Wisdoms of the Light: The Sequel

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!! The long awaited sequel of First Light written by the talented Michelle Frost has finally arrived. I bought the first book entitled First Light in e-book version, but this time I wanted to have an actual book in my hand and when it arrived, I was giddy with excitement! :-D Holding a book in your hand just feels different than clicking through pages with a mouse he he he...

Here's me posing with the sequel Wisdoms of the Light.

This is the link to the first book First Light.

And here's my review of the first book:

"The characters in this first book awaken so many emotions inside me. One character really pushes the wrong buttons in myself, another character makes me want to befriend him, another one makes me feel protective of her, another one makes me want to become his cheerleader, yet another one makes me feel frustrated with his many riddles. The story itself is compelling. I find so many parallels in today's world and in my own experiences when reading this book. It feels uncanny in a way. This book makes me want to see it in a 3D version, especially the part when she describes about Aerdas. My goodness it is so beautiful! At the end of the book, I was sighing in delight but I also felt a strong need to say that it wasn't enough. I want MORE and I want to know more about what is going to happen next! I'm glad that she has finished the sequel, so now I can continue the adventure."

You can read more reviews in the links I gave above as well as some pages of the books. I ordered the second book from amazon.co.uk because I didn't want to have to pay customs tax ha ha...If you enjoy fantasy/allergy books, then I HIGHLY recommend these books. :-D

Our Town

In my university days, we got to do one English play on our third year of studies. The play was chosen by the drama lecturer (I suppose) and we had to "audition" to get the parts. Those of us who weren't chosen to be in the play would help out in other ways, such as being involved as make-up artists or helping out with the stage. 

That year, 1999, the chosen play was "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. In the audition we only had to say certain English sentences in front of our lecturers. Guess which part I landed? One of the dead!!! I'm seriousss...I only had to stay still and have this deathly make-up on and among with my other friends who played the dead, we only had a few lines to say ha ha ha ha ha...

The whole experience was very interesting, though. We rehearsed without using any props or lighting, even though the stage was already built during the last few rehearsals. Nowadays in our university there is a spanking new, real theatre-like room for this purpose, but back then during our days, the stage was really simple.

What I didn't expect, though, was how glaring and powerful the lighting would be. I had teary eyes and I never knew that such powerful lighting could feel THAT hot. But I couldn't really wipe my eyes because I played the dead - so I wasn't supposed to move a muscle he he...But anyway, we all had fun. We invited people to watch - they had to pay a small sum of money for the tickets.

Anyway, here's a pic of me and the others with our stage make-up on. Guess which one I am? I know the pic isn't that clear 'coz it's scanned from a regular photo and the photo itself isn't that clear.

Oh yeah, before I forget...I'd like to share my blogger friend's book. I've always admired her writings and she's been a dear friend to me. I've just bought her e-book through Kindle store. Mind you, I don't have a real Kindle reader, but you can download a free Kindle reader for PC and there are always free books to download in the site and so far I've downloaded at least a dozen books. I still prefer real books compared to e-books, but in terms of space, having e-books is handy 'coz they don't clutter the house ha ha...

Anyway, here's the trailer of her e-book entitled "First Light" by Michelle Frost. If you're interested, you can also buy it in a regular book form through amazon. I've only started reading a few pages but I'm absorbed already!!! :-D As a matter of fact, after publishing this, I'm gonna go back to reading it he he...can't wait to find out what's going to happen!!!! :-D