What a lovely little universe this series is. This book introduced the “What if the world ended tomorrow? 100 Questions” and I absolutely loved it. I What a lovely little universe this series is. This book introduced the “What if the world ended tomorrow? 100 Questions” and I absolutely loved it. I love questions, and I love thinking and analyzing, and this book was all about that. I’m so glad to have read it and I know I’ll cherish it a lot. Definitely gave me so much insight into people’s thinking as well, and I am so going to steal those 100 questions hahaha...more
So cute, I really missed Percy Jackson and Rick Riordan’s fun writing. Apollo was as sarcastic and amusing as I expected, and I loved Meg, Will, Nico,So cute, I really missed Percy Jackson and Rick Riordan’s fun writing. Apollo was as sarcastic and amusing as I expected, and I loved Meg, Will, Nico, and all the other campers so much. The plot flowed well too, and not too forced, and I just had so much fun reading it. I missed this series and am really excited for the rest of the books....more
Very rarely does a book leave me speechless, so it seems fitting that The Silent Patient rendered this reaction from me. An extremely quick and fast-pVery rarely does a book leave me speechless, so it seems fitting that The Silent Patient rendered this reaction from me. An extremely quick and fast-paced page-turner, I dived deep into a genre I consciously stay away from, and found myself enjoying and hating every bit.
My problem with thrillers, mysteries, and anything to do with suspense or psychological fiction, is that my mind is far too imaginative, causing me to go into overdrive and scare myself with what I think. This book was all about that. Thinking.
It was crafted so well the story was weaved in seamlessly, making me try to predict the ending, but still be so dead wrong. I had no idea what to expect, but even that was unexpected hahaha
I’m really happy to have tried out a new genre and am proud of myself for finishing it! It was a really good book, and the writer is a genius for coming up with it...more
As part of my New Years Resolutions, I read this book without listening to any music, noise, or distracting sounds. I welcomed silence into my life, aAs part of my New Years Resolutions, I read this book without listening to any music, noise, or distracting sounds. I welcomed silence into my life, and allowed it to overtake me. And boy, was the silence deafening. It seemed like the quieter I stayed, the louder the words of the book resonated, sounding silently, until they became earthquakes shaking everything I used to know.
Michelle Obama is the perfect figure for grace, strength, and utmost resilience. She is a woman, through and through, and she does not let you forget that. She takes all the qualities that people turn against her, and emphasize them, making it clear to all that those are more her strengths than any slurs people throw against her.
Already being self-assured, if there’s anything more for me to pick up from this book, it’s how she reinforced my steady belief of being capable of doing anything, of believing I can do anything, of knowing anyone can do anything.
I read this on the plane back home from America, and it seems ironic for me to finish it two weeks after our smooth transition back in the Philippines. It seems like I learned more about America in this 400-page book than in my 2-week stay, and yet her narration was so beautiful, I could imagine every part of the book.
This book is especially important to me because it was given to me by Tita Ging, someone I consider a role model too. This book became a symbol of two incredible women that I look up to, who display both a fiery attitude and an unapologetic personality. If there is one thing to take-away, it’s how Michelle Obama urges all us young women to be ourselves fully, without reserve and without remorse. She is the kind of person I want to be — a woman who inspires other women, a girl who grew up to help other girls.
A lot of things get put into place when you read Non-Fiction, and reading this put a lot into perspective. I realize how lucky I am, how fortunate my life is, and how much I can do for others. So many other women I look up to recommended this book, Hillary, Lui, T. Joni, and with all of them the message they implore stands so strong it cannot be silenced — women are powerful when our stories are heard, so we must let them be heard.
More than learning more about politics, and the rules it takes to be part of the First Family, I learned how change happens slowly, but only happens when people initiate the change. I learned about leadership, and selfless service, and acknowledging and respecting, and learning everyday. I heard real-life stories, felt like I witnessed personal events, and read about the intimacy that poses with living in the White House. But more than being a First Lady, I learned about what it is to become different people.
Becoming wasn’t just about becoming Michelle Obama. It was about becoming a daughter, becoming a sister, becoming a wife, becoming a mother, becoming all of this at once, and becoming nothing at the same time. It was about discovering who you were, discovering where you stand, and discovering how to make all of that change.
Becoming is about me, and about girls, and women all around the world. It’s about the purest story imagined, a story of hope, love, and passion. A story about pride for one’s country, one’s family, one’s own self, and how this becomes you.
Thank you Tita Ging, I will forever be grateful for you giving me this book :)...more
My favorite out of the three Emily Henry books I each love and adore - Beach Read was wonderful and heart-wrenching and hilarious and sob-wrecking. MuMy favorite out of the three Emily Henry books I each love and adore - Beach Read was wonderful and heart-wrenching and hilarious and sob-wrecking. Much more than a romance between two people is a finding in oneself and a realization that there is more to life than what you’ve experienced.
Beautiful and charming, this book was an irony of frozen beaches and non-happy endings, tied up with a string of perfect dialogue and one of my most favorite couples. I may feel very much for romance books, but very rarely do they actually make it to my favorites list.
This book is so hard not to love and the characters in it, while mainly focusing on Gust and January, were its stars. I relished in their relationship - from the building up to it even until the established part where I so often find myself bored in. They were pieces of the same puzzle that aligned on different ends and it was such a painful but perfect journey to see them get together.
January’s letters from her dad made me sob as I tried my hardest not to cry loudly beside my sleeping little sister, and her revelations about family, life, and the sacrifices needed in both made me appreciate mine so much.
To me, a mark of a good book is when I can both relate and connect it to my life. This book did exactly that. It made me cherish my relationships now even more, and believe firmly in the truth that I always go back to, the only moment we have is now, and that is the moment worth fighting for. I learned to love the now, and be happy in the present, and stay content with both of that.
