Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Got this book from the big sale, the big bad wolf. 

I've never read the Pride and Prejudice but I love the movie with Keira Knightley and Colin Firth. So there, at least I could imagine how was Mr Darcy, his character and everything. 

It's a story about a book-aholic, Emily Albright who rather spend her time reading than go out having fun. (Okay, reading is having fun, to her).

When she read about a book tour about her favorite author, Ms Jane Austen, she couldn't help but sign herself for that tour even she had to travel so far, she's in US and the tour happen in UK. 

She met some few fellow fans of Jane Austen, most of them were boring except for this one male UK reporter. The trip took about 2 weeks and lots of things happened within that.

Emily was kind of in her own world, for there are some times she found herself talking to Mr. Darcy. It's quite scary and of course delusional. They talked a lot and got to know each other.  Maybe she was so obsessed about Mr. Darcy so she was hoping that Mr. Darcy would like to get to know her too.  However, the more she knew and learned about Mr. Darcy, she thought that he's not that perfect. 

Meanwhile, Emily thought that this reporter, Spike was not her type and she's not his. They fought a lot but there are few circumstances when Emily could look into Spike's good side. 

The ending, is expected. 

However, reading this book, I knew that a lot of things could happen in two weeks time.  Feeling could be developed, perceptions might changed, and everything. 

I have given this book to a colleague. 

When she saw me reading this book she asked a lot about it, and in the end, she wished me "hope you'll find your Mr. Darcy" but I told her that I didn't really like Mr. Darcy... heee... whatever... 

Summer and the City - Candace Bushnell

 

• It's the sequel after Carrie Diaries.
• It's interesting. And reading it made me felt the same excitement as watching the drama series. :)
• It's about how Carrie got to know her 3 companionship~ Samantha, Miranda and lastly, Charlotte...
• Apparently, it's Carrie who first got to know all three of them, and with her skill, she'd turned them all three of them (four later) into a click...
• It told the story, a summer before Carrie was supposedly go to Brown, but she begged her father to let her take up a short summer writing course;
• Carrie, with the assistance from Samantha finally (so easy) got to adapt to the new environment (surroundings);
• How she met Capote Duncan- I believe that his name was somewhere in the series..
• All of the old stories on how was Samantha (which nothing hardly differ) and how Miranda was so feminist, and how polite and naive Charlotte was...
• It's good (I did say it, right) for those who loves the movies/drama series....
• Oh, I wish there would be more sequel of it! :) 

Jaja dan Din - Noor Suraya

Salam.

Sekarang I minat baca buku Bahasa Melayu la kawan2. Pening dah mengadap semua bahan kerja berbahasa Inggeris. Nak relakskan kepala otak baca novel Melayu.

Novel Melayu sekarang ni, I rasa semuanya bernafas baru. Dah kurang tema cliche, kahwin paksa, then akhirnya jatuh cinta tanpa disedari, nama cantik-cantik dan cinta dua darjat-that sort of things, well kalau pernah baca novel Melayu, tahulah. (Opss.. membebel pulak)

Well, novel Jaja dan Din ni dicadangkan oleh my colleague, Salina. Dia teringat novel ni bila I cerita hari tu I ada berkawan dengan seorang Ustaz, lulusan Al Azhar. Tapi betul, ustaz tu zuhud juga orangnya. (Sama macam karakter si Din ni). Jaja pula media planner, jumpa Ustaz Din tu masa sedang berusaha buat iklan keselamatan jalan raya. (I worked with Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya before, and memang I jaga kontrak media JKJR-iklan dalam tv tu... dulu). Well, me dan Ustaz tu takde apa2 pun.

Jaja ni, (menurut novel) seorang yang berjaya, anak pertama, sentiasa digesa kahwin oleh parents beliau (sampai sini, kisah I dengan Jaja masih selari-eh, review buku ke review persamaan I dengan Jaja?). Seorang yang ceria, talkative, bersemangat, tapi solat dia tak sempurna, tak pakai tudung, kiranya bab-bab agama dia tak berapa sangat. Baca jawi pun tak reti. Dia susah sangat jatuh cinta. Bukan takde yang cuba, tapi hati dia keras. Malas.

Sampailah masa dia membantu kawan dia cari gambar untuk poster keselamatan jalan raya. Tetiba secara tak sengaja dia terpandang gambar randum seorang lelaki dekat pusara, sedang baca Yasin dan dia rasa gambar itu sungguh indah, syahdu dan terus dia rasa berdebar-debar dan blushing. Dia jatuh cinta dekat lelaki tu, dengan hanya tengok gambar begitu.

Sejak hari itu, Jaja bertekad nak cari lelaki ni, akhirnya dia jumpa dan paling kelakar, dia suruh family dia 'pinangkan' lelaki tu untuknya. Ustaz Din tu pun, entah mengapa rasa lain bila ber'jumpa' Jaja.

Banyak lagi kisahnya... ye, tentu sekali happy ending!

