Warm Bodies By Isaac Marion

Isaac Marion

  Born: 1981 near Seattle

  Occupation: American writer, photographer and a painter

                          

              The story begins with a zombie named "R". He has no name, no memories, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R meets a girl. Her name is Julie and she is the opposite of everything he knows - warm and bright and very much alive, she is a blast of color in a dreary grey landscape. For reasons he can't understand, R chooses to save Julie instead of eating her, and a tense yet strangely tender relationship begins. 

   

            The novel shows how forbidden the love storyline of Julie and R in the novel. The dead world and the  living world of Julie in the story and the love that they both have inside. Its amazing how and zombie like R likes and fall in love with Julie. The friendship that they both have and the willingness of R to breath and live life again with Julie. In this novel, it certifies that love can change who and what you are if your willing to. 

  

The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan

Born :  June 05, 1964
Place of Birth: San Antonio, TX
Family: two sons, Haley and Patrick and his wife

                 The Lightning Thief is an fantasy adventure-novel that was based on Greek Mythology. The adventure started when a twelve-year-old Percy Jackson in the modern times, discovered that he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the Greek God Poseidon. Percy and his friends go on a quest to prevent a war between the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.He is taken to Camp Half-Blood in New York, a camp for kids just like him that is safe from monsters that like to attack half-bloods. When Zeus's master bolt (the thing that allows him to create lightning whenever he wants) is stolen, Poseidon is blamed for the theft. Zeus tells Poseidon that the master bolt must be returned to Mount Olympus by the summer solstice, or else he will declare war on Poseidon. with the help of his friends Grover and Annabeth (a smart demi-goddess and daughter of Athena) they were able to give back master bolt to Zeus.

                 The adventure of Percy gives excitement to the readers. In every adventure that he does in the novel, it seems like you are with them. It gives vital action to the readers in which realizes how important family is and the acceptance of being who you are.
         

The Dance of Anger By: Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D

            

 Harriet Goldhor Lerner

          Anger is a signal and one worth listening to. Our anger may be a message that we are being hurt, that our rights are being violated, that our needs and wants are not being adequately met or simply something is not right. Anger may tell us that we are not addressing an important emotional issue in our lives, or that too much of our self- our beliefs, values, desires, or ambitions is being compromised in a relationship. It's a signal that we are doing more and giving more than we can comfortably do or give.Its a warning that others are doing too much for us. Some reasons of anger often meets with the rejection and disappointment of others because of appearance, attitude, and some other reasons.  

           Anger is something we feel. It exist for a reason and always deserves our respect and attention. We all have the right to everything we feel and certainly our anger is no exception. If we don't know how to handle our anger, it may cause broken relationship and loss of self-esteem for it. Without knowing how to control anger, there will be a large possibilities of losing self control and people around will never understand you. 

            As to this book, it shows how powerful anger is and its damages in our lives. In order to avoid broken relationship and misunderstanding, we should know how to control our anger and learn how to calm ourselves in every difficult situation that we have in our lives. Anger don't give any means of positiveness in our life for in fact, it gives stress and disturbance to everyone.

The Secret By Rhonda Byrne

Rhonda Byrne

 

       “Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them.” Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

  

         The Secret has existed throughout the history of humankind. These book explains how powerful our thoughts and how we are attracted. The Secret shows how to apply this powerful knowledge to your life in every area from health to wealth, to success and relationships. There are several real life  testimonies who changed their lives by applying the secret. The secret is within our selves. Our thoughts are powerful. If think of negative thoughts then you are much attracted to disease and problems around. 

        With the help of these book, it teaches us how to become successful in our lives. With positive thoughts comes a great positive outcome that would turn out towards change in life. Think of something and aim for it for attraction will receive those positive thoughts and will give you more than it.

    

 

If Only By Christina Welsh

  Christina Welsh

         "Life isn't always the way you want it to be. What matter is, you live with good intentions and give happiness to those you met all along the way." Love when there is love that you've feeling. Smile though your heart starts to be broken. Appreciate small or big things that your special someone gives and love them whole heartily. Do the best thing for the person you love for you don't own their lives. Don't take them for granted for they live only once and make the best memories that you both treasure forever. 

