Books for Thoughts
I managed to squeeze in a book during my first week at home after. A book in a genre which I really, really want to avoid. HISTORICAL ROMANCE! Haih… Where do I even begin with these kind of books. *Exasperation*
For some reason, the heroes in these books are always rakes… wealthy, blue-blooded rakes while the heroines will always be innocent and naive (in certain ways). Isn’t this some sort of gender discrimination or stereotype? Why is it that it‘s ok for guys to sleep around but the girls must always be pure? I am not saying that I want the heroines to do what the heroes are doing, but why can’t guys not sleep around? Why must they always be ‘experienced’ in those books and the girls – helpless virgins in bed? Sheesh…
However, despite the rakish behaviours of the heroes, they are always perfect and this is the MAIN reason why I want to avoid these books. They are always smart, intelligent, excel in sports, exude charisma, carry themselves well, sarcastic but still possessing a sense of humour, mysterious and… they are very, very masculine. OTHER THAN THAT – yes, there is more, they genuinely care and love their girls. The heroes in the books by Julia Quinn, Lisa Kleypas, Sabrina Jeffries, Cole Kresley and Teresa Mendeiros will totally, totally destroy my hopes of ever getting a guy! =D There is no way that such guys actually exist in this universe! It's all an illusion!
I’ve just completed a much overdue fourth book in the Wallflower series and… I must say that, I liked Daisy’s story the best. It’s just great fun and I had a good time laughing over the conversations that Matthew had with Daisy or when the four wallflowers are together! What made it extra sweet is the addition of Isabelle to the story. I just L.O.V.E. stories with babies in them! And… I currently L.O.V.E. Matthew Swift second best after Mr. Darcy who will always be my favourite hero(Pride and Prejudice) =P!
Enough with my fan-girling over non-existing heroes (thanks to a certain romance book ‘provider’ friend =D), I read a more productive book which tells the story of a true hero or teacher, which would be more appropriate. ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ by Mitch Albom is a real life story written in the form of a ‘final thesis’ based on what he learned on the fourteen Tuesdays that he spent with his old professor.
Reading this book made me think a lot about life and what’s important. Though I must say that the part about money not being the important thing is doubtful. You can only say that when you are already established and have a flow of money ready to be used in the bank. That is when you have reached the point where you can afford to not work and just concentrate on what really makes life richer. Imagine if you were poor it would be impossible to apply what Morrie says in this situation. You need to survive first before you can think of family or relationships. No doubt they are important, but my point is…… survival! They have no choice but to make money their priority. If you can’t put food on the table, what relationships are you talking about? There’d probably be a lot of fighting, disappointment and guilt. Too much bad air will exist among the family. But once we get through that point, we should have different priorities and enrich our lives with something other than money.
There are more philosophies that Morrie pointed out in the book which I thought was really enlightening. As the book is not with me in uni, I’d update this post when I get home.