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Buddy Reads > Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver and The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey (LS and Maria) Start date: May 28, 2012

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Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments LS! Thank you for creating this thread. :)

Dora the explorer ako last weekend, tapos walang internet sa office kanina!!!

i started Liesl & Po na. i think this will be a fast read for me. the perfect light read after The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Hehe.


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments aww! actually i'm getting bored, dahil kaya i'm not feeling well lang? damn this runny nose!

but yes, they are likeable. quite a change from the complicated characters i've read in a while. ;) Part 2 na ko!


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments i'm done, LS! it was just ok for me ;(

I just love Oliver's writing, kaya i continued reading even if the book didn't hold my interest anymore.

i read the authors note, at parang i can't bear to bash this book bcoz of that. lol


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments Cge next monday ulit!

i liked how she wrapped up Po's ending :) Oo nga, overall maganda ending nya.

i liked Mo out of all of them.

i hated Mrs. Snout out of all of them. (view spoiler)

Oliver must've been strong, to have the courage and strength to write about her sorrow. Nung book signing event nya last March, nakwento nya din nga na she lost a best friend. :(


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments ikr! but i guess c Liesl tlg ang focus ni Oliver. Yeah, i liked that part, too. (view spoiler) :)


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments LS! Wahahaha, i started Monstrumologist na, sowee. d ko alam, basta binasa ko na kagabi eh. LOL

p62 pa lang ako pero... may certain "takot" vibe na akong nararamdaman. hehehe!


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments I love Cryer's Cross! Ganung ghost stories ang gustung gusto ko. hahaha!

Hindi pa sya horror (not yet) pero there's this underlying current that gives you the idea that you should be scared. so maybe, Yancey's writing is effective :)


Tina (tinamats) | 2665 comments Haha eavesdrop time!

Yes, may certain takot ang Monstrumologist. Parang yung horror movies na alam mo lang talaga na may mangyayaring masama sa kanila...pero di naman sila stupid people. Very atmospheric writing ni Yancey. :)


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments in fair, mejo nakaktakot ung feeling kht wala pang nangyayaring masama sa kanila. :)

andun nko sa part na ung Doctor is demanding Will Henry's gratitude. What?!! same sentiments kami ni Will dito.


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Tina (tinamats) | 2665 comments Dr. Warthrop is half-crazy, I think. Haha. The price of being a genius?

Umabot ka na ba sa may cemetery scene?


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments Tina wrote: "Dr. Warthrop is half-crazy, I think. Haha. The price of being a genius?

Umabot ka na ba sa may cemetery scene?"


ung first cemetery scene b? ung (view spoiler) hehe! kung un nga, ang saya nun!


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments LS wrote: "So sorry Maria. Hahaha palpak yung copy ko ng audiobook; mali nanaman yung order T_T I'm redownloading a copy."

i'll wait for u, am reading LOTR ngyn nman eh ;)


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Tina (tinamats) | 2665 comments Maria: yes that scene! Haha I remember binabasa ko yung part na yun nung nasa jeep tayo sa Alabat, papunta dun sa private beach! Haha sobrang fitting lang yung takot level nya sa outing na yun. :p


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Ace (lj560) | 1169 comments nag start na ako sa book na to kaso masyado siyang dark, d ko pa kayang magbasa ng ganun ngayon dahil sa mga pangyayari sa buhay ko ngayon... kaya pass muna ako sa Deadline at Monstrumologist hehehe!


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments aba naunahan mo pa ako. chapter 6 pa lang ako e. ung on the way to Deadham sila..

istura pa lang ng anthropophagi gross na nga db, pano pa kaya kung may kainan, hatian, at patayan na nagaganap. LOL


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Tina (tinamats) | 2665 comments Hahaha LS lesson learned! Don't read ANY Monstrumologist book while eating! Lalo na yung second!


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments Portfolio II na ko (Chapter 7)

You know, ung Chapter 6 (Sanitorium scene with Varner), hindi naman sya nakakatakot tlg, pero bakit ganon? i have this feeling of dread lagi. hahaha, weird!

The scariest part for me sa chapter na un, ay hnd pa tungkol sa Anthropophagi, kundi dun sa isang patient "who wants to play" with Will Henry. *shudders*

scary talaga sa akin ang sanitoriums.


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments Hey LS! sorry scarce ang net connection ko these past few days, mapa-office or bahay!

just finished it today, 4 stars ;)

super like Kearnes wahahahaha


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Tina (tinamats) | 2665 comments LS: It would make for an awesome horror movie diba? Especially the last part! Nung natapos ko binasa yan, nagbrownout right after haha!

I found the second book was better and more personal, but this one sets the mood for the series :)


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments um, pahinga muna ako sa series na ito. mejo draining na ewan. haha! i'll save book 2 for October, saktong Halloween!

nakakaloka c Kearnes, lalo na ung implied reference na sya si (view spoiler)!


Maria (mariasm) | 2441 comments pambihira, ang haba ng chapters kaya pag nakatapos ako ng isa, nagpapahinga muna ako.

Warthrop is very complex, yes?

nakakapanibago na after nung ginawa nya kay Erasmus Gray, he saved naman ung bait ni Kearnes for the Anthropophagi.

Kearnes makes me smile, nakakahawa yata ang madness nya. ;)


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Tina (tinamats) | 2665 comments Haha I think Kearnes goes back in Book 3 :) Sa second book (not a spoiler, don't worry) si Van Helsing naman may reference.

Yep, there's so many things unknown about Warthrop. In the next book, mas maraming personal stuff ang irereveal sa kanya, kaya medyo mas maiintindihan mo sya. Medyo lang, kasi magulo pa rin siya dun. Haha.

I remember one scene that stood out for me here - yung kinuwento yung sa parents ni Will. Creepy/sad at the same time. :o

Pero yes, bagay sya for Halloween. Aaron and I are planning to read book 3 by then. Ang tagal pa kasi nung last book kaya ayoko rin muna basahin agad. :D


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