The French Kiss and the Boy Next Door

This post's title is actually more steamy than my love life is, hehe.

Reading bits of Anna and the French Kiss, and Lola and the Boy Next Door.

Gawd, what would the world be like without Stephanie Perkins? She's golden, I tell ya. I fall in love every single time, feeling giddy like I've just had bubbly, hugging my books in sheer glee.

 

Etienne. Cricket. Etienne. Cricket. Dang, I can't choose, both are lushly delish! Anna and Lola sure are lucky gals :P

I did love Anna a wee bit more (both the book and the girl) but I suspect it's my bias for English accents, Europe/Paris, films and cinema, history and literature, and Anna and Etienne's imperfect set of pearly whites (hmm, now who does that remind me of?) :P

I certainly can connect with both girls and they each remind me a little of myself: Lola's love for costumes mirrors my own and Anna's passion for films and cinemas brings back good memories of my time as a pseudo arts student. But, I do think I'm more like Anna.

On the other hand, Etienne seems like the type of guy I'll fantasize about dating, while Cricket is more the type that I'll actually date XD

I see more of myself in Etienne though, minus the cocky personality. We both love history, punk rock (ok, he likes French punk rock but I don't care, punk rock is punk rock :P ), our moms, crepes, and know useless bits of info.

These are fan made covers of Anna and the French Kiss, but I love how romantic both are. Unfortunately, Anna's actual book cover doesn't help much in selling the book based on looks alone.

              

Now, I'll love to see these on my book shelf! 

And... I don't know who this cutie is, but he sure fits my bill of how Etienne would look like - a sentiment echoed by a kindred spirit on Goodreads who first highlighted what a good fit it'll be.

And... also because of Anna, I'll like to visit here one day and make my very own wish:

The song that always plays in my head when I read Anna, or makes me think of Anna:

The great thing is that Stephanie is social media active, and writes an entertaining blog here, posts wonderful tidbits like the official playlist for Anna here, and has a Twitter and Facebook account.

Try leaving a message on Facebook to let her know what you think of the books and sometimes, she may reply :)

So sick of love songs

Hehe, can you guess which song the title came from? XD

I once had my heart broken very badly and yeah, I know very well how it feels to hate just about every love song that you can never seem to avoid when the last thing you want to hear is the word "love"... there's just no escape =.= 

So, I've always had a soft spot for Ne-Yo's So Sick, although unless you're a terrific singer (I'm not XD ) I wouldn't recommend singing this at karaoke unless you have very patient and tolerant karaoke buddies :P

Believe me, "so sick of love songs" quickly became "so sick of this song". Muahahaha.

Since we're on this theme, another "heartbreak" song that I really like is... All American Rejects' Gives You Hell!

Now, this one's great for karaoke! :D

... And once you get over the bitterness and heartache, maybe some Stacie Oricco and I'm Not Missing You instead? :P

Coincidentally, one of the songs I really really hated many years ago is a sad love song. Wow.

Listened to it again and nope, still don't like it.

There's this one book trilogy whereby I couldn't keep myself from reading all 3 books in 3 consecutive nights. It was so feverishly addictive and the story sucked me in so much that I couldn't stop thinking about it for days.

Ladies and gentlemen, may the odds ever be in your favour that once in awhile, you'll stumble onto that sort of experience.

Maybe the upcoming Hunger Games movie will be able to do for you what the books did for me. Though, I think the magic waned for me once I got to Mockingjay.

Nevetheless, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are really good books and the movie looks promising.

The trailer may not have much of an impact if you're not familiar with the first book and in fact, it's pretty confusing and the scenes are out of sequence.

 But it still beats the crappy teaser vid that was released a while ago by a mile. That one really got me worried.

Soooo, Peeta or Gale? :P

Cover Lust

You know when you're browsing the shelves in a book store and there's this one book that just draws your attention to it, capturing your gaze and holding you spellbound?

Or when you're browsing books on the net and suddenly you see an image of a book that's absolutely breathtaking, awe inspiring and simply gorgeous?

That, loves, is what Cover Lust is all about. One book cover I've been lusting after is...

It's stunning and even more so in real life, as the silver circles are shiny! Crazy cool.

I'm so tempted to get the book... if only the actual story seemed more like my cup of tea :(

Down with tonsillitis, fever burns and throat hurts like hell :(

Maybe that's why I'm increasingly drawn to the storminess of Taylor Swift's Sparks Fly.

 I love the part where she sings "Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain. Kiss me on the side-walk, take away the pain".

There's just something so wildly romantic and dramatic in that.

Feeling a little melancholy and suddenly have this urge to read the Gravitation manga while listening to the anime & OVA's soundtracks <3

Yuki x Shuichi are like... the perfect couple - their relationship's not easy, won't be easy, will never be easy, but for each other they're willing to go that extra mile just to make sure things work out.

*ahem* If you have to ask if Shuichi is male or female... it might be better not to know XD

If that's not love and devotion (and maybe slighttttly stalker-ish obsession on Shuichi's part :P ), I don't know what is.

Oh oh, and, Yuki is so HOT kekekekekeke XD BISHOUNEN!! He smokes like a chimney, is grumpier than a bear with a sore tooth but darn, how is anyone supposed to resist a face like that huh?

*drool, yum, mmnn*

In the mood for a little "In the Moonlight". I love the song's lyrics!

Take this verse:
kimi o matteru   tooi omoi demo
tokei dake ga ashi oto no youni   nemurenai mune ni hibiku
ima mo matteru   hitori tomatteru
futari mita anohi no tsuki o ima dokode kimi wa miteru

Apparently it translates to:

I'll keep waiting for you, no matter how far apart we are --
it's just the clock's ticking, but it resonates in my sleepless heart like 
the sound of footsteps.
Even now I'm waiting; I stop here alone.
From where do you now see the moon we saw together on that day?


Full lyrics here: 
http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/gravitation/inthemoonlight.htm


Yeah... it's so very Yuki & Shuichi and so the type of scenario a hopeless romantic/idealist would idealise XD

In the Moonlight is from a scene in the OVA, and the story is that Shuichi came up with the song while thinking of Yuki and their relationship.

Nyan! Rabu rabu! <3 Love-struck Shuichi is adorable!