Book Lover's Note

I hate to admit it but sometimes I make a bias judgment by picking up books off the shelves by their covers. Of course the first thing I would do after I pick up a book is to caress my fingers on its cover before  I open the first few pages and sniff  the pages.

Why would I want to inhale dried ink and  papers that I know come from some printing machines? But books addicts do weird things.

When the first time I saw The Thirteenth Tale in hardcover sitting pretty at New Hardcover Fiction section at Border, the cover that magnetized me to pick it up. When I caressed my fingers on its cover, I was home. The book in me wanted me to pick it up and walked to a register line. Boy, my hands were ithcy. But I held my desire. And I did.

I was into chapter four of Small Island, another good book when The Thirteenth Tale came out in softcover. I was at Target with a friend when I saw it. You get 20% of all books at Target. This time I let my desire burst out of its seams.

For five days I switched between Small Island and The Thirteenth Tale. Go and get them both. You'll love them.

The weather has been beautiful for the past weeks, plenty of sunshines on some days, cloudy and windy on the others. I squeezed my lunch hour into 30-40 minutes walk along Tremont Street or Washington Street. It was good to get a clear head before I stepped back into sometimes-chaotic-workplace.

Comments

[anasalwa]

Pok Yas,
Thank you for reading my blog. The image was indeed beautiful, but now it's all gone. All the leaves are on the ground. We had snow a few days ago and temp. has dropped to low 20's.

[PokYas]

Ana,
I bloghopped from Pak Idrus Christmas chanting and boy true as what he said - for someone who hasn't been there, the image is astonishing.Picturesque.

[anasalwa]

You know what Pak Idrus we were in sync then, sending out the wonderful thought into the universe.
I walk along this street everyday to work when I get off the train, about ten minutes walk to my office. I never get tired of watching the brilliant colors of leaves. They are gorgeous. I'm glad the picture brings you back to Memory Lane.

Hi Akmal,
Thank you for stopping by and read my blog. I bloghopped your site a couple of time through Pak Idrus's too. I agree with you, the view is astounding.

[Akmal]

Hi Ana.
I bloghopped from Pak Idrus's.
Hey nice posting there.Simply like the photo.
The view you have there is astounding!
Good day(",).

[Pak Idrus]

Ana, I never thought for a second that you would post the image above and yet I was writing about it and while trying to do a link to your previous posting I saw that image of Fall.

When someone hop to yours from mine, they would get a very clear message on what I meant about the wonder of fall in the New England states.

It look like that we were thinking alike in those moments in time. Have a nice day.