Book Review: Fracture by Megan Miranda

Fracture by Megan Miranda
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Nothing to do last Saturday. So when i got bored, i tried exploring something new from my Fbreader. That’s when i saw my ebook Fracture. I added it to my to-read shelf in Goodreads as it was a requested book from a reading buddy from one of the groups i belonged to, i think it was from the WE♥YA Group. But when this buddy didn’t respond to my request, i forgot about the book for almost a year. And that’s how i found Fracture again and for the record, i finished reading it in just 2 nights.

So here is my review of the book:

Seventeen years old Delaney Maxwell fall from a fractured ice, was saved by her friends and most specially by her bestfriend Decker. In eleven minutes, she could have died from that fall, but she didn’t. She was in coma for six days and alot of mysterious things happened: from thinking she’s having hallucinations, to having itching feelings all over her body, to witnessing death and be suspected of being part of it which is quite right.

Delaney wanted to be normal again, to be alive once more. But then she met Troy Varga, someone like her but with a different motive. He let her understand what they’re going through and what he thinks they should do but Delaney doesn’t want to conform with what his ideas.

A mixture of life, death, love, hate, suspense and hope: that is what this book is about. No dull moments. The action rises along with the questions i have in mind. Given that this book is fictional, Megan successfully described each medical things needed to fully deliver the setting for this book.

So after reading it, i’m looking for more and found out it has a sequel and even has a short story narrated from Decker’s pov.  A great read.

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Book Review: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Characters:

John Tyree
Savannah Lynn Curtis

Plot:

She was a mountain girl, gifted and sweet, raised by attentive parents, with a desire to help those in need; he was a tattooed army grunt, hard around the edges, and largely a stranger to his own home.

They fell in love together almost only a week when he’s home for vacation when she met her at the beach. They confessed their love for each other when she brought him to see the house that they are building for the Hurricane victims. He brought her to special places to eat and walk at the beach while planning on how they’ll keep in touch in spite of the distance between them. When he took a vacation the next year, she introduced him to her parents and the time was so fast yet their days together are only few. They made love, had quarrel, and planned for marriage when he returns.

September 11 bombing had happened and he took another two-year service for the army. Exchange of letters between Savannah and him began to gradually skip a day or two. Neither did she mention how she feels about how she can’t see him because of the incident. When one day, he got a letter from her saying something about breaking up, and that’s how he got hurt so much. His dad got sick and that’s how he began to build friendship with him even though he knows that his father’s passion for coins were the only ones he can talk about well with him. When according to Savannah, his dad is suffering Asperger’s, routinely actions.That makes him feel almost well in spite of his condition. Six weeks after he returned to Germany, his father died. He returned for the funeral and decided to let the attorney sell the house.

He went to Lenoir, deciding to see Savannah again. He found a way to know where she now lives. It’s a ranch with title about “Hope and Horses”. He got to see her again, and she was suprised. He noticed that she now have a wedding ring, and knew that it was Tim, the guy way back before when he met her at the beach in Wilmington. He was a good guy. Maybe a lot better than him. But it was obvious that they still love each other. She asked him to go back the next day to meet her husband, and so he did. He just didn’t expected that he’ll meet him at the hospital. He was diagnosed for Melanoma, a poor guy. John knew that Tim love Savannah so much. That’s why he decided to sell the coin collection of his father to donate and help Tim in his diagnosis, but it has been anonymous to the couple.

As John, behind the darkness, watched Savannah outside the ranch, he saw her look at the full moon so intently like what they promised each other long ago. And that made him feel like they were together again.

Reaction:

This is another book by Nicholas Sparks that made me cry, the last song is the first one of course. I expected them to break up in the end because of what was said in the prologue. And i was proven right during the latter part of the story. It was just so realistic. Time is what was lacking in their relationship, although they keep in touch by writing each other. They haven’t seen each other for years, and so she finds comfort with her friend, who she’s also consoling for the loss of his parents. Tim’s character was not villainous and he played a very nice role in the story. He’s been kind to John when Savannah and John went out together during their days. But John knew that Tim has a special feeling for her even before. Well, all i can say is that she must have waited for him for he truly loves her. I mean, who on Earth will do that?, considering the distance and the war? Ok. It’s really a tearjerker and the story makes me want to read continuously up until the end, although most all of the time it was John who narrates the whole events of the scene. Is he for real? I wanna find someone like him, ok cliche.

