Book Of the Month (March) : Too Close To Home By Susan Lewis

One of my year resolution is to read as much as I could. My goal is one book per month. In which I kind of slightly fail in achieving it since I was so busy that I even had to work on weekends. I only managed to finish 1 book so far which is Too Close To Home by Susan Lewis.

I did some "Google-ing" and found out that my book cover is so different than what I mostly found on the web but the content is 100% the same. 

Credit To : goodreads.com

There are two main characters that were told by the author. Jenna & Paige Moore who were a mother & a daughter. The author did a great job in telling the story that you can feel the pain, fear, upset, happy of the characters. Both characters were realistic and relate-able to most of us. 

Jenna Moore

Jenna Moore was a mother of four and her husband named Jack. They had moved to their "dream house" and everything went perfectly at the first place. However, after a few chapters, she had found out that Jack had cheated on her with who she thought was far better than her. It broke her to pieces and she had lost everything that she cared for. You could feel the betrayal, sadness, anger, disappointment and many more. She was lost in her own world of sadness that she almost lost her daughter to suicide. As the story goes, it showed how she managed to pick up all the pieces and be strong for her children.

Paige Moore

Paige Moore was the eldest daughter of Jenna and Jack Moore. She had been bullied both in school and also in cyber. She felt unworthy to even lived her life. It came to a point that she decided to commit suicide because she thought she did not have any strength left. 

In the nutshell, the story line is about a modern family with a modern crisis. The story is very slow at first but later it will make you hooked. I'll rate this book 3.5 out of 5. Hence, you should read it!

p/s: I have started my practicum in late March and currently I am in my second week. Nothing interesting happen during my practicum so far but I will keep posted on what I have learned and experienced in this journey. 

Book Review :100 Ways To Boost Your Self Confidence by Barton Goldsmith

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

- Anna Freud -

Recently, I like to read motivation books that inspires me through daily life. I think as I'm getting older I tend to realize the reality of life.

What I'm trying to say is that I need to be more serious in life. Mostly I'm trying to figure out what I want to do in life or finding my career. Hence this book helped me a lot. I know this book is about self-confidence but from my point of view, it's about having self-confidence in making decision of finding your own path. Trust me, I still don't know what I'm doing now.

I mean yes I'm still furthering my study, yes I have a part time job that pays me well and I love it but and then what? Marriage? Not so fast. Anyway, this is a very good book. The words and sentences are simple and easy to understand. The best part is, it provides simple tips yet they works. Let me share you some that I have tried.

Framed your achievements

Sometimes, you forget that you have done great things in life such as graduating from college, awards and many more. It reminds me that if I had done this before, I could do this again. It really boost up your confidence level.

Give yourself a good shave (face or legs)

It's another instant refresher and in addition when we know we are looking our best, we are naturally more confident.

Wash your car inside and out

If you don't think this applies to you, just remember when your space is clean and neat, you tend to enjoy the journey and feel good about yourself.

Organize your closet and get rid of anything that no longer fits

Throw out the old makes the room for the new. Same goes with your life. Buang yang keruh ambil yang jernih.

Cook a lovely meal

Who doesn't love food? Sharing it with someone you love or respect will make it even more nurturing.

Gracias!

Book Review : Little Sister

I was planning to post this entry in April because it was the book I'd read during the whole month. But I was busy with some trips and volleyball tournament which ended me 3 months late! I'm so sorry.

  So three months ago , I bought this book , Little Sister by Lucy Dawson using book vouchers at Popular bookstore. This book is very 'straight - forward' story. It's about two sisters , Kate and Anya. Both have different personality. Anya is a free spirit girl who loves to travel while Kate has a husband and a baby. In a dead of night , Kate received a phone call telling about her missing sister. Thing got worse when she was found missing in Mexico , miles away from Kate. So this book told the story how Kate tried to search for her sister but she couldn't just went to Mexico because she had a baby to look at and a protective husband who was so worried about her safety. The cover was very compelling to me which hints at something deep and mystery. However , there was no element of suprise to me except that both had lost their sister few years ago that stressed up the story a bit.

However , it's very light reading. The language used is simple and easy to understand. So you (or at least me) don't need to find a quite place to read. So I did brought this book when I was chilling with my sister at Chatime. And I had no trouble reading this in a bit noisy place because it was so easy to understand. My sister brought hers too. She loves to read about paranormal book. She's good in Bahasa Melayu so she prefers this .

We both bought the same drink which is Chocolate-Hazelnut- I- can't remember the last name lol , because we both have same taste and they taste amazinggg! 

Thanks for reading ! Xoxo ~

January Favourites

Hi everyone and good evening Malaysia! Sorry for not posting new entry for so long and sorry again for making January Favourites a late one..I'm just being busy doing thing I don't even know ( lame excuse haha ). I'm a boring and simple person and don't wear make up much bla and bla..so what I really want to say is most of my January favourites are random things. So here we go ~

• First of my random favourite is this polka dot pinkish mug. I'm not a coffee addicted but I can't live without hot chocolate drink per day. Sometimes I'm running out of milo because I drink it too much  , so at least this cute mug makes me feel better without any drink in it. I know I'm not making sense right now hahah LOL ! 

