2 posts tagged “reading”
I finished Gela's book today, Confessions of A Pregnant Princess.
It's been awhile since I've read anything of this genre, and it was a good one to read for a weekend. If one was to be in the situation that the character Venus Gilroy found herself in, I'm sure that person would feel like a diva! I would.
You really can't explain how you fall in love, or who you fall in love, or how you come to realize that you have. Sometimes there's a process to it, there are times when there's none. But you will know.
I wonder if you go through the same things when you fall out of love. Do you realize it all of a sudden, that you no longer desire to be with a person? That the love has gone?
Back to the book... I loved how Swan Adamson was able to portray the stages a woman goes through as she finds herself falling in love. What goes on in her mind, the right but unexplainable mix of emotions. The debate that goes on and on before she decides to make love to another.
Giovanni/Johnny's role was certainly intriguing. I was prone to think that he really was a trusted staff that would betray Il Principe in the end. As the story unfolds and his true identity was revealed, I was convinced he was the young boy in Capri, the one she first fell in love with. I was glad to have this confirmed at the end of the book.
But you would clamor for a sequel, the way the story ended. As I was washing the dishes, I was already picturing how the story continues. They finally found peace at their relationship of orphaned son and widow. La Principessa has accepted her and has been taking care of her. Would they disturb this peace by allowing themselves to be true? Would Venus ever admit that it was she, the young girl with pistachio ice cream, and that she too had fallen in love?
Oh well...
The book also touched the wanna-be traveller in me...
Found this picture of the Blue Grotto through Google, courtesy of http://milvetstravel.net It's definitely in my 'places to see' now.
I visited a site or two about the island of Capri, and I was surprised to see that there is a villa so close to what was referenced in the book. I said close. :) So the Brunelli's had Villa Brunelli in Capri, and there's a real hotel called Villa Brunella that's actually on the island! Coincidence or not? I don't really care. Hehe. Here's a photo of that villa, and another view of the blue grotto (from the inside, looking out the entrance) courtesy of http://capri-island.com and http://capri.net
I would love to visit Rome and Capri Island someday. I don't how to make it happen, but perhaps it will. One day. After all, unexpected things sometimes happen when you least know it.
And dreams do come true.
I am currently reading Book 11 of this series, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. I have been hooked on this for years now. A couple friend gave me Book One as a gift. I wasn't into this genre at that time, but it totally got me hooked. My brother too, as well as a cousin. It just really takes me places. The world transforms right before my eyes.
It's just annoying that you wait more than a year for the next installment. I seriously have forgotten details from Book 10 already. And they sometimes just come back to me when they are mentioned in the current book. But I don't get really lost anyway, so it's all cool.
Sometimes I just imagine how it would be like to live in peril, as they do? It doesn't have to be the same circumstances, like, any difficult situation that is found in our world (as we now know it). Like living in a war-torn country; spending time in a war zone; or living in the shadow of an active volcano that could spew lava anytime. I haven't lived in any real danger. i mean, i probably have been exposed to a dangerous situation or two, but i don't live in persistent or ever-present danger.
But, if you look at it from another perspective, i guess you can also say that we are in danger. Because there is something that threatens humankind: AIDS and Global Warming, among other things. So our world is not much different from the world of Rand al'Thor. Good for them because they have Rand that holds all their hopes of survival. And serious action is being done to ensure that their world lives on.
What about in ours?
