“You don’t read, you don’t understand. You don’t know what it’s like to live in different worlds, to travel on great adventures through the galaxy with people you know better than you know your own family. To live and die with them. These are my friends, my best friends in the world.”
—Atticus Shaffer

“You don’t read, you don’t understand. You don’t know what it’s like to live in different worlds, to travel on great adventures through the galaxy with people you know better than you know your own family. To live and die with them. These are my friends, my best friends in the world.”

—Atticus Shaffer

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

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Sorry if this one’s a little bit rusty. I haven’t written a review for so long. And truthfully, I missed it. Haha.

I have been one to judge books based on their covers ever since the YA genre started spouting tons of vampire/werewolf/*insert-other-mythical-creatures-here* crap. Every time I go into a bookstore, I find, to my disappointment, another goth-themed cover. If not those kinds, I see books with lovey-dovey covers which contain very clichéd plots. Now why am I babbling on about these stuff? Well, because this particular book that I am reviewing falls into those category, cover-wise. (please don’t stop reading)

But then, as I update myself of the vlogbrother’s video entries, I found that in one of it, Mr. John Green himself recommended this book. Of course, my opinion of it changed and I started to take a second look and finally.. bought my own copy. After a few weeks, here I am, finally gotten around reading The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.

I have to be honest and admit that the title didn’t help in convincing me to like the book. You see, I am a non-believer of the whole love-at-first-sight magic. But then as I got past the first chapter, I find myself actually getting attached to the main character, namely Hadley Sullivan.

“It’s not the changes that will break your heart; it’s that tug of familiarity.”

And so the story began as Hadley got stuck in the airport by missing her flight that would bring her to her father’s second wedding. And so she had to book yet another flight and wait. All this hassle just because she was late by 4 minutes. Yep, only 4 minutes. But then this seemed to be a blessing in disguise for she met Oliver, also waiting to catch the same flight she recently booked. 

Their meeting was fairly odd and not quite realistic to me but I guess it somehow worked for the whole of the story. Even when they’ve met for just a few hours, they felt comfortable talking to each other and sharing stuff you don’t usually do with strangers. And so goes their 24-hour-long story of witty remarks, comedic adventures and personal revelations.. all inside an airplane.

The premise of the book may look shallow at first but then reading through it revealed a lot more about the characters that just their timely acquaintance. Surprisingly, what caught me wasn’t the love story between Hadley and Oliver but the conflicted relationship Hadley has with her father. (yeah yeah, I am a sucker for characters with father issues) The book started out with Hadley having strong feeling against her father and as the story unfolds, we were allowed to peek in on Hadley’s head and her hatred. Who wouldn’t be mad of a father who leaves his family for another woman?

I know that this is not a unique story and a lot of books have already intricately depicted broken families and bitter children. But what made this book so much different from the others is that it journeyed toward a positive path of acceptance. Although even to me, Hadley forgiveness of her father’s act was to sudden and early, I felt this bit of jealousy for her having the heart and bravery to finally find peace with what she was dealt with. She wasn’t like other characters who would rather carry the hatred for as long as they can even when it wasn’t worth it. And I think that’s what I admire most about Hadley. She was honest about how she felt and she can deal with it. I, personally, don’t have the strength to do that.

Overall, I enjoyed it and I am glad that I believed Mr. John Green’s word. I think it wasn’t really much of a love-at-first-sight thing. I would say that it was an attraction-at-first-sight. A little predictable but it was fine with me. It was a perfect mix of wit, drama, craziness, and cheesiness. Nothing was too much overdone. I give it a 4/5.

Free eBooks in ePub format for download.

I am not a very big fan of eBooks but they really do come in handy whenever I have long vacations and have limited baggage space. And so I found this website with a huge and awesome eBook collection. I just thought I needed to share this to everyone. Here are some links for good books:

Adams, Douglas - The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide To Galaxy

Asher, Jay - Thirteen Reasons Why

Asher, Jay - The Future of Us

Blake, Kendare - Anna Dressed in Blood

Blake, Kendare - Girl of Nightmares

Bradbury, Ray - Dandelion Wine

Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray - The Martian Chronicles

