My Weekly Top 10 (6): (may 25 - 31, 2008) - Non-Fiction Book Review

My Weekly Top 10 (6): (may 25 – 31, 2008)

SHADOWANGEL – why twilight sucks
LEXIE – skin deep
LIONHEART – booksie challenge
DINESH2N – ecstasy after meditation
WHITEHART – hopeless hope
PRINCESS ONIKA AUGUSTE – the misconception of god
MYSTORY – what lies behind a person’s eyes
AMITONTHEWEB – the train singers of India
JHEC CONSOLACION – my first love at fifteenth
IASON TONYAKA – warning: on teething cookies

WRITER OF THE WEEK: STRICTLYVEE – Memoirs

SHADOWANGEL – I haven’t come across such lively, heated and riveting discussion such as in Shadowangel’s “why twilight sucks”. I have followed it studiously each evening. Twilight or Harry Potter, T or HP, T or…and the discussion goes on. This has been going on for months and I wish it many more months. This will keep you engrossed.

LEXIE – We have read about beauty being skin deep. Lexie comes up with something refreshing. Her point is, is love “skin deep.” You look at a person and you think, ‘this is the one for me’. But is it? That first look or feeling is not the real thing. A man’s love for a wicked woman! Finally he realises his folly. And there lies the beauty of this poem.

LIONHEART – Well, well. This is a sort of poetry competition. Lionheart’s “booksie challenge” seems like a good idea for budding poets to make a poem out of ‘given’ five words. And the enthusiasm of the ones, who have accepted the challenge, is worthy of all appreciation. Wishing a long life to more competitions in different genres. Way to go!

DINESH2N – Here comes an engineering student, who is deeply interested in spirituality and God. I have been following his poems closely as they offer inner peace. “Ecstasy after meditation” presents a devotee, who has realised God. This is freedom from the materialistic world. Materialism is fine, how about spiritualism? Dinesh, count me in.

WHITEHART – If Lionheart can throw up a challenge, how can Whitehart (Deb) be left behind. But his challenge is about a live tragedy. Recently an earthquake hit China. Scores of people were buried alive. “Hopeless hope” brings to life a victim buried under rubble and hoping against hope to be rescued. A victim’s vain cry for help. Alas!

PRINCESS ONIKA AUGUSTE – When Dinesh can present his spiritualistic view, can this princess be left behind. “The misconception of God” deals with what is the status of women and how are they portrayed in Islam, Christianity and Rastafarians. Her findings are good for starters. There is still more to come. Thought-provoking.

MYSTORY – This is truly her story alone. She possesses an astounding power. This is something similar to face or mind reading. She has discovered her power of seeing “what lies behind a person’s eyes”. She knows what is going on in a person’s mind by reading his/her eyes. You may as well utilize her services before she hikes her fees. Interesting.

AMITONTHEWEB – We read realistic accounts of everyday life and marvel at how well the writer has presented the view. “The train singers of India” is one such essay, where life in a train compartment comes alive. Poverty makes you dance to any tune. Here are skilled ‘nuisance’ singers, eking out their living in Mumbai trains. A peek at talent and misery.

JHEC CONSOLACION – Lexie’s ‘skin deep’ can be contrasted with Jhec’s “my first love at fifteenth”. Jhec was 15 once. And she felt the power of what she calls ‘puppy love’. It was the first time she fell in love and it felt wonderful. And then it slowly began to fade. She is finally left to wonder what went wrong. All puppy love(rs), food for you.

IASON TONYAKA – Mothers with young babies have come across baby’s teething problems. Iason became a mother recently. When her baby was teething, the hard cookie remained in his mouth and Iason faced a tough time. In “warning: on teething cookies” she offers a good branded soft cookie to overcome this hardship. All mothers, make note.

WRITER OF THE WEEK: STRICTLYVEE: This week unfolded on a very sober note when Vee published her courageous “Memoirs”. How an insensitive mother casts a blind eye towards her husband molesting his own daughter and how the daughter bore all humiliations. Hats off to this grande dame. And 100 cheers (for three are just not enough).

And now for our joke sharing, we never had it so good about the US elections:

Bill and Hillary were driving through Little Rock, and when they passed by a gas station a big man yelled, "Hi Hillary." And Hillary said, "Hi Bubba." Bill asked, "Who was that?" And Hillary told him it was an old high school boyfriend. Bill said, "See if you married him you would be married to a gas station attendant, but you married me now you're the first lady." And Hillary told him, "If I married him he would be the president, and you would be the gas station attendant."

until next week...CHEERS!... and lots of luv and kisses...and...and...(I said SHUT UP!!!)

ciao