By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept... not!

when i was younger i used to read a lot. kung ngayon, i'm hooked sa gossipgirl at onetreehill, dati i was dead addicted to the babysitters club and sweetvalley series. yeah yeah, old school:) i still remember when i used to copy the handwritings of kristy, mary anne, claudia, stacey, dawn, mallory, jessy(?) and even logan. yuck. memorize ko pa din. hahaha! i used to make sure na i was able to read the book before every book. i was even able to read the first and last book in the series: kristy's big idea and graduation day. i still remember that dawn was my favorite character. i liked her because she seemed so levelheaded and determined. also, she was from california (my favorite state at that time).

i also liked sweetvalley a lot. i preferred elizabeth over jessica 'cause she was the smarter one, and she was the one who always had the solutions to their problems. although the storyline of the book did not really apply to my situation, i never got tired of reading them. from the sweetvalley kids, twins, unicorn club, high, and university, grabe adik talaga.

anyway, the last book i read was "by the river piedra i sat down and wept" by paolo coehlo. i don't know but i was really touched by the love story between the seminarista (forgot his name) and his childhood friend pilar. although it was a bit of new age with all these stuff about unraveling the "feminine side of god" or whatever. parang it just proves that true love conquers everything. the solution we see now may not be the best solution but if we wait for a while and try to be unselfish regarding our decisions, the better path will be revealed. just like in the story, at first it seemed as if pilar was a hindrance between him and his calling. but in the end, it was even pilar who convinced him to follow his calling, not as a seminarista but as a man following what god wants him to do but this time, with pilar by his side.

it has really been a long time since i was hooked into a book. the last time yata was "girls in pants: the third summer of the sisterhood" by ann brashares which has a very different storyline and flow from what i had just recently read. it was the third installment of the "sisterhood of the travelling pants" which is known not only as a book but a chic flick as well.

i do miss being bookish. haha.
eto na naman...procrastinate about reading.:))