            The story of Ian Wyndham and Samantha Andrews reminds me of something that I used to laugh before way back high school. Ian Wyndham is a business man who lives with his musician girlfriend Samantha Andrews in London. Ian takes Sam for granted making Sam feeling vulnerable in the role of the one who loves more. As the day progress, it takes through a day in Ian and Sam's life.  There are different events that Ian dreamed or certainly happened truly in reality like Sam getting brunt on the kettle, his watch breaking, Sam getting coca-cola split on her clothes and being interrupted by Sam during an important meeting at work where Samantha had mistakenly thought that he had forgotten his presentation folder at home. As he held a taxi, the driver tells about how he and Sam are going through difficulties then the driver recommended he should just love her. After the concert Ian tries to dismiss Sam's favorite student. At dinner, Sam confront Ian where her frustrations boils over. She gets angry at Ian for his attitude toward her and tells hi that she wants him to be love her and got out in the restaurant with tears as Ian follows for her for forgiveness. Sam gets in the same man who he traveled with earlier that day. The man gives Ian an ominous smile and as the clock hits 11p.m, Sam close the door and leaving him standing. Then the sudden thing happened that cause Ian's world realize how much he loves Sam.

            As long as there is time to spend good memories with the one you love, make the best thing of it. Don't waste time for life is only limited and you can't predict what will happen next for your not a fortune teller to know everything. Be the best man or woman, don't be stupid, and love them more as much as they do for true love knock only once's.

Dear John By: Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks

 Name: Nicholas Sparks

 Birth Date: December 31, 1965

 Place Of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska

 Education: University of Notre Dame

 Occupation: Author

 

                

Love come and goes unexpectedly in such time in which the person you love will gonna leave you for some reasons and promise to be with you forever. Long distance relationship my work but sometimes we can’t deny to that fact that it doesn’t last. Also, Long distance relationships measure the love that you feel to that person and choose either to hold on or wait or will give up.

In the story “Dear John”, Special Forces Army Sergeant John Tryee is home for a two week-leave from Germany. He meets Savannah Curtis after he dives into the ocean to retrieve the purse that had fallen in the pier. John was smitten by Savannah and was fall in love in the first sight. Savannah Curtis is a college student at the University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill and she’s on her spring break while helping to build a house for habitat for humanity. At the bonfire, John meets Savannah’s friend Tim Wheddon. He quickly learns how inviting and mature Savannah and Tim are.  At the end of John’s leave, Savannah meet John in the pier and mentions that she thinks John’s distant father has Asperser’s. It’s a development disease which would explain why his dad is distant, has the same and exact schedule conversation every day and is only interested in his gigantic coin collection. He quickly gets mad and accidentally hit Tim’s right in the nose. The two forgive John of what he did and before he departs, he promised Savannah he’ll marry her when he completes his deployment. As he came home on leave, they spend a very close night together while at one of the empty houses for habitat humanity. Savannah writes to John as what she promised starting with Dear John and promises her love for him. John was excited to come home with Savannah but due to 9/11, he feels the duty to reenlist in the army. For years has passed that they’ve been away with each other, Savannah writes to John another letter that starts with Dear John and ends with good-bye. He was broken hearted after he reads the last letter that he received from Savannah.

John’s father dies after suffering from heart attacks. John sees Savannah one day and finds out that she married her best-friend Tim and has been living with his brother Allan who suffers from Autism. Tim, while in his death bed ask John to make Savannah happy and marry her when he passed away. In his mind, he decides to sells his father’s coin collection in order to find Tim treatment for his Melanoma. He decides to do this after realizing how selfless Tim is let Savannah go with him just to make her happy. Tim in his dead bed still cared for her safety and happiness. The treatment for him works and was released in the hospital. In that point, John never regrets that she loved Savannah. John is watching Savannah, starring at the full moon proving her unending love for John. 

