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Under the Dome

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:25:00 +0000

Once again Stephen King (SK) has done it again. Although the book was as thick as a nursing book and the letters where i think typewritten in size10, i managed to read it for 3 straight days. Almost all SK books are soooo thick that most people do not even consider reading it. They just wait for the movie adaptation of the book. But i say... books are more cooler then their movie counter parts.

So let's talk about the life Under the Dome. One October Saturday in Chester Mill, Maine, its residents were not aware that they have been trapped under the dome and worst... they got a 2nd selectman (a politician for those who don't know what a selectman is) who prays to God Hallelujah but set up meth drug factory behind their local church and boy this selectman is ambitious. When Domesday came (as they have come to call it) Rennie (the 2nd selectman) seizes the opportunity to gain power over Chester Mill.

First few chapters of the book a poor woodchuck (some kind of a beaver) was minding his own business when he was suddenly surprised why he has been cut into half. An airplane crushed through nothing and exploded. Truck drivers crash to nothing, and as you read more of the pages the death toll inside the dome is raising.

Reading through the book, i could not help but think that Under the Dome is like SK's short story the Mist. But unlike the mist, this Dome was not a failed military project and i won't tell you who set up the dome :P Although the book annoyed me. Sometimes books spill out every mystery in its story when you read the last chapter. Yes, i always skip to the last chapter to know who died or what. But mind you, i still read through the book word for word for i still want to know how the ending came to be. But with this book, i was totally lost. I couldn't find the one mystery of who set up the dome and how they got rid of it, this book has no short cuts.

Anyway, Chester Mill is just like your ordinary town, having a nice old day, nice young man, your average cougar, the pretty prom queen, your doctor, the town drunk, the town slut, the town addict and so on and so forth. And it amazes me that SK mentioned a lot of famous NYTBS authors within the book. Even Gregory House and Lost was mentioned. I kept on waiting for Supernatural and the Winchester Boy's to be mentioned but to my disappointment, nope.

The main events that happened under the dome was actually because of the actions of the power hungry corrupt 2nd Selectman Rennie. If it weren't for him the whole town wouldn't be like that town in Silent Hill by the end of the book. Even though SK have more then a dozen characters of his book, he never failed to build up character. I guess that's the reason why the book was so darn thick with size10 fonts.

What i didn't like about this book is how SK was so detailed down to the animals when the inferno happened inside the dome. For me it was horrifying to see birds and squirrels and woodchucks specially pets like dogs and cats trying to run away from the fire, from suffocation and from the poison air only to find out that they couldn't because of an invisible dome tramped them inside. The way SK wrote the gory details made me cry because of those poor animals.

The moral of the story, (oh yes there is a moral of the story and a pretty good one) but unfortunately i won't mention it. Coz if i do, I'll be giving away information about why there was a dome and how they got rid of it. Hey, i read through that darn thick book, so you read it too without any short-cuts. I tell you, if your a fan of the genre then its worth the time. ^_^

IT meets Leland Gaunt

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Yes you read it right. If Stephen King was to fuse the book IT and Needful Things this would be it. But i wouldn't be surprised coz Straub and King are good friends and as they say good friends think alike. *shrugs*

Anyhoo, the story is about 5 old men who created the Chowder Society where they meet twice a month to tell stories. When Edward Wanderley died the 4 remaining friends started to tell ghost stories. What's scary about this that the ghost in their stories came to life. It was just like IT in the S.King's novel IT. IT takes form of your worst fear... in this book it takes form of your dead relatives, dead friends and dead neighbors and it will drive you crazy.

It all started when a girl named Eva Galli came to their town 50 or so years ago. Her fiancee died after cutting his arm on a farm equipment. He bleed to death shouting words like "Kill her", "Cut her to pieces", etc. Then this girl mysteriously disappeared in town. Later in the book you would know that the Chowder Society members that time merely out from being teenagers accidentally killed her.

There are a lot of strange scenes occurring in the book. Like when Sears (one of the CSmemebers) saw a pale boy on his stairs staring at her. And how they all dreamed about themselves being chased by a monster and seeing their friend's dead faces.

I say its like Leland Gaunt at S.K's Needful Things novel is because Eva Galli is more or less like Gaunt or shall I say her kind. They introduce themselves as the originals of the human supernaturals, that they appear as to how human's persive them. At first i thought the books is one of the classic Vadic type of books coz every time they tell a story the story comes to life or the characters come to like.

Reading this book made me jumpy whenever i hear things and I have to admit kinda make me paranoid coz you will really feel as if someone is lurking behind you just like Ricky felt or like Lewis felt when he took that job in his forest.

I have never read a book that scared me, not since IT and now this is the second book that creeped me out.

Kali - Goddess of Distruction

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:39:00 +0000

This book was one of the books that was chosen by Orionbooks UK to republish under their collections of literally horror novels along side Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub and four more world reknowned authors of such genra.

I have picked up this book because of the title, not knowing that Dan Simmons is a famous horror novelist along side the great Stephen King.

Song of Kali, i know the name, since i am a fanatic with mythologies, with the different Gods and Goddesses on all types of civilizations and beliefs. Kali is the Hindu Goddess of Death and Destruction. The story of the book even took place to a very interesting place in India, it is in the heart of Calcutta. One of the slum cities in India, known for its corruption, disease and misery. It was the story of Robert Luczak who was sent to Calcutta to find a famous Indian Poet who was presumed dead but now a local organization has claimed this famous Indian Poet is very much alive.