Clare, Cassandra - City of Bones

Clare, Cassandra - City of Ashes

Clare, Cassandra - City of Glass

Clare, Cassandra - City of Fallen Angels

Clare, Cassandra - City of Lost Souls

Clare, Cassandra - Clockwork Angel

Clare, Cassandra - Clockwork Prince

Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne - Catching Fire

Collins, Suzanne - Mockingjay

Condie, Ally - Matched

Condie, Ally - Crossed

Condie, Ally - Reached

Dahl, Roald - Boy

Dahl, Roald - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dahl, Roald - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Dahl, Roald - Danny and the Champion of the World

Dahl, Roald - Fantastic Mr. Fox

Dahl, Roald - George’s Marvelous Medicine

Dahl, Roald - James and the Giant Peach

Dahl, Roald - Matilda

Dahl, Roald - Revolting Rhymes

Dahl, Roald - The BFG

Dahl, Roald - The Twits

Dahl, Roald - The Witches

Dashner, James - The Maze Runner

Dashner, James - The Scorch Trials

Dashner, James - The Death Cure

Dessen, Sarah - Along For The Ride

Dessen, Sarah - Dreamland

Dessen, Sarah - Keeping The Moon

Dessen, Sarah - Lock and Key

Dessen, Sarah - Someone Like You

Dessen, Sarah - This Lullaby

Dessen, Sarah - That Summer

Dessen, Sarah - The Truth About Forever

Dessen, Sarah - What Happened To Goodbye

Elkeles, Simone - Perfect Chemistry

Elkeles, Simone - Rules of Attraction

Elkeles, Simone - Chain Reaction

Flynn, Gillian - Dark Places

Flynn, Gillian - Gone Girl

Flynn, Gillian - Sharp Objects

Foer, Jonathan Safran - A Convergence of Birds

Foer, Jonathan Safran - Eating Animals

Foer, Jonathan Safran - Everything Is Illuminated

Foer, Jonathan Safran - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Foreman, Gayle - If I Stay

Foreman, Gayle - Where She Went

Foreman, Gayle - Just One Day

Green, John - Looking For Alaska

Green, John - Paper Towns

Green, John - The Fault in Our Stars

Haddon, Mark - A Spot of Bother

Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Haddon, Mark - The Red House

Han, Jenny - The Summer I Turned Pretty

Han, Jenny - It’s Not Summer Without You

Han, Jenny - We’ll Always Have Summer

Handler, Daniel - Adverbs

Handler, Daniel - Why We Broke Up

Ishiguro, Kazuo - A Pale View of Hills

Ishiguro, Kazuo - An Artist of a Floating World

Ishiguro, Kazuo - Never Let Me Go

Ishiguro, Kazuo - The Remains of the Day

Ishiguro, Kazuo - The Unconsoled

Kate, Lauren - Fallen

Kate, Lauren - Torment

Kate, Lauren - Passion

Kate, Lauren - Rapture

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of A Wimpy Kid

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of A Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of A Wimpy Kid The Last Straw

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of A Wimpy Kid Dog Days

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of A Wimpy Kid The Ugly Truth

Larsson, Stieg - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Larsson, Stieg - The Girl Who Played With Fire

Larsson, Stieg - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest

Levithan, David - Boy Meets Boy

Levithan, David - Every Day

Levithan, David - The Lover’s Dictionary

Mitchell, David - Black Swan Green

Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas

Mitchell, David - Ghostwritten

Mitchell, David - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Murakami, Haruki - 1Q84

Murakami, Haruki - A Wild Sheep Chase

Murakami, Haruki - After Dark

Murakami, Haruki - Dance, Dance, Dance

Murakami, Haruki - Kafka on the Shore

Murakami, Haruki - Norwegian Wood

Murakami, Haruki - The Elephant Vanishes

Murakami, Haruki - South of the Border, West of the Sun

Murakami, Haruki - Sputnik Sweetheart

Nabokov, Vladimir - Lolita

Nicholls, David - One Day

Orwell, George - Animal Farm

Orwell, George - 1984

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Choke

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Damned

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Diary

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Fight Club

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Haunted

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Invisible Monsters

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Lullaby

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Pygmy

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Rant

Palanhniuk, Chuck - Snuff

Peters, Julie Anne - By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead

Peters, Julie Anne - Rage: A Love Story

Picoult, Jodi - Change of Heart

Picoult, Jodi - Lone Wolf

Picoult, Jodi - Mercy

Picoult, Jodi - My Sister’s Keeper

Picoult, Jodi - Nineteen Minutes

Picoult, Jodi - Perfect Match

Picoult, Jodi - Plain Truth

Picoult, Jodi - Salem Falls

Picoult, Jodi - Second Glance

Picoult, Jodi - Sing You Home

Picoult, Jodi - The Pact

Picoult, Jodi - The Tenth Circle

Picoult, Jodi - Vanishing Acts

Riggs, Ransom - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Riordan, Rick - The Lightning Thief

