March 2014 Read: The Confession

It took me a month before I can finish this book.  In the first few chapters, I lost interest reading it because of too much information that bores me plus half of the story deals with the suspect who rapes a teenage girl and it angers me,  For two days though, I tried to finish the book:  the usual of John Grisham- of black versus white and juries but this time there's death penalty, politician too concern about their image a nd wouldn't care much about the truth and inefficiencies that resulted in an ugly mess.

"An innocent man is about to be executed.

Only a guilty man can save him.

For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.

Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.

Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess.

But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?"

The best book of John Grisham for me is still the A Time To Kill.  For the next quarter I'll be busy with Sherlock Holmes'.

Thanks for reading. Till then. Bye!

February 2014 Read: The Fault In Our Stars

While almost everyone is preparing for a date or is going crazy over valentine sales, I'm just sitting drinking water with lots of fruits and eating sandwiches and reading a book.

Today is Valentine's day so I'll be a bit cheesy and chose to reread The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.  It caught my attention again because of the release of it's movie trailer which my friend said is a tear jerker.  Hmmm, sorry but I didn't cry over this book but I like it (or maybe I read this with just a so-so feeling, well I'm rereading it again, will let you know if I now have more emotion).

"This is not so much an author's note as an author's reminder of what was printed in small type a few pages ago: This book is a work of fiction. I made it up.  Neither novels nor their readers benefit from attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.  I appreciate your cooperation in this matter."

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 It'sreal, I mean John Green didn't cover up some facts in this world so that the book will have a happy ending.  Opps, is that a spoiler?  Anyway, the song that always pops in my mind everytime I remember this book is Wings by Birdy and I suggest that if ever you'll read the book, play the song when you'll already on the last few chapters.

"Hazel is terminally ill. She is going to die. But when her mother forces her to go to Cancer Kid Support Group, she meets Augustus, and her brief life changes as she experiences love and life for the first time. Together, Hazel and Augustus take a look at what life means and what they should do about it. In their own "weird" way - to quote their dads - they seize what time they have left and change it to fit their view of how things should be."

Before I spoil more spoils (like what I did with my friend), I'll just greet you Happy Valentine's Day and leave you with the below quote from the book.

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Everyone should enjoy this day.  Every person deserves to be love!

Thanks for reading. Till then. Bye!