I though the book was all about supernatural, horror, something that will give you nightmares and would make you think twice in going into the city of the dark goddess. Any moment i was waiting for Kali herself to appear. But to my disappointment nothing like that happened. Instead it was all about stupidity and idiocy. There was no horror in the story. I think the only grotesque thing that happened in the pages is when Robert finally found his lost baby son only to find out that his son's body was used to smuggled jewelry out from Calcutta. Think about this scene, a local woman pretending she was holding her baby only to find out that it was only a baby's head she's holding and underneath the clothes and wrappings of the so called baby body is all illegal jewelries.

I say it was stupidity because Mr. Luczak brought along his wife and infant son along to his Calcutta assignment. I mean c'mon, Calcutta isn't a place for a vacation or for another honeymoon. He was warned by his friend but still he didn't listen and whatever disaster he has come in Calcutta is because of his stupidity.

The book is a perfect example of a western tourist being totally fooled by the local people in the city he has visited. I can't see the point on the remarks that was made about this book. NO, it was not one of the most brilliant first novels i read. and DEFINITELY NOT the best novel in years and in his genre. and TOTALLY NO horrors in the pages only pure stupidity.

Or maybe i have read too many horror and gruesome books already that this book reads like bedtime stories for kids to me.

In the end a cockroach became a senator

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:36:00 +0000

So i'm going through the bargain books at the 31st manila international book fair. Once again i oogled myself on books for only a dollar or less which were originally $14 or more. One of the books i found was Kockroach. It caught my attention not because of its cover but because of its title. And as i read through the brief description of the book by the back cover, I found it interesting since it did say that a cockroach woke up as a human on one of the low class hotel at time square. For a person who hates and fears cockarachas this book should be something i should not pick up, but the words gangs,violence, politics, money and sex is something that i am always drawn into.

Now, here's the yacky part. I though the book is like a metaphor. You know the word cockroach is often used to describe a human being. To may horror, the book is literary about a cockroach (the yacky icky insect that it is) waking up as a human. So I found myself reading through the first chapters about how a cockroach think, their traits and eeeewwww.. how they have sex. I have learned a few triva about this icky things... If you cut their head off they will still be alive for 3days. If there's a nuclear blast annihilating the earth they will still live. Now after this book i have learned that european cockroack likes long foreplay in sex while american cockroaches just like to hump the female right away. >.<

But here's the interesting part, as i read through the pages of the book, i have come to admire Kockroach now named, Jerry Blatta. He has became rich and famous among the streets of New York because of his buddy Mite whom found him on the streets. Mite has taught him the ways of men and as a cockroach that easyly adopt change and their greed and hunger for food and for sex (coz it was said male cockroach has only two things in mind... he is always hungry and always want to mate). So not long did Kockroach and Mite rise up into the greek gangstars. Unfortunately, Mite is a treacherous bastard. With Kockroaches ambition to be the top boss and Mite's jealousy on Kockroaching who was mating his girl, he betrayed him. Thus ended their life as top gangsters.

Now eight years has passed and Mite has come back to New York only to find out that his former friend and boss is now almost own the whole businesses in NY. From being a gangster boss, Kockroach has risen as a businessman like the likes of Trump and Bronson. Even though he knew Mite betrayed him he still took him under his wing. Although Mite promised that he won't betray him again Kockroach told him "Don't bother, we are what we are." Now this is one of the many lines i like about the book. But Kockroach still isn't satisfied about being a rich businessman. Towards the end of the book it shows that he is running for the U.S Senate which i believe he has successfully achieved and maybe if the author wrote further U.S might have a cockroach turn to human as their President.

I have come to like the book, even though its giving me the icky details of the life and times of a cockaracha. But there is a story to be told. We are what we are as Kockroach said to Mite. No body ever change somehow your true self will always peek into the world we build in and will tumble it down. No matter how we work hard and finally thinking we have it all, something will always come down and take it all away from us living us to start all over again. There is also a sense of brotherhood. I see that Kockroach is a true example of a real friend. Even though he knew that Mite betrayed him constantly he still consider him as a friend, his palsy, his brother. A lot my say his stupid by not killing him, even Mite thought Kockroach will kill him. But Kockroach accepted him as who he is and since Mite was the one who actually taught him about human society. When Mite asked him why.. Kockroach simply answered him... "I am who i am because of you."

The women of Luxe

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:27:00 +0000

I have been interested in this book ever since I saw it on the shelves of Bestsellers in Robinson's Galleria. Not because I have read its short description of the back of the cover but because of the gowns that the women in the covers wore. I have always called this book the Gossip Girl of the turn of 19th century New York.
When finally i have come to buy this book, I couldn't put it down. As a person who likes to socialize and host parties, I have come to love this book. Along the pages of the book you would find out that what ever era we are living the social classes in New York always acts the same.

For book one: The Luxe, enter Elizabeth Holland. The eldest among the two Holland sisters. She is fresh from Paris and just turned 18. Due to their unfortunate financial drop Elizabeth was forced to marry into money rather then love. Enter Henry Shoonemaker, son of the wealthy William Shoonmaker who almost own all of New York. However, Penelope Hayes (bestfriend of Elizabeth Holland) has eyes on Henry who surprisingly fell in love with Diana Holland, sister of Elizabeth who hasn't even turned 18 yet.
Elizabeth didn't really love Henry, in face she loved Will Keller, their coachman. So with the help of Penelope, Elizabeth staged her own death and elope to California with Will.

