stuffs i've read - grisham, sparks, austen, and the new Orange

i've finally finished reading john grisham's the runaway jury. i started reading this last march. but since it's alessa's, i wasn't able to take it home and finish it. great book! masterful storytelling from a master storyteller.

i only discovered the master when i bought a bargain book of his The Firm and immediately fell in love with the writer. alessa had a copy of The Pelican Brief which i next read. this is his third for me. =]

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during the weekend, when i wasn't supposed to be just lying around doing a bunch of nonsense stuff and when i was supposed to study/do the things i was supposed to, i picked up jane austen's pride and prejudice. of course, once i started, i couldn't put it down. it's my third time reading that book. from a few pages from the start up to the last. it's not just a love story. their love story stems from mainly two things, as was mentioned in the title. another really great story. aside from the total kilig factor. of course, it's one of my favorites.

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i've also read two nicholas sparks books in a week: message in a bottle for two days and nights in rodanthe for the day after finishing the previous one.

i liked message in a bottle from the start. it's really romantic. but just like any other love story, there's the conflict. and when the guy was finally resolved to do what he must do to win the girl back, he died. so sad...

so i read nights in rodanthe..not expecting anything. it was almost the same setting and style and characters...and endings.

man, what is it with nicholas? just when the characters were going to be happy, one of the couple dies. like a walk to remember, remember that?

plus, reading message in a bottle and thinking of the movie (which i haven't watched yet), i kind of think that kevin costner and the girl were too old for the characters. i couldn't imagine costner being attractive and buffed and the girl being sexy and beautiful but a mother, mind you.

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i've stumbled upon a link to this site: www.orange.com.ph which is a promotion for this upcoming book Orange by joey silayan. it has the prologue and the first four chapters published on the website. however, if you wanna get more, you subscribe to the yahoogroup and refer other people. if you're reading this, and you wanna learn more about the book, do subscribe and pls. tell the moderator i referred you. i've read the first five chapters and i must say, it's pretty promising. i like the storyline. discover it for yourself.