I Love It!

Book Review: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

The story began on a summer trip going to Wilmington, North Carolina with Ronnie, and Jonah in a car that their mother have been driving just to drop them off to spend their summer with their dad. Ronnie doesn’t really want to stay there for the fact that she wasn’t in good terms with her dad. She even quitted playing the piano, their father-daughter activity. The reason is that their dad left them a year or two ago. Their parents had divorced and the children are left with Kim.

When she arrived at the place, she wonders around just to stay away from her dad until she bumped into this gorgeous young man who played volleyball that spilled her soda on her shirt. It wasn’t really a good moment to meet someone like that but it happened again with her first friend, who calls herself Blaze. This girl helped her spend her time at the beach but it didn’t went well, especially when Marcus and his two friends are doing their thing with fire. It’s like they like fire so much. Making it into fireballs and juggle them to entertain people and make money.

Ok. So Ronnie spent her time with them but Marcus became interested on her and Blaze didn’t like that so she set up a plan, Ronnie looked like she stole ve that sent Ronnie on court. It wasn’t good at all especially when she has got shoplifting cases before, but those are all have acquitted.

So she hasn’t got any more friends. That’s when Will became close to her when she discovered a loggerhead’s nest at their backyard, and that’s also when she’s beginning to talk to her dad without beginning a fight. At first, Ronnie wasn’t really liking him, thinking that it’s just a summer fling. But to Will, it’s a serious thing. He had a two-year girlfriend, Ashley, but he find Ronnie so different from her. He finds her tough and soft at the same time.

They spend their time, fishing and visiting the Aquarium, mudding, guarding the turtle’s nest, and have attended Will’s sister’s wedding, although Marcus has caused another trouble there.

By that time, they cooled off because Ronnie thinks that it’s better for them to be apart because eventually, by the end of summer, Will is going to Vanderbilt to go to college.

The day after the wedding is the volleyball competition and Will can’t concentrate because of what happened between them. But later that day, Ronnie came and made everything ok again. But something went wrong with Marcus’s acts, bringing Blaze into fire. They sent her to the hospital which made her tell the truth that it was her who put the Cd’s into Ronnie’s bag.

When it was time for the turtle eggs to hatch, a lot of people went to see it happen. After that, Ronnie’s dad had been sent to the hospital and that’s when the children found out that their dad is suffering from cancer.

Will has left Ronnie to go to Vanderbilt just like what his parents want. Ronnie’s brother, Jonah, went back to New York because their mother was really supposed to get them back by the end of Summer but Ronnie stayed. She stayed, knowing that he needed him now.

I was really moved by this story. Tears keep flowing as I read the lines that described how much Ronnie feels about his dad,three years they’ve been apart, and they just recently get well along. But in spite Ronnie’s effort of taking care of him, he died one winter day. But before he died, Ronnie knew that he was happy, because she had finished their last song together.

Inevitable Death

Many known celebrities had died recently, including Michael Jackson, Former Pres. Cory Aquino, DJ AM, …. and now, it’s Patrick Swayze …. See list

Death is truly inevitable. It will come to each of us at the time when God is going to get back the life He has lent us. When that time comes, there will be grieving and crying, and weeping and mourning.

For me, all those sorrowful acts is not necessary anymore for the dead will not come back to life once again. We only have one life to live so let’s live it to the fullest. Let’s enjoy our love one’s company while we’re still here, living and breathing. Let’s take the chance to share those wonderful moments we’re suppose to cherish.

So, to all the people who’d lost their love ones, i’m giving you my sincere sympathy and, if i could too, even my empathy.

God bless us.

Melody J. Mular
http://www.Twitter.com/KristenMelody

RIP Patrick Swayze

This morning, when i woke up, i was shocked with the news about Patrick Swayze’s death. Of course, i’m not too familiar with him but i think that i’ve heard of him and i’m right. He’s been with Demi Moore in Ghost, and also starred in Dirty Dancing.

For more info about him, click here.

Ghost is one of my favorite films and it’s really good, especially when they used Unchained Melody for their theme song.

May you rest in Peace Patrick Swayze.

Melody J. Mular
http://www.Twitter.com/KristenMelody