Still quite alone in my dorm so I decided to pick a book for today. Silence, I think, is the best company whenever I immerse myself in books. And so, I paused reading Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer’s Between The Lines and turned to this book instead. These past few weeks, I keep on jumping from one book to another without finishing them. I don’t know but when the story line gets a bit draggy, I would always want to read another one with better plot. 

It’s not that I won’t finish reading Between The Lines. It’s just that I think I need a break from all the mushy and cheesy lines its characters have. And so I turn to a fantasy book. I haven’t finished the first book (The Magician’s Nephew) in this unabridged edition yet, so I think I should go on with it. I am a quarter of the way through and I am enjoying the ambiance in my room right now. It’s getting dark even at 12 noon. I guess it’s about to rain, which would make everything much more perfect with me snuggling with my pillows in bed and reading, a cup of coffee sitting on my bedside table.

Oh, and pardon my humongous thighs.  

Currently Reading: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (Unabridged Edition)

I have finished K.L. Going’s Fat Kid Rules The World just recently and I’ll be making a review for it by tomorrow. This morning, I started reading the next book up in my reading list is this compiled edition of C.S. Lewis’ classic series, The Chronicles of Narnia. 

What made this edition different is that the seven books are not chronologically arranged according to their publication date. Instead, there are presented according to Sir Lewis’ preferred order of reading. Here is how the books were organized (chronological position in the original series indicated):

• The Magician’s Nephew (Book 6)
• The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Book 1)
• The Horse and His Boy (Book 5)
• Prince Caspian: The Return To Narnia (Book 2)
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Book 3)
• The Silver Chair (Book 4)
• The Last Battle (Book 7)

I have to admit that I haven’t read all the books in this series. Back when I was in highschool I only read the first 2 books. So now, I am hoping to finish all of them. It’s great that it is arranged this way so that the timeline does not have to jump back and forth. Right now, I am only at Chapter 5 of The Magician’s Nephew. This will be a long read, but I will make the reviews per book. Wish me luck!

It has been quite a while since I last posted about book-related stuff here. Like I’ve said before, being a senior BS Physical Therapy student got me stuck with huge amounts of research and paper works. I don’t have the time to read leisurely, more so blog about books.

This week is a bit more stressful compared to normal since it’s our prelims week. Everyday, I have to read chapter after chapters of medical books and prepare for practical exams. It’s like my head is bursting with information and my body just want to stop for a moment and relax.

And so I did the only sane thing that I believe would help me alleviate this hell week’s heaviness: I went book-shopping! Well, more like book-hoarding, if you ask me. I went to the nearest mall and entered a bookstore. The minute I got it, I was already half elated. And yes, since I brought my whole wallet with me, I kinda went overboard with the book-buying. I got a total of 8 books including Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl, Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, and George Orwell’s classic: 1984. I was also able to complete my ASoIaF set by getting the last 3 books(Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings in the photo were bought last week). And I also bought the first two books in The Chronicles of Narnia series. I’ve read the already but I don’t have my own copy. So now, I started to buy them.

All in all, I had so much fun looking for these books. Although I still have two days for our prelims, I think I can manage now that I got my fix. What I am not certain about is the time I would be able to read all these books. With all the school work going on, I’d probably be able to open them on our sembreak, which won’t be until October. That sucks, but at least I know that I have my shelves stocked. :)