The Right Title for This One?

I can’t see in front of me
What or who
All colours blend
Unclear and mixed up
Don’t show exact things
I can feel they move, toward and pass me
But I can’t see their face
Can’t hear their voices
Even single blow, even single sigh
What happen with my eyes?
Or, is my eyer the real problem?
I don’t think so
I can see my own hands with five fingers each
So, has my mind broken?
What happen to me?
Why can’t I see things?
They’re blurry and shadowy
Shadowy and blurry
Whatever
They’re the same things to me
Blurr… shadow…

©Sai Phero
January 2009

Sweet Sixteen Princess, a novel by Meg Cabot

Sixteen is the magic number.
Mia doesn’t always have the best luck with parties, so even though it’s her sweet sixteenth, she doesn’t want a birthday bash. As usual, Grandmère has other ideas, and thinks a reality TV special is just the thing in order to celebrate royally. The whole scheme smacks of Lilly’s doing—Lilly whose own TV show is still only limited to local cable viewers. Will Mia be able to stop Grandmère’s plan? Will her friends ever forgive her if she does stop it, since it involves all of them taking the royal jet to Genovia for an extravaganza the likes of which would turn even Paris Hilton green with envy? Why can’t Mia get what she really wants: an evening alone with Michael?
With a little luck, this sweet sixteen princess might just get her wish—a birthday that's royally romantic. Her Birthday was amazing in a sky lounge.

The sequel of Princess Diaries book no. 7 ½ (seven and a half). Yep, half because it’s a short story, not long one as usual. And it happened between book no. 7 (Party Princess) and no. 8 (Princess on the Brink) beside book no. 7 ¾ (Valentine Princess). What a unique numbering.
It contains the same Mia’s madness facing Grandmere and Lilly, the same diary style with little IM (chatting) style. The language is light and funny. So teenager that can make me, not only smile, but laugh as well.

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Book Power on Golden Globe Awards This Year

Kate Winslet is awesome. She got tw awards: Best Actress – Drama for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actree for The Reader. This two films based on book that published many years ago. It means that story from book is good enough to make producer-director-writer interesting in it to reproduce in reel. And make the juries of Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) choose it as winners (of course it’s not only because of based on book, but still make prestige of them).
What I’m saying is book is powerful to move people to do something. Just words from it’s author, people imagine, reflect, immitate and it become part of their lives, either it’s good or bad.

One of Those Hideous Books where The Mother Dies, a novel by Sonya Sones

My name is Ruby
This book is about me.
It tells the deeply hideous story of what happens when my mother dies and I''m dragged three thousand miles away from my gorgeous boyfriend, Ray, to live in L.A. with my father, who I''ve never even met because he''s such a scumbag that he divorced my mom before I was born.
The only way I''ve ever even seen him is in the movies, since he''s this mega-famous actor who''s been way too busy trying to win Oscars to even visit me once in fifteen years.
Everyone loves my father.
Everyone but me.

What a very weird title. I was thinking a horror story with blood and murder when I first saw it at bookstore (my friends gave me this as birthday present – ha ha it’s so funny). But this is only an ordinary book for teens. Ms. Sones wrote from first point of view with poem style. No! Not in poetic language. Just ordinary story written in poem form – one chapter as one poem. There are also emails between the characters: Ruby to Lizzie, Ray and vice versa, and to her dead Mom!
It’s interesting but boring. It’s like we only read small part of the story because there are poems, not novel. I feel unsatisfied. In few hours, the book is finished. But it deserved to be bought and be read. It’s worth it (because of the writing style).

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What I Like in the World?

Hmmm, a lot of things. I like movies. I like music. I like piano. I like to eat (everything
delicious and look delicious). But the most I like is books. Fiction ones. Drama, romance,
fantasy, mystery, horror, suspense, thriller, comedy. All of them. All genres. Not just for
young adult or adult but for teenager too. I. LIKE. BOOK.

As you can see here, I have almost written only romance and fantasy books. Those are the
most common genre and people like it. Though they are romance and fantasy, the authors
combined them with other genres. It isn't pure romance. It isn't pure fantasy. There are
comedy romance (Wanderlust; Love, Hate and Hocus-Pocus). There are fantasy romance (Twilight sagas). Now, books has more than one genre. With doing this, authors can develop the story deeper and wider in order to get variation fo stories to attract publishers and readers. We
as readers, won't feel bored. We know the richness of our lives and get something for it.

I. LIKE. BOOK.

Top Ten Most Lovable Female Characters 2008

Most romance books chose female character as the main protagonist, especially written by female authors. And they are readers’ main focus. But not all the main female has characteristics I like. Sometimes, I prefer the supporting female than the leading one. In this case, their characters are easier to remember. This time I write ten lovable femalecharacters I love.