•  Second favourite is this Fifty Shades Darker by EL James. I love the first edition the most when I'd done reading this book. The plot is just too slow..too much romantic-make-love scenes and I'm getting tired of them. But it's still a good book to read. Right now I'm looking a next new book to read..any suggestion? I love dark , witch , vampire and something more like that. 

• For my lips product , I loveeee lovee love this Just Bitten Kissable by Revlon. It's minty and in soft orange colour which makes my lips softer and kissable hahah ~

• I don't like double ring because you know , you can't move your fingers much but I wore this the most. I don't know what have gotten me in last month. Bling- bling ~

• And last one , I like this Eclipse mints. It's a bit pricey if being compared with other brands but it's worth it. I love peppermint the most and I bring it everywhere I go. 

Thank you so much for reading this. So now it's time for you to tell me what's your favourites ! Bye !

How I spend my night

Hi everyone! It's very hot in Malaysia for a past few days and I think I might get sick but just taken Panadol for precaution because I hate being sick. I'll be the grumpiest person in the world , trust me ..So today I'm going to tell you guys how I spend my night after a long tiring day.

I'm a simple person and before I go to bed I want my body to be free from any product except these two. I have bad allergy so I need to apply these two especially if I've eaten seafood which is my favourite ! Bio-oil is very good for skin cause it makes your skin soft and reduce any stretchmarks and scars from your skin. So these two are like my life saver.

After I've done applying those , I'll light my candle which smells good because it's like a therapy to me while I'm reading a novel. So currently I've been reading Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James which is the second book of Fifty Shades of Grey. Still got few pages left before I'll finish it and that means by tonight! And of course , I need music in my life so lately , I've been listening to Duffy from Endless album which I got for free from previous contest .

So that's how I spend my night before I sleep. How about yours?? Please let me know in the comment below cause I would love to know them ! Thank you! BYE ~

Mini Collection

Just wanna share my novel mini collection..Actually I got a lot more but I left them in my grandparent's house..and I only did managed read some of them when I went back to Kelantan last month ~

and if you have some mini collection of yours please show'em to me because I'd love to see them..see ya !

Gifts

A few weeks ago I got a phone call from Popular Bookstore because I had won a contest and will be receiving some gift soon at the nearest bookstore..so I took it last three days ago..and I got these and a letter stating my name on it..I was so excited because I never won a contest before..so basically this was my first time..!

 When I opened it , it had two letters in it..one from Wyann International and the other one was from Popular Bookstore itself..

I got free treatment from Wyann and of course I choose the second one! FREE body mask treatment worth RM280! I can't believe it..and I can't wait to go there soon!!!

and I also received RM20 gift vouchers and of course I can't wait to use it soon!

 

and a novel..I don't usually read this kind of novel but I'll try to read it when I have free time..has anyone read it??

and I also got two free CDs!

Thank you Popular Bookstore for the gifts! Today I'll be going to Genting Highland with friends and I haven't done any packing yet..I'll guess I should start it now! LOVE!

RM200 of Book Vouchers ~

Everyone who's in college or universities will get this book vouchers..so I got mine a bit late..around late February but never mind..at least I got the vouchers right? I went to Popular at Sunway Pyramid because I have the membership card so that I get discounts ,  with my boyfriend last three weeks ago if I didn't mistaken..

So I bought 3 novels because I love reading novels sooo much especially about Vampires and Wolves stuff but I can't find any my favourite there..It's weird because I did surveyed them online..so I got myself more into Wizards / Witches and I still enjoy reading them..so these what I bought with my vouchers..I bought envelopes cause I will be writting to my friends pretty soon! Writting a letter seems more fun rather than emailing for me ~

My boyfriend also bought his and I also bought fans that we put under your lappy and I bought 3 packets of A4 papers for my mama because she does a lot of printing for her paper/school works..so that's all what I did to my vouchers =D

Good Night !

Today I had Pot Luck with all my friends..It was fun..I'll blog about it tomorrow cause I wanna have my own quality time now...Hot chocolate and a The Accidental Sorcerer by K.E.Mills novel make my raining night becomes perfect ! Precious moment ~

Good night =)

House of night : Untamed

I just got home 2 buy this book & many other school supplies..i'm not a kindda girl that always spend money on my "unnecessary" need..but i guess because of new year spirit i did overboard bout it..but "no regret " will be applied..anyway , i can't wait to read this novel *yeay!..will sleep late tonite i guess..LUV!

House of night : Chosen

Recently, i've been readin' this book..it's kindda the next episode about the vampire girl , Zoey..the last one is tittled as House of nite : Betrayed which is mostly about her undead fren...i just got this book about 3 days ago if i didn't mistaken..i never thought he would by me this but hey , i got it..tanx!

Betrayed Novel

I've done reading this novel 4 da third time..and i can't wait 2 get another series of house of nite BUT if i buy it now i won't focus on my exm & will be readin' this book all day..*sign..i can't wait 2 read another episode about this vampires thing...LUV!

The Girl In The Mirror

I just bought dis book 2 day at POPULAR..i hvn't read this kind of books 4 so long since I'm 17..n now I'm 20..*sign..anyway..I can't wait 2 start 2 read it..here's the preview :

When Mandy hears her much-loved grandfather is very ill, she rushes to her aunt's house but is shocked to discover she has no memories of those days at all..only by facing her past can Mandy bring her family back 2gather. Dare she lift the veil on those years of forgotten summers-and reconnect wit the girl in the mirror?