On to the second book: Rumors. Rumors is Elizabeth isn't really dead. Penelope thought with Elizabeth out of the picture she can have Henry, but no, Henry is head over heels with Diana. So, when she found Carolina Broad (former hand maiden of Elizabeth Holland) homeless since she was fired from the Holland House, Carolina became her source of black mail to Henry into marrying her.

Third book: Envy: Penelope successfully blacked mailed Henry into marrying her. But Henry isn't even sleeping with her nor talking to her. They have acted civilized wife and man in front of the public eyes. Meanwhile, Carolina Broad has became an overnight socialite when a rich old bachelor left her his entire estate (talk about gold digger). But this girl didn't even came to love nor care about the old bachelor, instead she went out seeking for a different young bachelor that she fell inlove with

The final showdown: Splendor. By the end of Envy, Henry sent Diana a letter stating his going off to the army. Carefree as she is she followed him. They did have time to themselves until Henry's superior found out and ship them back to New York. Meanwhile, Penelope went after a European Prince and thought the Prince actually fell inlove with her which on later on the end of the book she was dump (talk about karma) And here is the good stuff i liked about the book. Henry and Diana didn't live happily ever after. In the end they still love each other. Even though Henry has divorced Penelope, Diana still can't see herself as a second wife to Henry Shoonemaker. She wanted Henry to come with her to Paris and live a new life. Unfortunately Henry didn't love her enough to do it.

Moral of the story? Well, don't be a Penelope coz one day or another Karma will knock on your door. ^_^ I love the book, the glitz and glamour the fame and glory, the freedom to be able to host parties that the newspapers will print the next day or people that will talk about for days. To where fancy clothes... I dream of that life. Too bad I need lots of money to do that. And money is what i do not have. *sigh*

Necroscope Fever

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:23:00 +0000

Its Robert Ludlum meets Anne Rice, or Micheal Crichton meets Laurell Hamilton. But really, Brian Lumley wrote his Necroscope series back in the 80s. Hell, I wasn't even born yet when he wrote his first Necroscope series.

Here is book two of his Necroscope series. It tells about the origin of Thibor Ferency, the vampire who lured Boris Dragosani in book 1. If we have read the 1st book we know that both has died and that our hero, Harry Keogh (whats with the name Harry anyway? There is Harry Potter, Harry Dresdan o.0).

In this book, we also found out that aside from Dragosani, Thibor manage to place a part of his self to a certain baby. It goes like this, one night a couple came tumbling down his hills. Man died for Thibor has drank his blood through his wounds. The girl survive but Thibor grope her with his vampire tentacles.(talk about tentacle hentai lol) But this book ain't one of those porny paranormal books i usually read.

Anyway, while the 1st book is like Russian E-branch vs. British E-branch, this time the two heads of both organization works together in able to annihilate the vampire horde. Well at least what remains of it. In Lumley's Necroscope series, his vampires are not like Rice nor Hamilton's vampires. His vampires has tentacles and parasitic. The way his vampires pro-create is to plant a part of themselves into their victim and slowly that part will grow inside them and become one of the human. The human is called the host. The vampire part will consume the human mind thus creating one mind. But for Wampyre, they can only make a true wampyre once in their life time. They produce a seed that they plant into their chosen human host to be their son or daughter. Also, they are like starfishes that when you cut them up, the pieces will grow into something else until they can find a host. (talk about go forth and mulitply).

But all well that ends well, they manage to destroy both Thibor's remains in his graveyard by blasting the crucified hills. That is how the wampyre could be killed. A stake through the heart, Cut of its head and burn everything down to crisp.

Chains

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:29:00 +0000

Three girls have a dark past left behind just before they went for college. 15 years later, these girls still have the nightmare of the night that scared them for life.

Renee, prom queen, the perfect girl, a family which is more concern about there society preserve them. Lacey, the tall blond girl who is no closer then a bimbo became a professional photographer. Then there's the famous Sheera, who is a bestseller author.

Although the book is divided into three books focusing on each women but the book only tells one story in the perspective of these 3 female character.

I have to admit, the story line is a cliche. How many books and movies are out there with stories that started when they were in senior high and had an unfortunate event and then coming after a couple of years back to the very place the event took place. There was king's It novel, and there was Valentine movie.

Honestly, i bought the book coz i miss reading porny books. The story about Reene was quite interesting... coz she was into bdsm but not entirely into the lifestyle. That is about the more interesting sex scene of the book. The other scene is just normal sex.

I talk to dead people

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:10:00 +0000

I have came across this book 2yrs ago when i was searching for good paranormal books. Now i could say, aside from Anne Rice's pretty vampires and Laurel K Hamilton's gorgeous sexy vampires, Brian Lumley's vampires are a different kind of breed. Now, we all heard about what necromancer can do, they control dead people, raise dead people and ask them of thier secrets. With Lumley's book, necromancers are a disgusting lot. They literally dissect people, learn their secrets through their guts and brain. The Necroscope is more humane. They simply talk to dead people and the dead talk to him. They teach him things that they have learned through their dead life.

No on to the book. The book started when the British E-branch head dead of a heart attack which later on we know that it was not a natural cause of heart attack. You might be asking what E-branch means. The Russians call it ESPionage, with the emphasis of ESP. Its a government branch of the British, Russian, American and Chinese branch that trains people with pyschic abilities. Its like the X-men, but with more closer to truth abilities based on paranormal powers. Along the way, an age old vampire is caught between the "war" or rivalry of the British and Russian E-branches.

