BOOKWORMIEEPROBLEMS #2

Friday, April 24, 2015

I sometimes call myself a booknerd but most of the time I like to call myself a bookworm. Booknerd is a title that is somewhat extreme because it's like you are really in love with reading that you practically live in the fictional world more than the real one. As much as I wanted to call myself that, I don't think I've reached that point yet, although I'm pretty much in love with reading, I am still a newbiee, so I call myself a bookwormiee or wormiee for short (Thus the bookstagram @ishieewormiee) .

Bookwormiee Problems is a new feature that will tackle the problems that I encounter when I became a wormiee. Some of them might be the same as your experiences, so tell me below if you experience these problems too, as a booknerd/bookworm.


Welcome to my second wormiee problem. I don't actually have a list of wormiee problems because these problems just pop out of my head one moment when I'm suddenly experiencing it. Here goes another pop!

So last Sunday, I went to Executive Optical (EO) and had my eyes checked again after 4 months and in that span of time, my eye grade spiked up, not gradually, but SUDDENLY! And now I have to have a very expensive lens just so I won't have to endure a very thick lens (Although I only picked the ultra thin and not the super thin so it's still slightly obvious that my lens are thick) and ugggh I'm still freaking out!!!

Executive Optical is my family's go-to place for ten years now, where I got my first glasses and my first contact lenses so if you ever had the problem I had down below, just visit Executive Optical's website and find the perfect pair of glasses for you. *wink*

Book Wormiee Problem #2:
What the fudge happened to me eye?!?!

I think I just blabbed too much, so here comes the wormiee problem... *drumroll* Having very poor eyesight ;( Maybe I  am not speaking for the whole bunch of readers but there's a high probability that a lot of you are wearing glasses and doesn't have a 20-20 vision. Am I right?

It's a big problem and it's one of the factors why I am not accepting any more e-copies of books because I might not be able to read on my Note more often (I'm limiting myself to reading on my tablet only for my pdf textbooks). I know that physical ARCs are rarely shipped in my country (A Filipino wormiee problem) and e-ARCs are really convenient but I already stopped reading ebooks already and now I've got to save money to buy myself a book or joining book tours so I can have the physical copy to read.

It's not easy wearing glasses and contact lenses, do you agree with me?! Agree with me!!! Yes, yes, thank you! :)

Contact lenses make me look good and more confident but it's so darn uncomfortable for college students like me who have to sleep very late and wake up really early in the morning. It's not the most comfortable feeling in the world when you place the lens in your eyes when the residue of "puyat" still lingers even after taking a nice bath.
Eye glasses? Ugh, I have to endure wearing my new glasses that makes me look really weird. They're expensive! And they don't look good on me! Ugh! Perks of having perfect vision, huh? Yes, it's not easy to have the perfect pair of glasses especially when you're on a budget but my eye health is more important than looking fab so eyeglasses for me!

 Maybe it's from reading, maybe it's from excessive internet use, but yeah, I own the blurry world now. Are you part of this world?

If only I would look as good as those ad models, then it would be perfectly okay for me to wear this stupid glasses and just wink wink wink because I'm so fab. =)) 

Definitely a bookwormiee problem. Are you experiencing the same problemo?




BookWormieeProblems #1

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

I sometimes call myself a booknerd but most of the time I like to call myself a bookworm. Booknerd is a title that is somewhat extreme because it's like you are really in love with reading that you yourself proclaims that you're a nerd. As much as I wanted to call myself that, I don't think I've reached that point yet, although I'm pretty much in love with reading, but I am still a newbiee, so I call myself a bookwormiee or wormiee for short (Thus the bookstagram @ishieewormiee) .

Bookwormiee Problems is a new feature that will tackle the problems that I encounter when I became a wormiee. Some of them, you might be the same as to what you're experiencing, so tell me below if you experience these problems too, as a booknerd/bookworm.

Bookwormiee Problem #1
"I thought that happened IRL!"

Reading too much just alters your reality in so many different ways. Something that happened in the Fiction Land just somehow seems to wriggle itself out and blend into our Mundane Land. Sometimes I also tend to believe that what happened to the girl protagonist also happened to me in real life. But sadly, I will always be shaken awake by the truth that it happened from a land far from mine and IT'S NOT REAL LIFE!;(

Another is, it blends its way through my dreams every night flooding my mind with emotions that I cannot decipher and then in the morning, it leaves me expectant in its wake. The feeling that you stepped into Fiction Land is surreal that waking up itself is a pain that IT'S NOT REAL LIFE! ;(

Books are our doors to our preferred alternate "reality", but as much as we wanted it to be real, there's a boundary between both worlds and one of the perks of being a wormiee? We can turn all things into reality, we can step into both worlds because we have the keys in our hands. These books are our passage to all the worlds there is to the universe. So maybe it's not a big problem at all, maybe it doesn't live in our world, but it certainly lives somewhere that only bookwormiees know existed.

