Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Reading Chick Lit - Part II

For me, reading is a way for me to wind down after a stressful day at work. I love to dive into the pages, to learn about people, real or fictional; to feel the love, excitement, anguish and frustration, the emotional highs and lows of each character; to learn about different places and cultures; to understand how different people react or respond to diverse situations in life. Some books are so well written that they touch your heart!

I love books that are positive and uplifting. Books that encourage you to do more in life, to appreciate your friends and family, to never take anything you have for granted. Books that make you understand yourself even better!

Reading chick lit for the past 2 months have been quite interesting for me. I feel I understand people and their reactions better! I love books by Lisa Kleypas and Nora Roberts. They are so special and real. Rachel Gibson books are so light and easy to read - they are perfect after a real hard day. You can read these books over and over again..

BUT, there are books which should have come with WARNING Labels on them. I just can't appreciate books written by Cecelia Ahern. I read 2 books by her over the last weekend and regretted reading them: If You Could See Me Now and Love, Rosie. 'If You Could See Me Now' is written in the perspective of the heroin's nephew's Imaginary Friend (can you beat how weird this is?). It is rather bizarre! 'Love, Rosie' is just so infuriating - it's about 2 people who had been best friends ever since they were 5 years old and began to realize that they love each other when they were 18 but only finally confessed to each other of their love when they were 50 at the very last page!! I hated the book mainly because the heroin kept on subotaging her own life and happiness throughout the book and wasted more than 30 years of her life denying her love and feelings!! It is so against what I believe in - people should seize every opportunity they have, and seize the day! They should be with the ones they love, and love unconditionally. I was so angry reading the book and wanted to burn it midway! It was definitely NOT uplifting and I felt depressed after reading it.

Which is why I am swearing off Chick Lit for the moment and moving on to Motivational Books for the next few weeks. I should start with ESQ which was given to me by my friend Raha early last year. Never got round to reading it.. Better start now (^_^)

PS: Ladies, any of you have any words to say about Marian Keyes books? I got 2 of her books from Borders yesterday but I'm a bit wary of reading any books which could pull me down..

7 comments:

caramel said...

Dilla;

my thoughts exactly bout the 2 books by Cecille Ahern.....tapi like i said many many times before...P/S I luv U is diffferent....u wont regret the tears u cried reading it.....

ESQ.....that is something else....njoy it k as much as i njoyed reading it....

P/S: thought i saw ur elder sis in KLCC on Friday last week...nak tegur segan....he he he

Adillah A Nordin said...

Hiya Raha! I will read PS I Love You soon ok? Takut nak nangis banyak2 je..

Anyway, time to read your ESQ book!!

PS: Just tegur la my sis.. Is it Kak Long? Her name is Marlin..

Mrs.A said...

which marian keyes did you get? ada 1 yang tak best, anyone out there ke hapa. I love the rest. she's rather quirky. Get her under the duvet and more under the duvet, its talking about her life experiences, best!

caramel said...

dilla;

yup ur eldest.....i remembered her name...tapi segan...
dia dah nak turun ke carpark masa tu..........

Adillah A Nordin said...

Hi Amy, the 2 books by Marian Keyes are: Last Chance Saloon & Sushi for Beginners. Have you read them? OK tak?

Raha - next time u see her, please say Hello ok :)

farah said...

I think Marian Keyes's book are OK...definitely won't be like Cecelia Ahern (I'm still reluctant to pick up any of her books even with d good review of PS I Love U, don't think I can handle it!)
Like what Mrs. A said perhaps u'd better start off with "under the duvet & further under the duvet" which are compilations of some of her short stories & writings - just to give u a feel for her work before u start reading her full length novels...that's how I began to like her works btw!
I have read Sushi For Beginners tho & I like it - I would say her writing style is refreshing :)

Adillah A Nordin said...

Hello Farah,
Since I have Sushi For Beginners, I will start with that la.. But, please, please, if u can help it, DON'T read any books by Cecelia Ahern (apart from PS I love u). Haha :D
Do call when u deliver ok? Good luck dear..