Somehow the book doesn't appeal to me much but I do want to buy its series though. Necroscope is like Robert Ludlum meets Laurel Hamilton meets Neil Gaiman. Also as i was reading along the way, i could not help but think that the plot of the book is somewhat more like the t.v. series HEROES. Secret organization who has supernatural powers. A person with an ability to see the future and a person who could travel time. But instead of save the cheerleader save the world, its kill the ambitious right hand russian of E-branch and save the world.

FYI: Necroscope was written and published in the 1980s. And i'm sure i would be expecting another "twilight" fever on this. People in hollywood is planning to make a movie with Necroscope. If they play there cards well and would emphasize with the love story of Harry and Brenda, choose the right actors (oh i hope they won't get that annoying sparkling vampire) they could make it a blockbuster hit. C'mon guys we all know that unknown books get to be famous if they are turned into movies.

i thought this was a chiclit.... o.0

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:33:00 +0000

When i hear the name Jennifer Cruise, i think a chiclit. Turns out this books isn't much of a chiclit and there was sex on pages. lol

The story started when Maddie found a crochless panties in her hubby's car and she decided to divorce him right there and then. As you read further, you'll find out that it was not the first time her hubby had an affair and she had enough of it.

Towards the end, looks like the hubby was not cheating with his wife, instead he was cheating the company he owns one quarter of. He has been cheating his business partner with money. Because of this, he got himself shot. *sigh*

Lesson learn, hubbys don't keep secrets to your wife. Keeping secret means your wife will think you are having an affair and you will end up dead.

This book, i couldn't discribe it in words. why? coz i was expecting to read a chiclit. But i ended up having a mystery book. ^^j

Angels....

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:18:00 +0000

^^j i thought there was divine interventions in this book. But through the middle of the book i realized the reason why the book was titled angels. Looks like, if people live in Los Angeles, they are often called "Angels".

Now, i wouldn't recommend this book if your happyly married or happily in a relationship, it will give you "what if" thoughts with your relationship. I think i bought this book when i was broken hearted and hated the thought of being in a relationship. The book started when Maggie realized that her husband was having an affair because of the comment he did on the chocolates she bought. Right there and then, she left him and went refuge to her parents house. Then later on flew to Los Angeles to spend some downtime with her best friend. There she tested new waters, and as the story is told in every page you will get to learn where her marrage started to crumble down. She had a miscarrage twice, and people are giving her thier sympathys and she had develop a self-pity attitude that she forgot that her hubby is also suffering from depression due to the lost. That drove him to have an affair. You might not agree that this is a valid reason to have an affair, but if you are depressed and someone takes notice of you and make you happy and do things for you to make you happy, an affair is not a surprise. Believe me, its not. A depressed person needs attention and loving care, again believe me, been there, done that.

Towards the end, i found maggie to be quite stupid. But i couldn't blame her, what can i say... shes a typical girl. I did fell sorry with the husband Garv. He really took care of her, he was very understanding even though he knew his wife still longs for her high school lover who disappeared on her and he thought this was the main reason that she choose to go to Los Angeles.

But in the end, they have reconciled. Understood each other. As the ending says, there is no perfect relationship. You will sometimes find your self fighting with each other. But what matters is that you remember your vows to each other. "To sickness and to health, through good times and bad, till death do us part."

Ultimate fetish to the extreme (not for minors)

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:24:00 +0000

I was on my way to get the new LKHamilton ABVH book when my friend told me I may like this book. Ok, its an anthology and hey... Neil Gaiman is here. So I read the back of the book and considering i have a taste of mystery,occult and the supernatural in literitures i said, heck, i'll buy this one too. Anyway, i have heard about Clive Barker and his Hellraiser but i never actually watched the movie. Maybe i did when i was a kid, i do remember watching the T.V with pinhead in it and some girl being chased by cars.

So reading through the book, I first found out that Mr.Gaiman was a journalist in his early years. So say in the forward of the book written by Mr.Barker himself. He narrated how he made the movie Hellraiser and the famous Pinhead.

Now on to the book. There are some stories that are confusing, i simply do not understand or just plane ... grusome for me. If this were a movie i would have walked out from the movie house already or turned off the T.V and gave my dvd to friends who are into human mutilations. I am into BDSM but i am not into gore, my limits are no slicing no blood. Some people would want to watch other people mutilate other people like the movie SAW, Wrong Turn, Hostel and whatever grusome movies there is out there. Ok... now imagine those movie having sex in it. That is exactly what this book has. The ultimate sex and pain that extreme Saddist and Masochists love to experience. Well for the norms they would call them Pyschopaths.

Mostly the stories revolved around one theme, the Cenobites. The beings from hell who comes into your world when you manage to complete the lemarchad configuration. These Cenobites aren't genes. They like to torment you with pain and sex feeding into your most desire fetishes. They remind me of the Vadecs, demons who posses writers into writing them and making them real in our world. In this case, the Cenobites possed Lemarchad a toy maker into building these puzzles that could summon them into our world and then take you into thier world of pain and sex.

I actually like the book, but i won't be watching any hellraiser movies, i can read gorey books, hell i read a book about an old woman eating children, what's a book about mutilations different to that. But i don't watch them on screen, i might end up loosing what i just ate. Maybe if they will turn it into anime i would watch, but not live action.

Mirror, mirror on the wall... who is fairest of all?