Do you experience this situation where you thought it was IRL but it's not? 


A Thousand Possibilities.

Saturday, April 4, 2015



“Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science –that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.” 
Title: A Thousand Pieces of You
Author: Claudia Gray
Pulished by: Harper Collins on 7th October 2014
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Setting: London, Russia, etc.
Format: Paperback, 360 pages
My Copy Source: Gifted


Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.

Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure.

Everyday meets Cloud Atlas? I haven't read these two but damn, they're doing a good job in luring people to read a book by making a book baby out of two great novels.

I've read 2 books in a row that is both a clash of two great novels and got a rating of 5 roses for me. That is insane! Not that I have read the two books previously mentioned but I have heard enough about them and I was quite a bit happy that I haven't read those so as not to raise any expectations I have on this one like what happened with All the Bright Places. Not that it affected any judgement with ATBP, which still deserved the 5 roses, though it did not certainly top both the book parents of this so-called book baby.

Wow, another book that could level Divergent and Hunger Games, what with the world that Claudia Gray built for us is absolutely astonishing and breath taking. I would definitely want to leap into another dimension to see how I was doing in that world. Cool.

This is actually my first encounter with the idea of a parallel universe. Yes, I've been hearing this word around but I haven't really gotten to look deeper into it and I never knew what it meant until I meet this book. When I read the synopsis, I actually got it mixed up with time traveling,and I found out eventually that they are two entirely different thing.

Time traveling for me, is still a confusing idea. I've read half of The Time Traveler's Wife and I still get confused with all the mixed up time and just, it's still kind of unclear to me that I have to reread some stuff just to clear up my confusion, but with A Thousand Pieces of you, the idea of parallel universe is very well explained in a way that is easy to understand. Some are still confusing but I got around it and picked up with the whole parallel universe thing and it got me thinking as to whether it actually exists. I mean, wow, a thousand possibilities where I can be on a different route or pursuing different achievements and they're endless. It's a really enticing idea to think of yourself to be in the path that you did not choose in this lifetime. How cool is that, right?

I am actually one of those people who always wants to predict a story's ending and I have this trait that I never believe in everything that is presented to me at every story's beginning because I believe that in every novel, there  is always something to be revealed in the end... So I never believe in everything I read in the beginning and I actually got my prediction right except for one thing that of course, I am  not going to reveal because I don't do spoilers. So there are two major twists here and I only guessed one.

As you have already read in the synopsis above, Marguerite leaps through different dimensions to catch Paul Markov, the suspect for her father's murder. If I remember right, she and Theo, another of Marguerite's parents' protege, leaped through 4 dimensions, London, Russia, the one similar to her home dimension, and then to the place where there's more water than land (I forgot their exact place). My favorite of all four of them is Russia not because it's my dream destination, but because that dimension is romance filled and I am a sucker for romance. It made me fall in love with MARKOV! Oh, my gosh! Yep, I have a new boyfriend! *swooon*

This is actually a story of a love square. Take note of that, not a love triangle, a love square and if you read the book, you'll find out why. ;) This is another novel to totally be in love with, a series that you'll actually anticipate and characters that will really stick to readers. I love it, I love it, I love it and you should definitely read it! Once you start,you can never put down this book and you will finish it within 24 hours. I can't wait until November, I need to read the next one. Ugh, November is too far away and I got a glimpse of the next book cover at epicreads blog and wow, I just can't, ugh *speechless*

I'm going to share it with you guys if you haven't seen it yet.
Cover Reveal: TEN THOUSAND SKIES ABOVE YOU by Claudia Gray
Source: epicreads
About TEN THOUSAND SKIES ABOVE YOU:
Marguerite Caine has done the impossible, traveling to alternate dimensions with the Firebird—the brilliant invention of her parents, her boyfriend, Paul, and their friend Theo. But she has also caught the attention of enemies willing to kidnap, blackmail, and even kill to use the Firebird for themselves.

When Paul’s soul is splintered into four pieces—pieces that are trapped within Pauls in other dimensions—Marguerite will do anything, and travel anywhere, to save him. But the price of his safe return is steep. If she doesn’t sabotage her parents in multiple universes, Paul will be lost forever.