Riordan, Rick - The Sea of Monsters

Riordan, Rick - The Titan’s Curse

Riordan, Rick - The Battle of the Labyrinth

Riordan, Rick - The Last Olympian

Riordan, Rick - The Lost Hero

Riordan, Rick - The Son of Neptune

Riordan, Rick - The Mark of Athena

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Rowling, J.K. - The Casual Vacancy

Setterfiel, Diane - The Thirteenth Tale

Sparks, Nicholas - A Bend in the Road

Sparks, Nicholas - A Walk To Remember

Sparks, Nicholas - At First Sight

Sparks, Nicholas - Dear John

Sparks, Nicholas - Message in a Bottle

Sparks, Nicholas - Safe Haven

Sparks, Nicholas - The Guardian

Sparks, Nicholas - The Last Song

Sparks, Nicholas - The Lucky One

Sparks, Nicholas - The Notebook

Sparks, Nicholas - The Rescue

Sparks, Nicholas - The Wedding

Sparks, Nicholas - Three Weeks With My Brother

Sparks, Nicholas - True Believer

Westerfield, Scott - Uglies

Westerfield, Scott - Pretties

Westerfield, Scott - Specials

Westerfield, Scott - Extras

Zusak Markus - I Am The Messenger

Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief

If ever you do not like ePub format, you can still download it and then convert it to PDF file here.

DP changed.
It’s been a while since I last update my dashboard photo here. Forgive this, once again, spur of moment attack of vanity syndrome. My sister took this picture after I finished re-stacking my books on my new bookshelf. I liked it so much because I think it’s the one photo that depicts bits and pieces of me altogether.
I am wearing one of my book-related shirts, the well-known TFiOS word: Okay, which is on my favorite list. Also, the ever clichéd book-in-hand pose which, I admit, is not a very original way of proclaiming “I am crazed about books!”. But hey, I do love books, if it isn’t that obvious yet. I am also in front of my new books case, which tells about how I find comfort in my very own version of book haven. The half-hidden face means that I am still savoring my time in different alternate and fantasy worlds I find in my books. It somehow means that I am very much capable of backing away and fleeing to the make-believe worlds when reality is too much to bear. 
I know that I this seem so exaggerated, to put meanings behind a still photo. But I  just really am happy with how it came out. So again, I apologize for this somehow nonsense post which centers on humongous vanity side.

DP changed.

It’s been a while since I last update my dashboard photo here. Forgive this, once again, spur of moment attack of vanity syndrome. My sister took this picture after I finished re-stacking my books on my new bookshelf. I liked it so much because I think it’s the one photo that depicts bits and pieces of me altogether.

I am wearing one of my book-related shirts, the well-known TFiOS word: Okay, which is on my favorite list. Also, the ever clichéd book-in-hand pose which, I admit, is not a very original way of proclaiming “I am crazed about books!”. But hey, I do love books, if it isn’t that obvious yet. I am also in front of my new books case, which tells about how I find comfort in my very own version of book haven. The half-hidden face means that I am still savoring my time in different alternate and fantasy worlds I find in my books. It somehow means that I am very much capable of backing away and fleeing to the make-believe worlds when reality is too much to bear. 

I know that I this seem so exaggerated, to put meanings behind a still photo. But I  just really am happy with how it came out. So again, I apologize for this somehow nonsense post which centers on humongous vanity side.

First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for my lack of book review posts recently. I’m just a bit busy since we barely have 2 months left before our internship in April. We really have a lot to do, and so the sparse free time I get is usually allotted to sleep, which I was very much deprived of. My reading has been very slow in progress for I am still more that halfway through Battle Royale. I am enjoying the book, yet I can only read it during stolen minutes or hours, while waiting for professors in between classes. Maybe after our prelims week, my schedule would be a bit free and I can somehow, catch up. I really am sorry, especially to those whom I promised a review!

