If I want thriller stuffs, I turn to my mom, who has a collection of J.D. Robb, Lisa Gardner, James Patterson, and Jonathan Kellerman, among other authors. If I want something cheesy and light, or something that will wrench my heart out, and have it squeezed in front of me, I turn to my sister, who has almost 2000 paper backs on shelves, and in boxes. If I am hungering for children or YA books, science fiction, fantasy, dystopian novels, or something unconventional, I will just browse my brother's book shelf.
Recently, I find myself addicted to fantasy so I've look for one in my brother's room. What I've gotten wasn't fantasy though, but still is a good book. My brother recommends Eleanor & Park, so I read it.
Eleanor & Park is about first love, so before I started reading it, I've been silently rolling my eyes. However, the first few pages was actually decent. Thus, I continued reading until I got to the middle of the book, where I find myself completely hooked in, and stop having breaks. I ended up smiling and crying at the last few pages--a complete loony. If I wasn't crazy about fantasy at that time, I might say it is a great book.
After Eleanor & Park, I read books one and two of Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series: The Black Prism and The Blinding Knife, and I want to say... I love THE F****** TURTLE BEAR, Kip Guile. He is one of the protagonist of the Lightbringer series. He is a delightful snarky bastard. (Yes. Kip is a real bastard in terms of his illegitimacy. Now. How can a snarky kid be delightful? Read the book and find out! :D) Aside from Kip, the Lightbringer series world and story is really great. It's the first time I've encountered that the magic comes from light, and protagonists end up relatively beaten by the antagonist at the last remaining pages of the book. What's more, even though they are beaten, the reader (or maybe, just me) doesn't get pissed, and still wants to read the next book. I cannot wait for the third book to come! Want to see Kip the Turtle Bear again :)
Anyway, below is my fan art of Kip if he is really a turtle bear.
