booktrack 2011-04: take me there

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my life could not possibly suck more than it does right now. 
i try not to cry. and to let it go. 
i don't want to be this totally depressed person with a heart so broken it hurts every time i breathe...

Ahh, nothing like young love to make you feel like life's lost all meaning in your teens, oblivious to the fact that there would be far more and worse coming in the future...pessimistic much?

Finally finished my 4th book- Susane Colasanti's Take Me There, my first book in the YA (young adult) genre. though it took me awhile to finish cos it was in ebook form and i easily get distracted when i'm on the computer.

what i love about this book was there was no one main character with whom the whole book revolves around. three main characters. three ways the story was told, each from the point of view of each character. and what i like about this format is that you can see that aside from the common issue that these three characters have, each also have their own personal issues such as nicole's abusive father and james's friendship with their elderly next-door neighbor. i think this shows the complexity of a life of a person and how we all play different roles everyday and i don't mean that in a schizo way.

the book was written as to how teenagers converse in real life, as in, like, yeah! haha. sometimes i feel like this is so ditzy of me reading books like this, but what the hell, walang basagan ng trip! it's funny how i can still identify with the characters (even if i'm pushing 30), most especially with lines like "there's this whole jumbled mess of stuff i'm feeling and i don't know why" and "i nod and try to act normal. but inside i'm freaking out because this is so random! why is he even here?" it's official. mental age=18 years old.

it was a fun read though i wish the ending wasn't anti-climactic. plus, it's so predictable. i knew how this would end kahit nasa first page pa lang ako. sana mas maraming kilig moments. pero effect na rin. i have three more titles from susane colasanti and an ebook of flipped (from ycel) and i hope those have more kilig content ;)

next book in line is helen fisher's why we love. i know this was supposed to be my feb read but i changed my mind. i'm actually behind my 2 books per month goal and i should be on my sixth already. double time.

...that even in a bad situation, there's always

a positive side. even if you can't see it yet