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:04:00 +0000

Twice i read this book as i have mentioned in earlier on this post. Not because i came to the point that i didn't have much money anymore to buy new books. But I somehow could relate to the queen. I have been fat and in where i am people think fat is ugly. I am vain as vain as i could be. In when i was reading this book i simply asked myself. what if i get married and have a daugther, and that daugther of mine will turn out pretty... would my vanity eat me up in will make me hate her? Coz you see, jealousy and vanity are sisters and they could kill. But then again that is only what if.... ^_^

Mina

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:43:00 +0000

Mina... the famous mistress of Dracula. In Bram Stoker's Dracula it was told base on the dairy of Jonathan or journal of Mina's finance and eventually became her husband nearing the end of the novel. In this Novel, it starts in the journal of Mina when they were in pursuit in destroying Dracula in his castle in Transylvania. Among the pages of this book the readers will experience the emotions of Mina.

In the middle of the story, Mina rights in her journal on how she was still haunted by the memory of Dracula. How her relationship/marrige to Jonathan has been distorted because of her desires for carnal cravings. The book solely tells what happened to Mina after where Stoker left. In her quest in learning the truth about Dracula and in the end, she made a decision a decision that is not much of a shock.

The book is an epitome of love. A love that is distorted, confused and mixed with unquinching lust.

My day at the 30th manila book fair

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Last week was the 30th Manila International Book Fair. Unlike last year there weren't much people. Compared to last year that I have bought php3000 worth of books, this year due to unfortunate events I didn't spend a single piso in the fair. However, my sister asuall bought a book from readers digest which could not be purchased in any book stores here but only at A-Z direct the official distributor of Reader's Digest her in the philippines. She bought a book about paranormal thing and since it was buy one take one... we took the wild life year book as the take one free. I don't know, i think i'm becoming to be fascinated in wildlife photography. Maybe because of someone i particularly know in Africa. Anyway, back to the book fair. It is sad that not much of book enthusiast doped by the book fair. Most of the participants and guests in the book fair are either from the educational sector (teachers and students) or owners of small time bookstores to get some contacts with book distributors. Sometimes its sad to know that because of the growing demand of the digital world people would prefer ebooks other books.

Now since i was already in Mall of Asia where the book fair was held, we side track to watch the fireworks display at the baywalk of MoA, hoping it will take away my thoughts because of what happened to my laptop. That's also one thing why i wasn't very excited over the book fair. Cos it was the same day that IBM called me and said i need php85000plus to have my laptop fixed. o.0 and where the hell am i going to find that kind of money. *sigh*

anyway.... i know its not related to this book blog of mine but i'm trying to raise some funds so that i can have my lappy fix or buy a brand new one. I am a freelance photography from the side line. So if your looking for a photographer for your event or photo shot i only charge php2000 if you want some photoshop enhancing just add php1000. You can refer to my online portfolio at http://paige.litratozguild.com

Thank you!

Serpent's Dance

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:33:00 +0000

Big sister, little sister. Little sister died in suicide, so says the police report. Big sister Bernadetter (Bernie to her friends) doesnt believe in it. So she was off to Arizona in finding out the truth of her sister's death. It lead her to OAR Research Company and to Wesley Edward's empire. The man whom her little sister had an affair with. Bernie slowly works her way closer to Wesley hoping to avenge or atleast know the truth about her sisters death.

This is the 3rd book i have read by larry brooks. First book was about bondage play, second was about a bunch of executives in a retreat house that are being hunted in able to feel the game of sharks in a corporate world. ROFL ain't that the truth. But yah... you know me, i'm a sucker when it comes to erotic novels specially if theres bondage concern. ;p

Again LB's style of writing is quite confusing. He introduces the main characters and inbetween chapters insert unknown characters that you would think is out of context, like they aren't even connected to the story nor the people involved in the novel. But as the pages slowly unfold, you tend to get back to those sensless chapters you think it was sensless because later on it was essential to unfolding the trueth of the story.

UPDATES: 30th Manila International Book Fair

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:26:00 +0000

wow its finally just around the corner. Mark your calendars fellow book worm for next week on sept16-20 will be the 30th manila international book fair. and these are the schedule of activities as follows:

September 16-20, 2009 • 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Exhibit Halls 1-4, SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines

SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS
(As of August 25, 2009)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Rooms 4 & 5
Net Generation Libraries Forum
Speaker: Mr. Johann Frederick Cabbab
Forum Fee: Member-P 100.00, Non-Member-P 200.00, Student-P 50.00
Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines (ASLP)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 6
Focusing on our Health: Enhancing Wellness in the Workplace Forum
Forum Fee: Member- P 150.00, Non-Member- P 200.00
Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP)

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Holy Eucharistic Mass and Opening Ceremonies Program

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Stage Area
Pasiklaban sa Paaralan Grade School Division
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 4
The Revised Penal Code: Toward a More Humane and Responsive Criminal
Justice System in the Philippines Forum
Speaker: Justice Caroline Aquino
Forum Fee: Member- P 100.00, Non-Member- P 150.00, Student- P 75.00
Philippine Group of Law Librarians (PGLL)

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stage Area
A-Z English Proficiency Championship Round
A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc.

