BookTalk

    'Someone is watching me.  I can feel it. it doesn't logically make sense that a person should be able to feel somebody's gaze on the back of her head, but somehow I can right now'    Nothing could ever go wrong with a Freida McFadden book right?, I mean what can? Well, let me tell you something, everything can and will go wrong. Its Freida McFadden .. and the rest shall be known through the books.   I’m not a new McFadden reader, I have been devouring her books like a sacred prayer of mine. Ever since she first popped into the world of literature, that's when my personal journey with her started, and the psychotic mind of mine introduced itself. ( don't fear me, I'm harmless .. )  Freida is known for her spine-chilling books and plots that create a whole different mood for readers. Making us look behind the doors, the closet and even under the bed. just checking if there's anyone hiding under, or even a stalker watching us from afar. I persona...

  'The best things in life are free. Embracing wisdom told by knowing elders doesn’t cost a penny.' Books feel like home. And like every other home we encountered throughout the years, some are welcoming and some are not. You feel the vibes and the energy the moment you enter and meet the people in there. And that’s when you start reading the room as they say ..  the same goes for reading an  actual  book, with  actual  words. You get the feeling of knowing it’s a good journey from the very first sentence. Some sentences are welcoming and others are not. Some sentences make you feel more at home than your physical place of acomodation. That’s when you know, or as the song says, If you  know, you know  ...  Beijing family: By Gina Tang is a book that feels like an actual home. It’s like traveling to a foreign land, not knowing a soul. And that’s when the inhabitants and citizens of that country interfere and make you feel  welcomed by em...

    'Solitude: it’s become my trade. As it requires a certain discipline, it’s a condition I try to perfect. And yet it plagues me, it weighs on me in spite of my knowing it so well'     What do we know about solitude other than it brings endless peace and serenity into our mind and soul?. The peacefulness that is followed by a halo of light that makes you stick to your zone of silence. But not any silence, a special kind of silence where one is obliged to obey and live for oneself regardless of it all. It’s like signing a contract for a lifetime, and leaving is not an option.   We all love our solitude and peace of mind,  I know I do, because it’s a lifestyle of mine. But on the other side of the coin, we're surrounded  by people who might or might not understand this kind of lifestyle.  You can lecture them day and night, but still nothing will change. For they have a stubborn mindset in regards to what they’re doing, which also indicates t...

  “There is indeed an urgent need to think better right now, but only because it is always necessary to think better and it is always now.” Philosophy, philosophizing, and philosophers ..  No decent human being has the audacity to say I’m not into philosophical talks and discussions. For how can you even live your life with the absent of such topics and questions that keep you busy and acquainted all along throughout your day and night? That’s not a possibility or even a reality. If you’re trying to convince yourself that philosophy is far away from real life, then you might as well want to dig deeper into those topics to see for yourself, because life is a philosophical journey on its own. It teaches you things you were blinded of and from. It drags you to the light when all you wanted was to stay in the darkness of your cocoon, it guides you to be and see when all you wanted was to follow the shadow of others.  This is philosophy, the purest form of love, the love...