"Dear No One, this is your love song"

It's a lyric from Tori Kelly's "Dear No One" single.

This is possibly the theme song for all you hopeful single people out there. Yes, even to you, guys. Meh, maybe not at as feminine as this song seems to be pointing out. But I DO know a guy friend of mine who fits to this kind of sentimentality and melancholic feel (HAHAHA. I know you're reading this, R).

Just so you agree, lemme post the lyrics for ya kay:

I like being independent
Not so much of an investment
No one to tell me what to do
I like being by myself
Don’t gotta entertain anybody else
No one to answer to

But sometimes, I just want somebody to hold
Someone to give me their jacket when its cold
Got that young love even when we’re old
Yeah sometimes, I want someone to grab my hand
Pick me up, pull me close, be my man
I will love you till the end

So if you’re out there I swear to be good to you
But I’m done lookin’, for my future someone
Cause when the time is right
You’ll be here, but for now
Dear no one, this is your love song

I don’t really like big crowds
I tend to shut people out
I like my space, yeah
But I’d love to have a soul mate
God will give him to me someday
& I know it’ll be worth the wait

So if you’re out there I swear to be good to you
But I’m done lookin’, for my future someone
Cause when the time is right
You’ll be here, but for now
Dear no one, this is your love song

But sometimes, I just want somebody to hold
Someone to give me their jacket when its cold
Got that young love even when we’re old
Yeah sometimes, I want someone to grab my hand
Pick me up, pull me close, be my man
I will love you till the end

So if you’re out there I swear to be good to you
But I’m done lookin’, for my future someone
Cause when the time is right
You’ll be here, but for now
Dear no one, this is your love song

Not to be rude, even I can relate to this song. Though mine would be a little forced on since I'm in a long-distance relationship and- you know, the distance! Sometimes it made us LDRs felt like we're half-single, no? Not that kind of desperate half-single though, it's the Half-single but full-of-trust-and-hopeful-that-we'll-be-reunited-someday kind.

"The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

To all of you DIE-HARD-NOVEL-LOVERS and bookworms out there, you probably have heard about this book.

I got this from my cousin in Amsterdam- who spent her free purchase points to get me this book- & back then I wasn't into reading anymore, especially NOT Teenage drama. Though this book is not just about that ordinary lovey-dovey drama.

It's about a sixteen-year-old patient named Hazel, who has cancer and was forced to go to Support Group by her parents. But then she eventually fell in love with a boy she met in the Support Group which happens to be an ex-basketball player and amputee, named Augustus Waters. Though due to her illness, she realized that she had to limit being involved in this love, cause sooner or later she might be just another heartache to Augustus. Sounds pretty interesting, no?

Unfortunately though, back then I was travelling and was bringing along Murakami's Norwegian Wood and it got me sick because of its unexpected mature content. The fact that it was so... phenomenal to the Japanese got me deciding that MAYBE I wasn't so much into reading anymore.

(If you're wondering what Norwegian Wood is really about, I'll give you a personal review some other time, just- gimme time to take off those images from my mind first.)

I was giving up on reading and buying new novels since I could only enjoy novels I had already bought like Mitch Albom's, Paulo Coelho's or Meg Cabot's. The "New York's Best Selling" title didn't affect me anymore because of my past trauma by Murakami, but still my cousin insisted me to read this and that I won't regret. She convinced me by saying it only took her one day to finish the book and it got her weeping.

Still, I didn't get the time to pick the book up. So for a while, I left it in the bookshelves on top of my bed.

And then the movie trailer of this book came along. I saw it 2 days ago from TheFineBro's "Teen React" and they were all pretty excited about it:

"*GASP!!*  LE BOOK!!"

It's common to see teenage girls getting all giggly,"aaaww" and teary-eyed over the book/trailer since girls are suppose to be more sentimental (HAH! STEREOTYPE-ER!), but even the boys said they were reading the book! So I got curious and finally take a peek on.

And here is the impression I had from reading this book:

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To my surprise, for these last 2 days eventhough I'm busy with my thesis, I couldn't stop reading it once I started. I thought it would be one of those cheesy teenybopper novel, but no, it was even more than that. It has life lessons and deeper emotional understanding that not only teenager, but also adults can adapt. Especially understanding towards people with cancer and what people around them went through. There is this honesty and humanity that Green portrayed in his characters. His narrative, his description, were really SMART. I love how he showed his broad and deeper knowledge, humor and empathy in this whole book. It's easy to see that he really did gave this book a serious thought.

I mean, he even put a thought to titled the book based on one of Shakespeare's famous quote from his play Julius Caesar.

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Though I have to admit some of the words and language he used aren't commonly used, it's not that typical slang you'd find an ordinary teen would be using (in most chick-flicks, by the way). But the sense of vocab intelligence somehow became one of the attractions the book gave. I mean, usually if a word doesn't make that much sense to me, I'd just leave it laying somewhere and eventually forget its whole existence. Yes, that's how low my endurance is. But this book had this... charisma and easy flow that made me want to try harder and it's still surprisingly easy to immerse in it. It again shows the seriousness Green pour out on this book. 

Conclusion!

Maybe there really is no downside to this book, just minor difficulties.

Hence, to all you readers who love to have deep thoughts about life, people, humor and love, this book is a complete combination! Its honest narrative and distinctive characters will definitely not fail nor waste your time. Me, for example, couldn't remember the last time I enjoyed reading so much (especially because you, Murakami, ruined it with your writings that emphasizes lust-over-love matter). It felt REALLY nice to have read this book to remind me and restore my faith in humanity and good books.

Soooo... Yes! I'm going to promote this book to YOU LUCKY BLOG-READERS by showing off my selfie with my kitty-like eyes staring intently at you from behind le book (with hopes they would somehow mesmerize and hypnotize you.)

I'd love to know your comments about this book, so feel free to write it on the comments section!