Thursday, September 17, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 4
Creative Techniques in Teaching Library and Information Science Forum
Speaker: Dr. Allan de Guzman
Forum Fee: Member & Student- P 150.00, Non-Member- P 200.00
Philippine Association of Teachers of Library Science (PATLS)

8:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Digital Debate on Archives, Museum and Libraries Lecture/Forum
Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (PAARL)

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Pasiklaban sa Paaralan High School Division
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meeting Room 5
Book Care 101: Introduction to the Care and Repair of Books
University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 6
Reed Exhibitions Seminar - Join Book Expo America and The London Book Fair
Reed Exhibitions Ltd

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Meeting Room 6
Anjala Book Presentation
Stora Enso Southeast Asia

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Stage Area
Isang Pagtatanghal ng Balagtasan nina Teo T. Antonio, Michael M. Coroza at Vim Nadera
Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP)

Friday, September 18, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Talks by Valerie Cruz-Tapalla on Professional Etiquette for Librarians and Andrew Matthews on Being Happy
Forum Fee: Member-P 100.00, Non-Member-P 150.00, Student-P 75.00
Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI)

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Chess Demo Game
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Meeting Room 4
Book Launching of Ang Batang Nangarap ng Kapayapaan
Katha Publishing Co., Inc. (Goodwill Trading Co.)

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Meeting Room 4
Book Launch of Diksyunaryong Tagalog: Makabago at Pinagaan
Katha Publishing Co., Inc. (Goodwill Trading Co.)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Stage Area
Book Launch
Philippine Christian Literature, Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 6
SRA, Science iLabs and Asya: Kasaysayan at Kabihasnan Product Launch
Abiva Publishing House, Inc.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stage Area
Talks by Andrew Matthews on Being Happy
National Book Store

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Meeting Rooms 2 & 3
ICT in Basic Education Seminar Series
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meeting Room 4
Book Launching “The Word of the Lord”, The Subsidized Popular Edition of the Christian Community Bible
Asian Catholic Communications, Inc. (ACCI)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Meeting Room 6
Product Launch
Paulines Publishing House

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Stage Area
Book Launch
Vibal Publishing House, Inc.

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Meeting Rooms 4 & 5
Book Launch
St Pauls

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Stage Area
CSM New Titles Book Launching
Church Strengthening Ministry

Saturday, September 19, 2009
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Meeting Room 5
Book Selling 101: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask Series Year 2
Publishers' Representatives Organization of the Philippines (PROP)

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 5
Model Drawing, Speaker: Mr. Ling Yuen
Edcrisch International Inc.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Tribute to Teachers Live Broadcast
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

12:00 NN - 7:00 PM
Meeting Rooms 4, 5 & 6
Rex Bookstore International Reader's Theater Fluency Award Grand Finals and Awards Night
Rex Bookstore, Inc.

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stage Area
Storytelling
Precious Pages Corp. and Alitaptap Storytellers

5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Meeting Rooms 7, 8 & 9
Central Books Multiple Book Launching
Central Book Supply, Inc.

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Stage Area
Festival of Love Mini Concert
Jesuit Communications Foundation, Inc.

Sunday, September 20, 2009
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Rooms 8 & 9
Customer Service: Learning Techniques and Projecting Good Image of the Library or Office Forum
Forum Fee: Member-P 150.00, Non-Member-P 200.00, Student-100.00
Ortigas Center Library Consortium (OCLC) Inc.

11:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
SRA Science iLabs Hands-On Experiments
Performed by: Mad Science Scientists
Abiva Publishing House, Inc.

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stage Area
Storytelling
Precious Pages Corp. and Alitaptap Storytellers

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stage Area
Holy Eucharistic Mass

SEE YOU THERE.. coz Book Wench will surely be there ^_^

Count of Monti Cristo - Erotic Ver.

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:02:00 +0000

People who are into literature all know about the story of the Count of Monti Cristo. A story of friendship of love of betrayal and of revenge. A lot of versions of movies and books have been based upon this literary classic. Even the Japanese have adapted it to an anime set in the future which they have done very well.

For the benefit of people who doesn't know the story of the count. He was betrayed by his friends for money and corruption and was sentenced to prison for almost a decade. In prison he has befriended the person next to his jail cell and new that that person has great wealth. When that person died, he exchanged himself to the dead body and then when they threw the body out, he escaped. Meanwhile, while he was rotting in jail, his treacherous friends became a judge, politician (who married his fiancee) and a wealthy banker. In his pursuit of revenge, he slowly destroyed the empire and the lives of these friends of his that betrayed him.

In this erotic version, he has pursued to seduce his finance but concealing his real identity. This version is someone just the same as the original one. The only difference are the exotic sensual taste in the book that made me more interested in reading it.

Now i wish all classic literature have erotic versions ^_^

Mona Lisa Blossoming

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:44:00 +0000

It always intrigue me if the book is being compared to the works of my favorite author Laurell K Hamilton. Publisher weekly has dubbed it as fans of LKH will love Sunny's Monere series. That was enough reason for me to buy the book. And it has been sitting in my closet for almost a year before I decided to read it with reasons that I have already read all the Jim Butchers and all the LKH's books that I have and I was forced to look into the books that I have brought on a sale and choose which one to read coz I don't have the money these days to buy a new book.

Anyway, The Monere... according to the book are the children of the moon which is the basis of the legends about vampires and werewolves/wereanimals. But there political/society structure is more like the bees. The Monas "thus explains the name of the main character Mona Lisa" are the queens of their race/species. In every territory there comes a queen which rules and its rare for men in there species rule a territory. In the beginning of the book, upon knowing the Monere origin, what brought to mind is the story of Sailormoon. (you know the anime: "Moon crystal power... MAKE UP!" LOL) But going deeper into the novel i started to understand and accept why most book reviewers and authors like publisher weekly has compared it to LKH. Sunny's Monere series has a touch of Anita Blake and Merrideth Gentry. Instead of vampires there are the Demon Dead. Instead of the Ravens of the unseelie queen theres the warlords.