Unwilling to sacrifice her family, Marguerite enlists the brilliant Theo to help. The two forge a plan to save Paul and the Firebird, but succeeding means outsmarting a genius and risking not only their lives but also the lives of their counterparts in every other dimension.

Their mission takes them to the most dangerous universes yet: a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each leap brings Marguerite closer to saving Paul—but her journey reveals dark truths that lead her to doubt the one constant she’s found between the worlds: their love for each other.

Is this the real life? :O Paris! San Francisco! Oh yeah, something to get you hyped up. I'm so excited for November. *o*

Wander While You Exist

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257 bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you’re standing next to the right person.”


Title: All The Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Published by: Knopf, January 2015
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary,
Setting: Indiana (United States)
Format: Paperback, 388 pages
My Copy Source: Gifted


The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

 Weehee, I finished the book in a day. And I'm in an emotional daze up until now. Suicide, bullying and depression is an uncharted territory for me. I have never been bullied and I have never attempted suicide and I get depressed for shallow reasons like my grades. But these boundaries didn't stop me from loving and connecting with the book, although at some parts I was struggling to connect with a character.

Violet is a popular girl, she plays in the school's orchestra, she's a cheerleader, she runs a popular webzine and she's a pretty damn good writer but she just lost it when she lost her sister, Eleanor, in a car accident several months back but she still blames herself and still can't cope up with what happened.

Finch is weird, Finch is a freak. Finch is fascinated by death. He tries different ways on how to kill himself: jumping from a tower, hanging himself, euthanasia coaster, drowning, etc and then rate them and then find a reason not to push through and stay awake.

Violet saved Finch, that's what everyone knew, from jumping over the ledge of the Bell Tower, when actually, it's the other way around... That was the start of an unlikely bond between the two of them, the start of an epic adventure, of a memory that will last... Forever.

The reasons why I read the book:

  • They actually labeled (omg, no pun intended) it as The Fault in our Stars meet Eleanor and Park and these two are one of my two faves of all time so I have to read it at some point and when I actually got the book as a gift, I'm literally dying inside because FINALLY!!!
  • It has a really beautiful book cover, it has a summer-y vibe to it and it just demands to be read.
  • I read the synopsis and I really want to know what will happen to them.
The book did not top TFIOS and Eleanor and Park for me but it was great. It talks about something heavy, something that is relatable to a lot of teenagers out there and the message of the book should come across everyone. These three issues, suicide, depression and bullying are serious matters and people who suffer these should speak up. What I like about this book  is, it really shows people how THEY ARE NOT ALONE. We are not alone in our journey in this world and we should share everything to someone, we should not keep it to ourselves because sharing literally saves lives and we should do it more often. We don't know how people care so much more than they let on and how much they want to hear your stories, so speak up and share more often.

Finch has a lot of person inside of him and I can't figure out if I would ever know the real Finch because he changes from one personality to the next in one snap, but I liked Finch. It's like he's so cool but he's not. I like Finch at the start of the story because even though he doesn't know who he wants to be, he is still confident and he doesn't care what everybody else is thinking as long as he's doing what he likes, unlike Violet who is a struggle. She has lost a lot of herself when she lost her sister and as much as I liked Violet as a character, I enjoyed Finch's more because it's a whirlwind of emotion inside his head.

"...This is the way I feel right now. Like Pluto and Jupiter are aligned with the earth and I am floating."

That is my favorite quote from the book. It's sweet and I think this should be the "Okay? Okay." of this book.

This is a sad book which has its fun parts, no erase that, most of it are fun parts but it is sad. The characters are quirky and enjoyable and it's a fun read actually. It demands you to get your ass off your couch and wander around! It wants you to explore the world around you. Well, I don't know about you but that's how I felt after the book. This is a perfect summer read because it makes you feel adventurous. I literally loved the book to pieces because it gives you so many ideas on what to do and, wow, it's just. It inspires me to do a lot.

Aside from all this book talk, I want you all to visit Jennifer Niven's site and go to All the Bright Places because the Extras section is so enjoyable. There's Finch's wall of ideas, Violet's reading list, All the Bright Place's instagram and many more. And oh! If you follow Jennifer Niven's instagram, she'll definitely follow you back. I got giddy when she followed me back and *squeeeal!!!*. Okay, so, just visit it okay, you'll enjoy it, I promise :)

Also, read the book. It will take you to places.

I'M OFF TO WANDER!


"Some places become special when there's a reason to see the wonder in something bare."
-Ishieeđź’—
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