I also noticed a couple of unfollowers for the past few weeks that I have not post any book review. For that, I was a little sad. But on the other hand, there was also quite a surge of new followers who are also bookworms, so it wasn’t all bad! Hello and thank you so much for finding my blog! Cheers to us! Haha. 

Now, even though I have gazillions of books in my to-read pile, that does not stop me from buying more books. I admit, it really is an addiction of mine. I am a crazy book hoarder. And so a while ago, after class, I decided to roam around Booksale to look for good books. After a good half an hour of searching, I found Melody Carlson’s It’s A Green Thing and Virginia Euwer Wolff’s Make Lemonade. I was actually already okay with the two books I have in hand but then something inside me urged me to continue browsing the shelves.

It was a good thing that I listened since after about 5 minutes, I found Jennifer E. Smith’s The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight obscured behind a row of books at the bottom-most shelf. You see, ever since I’ve heard about this book from John Green’s recommendations last year, I’ve been on an endless hunt. And now my quest finally ends. I have been to numerous bookstores, in Manila, Cavite, and Las Piñas, but my efforts were fruitless. And the funny and ironic thing is, I found it a while ago in Booksale at the mall nearest to my university! Plus, I got it for only Php145 ($3.20), not even half of the original price which was Php365($8.99). Ha! Not bad at all! I am just so utterly happy right now.

My Book Collection as of the end of 2012.

WARNING: This would be a very long post consisting of pictures of all the books I own and have gathered from way back up to the end of the year.

Since the new bookshelf that my mom bought me arrived today, I just thought that it’s fitting to dust all of my books before I re-stack them. It was a very tedious job and that it took me 4 hours to finish them all. And so to start of the new year, I have all my clean books to show you, guys. (maybe, in the future, I’ll sell them or put ass giveaway. MAYBE.)

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  • Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Hardbound + Paperback (the missing ones are out, borrowed by my cousins)

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  • Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch

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  • The Mortal Instruments & The Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare (different sizes which mean they’re given as gifts. haha)

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  • Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series by Rick Riordan

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  • The Mysterious Benedict Society Series by Trenton Lee Stewart

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  • A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin (I have yet to buy the not-movie-tie-in edition of the first book)

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  • The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins

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  • John Green books

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  • David Levithan books and his collab works with Rachel Cohn
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  • Sarah Dessen books

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  • Ned Vizzini books

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  • Jodi Picoult books

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  • Haruki Murakami & Markus Zusak books

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  • The Lorien Legacy Series by Pittacus Lore

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  • The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer (YES, I have them. YES, I have read them all once. And NO, I didn’t buy them. They were GIFTS)

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  • Book series that I have yet to complete

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  • Books from Local (Filipino) authors

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  • Classic books

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  • Zombie books

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  • Books for Preteen/Intermediate readers

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  • Young Adult books

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  • Books about magic

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  • Books with suicide as main theme

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  • Books with peculiar/weird characters or themes

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  • Pocket books

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  • Books for older teens/adults

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  • Compiled Editions + Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith

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  • Book sale finds / Secondhand books

And here’s a picture of everything together:

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2012 had been a good year for me bookhoard-wise. And honestly, I am very thankful for these books are the only treasures I am so emotionally attached to. And even if I don’t believe in heaven, if it really does exist, I think this would be pretty much close to that.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night.."
Allen Ginsberg (Howl)

Pompous-Display-of-Christmas-Presents-I-Received-Tonight Master Post

I know that it seems a bit boastful in my part to show-off these stuff, but I am just so happy and thankful with everything that I received this Christmas time. I mean, I am not one who needs extravagant things. I am contented with just books or little trinkets. What’s important is that they came from people I care about. So here are the gifts I received as of 2am (yeah, some of my friends told me that they will give me their presents when classes resume on January):

