Love Will Tear Us Apart

"Bono met his wife in high school," Park says.
"So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.
"I’m not kidding," he says.
"You should be," she says, "we’re sixteen."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?"
"Shallow, confused, then dead."
''I love you," Park says.
"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.
"I’m not kidding," he says.
"You should be."

Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park is one of the reasons why I think I'm gonna die alone, even though my music taste is exceptional. Kidding. Judging from the book cover, you can say that this novel focuses on the point of view of two teenagers exploring the music scene. And the fact that the story is set on the August of 1986 makes it all better and original, I don't know. Two young adults find each other weird and interesting enough to sit next to each other in the school bus. The other one falls in love with the ~other one~ and I guess you could say it's one hell of a story blah blah blah. 

OH AND PARK IS KOREAN which makes everything different and cute at the same time, although I don't really know how to explain it. There is no "Why the hell is Park Korean?" thing going on because that's just the way it is, Park is Korean. And can I just say that the root of all things between Eleanor & Park were comics and music and this glorious walkman!!! And the number of times Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart appeared was totally exceptional, I don't know why. 

(photo not mine)

I don't know about you but the perfect Park Sheridan for me is this guy!!! I don't know why but I guess it's because I've seen him somewhere and the moment I read that Park was Korean his face suddenly popped out of nowhere and okay, JUST PERFECT. I forgot his name but oh well. He is Park Sheridan because 1) his hair; 2) his eyes; 3) HIS EVERYTHING.

Anyway this book gave me so much feels (I'm not even done reading yet!) and I think you should read this. I've been itching to read this since April and it finally happened so praise Jesus. 

ME WHILE READING THE BOOK NO SHAME 

I can't wait to finish this book and tell you what I think about it. 

Fully Booked ATC

Fully Booked ATC is finally open and I am beyond happy! It opened last June 7th, 2013 and I was one of the first few people to visit the newly-opened bookstore and it felt so glorious because HEY FULLY BOOKED IS FINALLY OPEN GOD BLESS. Too bad people weren't allowed to take pictures. Luckily, I found a perfect reading spot behind this post near the aircon hehehe. 

These were the books I found interesting and God, that place is like my "to-read" library in goodreads, I want to cry. Seriously, all the works of goodreads authors are stored in every shelf, especially the YA section!!! It's like the gates of heaven. To make a long story short, you should really pay this place a visit if you don't want to miss out.

I was supposed to read this but then I already started on Eleanor & Park. Maybe next time. Hope I could own a physical copy, though!

FINALLY. VICTORY CRY. I can't seem to find a .pdf file of this baby and then I found this lying around in a table and then bam, I'm already halfway through the book. 

I then found these kiddy books. I think I'm this close to calling myself a spy because I found Wally in less than a minute. Like thirty seconds per page HAHAHA I have great eyesight (except no not really). And this pop-up book! Too bad it's too expensive, it's so cute and artsy and it's LONDON FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. It has this genius feature wherein you can see drawings and facts behind the pop-ups. It costs 800 pesos, I think my heart skipped a beat. 

(I also read this journal about Kurt Cobain and it has a lot of things inside like attached concert tickets, a mask, free DVD, a rip-off of Kurt Cobain's journal, stickers, the works. I really love it but then again let us remember that I am broke and I have no other choice but to put it back in its shelf.)