crust of bread and a bowl of soup ,and when the body lost the connection with the mind .
Night shows that holocaust2 is a time when death is everywhere but far .

Night will drive you questioning your own humanity -and the world's . What would you do under such circumastances ? Why did the world keep silent for such a long time ,when their brothers and sisters are being massacred in silence? Elie Wiesel also ,once again ,brought the truth to the surface , that even until now , such massacre still occured and where were we , sitting comfortably o a couch ? Nowadays see the genocide in Darfur , Starvation in Ethiopia , crisis and massacres in many parts of the world while most of us keep silent and ignorant .There are many reasons why history matters .For one , history taught us of our past mistake ,that there is absolutely no need in repeating the same mistake .That there is a need for us to stand up and speak out .That there is something an indivudual can do . See Raoul Wallenberg , Marthin Luther kIng Jr. , Albert Schweitzer and Nelson Mandela , who had changed the world . All of them are mere men - our only differences lay on determination , belief and courage .

Night is absolutely worth reading , as it explores an appalling subject , a spectral terror which still haunts our world , unnoticed by many , today , in the 21st century !
I can't agree more with The New York Times in this subject .

"A slim volume of terrifying power" The New York Times

"From the depths of the mirror , a corpse was contemplating me . The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me ."

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
from the author Markus Zusak

~Here Is A Small Fact~
You are going to die .

"It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . ."

Set in Nazi Germany era , The Book Thief lulls us with the story of Liesel Meminger [whom I suspect might have been half-Aryan only ]. The story opens with Death- the narrator , which makes this book even more irresistible in its uniqueness - introducing himself , followed by flashbacks and accounts on Liesel's life ,from the moment her biological mother left her ,until her death .After Liesel's parents were send to the concentration camps , she lived in Himmel [Heaven] street with her new German Family , the Hubermanns , and, on the way ,found who her nemesis and friends were in the street while the bombs were falling all over Germany .

~Some Important Information~
It's a small story about :
a girl
+
an accordionist
+
some fanatical Germans
+
A Jewish fist fighters
+
and quite a lot of thievery.

If you expect this book to be "another boring historical accounts" , you're dead wrong . Markus Zusak had employed an unique style and plot ,and a use of language so beautiful that I lost track of time while reading this excellent Novel .To me ,this is an adorable novel , a dazzlingly beautiful yet heart-wrenching tale . It reserved a place on my shelf the moment I read the first chapter , for some reasons . Never had I seen such a novel before and so alluring is this tale that I fell in love with it the moment I started reading it .

~Another Thing You Should Know ~
Death will visit the book thief three times .

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

from the author : Khaled Hosseini

"For you , a thousand times over..."
[Hassan to Amir , Farid to Amir , ...and later , Amir to Sohrab ]

The Kite Runner is one of the books I couldn't help but lay my finger on it ...
It's truly "extraordinary" , "Moving and unexpected" ,"Vivid and engaging "and "Riveting ... Unforgettable !" . A tale about two boys who lived in the midst of chaos in Afghanistan ,you might as well expect shooting and massacre in the book ,but no , I'll tell you : it's not the main issue here ,although a small part of it does mention about the Taliban massacre .

Amir is a son of a wealthy and renowned 'baba' . Father .Hassan is a Hazara boy , Ali's son , a servant whose wife eloped with a troupe of traveling performers .There was an intricate tangle of strings , a fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love which held them together ,even until Afganishtan's revolution when a string of chaotic confusion tore the two of them apart .

Amir moves to America , and , as you might have guesses , lead a happy life as a married author , although childless .It was when a letter saying that Rahim Khan is waiting for him in Peshawar ,Pakistan , which awakened him .It was the fact that his suspicion about Rahim Khan and Hassan had proven to be true . The fact that he knew had scarred his heart so deeply .
What would he do when he finally knew who Hassan is ...?
Who HE,himself is ?

A tale of Innocence Denial Shame Redemption Forgiveness Anger Loyalty ,
Reading this book is like overhearing secret conversations -and thoughts , thoughts which you would not like to hear ...- and stealing stealthy glances at events -events which you would not like to happen - .
Everything in this book is an honest deceit , a misleading truth , an understandable confusion We watch both of the two very different yet very alike -almost like brothers- boys seek redemptions, their own atonement .

There is always a wise omniscient protagonist in the book .Rahim Khan is the one in The Kite Runner .He watched ,he knew but stayed quiet .It was Rahim Khan's words which finally awakened Amir
"There is a way to be good again ..."
There is a way indeed .

