Yesterday, I checked Saab Magalona's blog (because I am such a fangirl like that lol!) and found out she is giving away 12 books in 12 days before Christmas Day in there (so if you're a total bookworm and you wanna snag a book for free, go check out her blog and join her giveaway contest! :) ). I thought it was a great idea and I wanna do the same thing. Well, not exactly the same thing as in I will give 12 books away to 12 lucky winners. (No, sorry folks, I am not that rich. :D ) But I wanna do the 12 Books of Christmas thing, in a read-12-books-before-the-year-ends-and-if-possible-write-a-simple-review-to-each kinda way.
So to kick things off, I started reading The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg last night at 9PM and found myself sobbing my heart out, quietly, in the dark at 2AM (a few times, anyway-ok. A lot of times, happy now? What?? *groans* FIIIIIINE. Almost the whole time! Geez, just how annoying can you get? Embarass me, much?? *grumbles under breath* Ok... Sorry you witnessed that. My alter-ego is just acting up today. Enough about her, tsk!) As I was saying, it was heartrending as in the you-need-a-pack-of-tissue-beside-you-while-reading kind. Oh, am I being too much of a spoiler so far? Don't worry, I won't share the juicy details. ;)
Though I wanna reiterate how much I loved and enjoyed reading this book! If you're into paranormal or supernatural-themed books minus the gory details (like those other stories I've read with the same genre, that it is almost creepy to read? Especially in the dark? At 3AM? Haha. Though I can honestly say I really enjoyed reading that ones, too!), you will totally love this one as well. Or if you're a mom/parent/guardian of a teenage kid and you want her to read a good book, I extremely recommend TCHOYAM because not only the flow of the story is super smooth you won't be able to put it down even for a second, the convos--err, dialogues are super relatable, too! Oh, and it has a lot of Disney and song references, as well that I end up playing some of 'em while writing this not-so-formal review hahaha! And though I know it is a story about teenage death, heartbreak, betrayal and a whole lot of hilarious angst, it is packed with bunch of lessons about life, love, friendship, forgiveness and the life-beyond, too. Furthermore, who can even resist a funny-charming-motorcycle-riding-leather-jacket-wearing-willing-to-sacrifice-even-his-own-soul-just-to-be-with-the-love-of-his-life-again-even-if-it-takes-forever-hero? Ooopsie! I didn't suppose to share that one!! :P
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen. My first book of Christmas and very informal review. Lol. I hope you pick up a book today!
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PS. If you're looking for a synopsis of the book, you won't find it in here because I deliberately didn't write one since I tend to retell the whole story in the process and I bet you don't like that much, do you? I thought so. You can check it out on Goodreads, though. :)
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