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Hillhouse\u003C\/a\u003E. It placed second in the 2014 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESynopsis:\u003Cbr \/\u003EMusic, Discovery, Love.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECan one summer make the difference of a  lifetime?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EZahara is a loner. She's brilliant on the guitar but in  everyday life she doesn't really fit in. Then she meets Shaka, himself a  musical genius and the first boy who really gets her. They discover  that they share a special bond, their passion for music, and Zahara  finds herself a part, not just of Shaka's life, but also that of his  boys, the Lion Crew.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen they all get roles in a summer musical,  Zahara, Shaka, and the rest of the Lion Crew use the opportunity to work  on a secret project.  But the Crew gets much more than they bargained  for when they uncover a dark secret linking Shaka and Zahara's families  and they're forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about class,  colour, and relationships on the Caribbean island of Antigua. 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I take the stance that if you don't have nothing nice to say, don't say anything. I like this book so much that I actually made notes while reading it, LOL! Here is the description of the book:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EShanika Ann Jenkins is the pride of her African-American family; smart,  beautiful, and born with blue eyes and blonde hair.  Though her  grandmother and father are happy because she represents years of passing  down light skin and marrying well, Shanika's mother insists on her name  reflecting her African-American heritage so that she will always be  proud of who she is.  When Shanika gets the opportunity to work for a PR  firm in New York, she finds that everyone assumes she is white; she  also notices that being white has it advantages, from getting respect at  work to getting picked up by a cab when other African-Americans are  passed by.  When she starts dating a successful white colleague, she  continues with the lie, despite the guilt she feels at disappointing her  mother and her heritage.  When she falls for a handsome  African-American business man, she must finally face who she is and what  she's done, even if it means losing everything and everyone she loves.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI came across this book during my last visit to the library and I read it off in four days, it would have been less if I wasn't reading another book at the same time. At first the book made me feel uncomfortable because I wasn't sure if I liked the main character but I grew to........ I wouldn't say like but I can understand where she is coming from. I was also interested in seeing what happened next, which was quite refreshing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe main reason I liked the book was that it made me think about race relations. Coming from an island where majority of the population is black, I have a different way of looking at life than African Americans. It was interesting reading the perspective of a black person viewing the world as a white person and seeing the differences and similarities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow to consult my notes:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000; font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow women of different races view their bodies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kY84MRnxVzo\" width=\"480\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow when I first saw this video many, many years ago, I didn't see the extended intro and I thought it was just a joke. I didn't realize that a big, round bum was a bad thing. I thought all races appreciated butts in general, so you can imagine my surprise when I read a section where a white character was giving the impression that a big butt was not cute or desirable. Then it made me think of all the times you would hear or read comments when a woman would ask if something made her but look big.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI know that different races have different physical attributes, but I didn't know that one race would have looked down on another because they had their attributes. Then again I would not say it's a bad thing because it comes down to what people know. If one grew up in a predominately black community they would find certain physical attributes attractive and those that are foreign to them as not as attractive. I think the question should be is is politically correct to dislike another race's physical attributes? But really who wants to be PC?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELeisure activities differ based on race\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt appears that there are some activities that are considered \"white\". The one mentioned in the book was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/spelunking\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Espelunking\u003C\/a\u003E, but I can imagine sky diving, bungee jumping, skiing, snowboarding, etc would be considered \"white\" as well. Personally, I think that whole concept is just retarded. Just because you can't imagine yourself doing these things, fine, but you are only cutting yourself out of so much thing that could broaden your horizons. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/funnyordie.com\/m\/39ge\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E always makes me laugh out loud because it shows that it is harder for people to accept a person who is doing something that their race doesn't normally do. I like to hike, I've snowboarded, I've skydived, if I my upper body was stronger, I would rock climb. It's just sad that there are certain activities that are relegated to particular races. But here is proof of otherwise:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/photos-d.ak.facebook.com\/photos-ak-sf2p\/v162\/196\/86\/5729587\/n5729587_36982451_9.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-d.ak.facebook.com\/photos-ak-sf2p\/v162\/196\/86\/5729587\/n5729587_36982451_9.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nimrod_619\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esource\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.at\/letters\/Images\/surfing.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.at\/letters\/Images\/surfing.JPG\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.at\/letters\/surfer.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003Esource\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat do they say when you are not in the room\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003EI don't know what I would say if I was surrounded by people of another race and they were talking negatively about my race. I know there are certain things you would think and that comes from one's ignorance on the matter but instead of coming to a person of a different race and dialoguing, people would just say things that are just stupid among themselves. I'm not even saying that this is relegated to black and white but covers all races. Plus we are not all born knowing everything so it's best to ask questions. Perhaps, it's because I grew up in Antigua, I don't have these beliefs or stereotypes of other races. Yes, I see a white person or an East Indian or an Asian person but I don't automatically think certain things. In fact, it was only when I went to the States that I learned of the stereotypes, how sad is that? So you can only imagine what it's like to grow up with that. *smh*\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThere \u003Cu\u003Eare\u003C\/u\u003E people who are open minded\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was nice to see that there are people who are open minded in this book. They see people as people, but how many people are there out there? I mean in the States, where they are so racially aware, how many people really can see beyond race and see people and do it all the time. I won't kid you and say that we all don't judge people based on their first impression which includes one's race. The thing is as you get to know someone they cease to be that black person or that white person, they become that person. Perhaps that is what people should aim for to see beyond race and see the person.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003EDating a person of another race because they are of a particular race\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI was out with friends and one of them was Asian and she said something that never crossed my mind. A man dating an Asian woman because she is Asian. That still leaves me confused because that would mean that you are not really drawn to a person because you like the person, you are with them based on what you think about their race. Ain't that a damn shame. Then again, there are some people who are attracted to people of another race. I told you that I was confused.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003EBowing out because of race\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo here is the situation where you see someone who you find attractive, but they are of a different race. You are with a friend who is as attractive as you but they are the same race as the cutie, why is there an unwritten rule that you bow out and let the friend get the cutie? Perhaps, it's because you think the cutie would automatically be drawn to someone from their race, but it looks like another way for races to cut themselves from so many great opportunities. There is also that constant question of if the cutie would always like you or if they would drop you if someone of their race comes along. I guess it is a matter of having faith and believing that you are worthy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere were a few questions at the back of the book, but I have only one question,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #990000; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIf you could pass as another race, would you?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EThis is a hard question because it speaks to identity, but if I was in that situation I would not be going around saying I'm black to everybody who crossed my path. I know who I am and I would continue to do the things that would be considered black. I would tick the box where they ask for race. I would live my life and if people asked I would say I am black. If someone is being racist or talking shit I will pull them up and let them know why I am saying what I'm saying.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EI love me and part of me is my being black. I love the colour of my skin, I love my features, I even love my hair in it's natural state, but it doesn't mean I have to fight a battle for my race on a daily basis. I know who I am and it's for society to accept me for that.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EAs you can see, this book had me going on and on, but I did like it and it's a shame I got it from the library because it is a book I would keep in my personal book collection. \u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7345711857885216019\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8580635660349746755\u0026postID=7345711857885216019\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/7345711857885216019"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/7345711857885216019"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/book-review-passin.html","title":"Book Review - Passin'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kimolisa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16624029898830661332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/kY84MRnxVzo\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580635660349746755.post-946427223248552344"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-06T10:17:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-07T13:30:37.390-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Books Read and Unread"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"On Wednesday, one of my FaceBook posted the below as a note, so I thought it would be cool to post the list and highlight the books I've read and the ones I want to read. I wonder if the library will let me borrow books seeing I returned that book I had for about +3 years.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBelow are the rules and I'm adding that the red ones are the ones I would like to read.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHave you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or read an excerpt. Tag other book nerds. Tag me as well so I can see your responses.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1 \u003Cb\u003EPride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (read it more than once)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2 \u003Cb\u003EThe Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (a good read for when you're travelling)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (does watching the movie count?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E6 The Bible\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E10 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EGreat Expectations - Charles Dickens\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E11 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003ELittle Women - Louisa M Alcott\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E14 Complete Works of Shakespeare \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (I watched the animated movie)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E20 Middlemarch - George Eliot\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E21 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EGone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E22 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EThe Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E23 Bleak House by Charles Dickens\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E25 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E26 Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E29 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EAlice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E33 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EChronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E34 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EEmma -Jane Austen\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E35 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EPersuasion - Jane Austen\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E36 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EThe Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E39 \u003Cb\u003EMemoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (I devoured this book)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E40 Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E41 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EAnimal Farm - George Orwell\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E42 \u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (it was a good read, a definite page turner)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E46 \u003Cb\u003EAnne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery (I read the whole book set and just after I finished it, a hurricane destroyed it)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E50 Atonement - Ian McEwan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E51 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003ELife of Pi - Yann Martel \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E52 Dune - Frank Herbert\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E54 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003ESense and Sensibility - Jane Austen\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E62 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003ELolita - Vladimir Nabokov\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E64 \u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (a good read, and an interesting story)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E65 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003ECount of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E68 \u003Cb\u003EBridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding (it's a hoot, even though it made me cringe at times)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E72 Dracula - Bram Stoker\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E73 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EThe Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E75 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EUlysses - James Joyce\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E76 The Inferno - Dante\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E78 Germinal - Emile Zola\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E80 Possession - AS Byatt\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E81 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EA Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (I might make this a Christmas tradition)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E83 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EThe Color Purple - Alice Walker\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E85 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EMadame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E87 Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E88 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EThe Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E94 Watership Down - Richard Adams\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E100 \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003ELes Miserables - Victor Hugo\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWoohoo, I've read 7 books!!! Well, I better get started on those I want to read."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/feeds\/946427223248552344\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8580635660349746755\u0026postID=946427223248552344\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/946427223248552344"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/946427223248552344"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/books-read-and-unread.html","title":"Books Read and Unread"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kimolisa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16624029898830661332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580635660349746755.post-2607043452627386112"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-07T15:20:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-07T16:18:21.611-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Love"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Love \u0026 Marriage"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caribousmom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elegancehedgehog.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 217px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caribousmom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elegancehedgehog.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI just started reading Muriel Barbery's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Elegance_of_the_Hedgehog\"\u003EThe Elegance of the Hedgehog\u003C\/a\u003E and I was about to put it aside to read something a bit more fluffy in content. I was about to reach the next book when I decided to plow ahead. So I'm reading and there was a lot of food for thought, the one that had me thinking is when one of the narrators is referring to her husband and getting married.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELet me set the scene, Rene is a concierge of an apartment building where the tenants are rich and well to do. She is well read but she doesn't let her employers (the tenants) know this little fact. Rene doesn't consider herself a raving beauty, in fact she states it plainly that she is ugly. So it was a big surprise that a co-worker of her brother wanted her hand in marriage. She patiently explained why he would not want to marry her. To this he replied:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"Renee, I don't want my wife to be one of those giddy young things who run wild and have no more brain than a sparrow beneath their pretty face. I want a woman who's loyal, a good wife, a good mother and a good housekeeper. I want a calm and steady companion who'll stay by my side and support me. In exchange, you can expect me to be a serious worker, a calm man at home and a tender husband at the right moment. I'm not a bad sort, and I'll do my best.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003EHe kept his promise and they had a good marriage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat more can we ask for from a lifelong companion? This changed my whole perspective on love and marriage. Yes it would be great to have that fairytale romance, but wouldn't you prefer a partner who will be with you for the long run? I'm not talking about that explosive bang, hearts a flutter thing, more like that constant hum, like a heart beat. Constant, yet every now and then it will speed up, maybe jump a beat, but still constant. Maybe that is why the heart is a symbol of love, perhaps that is the best analogy, the constant of a heart beat.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI've already starting changing what I would want from a future life partner. I think I'm going to post that quote somewhere I can see everyday. In the end, I just want a good man who will be faithful, loving, will be a good husband and father, will be a good provider and support me in my endeavours as I will support him in his. Something my friend in NYC and I have discussed was that caring about someone to go the extra mile. That is important for me. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, Valentines is next week and that is my little contribution. If y'all notice to I'll be 30 in a couple days and my gift to me (well one of them) is to love myself unconditionally. I'm drifting, but about two or three days ago, I was waiting in the waiting area of a bank and I looking down on my hands. For the first time in my life I actually saw them. I saw the hands so many people admired, people always complimented my long fingers, growing nails, the large amount of lines that criss cross them and their softness. Then I thought of their potential, how I used them to create artwork and make garments. I started to cry (not sob, just quietly cry), there was so much to me that I never appreciated and here were all these people who appreciated them and I shrugged them off. I basically messed up two decades of my life so I'm embracing this decade and all the decades after.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOh, and check out this post by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thesartorialist.blogspot.com\"\u003EThe Sartorialist\u003C\/a\u003E called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thesartorialist.blogspot.com\/2010_02_01_archive.html\"\u003EA Graceful Man, A Gentleman\u003C\/a\u003E (you'll have scroll down). It is so endearing."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2607043452627386112\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8580635660349746755\u0026postID=2607043452627386112\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/2607043452627386112"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/2607043452627386112"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/love-marriage.html","title":"Love \u0026 Marriage"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kimolisa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16624029898830661332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580635660349746755.post-7030985574473529793"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-22T21:49:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-22T22:02:13.342-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Love"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"YouTube"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Jane Eyre - The Movie"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_WE6Zjj0fTks\/SI4nwvuPIII\/AAAAAAAAFI4\/D4EJ7aD1KQk\/s400\/94317705_jane-eyre.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 328px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_WE6Zjj0fTks\/SI4nwvuPIII\/AAAAAAAAFI4\/D4EJ7aD1KQk\/s400\/94317705_jane-eyre.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust finished watching Jane Eyre and to be honest I never read the book. I must say I enjoyed the movie. I came close to crying, and I got that \"awwww\" gushiness. What made me enjoy it all the more was the fact that I had no idea what the story was about so every twist and turn held me. What I didn't realize was the whole thing was about 4 hours it had shown in the UK in 1 hour parts over 4 weeks. One of the things I love about English films is the characters look like average people instead of glamazons or uber-perfect. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBelow is the trailer, actually it is a fan's trailer, I couldn't find an actual trailer:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"320\" height=\"265\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HbYzv6hc5U4\u0026hl=en\u0026fs=1\u0026\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HbYzv6hc5U4\u0026hl=en\u0026fs=1\u0026\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso thanks to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=jane+eyre+2006\u0026search_type=\u0026aq=1\u0026oq=Jane+E\"\u003EYouTube\u003C\/a\u003E you can watch the film. I watched it somewhere else, but I think it should still be good."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7030985574473529793\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8580635660349746755\u0026postID=7030985574473529793\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/7030985574473529793"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8580635660349746755\/posts\/default\/7030985574473529793"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/asilomik.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/jane-eyre-movie.html","title":"Jane Eyre - The Movie"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kimolisa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16624029898830661332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_WE6Zjj0fTks\/SI4nwvuPIII\/AAAAAAAAFI4\/D4EJ7aD1KQk\/s72-c\/94317705_jane-eyre.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});