Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Of late, I'd been on a crazy Lisa Kleypas book frenzy. I'm a sucker for predictable romance novels where the hero is a brooding, hunky, muscled, rich man and the heroine is this gorgeous, curvy, blond-haired girl who's unaware of her own beauty. What can I say? I love fairy tales. :)

But I recently discovered this touching, atypical romance novel while looking for books to read on Amazon. I don't usually go for love stories that have unusual plots, but the description of Jojo Moyes' Me Before You sounded so interesting -- a girl who needed money takes a job as companion to a formerly outdoorsy, active man who's now a quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair.

I loved the slow dance between the two characters, how they thought, and how they fell in love. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. It also made me think of Tin. This is definitely a book I'd want to read again.

Anticipation

I'm eager to get my hands on the Kindle I ordered on Amazon, and while waiting to get it I downloaded Kindle for my laptop, as well as some free ebooks (also from Amazon). I cannot wait! I looked for a case on ebay but I didn't see any that I liked so I got this cute sleeve from fireweedlane on etsy. Shipping to the Philippines only costs $5 and I expect that it will take 3 to 4 weeks to arrive, but that's okay. I'm willing to be patient. :-)

Photos from fireweedlane of etsy

Book love

I'm sure that by this time almost everyone has read that popular post going around the net, the one called Date a girl who reads, written by Rosemarie Urquico. I think the post could be about how girls should date guys who read and it still would hold true.

You know how it is when you get older, how you hold on to certain things more tightly? I think that I could give away or sell on ebay some books, but I shall never let go of these:

I confess I'm utterly obsessed with Agatha Christie books and I could read them again and again.