  • 8 Books (The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Mother-Daughter Book Club & Much Ado About Anne by Heather Vogel Frederick, This Isn’t What It Looks Like by Pseudonymous Bosch, Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories by Rex Collings, It’s A Mens World by Bebang Sy, Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler) 
  • The-Fault-In-Our-Stars-inspired shirt (almost cried for joy over this)
  • Lancôme Make-up Palette 
  • Wet ‘n’ Wild Lipstick (Metallic Pink)
  • 2 Nail Polish (Deep Purple & Pale Glitter)
  • Owl Necklace
  • Brown-Gray Suede Pumps
Again, I would like to give my utmost gratitude to my friends and relatives who gave me these awesome and breath-taking presents. You’ve made this Christmas extra special. I am just so delighted. I love you all! :)
Currently Reading: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Yep! Another one, even if I haven’t finished the other two books I am also currently reading. Haha. I have been a very bad and disrespectful student by bringing this book to class this morning. Why? Well, I was only supposed to start reading the book during my free time. Turns out, I have been gravely mistaken. Once I started, I could not stop. I did not care even when my professors were lecturing about whatever topics we had for today. I was just there, at one corner of the room, secretly and silently reading the book. It was just so good, I cannot bear to stop.
Now that I’m back in my dorm, after all my classes are done, I am still reading. John Green was right that this was something Harry Potter and Narnia fans should look delve into. Lev Grossman’s The Magicians is like a Harry Potter novel for older teens. The story is set in a magical place unseen by common people. The main character learns that he is special and is now attending classes for magical craft in a school which I can describe as Hogwarts for mature teens, like a University. It was as if Quentin Coldwater’s favorite magical place from his favorite book was finally coming into reality. I am not yet finished reading the book so I cannot tell if it can somehow level with the greatness of Harry Potter.
The thing is, even though the concept of this books is loosely based on other fantasy novels, the content has its own appeal. Being a devoted Harry Potter fan and having memorized almost all the events and details in all seven books, coming by a novel with a similar theme that could still capture my interest is quite rare. So, I am very much thankful that I believed in John Green’s book recommendations, and got myself a copy.  I hope to finish this book this week since we will be having our first major exams next week.

Currently Reading: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Yep! Another one, even if I haven’t finished the other two books I am also currently reading. Haha. I have been a very bad and disrespectful student by bringing this book to class this morning. Why? Well, I was only supposed to start reading the book during my free time. Turns out, I have been gravely mistaken. Once I started, I could not stop. I did not care even when my professors were lecturing about whatever topics we had for today. I was just there, at one corner of the room, secretly and silently reading the book. It was just so good, I cannot bear to stop.

Now that I’m back in my dorm, after all my classes are done, I am still reading. John Green was right that this was something Harry Potter and Narnia fans should look delve into. Lev Grossman’s The Magicians is like a Harry Potter novel for older teens. The story is set in a magical place unseen by common people. The main character learns that he is special and is now attending classes for magical craft in a school which I can describe as Hogwarts for mature teens, like a University. It was as if Quentin Coldwater’s favorite magical place from his favorite book was finally coming into reality. I am not yet finished reading the book so I cannot tell if it can somehow level with the greatness of Harry Potter.

The thing is, even though the concept of this books is loosely based on other fantasy novels, the content has its own appeal. Being a devoted Harry Potter fan and having memorized almost all the events and details in all seven books, coming by a novel with a similar theme that could still capture my interest is quite rare. So, I am very much thankful that I believed in John Green’s book recommendations, and got myself a copy.  I hope to finish this book this week since we will be having our first major exams next week.

Pre-Christmas Mini Book Haul

Got the chance to buy some books a while ago after I bought groceries and dorm supplies for this week. Aside from my book addiction, I am also a pen and paper impulse buyer. And so I also purchased two cute little notebooks with unlined pages plus some color pens to go with them. I thought that I could write my favorite quotes from books, songs, or movies and somehow, make a little compilation. 

