Day 06 A book that makes you sad

Day 06 A book that makes you sad: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

If you won't be affected by this book, you have a big problem.

I've had an ebook copy of this since 2010, but I was able to read this through a borrowed hard copy from one of my students just last year, 2013. I was randomly asking them about good reads and she recommended this, and even lent it to me the next day. So I gladly obliged. After all, it's not everyday that I get to read actual books that are sold at a price I can't afford.

When I got home that day, I was excited to read it. After dinner, I plopped on the bed and began to read.

And I regretted reading it during nighttime.

It was about a story of a girl who committed suicide and enumerated thirteen (13) reasons why she did it and recorded them on seven (7) cassette tapes. She was already dead when the tapes started circulating, and if one of them didn't pass it on, something bad would happen.

The book would really dampen your mood, but you just can't stop reading it. Because in a way, at some point, we were a part of someone's sorrow too. We caused pain to someone out there. Deep or superficial, still, it's painful for them. We may have did it intentionally or not, but the bottomline is, we hurt someone.

The setting of the whole book was all through one night, when the tapes landed on her love interest's front door. (or was passed on to him, I don't remember exactly)

So like the story, which happened during the night, I read it for two nights.

Later on in the book, the reasons she cited were not why she committed suicide; those were the reasons behind her desire to be free.

The book was about doing things while we still have the chance. and to say things while we have all the time and opportunity to do so. If we'd let passivity get the best of us, all the things we want to say and do would remain thoughts hidden at the back of our heads. They would remain as thoughts, when they should've been transformed into actions and experiences.

So get up and do the things you ought to, and say the things the people around you need to hear.

Be the person God designed you to be.

Days 1-5 of the Book Challenge

Day 01 Best book you read last year: I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris

This book can really mislead you. You'd think it's about relationships, and relationships per se. But it's not. It's about the more important things than being in a relationship. It's about the responsibilities you have to your family, to your friends, to those around you, to yourself, and more importantly to God. It's about realizing that timing really is everything. Not just plain timing, but God's timing. It's about learning to trust him with this very crucial aspect of our lives, and not to try and take control of it, like we always do. We want to do things our way, not realizing that it's not about us, it's not about our partners, but it's about what God wants us to do --- both as singles and as couples.

Day 02 A book that you've read more than three times: Sunday's at Tiffany's

Recommended by a friend who's a fellow bookworm, this book has topped my list of 'most-sought' books for quite some time. Since January of last year, I've been sweeping bookstores selling low-priced books for a copy of this. It's available on other bookstores, but on a very pricey amount (which I don't bite, anyway. Life's too expensive nowadays to spend too much on a single copy) so I've been investing time and effort searching booksales for this. And voila, one day I finally laid my hands on a copy and I went straight to the counter.

It's about a girl whose first love is her imaginary friend. When children reach eight years old, their imaginary friends stop existing and they get on with their lives. But Jane saw her imaginary friend once more when she was grown up. Which was everything but normal. So Jane and her imaginary friend Michael discover why she sees him again --- which leads to her own healing and eventually, Michael's too.

Day 03 Your favorite series: Harry Potter series and Hush Hush Series

No need of an explanation. This is not only a part of my childhood, this is my childhood.

Vampires are out (they've never been in for me, anyway); fallen angels are in!

Day 04 Favorite book of your favorite series: HP's 3rd and 7th books; Hush hush's 4th and final book

For the HP series, there's a tie for my favorite book. The first is the 3rd book, since it's still amazing how Harry could have mistaken his patronus for his dad. :D sometimes you gotta be your own hero.

The 7th is well, very informative... and just so worth it.

If you haven't noticed yet, I have this knack for the final books. Well. Closure is a big thing for me. And the revelations are oh so enticing (and unexpected too).

Day 05 A book that makes you happy: Bible

Yes, I know it's cheesy and so corny (for some, that is) but it's true. This book right here really makes me happy. It reminds me of how loved I am, and always will be. It's the only book where the author is in love with the reader, and not the other way around. :D

30 day challenge

Since I have spare time this summer, I thought I should be productive with it. But I think it's a little late for this since I have 9 days left before May ends. But still, I want to do this. I will compress challenges; I won't do them day by day. I'll answer challenges as long as I have spare time. So maybe in a day, I'd write about five challenges (maximum) if I'm really not that busy here at work.

Answering these kinds of stuff can really help stimulate the mind, and it helps me relax too. I know it sounds VERY nerdy, that writing is relaxing for me, but it really is. I don't know. It's just a form of therapy for me.

Here are the sets of challenges that I'll do for the following days. I'll post the picture of the challenge that I'm answering, to avoid confusion.

I know, I know. It's really ambitious of me to try to do this with only a few days left with my (working) vacation. But I JUST NEED TO WRITE. It's been a difficult to just even write simple compositions lately and I feel that it's a burden. So, to stimulate my mind and writing skills, I've decided to do this. 

Or I just want to write again. Either way, it's still a win-win situation. :D

I'll start in a bit! Me is eggzoited. :D