I’m on to achieve at least 20 books before the end of 2017. Can I make it?
This book-turned-movie is the very first Filipino novel I read without my teacher forcing me to make a book review. Smaller and Smaller Circles is a nerve-wracking crime fiction that won multiple awards including the Carlos Palanca Grand Prize in 1999.
Would You Read?’ is my latest thread of posts where I throw my story ideas into the world, hoping someone picks them up and make a great novel out of it. Here’s my second plot!
The Paper Crane Dealer
Martha loves people and paper cranes. She always sends these origamis to hopeless individuals. One was a prisoner who had no hopes of getting out of jail. Another was sent to a bomb disposal expert who’s always ready to meet his death. She also sent one to a 911 dispatcher who continues to hope that at the end of the line isn’t a family member in danger. And lastly, she sent one to a street performer who lost hope of finding a stable job. They all thought these were just anonymous paper cranes with messages of encouragement and salvation. Not until they were able to crack the code and figured out that Martha is the one who needs saving.
‘The Paper Crane Dealer’ used to be the name of my blog, until someone told me it is similar to ‘drug dealer’ hahaha! This idea was inspired by the Japanese legend that folding a thousand paper cranes would grant the person a wish. Would you read?
‘Would You Read?’ is my latest thread of posts where I throw my story ideas into the world, hoping someone picks them up and make a great novel out of it. Here’s my first plot!
Every After 7 Years
People normally hold their milestones every after 7 years – attending school at 7, hitting puberty at 14, falling in love by 21, getting married at 28, having kids by 35, and settling at 42. But not for the good ol’ Horace whose life seems to be working backwards – attended school at 42, baptized as christian at 35, imprisoned for drug smuggling at 28, had 3 kids when he was 21, tried drugs at 14, and ran away from home at 7. This is the story of how Horace recovered.
Would you read it?
(This post was written last March 26. It was supposed to be up before I left for my commitment but WordPress betrayed me haha so here it is!)
March is closing, and I’m so happy to have read six (6) books for the first quarter of 2017! Last year, I only finished SEVEN. And for me, that was already a feat as I wasn’t really into books. But this time around, I resolved to read at least twenty (20) books and challenged myself to make reading a habit. Which means, I’m at 30%-ish of my goal! However, I can’t review most of these books (for now) so I’m collating all the summaries here. My theme for the first quarter: Love, romance, relationships – whatever you call it! 🙂
From the movie “Definitely, Maybe”, there was a scene where Will asked April why she has so many copies of Jane Eyre. She told him that her deceased father gave her a copy of the book with an inscription she never read. It was later lost, and she has been searching for it inside secondhand bookstores. Since then, every Jane Eyre book with a beautiful inscription is bought as part of her collection.
That’s where I got the inspiration to compile from my e-bookshelf these lovely book dedications where authors express their love and gratitude to their parents, lovers, certain people, or readers – in which, somehow tell little stories and connections. It brought me delight while making these, and I hope they also bring you happiness and positivity as you read them. 🙂
Donna Daydreams 