Here are the books I got today:

  • Starter For Ten by David Nicholls - I have watched the movie way back starring James McAvoy and I found the story quite entertaining. The story revolves around Brian Jackson, a working class scholar who is on his way to his first term at the university. Brian has this long-time dream of joining and winning the very popular British quiz show, University Challenge. Making the school’s team, he is partly starting to reach his goal as they win the qualifiers. But as Brian came closer to his the fulfillment of his journey, he realizes that sometimes, knowledge is a two-way knife, which can be dangerous if held haphazardly. 
  • Junk by Melvin Burgess - Well, at first, I was caught by the blinding neon green cover of this book. And so picked it up and read the summary at the back, which was this: Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down. And that was all it took for me to buy the book. I admit, I was so curious about the story it holds.
  • The Magicians by Lev Grossman - I have been seeing this book for a long time, yet, somehow, I never bothered to look it up and know what it was all about. And then last week, this book was featured in one of the episodes of Vlogbrothers in Youtube by John Green. Apparently, this one is recommended to fans of fantasy novel. Some reviewers claimed that this book is a cross between The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter. So of course, the next thing to do was to buy a copy.
  • The Magician King by Lev Grossman - I did not know that The Magicians was a two-book series. This one is the sequel and so I did not hesitate to buy it, too since I really hate having to wait for what would happen next in the story. I am just that impatient when it comes to books series.
"I think that is the gift that both reading and writing can give us: it’s the gift of escaping the prisons of our selves. That’s not a gift that Angry Birds can give us. And the gift that you, as booksellers, give us is the opportunity into those worlds that will create better lives for people. I believe that books will survive and thrive and grow in this media-drenched universe precisely because we are different. Yes, it is true that a good book asks more of you than Angry Birds, but books also offer much more in return. And that’s why we’re going to keep going to bookstores and that’s why we’re going to keep reading books. We aren’t going to be angry birds. I guess that’s the bad news, but that’s also the good news."
John Green (during his speech at the BookExpo America 2012)
So I have been a bit busy lately, and this is why.
I don’t know what hit me, but I felt a little bit “artsy-fartsy”. I got bored of my beige-colored walls so I decided to add on a little personal touch. And I’m glad my mom allowed me to do so.
I covered half of one of the walls in my bedroom with 4 huge black cardboard paper and put photos and quotes of of all the things that interest me. Basically, the photos I included are related to Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock, John Green, and reading. Most of them are works of people I follow here in Tumblr, and I have no intention at all of stealing their works, so credits to the brilliant people who made them. Others are my works, like the simple black and white quotes from my favorite songs or books.
So far, I have yet to print out more photos to add. I am still searching for good ones to include so I guess I’ll probably finish this “project” before this week ends. Right now, I can say that it’s 50% done. I feel very productive. Haha. Wish me luck! :D

So I have been a bit busy lately, and this is why.

I don’t know what hit me, but I felt a little bit “artsy-fartsy”. I got bored of my beige-colored walls so I decided to add on a little personal touch. And I’m glad my mom allowed me to do so.

I covered half of one of the walls in my bedroom with 4 huge black cardboard paper and put photos and quotes of of all the things that interest me. Basically, the photos I included are related to Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock, John Green, and reading. Most of them are works of people I follow here in Tumblr, and I have no intention at all of stealing their works, so credits to the brilliant people who made them. Others are my works, like the simple black and white quotes from my favorite songs or books.

So far, I have yet to print out more photos to add. I am still searching for good ones to include so I guess I’ll probably finish this “project” before this week ends. Right now, I can say that it’s 50% done. I feel very productive. Haha. Wish me luck! :D

"My stories tend to start out with people: a child prodigy who hits the wall of his intellectual talents. A religious but not fundamentalist Muslim in the South. A young woman kept alive but uncured by a novel cancer treatment. These characters mix with questions that interest and/or haunt me: Why are we so interested in leaving a legacy? Can we construct meaning in a world that is so profoundly apathetic toward us? Is it possible to have a full life without having a long life? That’s where my books start, really. They begin at the intersection between people I’m imagining and questions that bug me."
John Green (From his FAQs)
"How do you just stop being terrified of getting left behind and ending up by yourself forever and not meaning anything to the world?"
John Green (An Abundance of Katherines)

“In semi-related news, I am so, so, so excited to be able to reveal the new cover of Katherines in a couple weeks, which was designed by a nerdfighter.” —John Green

Got this one from John Green’s tumblr post.

OMG. That mean a new edition of An Abundance of Katherines will come out. Should I buy that one? I’m really excited to see this new cover. I mean, my copy of the book is a bit battered since I bought it from a second-hand bookstore. So I guess I can buy a new one, right? Plus the cover was made by a nerdfighter! Just how awesome is that! Damn, he/she must be really lucky for his work to be chosen. Oh my, I hope that edition would be available here in the Philippines. It would really suck if it won’t.