The story is more about politics, the struggle of the monere monarchs. This is another series that is set in new orleans. This is the 2nd book of the monere series of Sunny. Too bad I couldn't find the first book tittled Mona lisa Awakening. So i hope this Manila book fair this sept i will find the the first book of this series. I really love it when i find another gold amongs a thousand of copper.

The Handmaiden's Tale

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:59:00 +0000

If you have read or known the classic The Brave New World. This book is more like that. Its a society totally controlled by a governing body. Since birth everyone is already classified to their social status. In the hand maiden's tale, its a story of transition to the world we know to a complete different world where men rule and control things and women are being classified with the color of clothing they wear. The wives wear blue and the hand maidens wear red.

What are the hand maidens? The hand maidens are the surrogate wives. In the event that the wive cannot conceive a child a hand maiden is required. However, it is not simple as injecting the egg and sperm of her master and mistress. The process is the hand maiden will be in between the wife and husband while they have sex, its like a three-some if you think about it. The husband doesn't mingle with the hand maiden. And if a hand maiden is pregnant she is the envy of all hand maidens.

The book is somewhat a diary of one of the hand maidens and her narration is when she remembered a society where she had a husband and a child of her own before the twisted society has been made. It is a wonderful and sad story about a culture being run by tyrant men who would want to control there women. And the women's struggle for freedom.

It is a wonderful and intriguing story that would match the literary classic of the Brave New World.

The Various

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:18:00 +0000

"You have been granted three wishes. The Various is but the first."

A fancy fairy tale which is unlike any grim brother or hans christian andersen has written. In this day a lot of children's fantasy novels have risen and has invaded the book shelves of our local store. Some has even found its way to the big screen.

The Various is like the little people. Some call them fairys some call them gnomes. But they are of magikal folk. They call the humans, Gorji. Which I don't know why, the author didn't elaborate.

Story goes like this, Midge was droped off by her mother on the Mill Farm owned by his uncle, her mother's brother obviously. In her stay in the farm, like any other little girl she explored the farm and met a white winged horse. No, its not your typical pegasus. This winged horse named Peg has wings like bats, not wings like birds or like angels have. Peg was trapped under a machinery, spikes pierced through his wings. Midge nursed him to health and eventually tok Peg to the Royal Woods where his home is. Its also the Various home as well. There Midge was not warmlly welcomed and thus starts the adventure of her life.

All through out the book, while i was reading it. I could not help but remember or more like a distinct image keeps on blinking/flashing inside my head. Its a famous picture where the girl had her picture taken and there were faries in it. I first saw it in my mom's books about the unknown along with the famous picture of a bigfoot. (although, this picture was declared a hoax, coz well obviously it really does looks like the little girl just cut those fairies out from her coloring book. LOL) Aside from that, the girl Midge kinds reminds me of the girl who played the role in the secret garden. The story is ok. Its your typical fairy story that a girl discovered fairies or little people are living in her uncle's farm where the woods were thick.

Over all, the novel ain't that bad. This is a trilogy and i just bought this book on bargain price. So I'm looking forward (hopefully) that i will find its other two books.

The Difference between you and me

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000

AUTHOR: Kathleen DeMarco

Meet Josephine O'leary, call her Josie. Pretty, nice body, 28 years old and ambitious. Although she has has graduated law and is a lawyer, she wanted a life in hollywood. she knows she can't act nor represent any talent so she aspires to be a producer.

Then there's Carla Trouse, 41 yrs old, over educated, intelligent, cynical, speaks her mind (lol sounds family isn't it.. hehe) She's jobless and her cousin Philip practically finance her life until a life altering situation turned her life around.

I bought this book simply because its on sale and the cover amused me. It reminds them of two particular sisters... hehe. anyway, the book revolves around the life in hollywood. How people play the game as Josie clearly placed. Part of josie reminds me of myself. The way she views hollywood. Clara also reminds me of myself. Broke, cynical about life, can't keep her job longer enough to be promoted coz no one actually like her honesty about corporate matters. Bottom line is, in the end, both girls have changed for the better. They learned from each other. Josie learned that socializing with people are not enough to be on top of the ladder. Clara learned that its better to shut up and then get ahead of the people and surprise them.

The book is well written not for bestseller material but it better then most on the bestseller lists. It tackles about ambition, pursuing once dream but then ended up with something far from your dreams and goals. I really didn't expect I would like the book much as I did. But its worth a read.

The Rose Labyrinth

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:14:00 +0000

Author: Titania Hardiei

got the collector's edition of this book. to be honest i bought the book because of its nice packaging and in the middle of the book it got me to work on the documents that the book came with. I hope the publisher just didn't thought on putting in the document along with the book.. i hope they also included the gold and silver key that came with the documents.

If your into the de vince code thing and twilight minus the vampire and the supernatural creatures.. then this might interest you. i can bet my money to it that if this goes to the big screen it would be a block buster just like de vince code and twilight Well i say this because truth be told in where i am these books just got famous when a movie version of it came out.

Story is just simple, two brothers. There mother just died and the youngest son tried to solve the family secret. Which in the early part of the book this yougest son died. Now the elder brother is trying to solve the death of his younger brother. This took him to a treasure hunt in searching for something that eventually lead to his own love story. Yes people there is a love story in this book. Its like piecing together a story that happened centuries ago when some planet alignments happen and a crossed between time trigged the very events in the book.

Honestly, i really didn't like the book, although I enjoyed the mysteries and the historical info that the author wrote in its pages. And whoever designed the author's book has a good idea. He made the book into something inter-active coz the puzzle in the story? it came with book.. As i said it would be more fun if they include the gold and silver key to unluck all the mysteries in book.