In the middle chapter of my reading, I stop and face myself in the mirror and realize something that knocks me into reality. John’s character reminds me of someone who I admired before and until now I still admired him. Though distance hinder, we find ways to communicate and wait things to happen in the right time in our lives. And all we have to do is to trust one another and learn how to be patient to wait things in the right time. In the end, I learn that in every love story doesn’t last for a happy ending. Though they are together, they still love each other as big as the full moon.  And I remember what John says to Savannah that “No matter where you are in the world, the moon is never bigger than your thumb.”

A walk to Remember By: Nicholas Sparks

      Nicholas Sparks

 Name: Nicholas Sparks

 Birth Date: December 31, 1965

 Place Of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska

 Education: University of Notre Dame

 Occupation: Author

 

          

            “Remembering the person who you love most, who gives direction into your life and changed you like no other.” As God gives the life that we have today, the illness and problems that he gave to challenge our faith in him and as we found love and meet the unexpected person that will change our lives without even knowing. In this world, all of us have a corresponding task in which we may not know what it is. It’s a matter of acceptance, to love heartily, appreciate little things and live life as what God gives.

            

            The story of “A walk to Remember” of Nicholas Sparks touched my heart and realizes things in my life. The story begins whit a prank boy named Landon Carter, his popular but a rebellious student and his parents were separated. Because of being a rebellious student his punishment is mandatory participation in various after-school activities like tutoring disadvantaged children and performing in the drama club’s spring musical in which the writer of The Christmas Angel was Jaime’s father. At these point, he is forced to interact with quite, bookish Jaime Sullivan who he known for many years but to whom he rarely spoken. Landon had a hard time in memorizing and practicing his lines, he asks Jaime for help. She agrees to help him if he promises not to fall in love with her. He laughs off Jaime’s strange remark believing her to be the last person with whom he would ever fall in love. Although, Landon has the access to the prettiest and most popular girls in town between shy demeanor and old-fashioned clothes, then he categorized that Jaime doesn’t exactly fall into that category. The two of them practice their lines together at Jaime’s house after school. They both form a tentative friendship until Landon learns that she had a wish list of all the things she hopes to do in her life. Jaime approached Landon at his locker room one time and asks if they are still for practice that afternoon. He smirks at Jaime in front of his friends and say “in your dreams” and they laugh as Jaime’s face fills with betrayal and embarrassment. At that afternoon, Landon arrives at her house and hoping that Jaime will still help him. But, she refuses to open the door and when she eventually does, she said sarcastically that they can be “secret friends” and slams the door in his face when he agrees. Then Landon eventually learns the script by himself.

            During the play, Landon and the crowd were all astound by Jaime’s beauty and voice. He kisses her during the play which was not in the script and Landon tries to be close with Jaime but she rejected. Until his friends had a mean joke to her and punch out Dean and Belinda and takes her home. The two pursue a relationship in which Jaime’s wish list impossibly came true with Landon. She finally tells Landon that she has a terminal leukemia and has stopped responding her treatments. He was upset at first but then on she tells her reason why she was moving in her life and using the time she had left. But then on, Landon happened to fall in love with her. Break down and says to Landon “I do not need a reason to be angry with God” and flee. Jaime’s cancer gets worse and collapse in her father’s arms. She was rushed to the hospital and he never leaves her side until her father has to pry him away. Landon continues to fulfill Jaime’s wish list and learn about the nature of love and got married. They were married in the same chapel where Jaime’s diseased mother was married. She died after and Landon becomes a better person through Jaime’s memory in which he achieve the goals that he set to do like she did. He was sorry for he could not grant her wish to witness “a miracle” before she died. And Jaime’s father says “She did. It was you”. 

            At this point of life, people blame God of what kind of life that they have in their lives.  Some got angry because of uncertain things like losing someone you love, having a chronic disease, worst kind of living, being poor and so on. As what our pastor says in one of her lectures that don’t blame God of where we are right now, for we are the one who makes our life in the earth and the only thing the God can do is to guide us through his words which will help  to become who we are. And the only thing that God want from us is to have faith, love, and trust and hold on to him.  We may not feel God’s presence but in many reasons God sent somebody to help us and change our lives like what Jaime changed Landon in the story “A walk to Remember”.