Review: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1 by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



"I know other worlds exist
I can see them
in my peripheral vision."



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Review: Far from You

Far from You by Lisa Schroeder

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



“Pain in your heart.
You’re playing the part
of a human in need.
You beg and you plead
Wash it away.
Wash it away.
Give me the peace,
the peace I need.”

Far From You is a story about love, friendship and family. Alice Andreeson is broken by her mother's death. Her heart is still recuperating and with this process comes the continuous struggle she has when it comes to her relationships. Alice, named after the classic story of Alice in Wonderland, just can't seem to let people in completely in her life. Sure, there is her boyfriend and her best friend whom she care for so much, but even her relationship with her best friend bumps into an obstacle which puts their friendship to a test. There is a new member of the Andreeson family and Alice just can't seem to give a damn and tries as much as she could to stay out of her family's way. It took her one traumatizing incident just to have a change of heart. Just one incident to make her see that she cares more than she thinks. Just one incident to make her realize what she was taking for granted.

What I like about this book is how it tells the story beautifully in poetry form. It was a fast-read for me because the story is gripping, making me want to read page after page after page. Another thing I like about this book is how it portrayed character development. It's gradual yet fulfilling to be able to see the character, Alice, come out of her shell and finally be on the road to happiness.


“I don’t think it matters how hearts are mended, Al.
Just that they are, you know?”



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Review: The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



The Lovely Bones is a wonderful story about a fourteen year old Susie Salmon who had been raped and murdered by a neighbor. Her death brought heartaches and suffering. But despite all of the painful memories that have been and will always be there because of Susie's death, it's beautiful how her death also brought people back together. Death is and will always be depressing part of life. But it will depend on how people will take it. How they'll move past it, if possible. Because we can't really run away from it. What we can do is savor the memories we have of the departed and cherish them and live.

"These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections -- sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future."



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You

You've touched me in ways
not physically possible.
You've made me feel things
that are so out of this world.
You've seen me in ways
no other person can.
You love me in unfathomable,
incredible,
irrevocable ways
that leaves me craving.
Wanting more of you.
I guess I'll never
have enough of you.
But then I have forever
to love you.