Gaya penceritaan adalah sangat segar! Diselitkan juga dengan hadis-hadis dari Al-Quran dan riwayat-riwayat dari sahabat-sahabat. Sungguh, novel ni telah berdakwah, secara tidak langsung.

Kalau ada kelapangan, dan mahu cuba sesuatu yang baru, buku ni memang sesuai. Murah jer, RM20.00. Kalau ada kad popular boleh dapat diskaun 10%. :)

Beli kat sini lagi murah! (klik)

Buku Tarikh Luput Cinta tu pun I beli malam tadi, (sama dengan JDD ni). Tajuk dia menarik. Nanti I review. :)

Happy reading guys!

28 Hari: Jurnal Rock n Roll

Aku perlu berkawan dengan seramai mungkin manusia pelik supaya aku boleh rasakan yang aku ini normal. Aku selalu rasakan yang aku ini pelik dan tak normal.

The title speaks for itself (out and loud). This book is basically a journal on what Mohd Jayzuan had faced in his 28 days adventure all around Malaysia (Peninsular).

He wrote with his heart, and being a truly rock n roll enthusiast, the book is pretty straight forward, you don't have to think while reading this. It's good, if you are craving for a light reading. There are few uplifting (and funny) quote.

It's an easy read, I finished it in less that one hour. :)

His and Hers, by Mike Gayle.

This is the review on the first book that I bought which was written by Mike Gayle.

Fiqa dear...
I've found this review dated back on 6th August 2006 in my friendster's blog. Guess what, you were the only one who left comment, excluding me.

I recently finished reading a new novel, his and hers, by mike gayle…it was a nice book, anyway, it was written, mainly based on a man’s and woman’s point of view, how they view the same things from the different sides..

hmm anyway, the writer is a guy…

the story based on what they couple had been thru, from the first time they met, their first date-eating takeaways from an Indian restaurant-,they get married, their searching for an apartment, and how finally, the man-found himself fall out of love with the woman who he used to think-"this is the woman im going to spend my life with"-hmm man….

anyway, as love story shud end, because of a small meaningful event happened-which is the death of "Disco"(real name-Best of Disco Volume II)-the couple’s cat, basically, it was given to the woman (Alison) by the man (Jim) after his confession of love towards Al…they got back together…

they reunited after couples of years of seperation, Al is getting married to another man, and Jim just moved in with his new girlfriend…but the event, had waken them up, made them realized, that what they felt for each other was never over….

hmmm u cud predict there will be a happy ending in the end..:P

reading the book, i realized, that there is a possiblity of couples breaking up suddenly, it doesnt have to have a firm reason to break a relationship up…so in falling in love, there is no firm reason needed to fall in love…it is to love and beloved that count…

Love Life, Ray Kluun

Buku ni adalah prequel kepada The Widower. Tapi jodoh saya terlebih dahulu dengan The Widower, dah baca baru sedar, ada buku pertama iaitu Love Life. Pertemuan dengan Love Life sangatlah penuh cabaran. Tak kisah, akhirnya ketemu juga.

Buku ni, mengisahkan kepada kehidupan Danny dan isterinya, Carmen. Mereka hidup bahagia, dengan kehadiran seorang baby girl, Luna. Hidup mereka turut ditemani dengan rakan-rakan yang memahami, yang sentiasa berusaha untuk berada di sekitar mereka ketika diperlukan.

Carmen disahkan menghidap penyakit kanser. Dengan jangka masa yang terhad seperti diramalkan oleh Doktor, Carmen sentiasa positif dan mahu meneruskan kehidupan seperti biasa, dengan gembira bersama-sama kawan2 dan keluarga.

Danny walaubagaimanapun, mempunyai isu tentang monogamy. Tambahan pula dengan Carmen yang menghidapi breast cancer. Memang susah untuk mempertahankan monogamy. Carmen menyedari tentang itu dan cuba bertoleransi dengan perangai Dan. Dan cuba untuk merahsiakan semua tu tapi, sudah namanya isteri, semuanya terhidu, dan terbuka dengan sendiri. Dan, despite all of the bad things, tried his best to always be by Carmen's side.

Sehinggalah Dan bertemu dengan Rose, perasaan dia menjadi lain dan peliknya, dia boleh mengamalkan monogamy dengan Rose. Tapi masih tetap menyayangi Carmen.

Carmen berusaha dan berjaya membuat Danny berjanji untuk tidak curang sepanjang masa-masa terakhir Carmen. Masa ni, paling sedih. Mr. Kluun pandai sekali mengekspresi segala perasaan sampaikan I pun turut mengalirkan air mata towards the end of the book.

It is a usual story, tapi gaya penceritaan tu berjaya membuatkan ia lain dari yang lain. Menarik, deskripsi semua perkara adalah lengkap.

Sesuai untuk dibaca oleh husband2 yang susah nak monogamy. Harap2 takdelah di sekeliling kita. HUHU.

Sekian. :)