Here are the list:
1. Alice Cullen on Twilight sagas
2. Rebecca Brandon (used to Bloomwood) on Shopaholic series
3. Hermione Granger on Harry Potter sagas
4. Holly Kennedy on P.S. I Love You
5. Miranda Sweet on Behaving Badly
6. Tara Dupont on Autumn in Paris
7. Marcia Overstrand on Septimus Heap: Magyk
8. Angela Weber on Twilight sagas
9. Jane Bloomwood on Shopaholic series
10. Isabella Swan on Twilight sagas

Top Ten Most Desirable Male Characters 2008

The best things in reading romance is knowing the main female have happy ending life with the best male (according to the readers). Most books have romance sequence, though it’s mystery or horror books. Readers know who is the exact man for the woman. Readers is the woman so they choose the best for themselves. That’s mean I choose my own desirable male characters from books.

Here are the list:
1. Luke Brandon on Shopaholic series
2. Edward Cullen on Twilight sagas
3. Seth Clearwaters on Twilight sagas
4. Jasper Hale on Twilight sagas
5. David White on Behaving Badly
6. James Wilkins on Star Craving Mad
7. Albus Severus Potter on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8. Tatsuya Fujisawa on Autumn in Paris
9. Vancha March on The Saga of Darren Shan
10. Jung Tae-woo on Summer in Seoul

Eclipse, a novel by Stephenie Meyer

"BELLA?"
Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again.
This kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine—like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob—knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

Bella is idiot. I want to hit her in the face. She is not consistent with her love. She wants to spend her life as vampire with Edward. On the other hand she does love Jacob. How can it be? I hate her. But in the end she choose the right one (according to me) and because of that, I feel sorry for Jacob.

It’s still good story but too cheesy. Maybe it is the character. Bella is complicated and confused with herself. She thinks about everything and wants what’s best for others. The fighting part is good. I never think vampires and werewolves being allied. I like Seth (I’m still imagine he is under 10).

I love first half part when Edward is the main focus of Bella, though there aren’t too important things for Bella and Edward to discuss – I don’t quite understand with demand and request things. I mean, what’s the point being so circling, debating this and that. And I want to yell at Bella when she kissed Jacob (how could she?).

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Top Ten Most Adorable Authors 2008

Not all books I love written by my favorite authors. Sometimes one author wrote a very good story, but on the other book the story is not too attractive to me. So, I give a list of my adorable authors and the books I chose to have them in this list.

Here are the list:
1. J.K. Rowling with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Stephenie Meyer with Twilight
3. Cecelia Ahern with P.S. I Love You
4. Clare Naylor with Dog Handling
5. Isabel Wolff with Behaving Badly
6. Chris Dyer with Wanderlust
7. Ilana Tan with Summer in Seoul
8. Dan Brown with Digital Fortress
9. Elise Abrams Miller with Star Craving Mad
10. Clara Ng with Gerhana Kembar

Top Ten Most Unbearable Books 2008

I reviewed all books I read (last three months). There are good, average and fascinating books. Many are influential books and made us thinking and reflecting on what we’ve done, even if it was in a small sequence of the very fictional story. I ranked books I’ve read this year and these are my ten most desirable books of 2008.

Here are the list:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, written by J.K. Rowling
2. Twilight, written by Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse, written by Stephenie Meyer
4. P.S. I Love, You written by Cecelia Ahern
5. Shopaholic and Baby, written by Sophie Kinsella
6. Behaving Badly, written by Isabel Wolff
7. Autumn in Paris, written by Ilana Tan
8. New Moon, written by Stephenie Meyer
9. Septimus Heap: Magyk, written by Angie Sage
10. Summer in Seoul, written by Ilana Tan

Next Novel on Screen

Following comic and game to movie, many movie are made from novel too. Not only famous novel, but never heard of as well. In the first decade of 21st century, this phenomenon became hazardous with The Lord of the Rings then Harry Potter series in one or two years each. Epic, fantasy, romance, to drama. Here are few movies on screen 2009 from many sources:

1. Inkheart (Cornelia Funke), release Jan 9
2. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella), release Feb 13
3. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown), release May 15
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling), release
5. A Christmas Carol (C.S. Lewis), release 6 Nov

Must Read Books in 2009

I have next projects to be read written in left side of my blog. But, I write them again with addition as part of my resolution in 2009. There are books I want, more or less:
1. Tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling (must have read of them all)
2. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
3. Brisingr – Christopher Paolini
4. Septimus Heap: Flyte – Angie Sage
5. Nocturnal – Poppy D. Chusfani
6. Winter in Tokyo – Ilana Tan
7. Septimus Heap: Physik – Angie Sage
8. Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle – C.S. Lewis
9. Inkheart – Cornelia Funke
10. Septimus Heap: Queste – Angie Sage

2009 Resolutions

I never do thing like this. So, this is my first time. I hope it works.

My resolutions:
1. Get my book published
2. Get a job or business to make money
3. More creative and better in getting ideas and writing
4. Read more good fictional stories
5. Traveling abroad (give my parents ticket to do it too)