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones
from the author : Alice Sebold

I just can't say no to the lovely bones .
The delicately woven events , heart-wrenching tragedies - tragedies which many of us think of lightly yet turns out to be disastrous .

We listen to Susie, dead , watching from her personal heaven - where all her dreams comes true but her longings for earth and life.
We watch Lyndsey cope with the lost of the her mutilated sister -whose other body parts except for her elbow, were never found .
We feel Jack and Abigail Salmon's frustration , anger and denial in response to their daughter death .

Every night , hoping that one day , surely , Susie would return , the porch light would always stay on throughout the darkest hours of night .
Every day , black denial upon white truth , parents who rarely speak to each other ,a teenage sister; too depressed to face more , a little brother; too young to understand.

What would happen to us next ? Who knows ?
What would we do when we face such tragedy ? Who cares ?
Many of us never bother to think over it -it'll bring bad luck / it's negative - . But is it ?
Don't we need to think over it ? So we can treasure what we have - what we do- what we love with more affection ,conscience and attention ..Tell me , when is the last time you hugged your siblings and say "I love you " to them ? When is the last time you indulge yourself in long loving conversation with your parents ? We need to treasure it .We need to wake up .

Last week..

I've finished this one ....
And this one ...
Both stories freak me out .....

Twilight

"Hell's not so bad if you get to keep an angel with you..."twilight
from the author : Stephenie Meyer

"About three things I was certain. First, Edward Cullen was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him, and I don't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."

First published by Little Brown Company in 2005 , Twilight , the first novel of Stephenie Meyer , had soon became a cultural phenomenon affecting legions of readers all across the world .
A New York Times Editor's Choice
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
An Amazon.com "Best Book of the Decade...So Far
"A Teen People "Hot List" pick
An American Library Association "Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults" and "Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers” , and translation into 20 languages.
All three books of the twilight series : Twilight , New Moon , and Eclipse , had seized the 1s position of the New York Times bestseller list .So , what are you waiting for ?

"Of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving."
-Edward Cullen, to Bella Swan Twilight

A 17-year-old Isabella Swan ( Bella ) went to the the small town of Forks at the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to live with his father , Charlie .Bella had come from the sunny Phoenix and hence , detested the rainy Forks ,labeling the small town as her 'personal hell on earth '.Her first day at school saw her becoming the object of envy and curiosity , as well as attraction -to her embarrassment -to the boys at her school .However , life in Forks , for Bella , was still as gloomy and dull as ever .

One exception which would change her whole life lay on a mysterious , gorgeous and beautiful Edward Cullen who sat beside her in her Biology class .Edward's first reaction prior to meeting her and his continual attempt to push her away from her had made her think that he despised her .Bella's noticing the unusual behavior , ability and habit of the boy through some occasions in which he saved her life , soon build up her suspicion .Either unfortunately / fortunately (we don;t know..), they discovered the undeniable attraction they had for each other and nothing could convince Bella to part from him anymore .Not his repeated warning to her that he was dangerous . Not even the fact that he and his whole family are vampires. Not even the fact that Bella's blood , which smells most appealing to him than any other's , could triggered him to kill her .As they tried to build their relationship despite the obstacles thrust by his blood lust , another coven of his kind visited Forks , and one of them set a pair of hungry eyes on Bella .

"You...made...me..faint"
"What am I going to do with you ?Yesterday I kiss you,and you attacke me! Today you pass out on me!"
-Bella and Edward

As can be seen in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ,love is at its fullest height when thwarted by obstacles , and in Twilight , Meyer provided us a pair of extremely star-crossed lovers .Bella's adoration at Edward was returned , but he was facing a hard time suppressing his blood lust , especially to Bella , whose blood was most appealing to him than to any other vampires ,and tremendous agony provided he knew well that one small lapse in his control could brought her to her death .Meyer had written Twilight in an almost poetic language and the most natural plot. She began with 'the new school at kid' opening , lulling us into thinking that Twilight was just another ordinary romance book for young adult readers .As we flipped over the pages , however , we would soon discover that it was not . Issues faced in Twilight would be familiar and alluring to most of the teenager readers .As a book which combines romance , suspense ,friendship and supernatural altogether ,compelling and alluring characters , vivid and intense , you wouldn't wait to finish the book as son as you can .

My interest in books started when I 'attempted' to read Twilight , my fourth novel (at that time , I was not an avid reader I am now).Twilight showed me what words can do and build .Seductive, thrilling, alluring and intoxicating .Don't like reading? Twilight would be an excellent start .

“How old are you?”
“Seventeen,” he answered promptly.
“And how long have you been seventeen?”
His lips twitched as he stared at the road. “A while,”
~
-"Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget"
~
-"It was heaven, right smack in the middle of hell..."
~
"If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
-Edward Cullen to Bella Swan
~

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights
from the author : Emily Bronte

"If all else perished but he remained , I should still continue to be . And if all else remained and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger ; I should not seem a part of it .My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods : time will change it .I'm well aware , as winter changes the trees .My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath , a source of little visible delight , but necessary "-Cathy

Published in 1847 , and Emily Bronte's only novel , Wuthering Heights' originality and achievement managed to capture many of its readers' attention and appreciation .

Mr.Lockwood Dean , a new tenant of the Thruscross Grange , was baffled by the surly , cold attitude of Heathcliff , the landlord of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange who was staying at nearby Wutheirng Heights .Once , after having dinner in his Landlord's house , bad weather forced him to stay overnight in an old room in Wuthering Heights , where through a horrifying nightmare , he encounters the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw , who was pleading to be admitted to the house form the outside .

Intrigued , upon his return to Thrushcross Grange , he asked Nelly Dean , a former maid and childhood company of his landlord , to tell him the story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff .

Catherine , a childhood friend and adoptive sister of Heathcliff , was a beauty who accept and utterly return Heathcliff's love .Though however , she considered him too lowly to be married to her , and much preferred Edgar Linton , a more respectable , rich , and a gentlemen , a childhood friend of hers as well, who , she thought , might help Heathcliff to gain his success .The odds were stacked against them , and Cathy's plans to help Heathcliff rise through her marriage with Linton was doomed when Heathcliff ran away from the fact of losing her .

"You loved me_ what right had you to leave me ? ...Nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us ......"Heathcliff

When Heathcliff returned ,this led to the various events which wrought havoc on Cathy(Catherine) and Heathcliff's relationship , entangling and destroying also the life of many people around them , which includes Edgar Linton ;Isabella Linton , his sister ;Hindley Earnshaw , Cathy's vengeful brother ;and unfortunately , their descendants-sons and daughters- as well .

Their selfishness led them to hasty decisions which creates hell upon world for them , as well as their surroundings . This gothic romance brought about the intensity and madness of the love between Cathy and Heathcliff .It explores the danger and tragic ends which fell upon the two lovers .Thrilling , enticing and hypnotising !I myself considered this book one of my favorites . And although it might took quite a time to understand the characters' feelings and the course of actions they took , this work of Emily Bronte will draw your favor ,just as its authenticity and achievements have drawn positive feedbacks from critiques .

"Linton spends his days and nights there , a sleepless guardian and _ a circumstance concealed from all but me_ Heathcliff spends his nights at least , outside , equally a stranger to repose"-Nelly Dean

Coraline

Coraline
from the author : Neil Gaiman

Coraline moved into an old house with both of her working parents .Coraline , like many children , found her parents unsatisfactory : she dislikes her father's cooking (her father loves to try out new , strange , yet edible recipes ), and she found both of them , who worked with computer-related job , too busy for her .She found life boring , hence , sought for adventure .She also had three very strange neighbours : two retired talkative actresses and one strange old man who claimed that he was training a mouse circus .

One day , she opened a door in her house ,which opened to a brick wall . Curious ,the second time she opened it , however , she found a passage leading to another world with her other parents , who were very kind to her -at first .When she decided to leave the other world , which looked exactly like her own world , she found her parents missing .They were actually being kidnapped by the other mother .After going through two days , living all by herself ,she went back to the other world again , in determination to release them.

The other mother , some kind of button-eyed long-nailed monster enclosed in a human body , refused to give them up except if Coraline won a game in finding her parents' soul and the souls of three of her former captive .WIth the help of a black cat and her strange real neighbours , Coraline searched for them , facing mortal danger and her own demon fear all by herself .But will she success , unknowing that the monster had no intention at all to let her escape .

Coraline is worth-reading . Exciting for adults who loves to read fairy tales still !(like me ..hehe..).The book is suitable for adults as well , since Coraline herself is very mature for her young age .She acts on logic and she knows what needed to be done , whether it frightens her or not , she goes on .Coraline shows us the courage and logic we should have when facing dangers ,and how relating well with other people may save our life .This masterpiece of Neil Gaiman is thrilling and real exciting .