A perfectly favorite happy ending that proved romance books do have a special place in everyone’s heart, this book has an extra special one in mine. More love to books that make you think, books that make you ponder, books that make you laugh and smile and be grateful to be alive!!!
Thank you January and Gus, you make me believe in happiness - not necessarily as an ending, but as a continuous promise that the best relationships need constant work, and that the best endings don’t need to come too fast....more
“God doesn't protect people from knives, sweetheart. That's why God gave us other people, so we can protect each other.”
Reason for Rating
There is abso“God doesn't protect people from knives, sweetheart. That's why God gave us other people, so we can protect each other.”
Reason for Rating
There is absolutely no reason for me to minus points from this, if not for the fact that it ended. I am so completely, absolutely in love with how this book was written, thought out, and how it affected me. It was the first Backman book I read after a couple years and it struck me again why he was and continues to be my favorite author.
Favorite Characters
Zara, for sure. I loved her twisted mind, her condescending tone, how everything changed for her. I love how she made me think about rich people, how she made me contemplate every line of dialogue from her mouth. She was rich in character, depth, and just a pleasure to read and analyze about, never quite being able to do so perfectly.
Review
This was one of the best reads I found myself having a hard time letting go of. Curious and though-provoking, entertaining and humurous, this book was everything all at once and nothing at the same time.
A book I HAVE to pick up in the future, just to see how much I’ve changed, it is a book that taught me so much, and I am certain will teach me even more as I grow older. I am so excited to see how I will react to this book, far in the future, when I will have experienced more and therefore be able to relate to it much better. Nothing of the book will have changed, but I will have, and just as much, I know without question that what I feel towards it will be different as well. I don’t doubt that I will love it even more.
It’s so hard to put into words a book that made me feel as wonderfully complicated as this one, but I have to at least try in respect of Backman’s incomparable writing.
Very few authors manage to make me laugh at the same time question my entire existence and it is in Fredrik Backman I always find myself going back to. I love how he can make me reflect on all my beliefs about the current world, with just one bizarre, weird-scratch-in-the-brain thought. The way he wrote the entire novel in short chapters, with dialogue chapters scattered here and there, jumping from plotline to plotline, yet seemingly all connected, you just know it takes a mastermind — or a completely bizarre man — to think of that.
Wonderfully quirky is the way I can best describe this word. Unconventional theories, unique character idiosyncrasies, just the entire mystifying, off the wall, crazy story, that made for such a great ride. I loved how the characters were all so layered, so real, so totally idiotic and abnormal that made them so human. They were all apart of this bigger story, while still having their own stories shared. It was perfectly calculated just how much of each individual’s story was to be shared, and Fredrik Backman did great in measuring and executing it.
He wrapped up the story so neatly and well, that short lines of dialogue brought me to tears towards the end of the book. I never felt for a second that he forgot about any of his characters, giving them exactly what they needed, at exactly the right time.
It was strange in a good way, quirky in a heartwarming — at the same time heart-wrenching — way, that made you stop to read certain lines over and over again (whether to have it ingrained in your heart or because it was crafted in such a peculiar way, you will never know).
Thank you Fredrik Backman for teaching me more about the world you don’t know fully, for opening my eyes to people and idiots all around, for letting me come to my own realizations on why kindness is important for just about everyone on the planet. No books will come as close to yours in making me think so hard and laugh harder. The tears in my eyes didn’t fall, but the love in my heart stays obvious and permanent.
Right from the beginning you are hooked and Backman doesn’t let go of you until the end — where even then you remain unsatisfied, wanting for more of the great story you just gobbled up. Ridiculous, witty, uplifting, exciting, quirky, sentimental, surprising, magical, I just loved this book so much (and definitely recommended it to literally everyone I made contact with in the past week)....more
Easy 4.5 stars for my second favorite Emily Henry book. (A very very close second to Beach Read!!)
As a big fan of small town settings, this book had cEasy 4.5 stars for my second favorite Emily Henry book. (A very very close second to Beach Read!!)
As a big fan of small town settings, this book had characters I loved, a plot I enjoyed reading, and a wonderful escape from reality.
It’s books like these were I can enjoy the release that books provide, forgetting all other worries and being completely immersed in the story of the main characters. I fell in love with both Sunshine Falls and Charlie and Nora, and thoroughly enjoyed the other characters.
Emily Henry said she was heavily inspired by Hallmark movies and romcoms like You’ve Got Mail and The Parent Trap, all of which I absolutely love. Along with that, I also got so much Gilmore Girls vibes, specifically that magical Stars Hollow feel. It made the book even more enjoyable for me and I really did have so much fun reading it.
With only minus points for all the mature scenes… I genuinely liked this book a lot, and the ending did not disappoint. Like Nora, I’m a huge fan of books with no perfect ending. Although this one came to a happy conclusion, I really liked the struggle and conflict they went through before it, most especially how Nora did not give up on her dream, even if there was such an easy way to stay.
I super enjoyed the introduction, with the book tropes coming into play, seeing the two main characters interact for the first time. It was a simple, but deep enough book that I enjoyed and learned from a lot.
The banter!!! The dialogue!!! Definitely my favorite part of the book, I soosososoos enjoyed it as in. With the oh so strong female lead that I loved and broody but not entirely rude handsome male, the banter was so fun and literally the best part of the book.
Overall, nothing honestly I hated about this book (though it could have lost a few pages about all their family trauma but understandable just felt so dragged out), wouldn’t call it a favorite just yet, but definitely adding to the list of easy books to recommend to anyone....more
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