My Books Of The Week

• STRAIGHT TALK, NO CHASER (How to Find, Keep, and Understand A Man)

apparently, this book was really intended for women but i wish not only women will read this but men who are having a hard-time understanding themselves too. you will learn from here what men mostly think about when they are in their 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's and beyond. according to this book, even if we know that it's so hard to find the right man for us but it's okay to be a woman who has standards for relationships because most men prefer to have a woman like that, but ladies let's be fair to our man too.. -especially when we are still yet single let's prepare ourselves to be the right person for them too. this book reminded me to recognize the people around us and to appreciate more even those little things they are doing for us, a simple thank you or recognition can mean so much to others.. so let's do it specially when we know they deserve to have it.

excerpt from the book:

Three distinct ways men show their love to their mates --by providing, professing (telling a woman and everyone that she is his girlfriend/lady/wife), and protecting her.

• LIFE ON THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR

gosshh, when i bought this book.. i knew that this is funny, heart-warming, touching and so on.. but i didn't know that my eyes will going to drop some tears for this simple story - I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN! ...and as far as i remember this is the first book i've read in less than two hours in just one sitting from cover-to-cover. while reading this book i'm remembering my mom, we're not really used to of saying i love you in-person because it feels awkward for us thus i'm so thankful that science and technology  invented sms/cellphone today --i'm able to say i love you to my mom and other things i wanted to say to her now that we're away from each other. 

if in case mother dear you'll be able to read this, now that i'm grown-up and understands life better.. i want you to know that i am so sorry for all the fights we had before, thank you for taking care of us, providing our needs and (you and papa) for trying your best to raise us (me and bro) to be good individuals and to be who we are today. you've been a good parents to us... now that we are all busy with our careers and lives, i wish time will come that we'll all be gathered again and enjoy life together. i ♥ you so dearly my family! :)

about the book:

Life on the Refrigerator Door is a poignant and deeply moving first novel about the bonds of love and frustration that tie mothers and daughters together. Told entirely in a series of notes left on the kitchen fridge—some casual, some intimate, some funny, some angry—it is the story of nine months in the life of 15–year-old Claire and her single mother. Preoccupied with their busy separate lives, rarely in the same room at the same time, they talk to each other in a series of short snippets that reflect the daily drama of school, boyfriends, work and chores that make up their days. Yet the mundane soon becomes extraordinary when a crisis overtakes their lives—a momentous change that will redefine their relationship and unfold in their exchanges on the refrigerator door.

Short, powerful and unforgettable, Kuipers' novel looks deep into the complex relationship between mothers and daughters, and the distances that can open up between people who live together but exist in their own worlds. Unfolding in a wonderfully simple and intimate narrative, Life on the Refrigerator Door will appeal to readers across the generations, delivering universal lessons about love.