SNUFF

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:41:00 +0000

Author: Chuck Palahniuk

Honestly, here's another book i picked up because i was expecting some steamy sex in its pages. However what i got is a glimpse about Hollywood and the porn industry. Chuck Palahnick is the author of the "Fight Club" which was turned movie years back starring Brad Pitt. He is also the author of "Choke" which recently turned to a movie as well. Now "Snuff", I won't be surprised if one day there will be a movie born out of it. It is described as "an absurd dark comedy about damage people..." as The Seattle Times printed. Indeed, the narrator's of the story are damaged. The story is all about a porn star who is getting old and would like to break the world record of serial fornication by having sex with 600 men on camera in an attempt to raise her career or at least give her abandoned baby a fortune. Now indeed this novel introduces damaged characters. Meet Mr.72, sort of 19 years old he claims his the abandon child of Cassie Wright the porn star. Mr.137, who is tagged as a "FAG" coz he has a sitcom before about gay gang bangs. His attempt to raise his career is why he signed up for one of the 600 men. Mr.600 is an aging porn dude as well. Which is later known as the father of the abandoned child of Ms. Wright. And there's Shiela the private assistant of Mr.Wright.

The story actually takes you to the porn world. From porn actors to hollywood actors to the information that Hitler was actually the one who invented the Blow up doll. coz he doesn't want his nazi trops to have sex with slaves while at war coz he wanted to preserve there german sperm for german eggs. ROFL. (believe me guys i checked it in google. at first its just the author making it up to make the book more interesting. But YES its true. its hitler who created the blow up dollys. LOL) There are a lot of fun facts you would learn in the book. Like Marilyn Monroe actually submered herself on ice in a tub before public appearance so that her breasts and butt will look perky. And she also purposely cut short the other heal of her shoes to make her butt sway more while she walk. I googled some of the facts that were mentioned in the book. They are all true. or atleast google lead me to sites who could back up the author on what he has written in the book.

The book might sound like it doesn't makes sense, but it does. Its full of lessons in life. One thing I do when i read books is i write down the lines that hit me hard, lines that actually makes sense or tell you the lessons in life. Like, "it only takes one mistake..., no matter how hard you work or how smart you have become you will be always be known for that one poor choice." And there's the.. "You do porn..., when you already abandoned all hope." Stories about people who made mistakes in their lives and try to redeem themselves but since because of their mistakes people tend to see there mistakes over the good once they have done. People who wanted to reach there dream and ended up to be porn stars coz they needed the money. Life isn't easy, i learned it not after i read this book. The book simply tells us that nothing is sooo perfect in hollywood. As the saying goes, no pain, no gain.

Marrying for Money

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Author:

Chris Manby

The book is set in the high classed suburbia in New York state. This is actually chick lit novel and i'm not really into chic flicks that much. considering my money problems these days, i wondered hey! a book about two sisters from london who are dead broke went to the u.s.a and tried to date the multi-millionere single men. One was a stock broker who seems to be married to his cellphone as is egotistic and an asshole. i seemed to like him over the softwere tycoon that ditches his date to kill some wizard in an online game.

its a great and fun book to read. you get to know how bitchy those heir to the parents business acts around. the parties they throw the things they do to get what they want and the people they step on in getting it. but in the end there are still lessons to be learned.

Well to be honest i picked up this book thinking maybe i should be marrying for money to get rid of the inherited debt i got when my mom passed away. *sigh* oh life :(

Brother Grimm

noreply@blogger.com (Rage An *its my pen name*) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:03:00 +0000

Author:

Craig Russell

Nice book, the first book i read about serial killers. i always had a fascination with the fairy tales collected or written by the grimm brothers. and since i was pissed off in my previous company's payroll people. Until now 3months after my back pay isn't ready. i know i can't cut them and diced them up because of their stupidity. s0 i settled in reading a book about a serial killer who kills his victim based to his favorite grimm fairy tale.

I also find the killer an artist in this book. How he masterfully crafted the art of killing people then arranging them to look like people from the book covers out from the book. For example the one whom he killed and placed in the glass tower. She was a vain actor so he killed her and laid her to rest like Snow white. He doesn't kill randomly, he killed people whose life styles fit the fairy tale he will put them into. In reading this book, its quite a challenge for me its setting is in Germany the government offices that are involved in this book is in german so its hard to pronounce. but putting that aside, the book is nicely written, thrilling and i like the concept. They are lessons to be learned here specially for parents and thats...

"Society creates their own serial killers, by treating a person unkindly and cruelly in his childhood. and each time we discriminate a person, slowly we are making a killer or even a terrorist."

BookWench

Under the Dome

IT meets Leland Gaunt

Kali - Goddess of Distruction

In the end a cockroach became a senator

The women of Luxe

Necroscope Fever

Chains

I talk to dead people

i thought this was a chiclit.... o.0

Angels....

Ultimate fetish to the extreme (not for minors)

Mirror, mirror on the wall... who is fairest of all?

Mina

My day at the 30th manila book fair

Serpent's Dance

UPDATES: 30th Manila International Book Fair

September 16-20, 2009 • 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Exhibit Halls 1-4, SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Count of Monti Cristo - Erotic Ver.

Mona Lisa Blossoming

The Handmaiden's Tale

The Various

The Difference between you and me

The Rose Labyrinth

SNUFF

Marrying for Money

Brother Grimm

September 16-20, 2009 • 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Exhibit Halls 1-4, SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines