faves and hates

My current faves and hates:

1. DOWN by Jay Sean - TREAT! Love this song, great for dancing, driving, sit-ups...feel-good music it is!

2. THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini - TREAT! The first novel i read in 3 years. After limiting my readings to anything related to pregnancy and childcare, my bibles of which are "What to expect when you're expecting?" followed by "What to expect the first year?", i finally had the chance to read a great novel. I borrowed it from the main library out of curiosity after i learned that our city, Fremont, was the setting of the book when Amir, the lead character escaped Afghanistan with his father and started a new life in the US. True enough, Fremont is home to America's largest concentration of Afghans. In the book, it ended with an Afghan gathering held at Lake Elizabeth Park, the same park i always go to to hike and bike. I cried buckets over this book, really really emotionally draining and exciting, just couldn't put it down until i'm done with it. Leaves a lasting impression. I highly recommend it.

3. THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown - TRICK! Grabbed the book on the week of its release and was sooo disappointed. It is Dan Brown's worst book ever! Such a pain reading it, nothing new, predictable, the characters act like their stupid, feels like reading wikipedia i had to close my eyes many times to fight vertigo. I was racing to the last page not in anticipation of the ending but just so i can get rid of it and move on with my life. Duh!

4. COUPLE'S RETREAT - TRICK! Duh! I only wasted my time and money on this movie...and too bad we chose to watch it on the day Fil decided to take his off from work while Racrac is at daycare so we can go on a "couple's retreat." Boring, a drag, zzzzz. Not even the cinematic appeal of Bora Bora could have saved it.

5. THE PROPOSAL - TREAT! Love Sandra Bullock, love the movie. I'm so happy she's back doing what we love seeing her do - romantic comedy flicks.

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