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When Will You Choose Me? by Neil Jed Castro

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

When Will You Choose Me? is my third book by Neil Jed Castro. His style of poetry does not have rhyming per se, and his works are poetic in their own way. I also posted a little about his two other books that I already read here.

I was thinking how should I say it, but this recent work of his is somewhat not that appealing to me compared to the first two books I read from him. The contents are quite shorter than the other two: Maybe You'll Love Me When I'm Gone and What If It's Too Late. I feel bitin after reading When Will You Choose Me? I was expecting more since the first two set a standard of my expectations. 

Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading this book. It reminded me of the mistakes and good things I made and still doing in the present. I got to reminisce the time when I did not choose myself. Sometimes there is beauty in choosing and not choosing yourself, and we have to be reminded that everything is a double-edged sword just like that in choosing ourselves, there will always be consequences. I hope you make the right choice of choosing yourself, and that it makes you happy. 



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Letters of Solana by Joena San Diego

Monday, December 14, 2020

This is my first book from Joena San Diego. She was recommended to me through a comment on my Youtube channel. I got interested, yet months have already passed before I got this book from a sale on an online shop. 

I was expecting something poetic like the ones I read from Lang Leav and Dawn Lanuza. Though my expectation was not met, Letters of Solana did not fail to invoke feelings, the good ones, in me. It is poetic in its own way. It's inspiring and refreshing at the same time. It talks about forgiveness and redemption. It's spiritual and realistic. I am blessed to have read this book. Every letter in this book hits the right spot, a gentle reminder to anyone who struggles in this race called life. I highly recommend this book if you are seeking something spiritual and realistic that may bring some realization in your troubled mind, this is the one. 

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The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Fun. Intriguing. Exciting. Good. And evil.

Chantal Prym is a young woman who lives in the small town of Viscos. He met the stranger who brought along with a devil. 


The cruelty and injustice in the world occur in everyone's life every now and then like it is a normal thing to happen in our everyday life. The good and evil dwell in us fights to see who wins and takes the ground of petty humans like me. This eternal battle between good and evil has been taking so long and sometimes I ask God when is this going to end. When are we going to be freed from traps set by the devil so we can fall to sin again and again? And that makes him happy. Taking us with him to his fall and condemnation, he wants us, the humans so loved by God, to befall on the same horrible fate he is destined to end with because of his greed and jealousy. 


...for it wasn't a temptation, it was a trap.


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The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho

Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho is a retelling of the story of Elijah. His story is written in the Old Testament of the Bible. He is a prophet of the One God of Israel and has performed miracles permitted by the One True God. 
Before I continued on reading this retelling by Paulo Coelho, I read first the account of Elijah in the book of Kings of the Old Testament. I know Elijah by name and as the prophet of One God who performed miracles, but I have not yet fully read his account on the Bible not until I picked this book from the Deluxe Collection of Paulo Coelho's book set. And I am glad I read it first.

The Fifth Mountain is the best read I have so far from Paulo Coelho's works. Best of the bests. 


"The Lord is stern."
"Only with those He has chosen."



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