I wasn’t planning to buy books last Sunday, but there is a sale at the mall I went to last Sunday. My agenda in going to the mall that day was to buy dorm necessities and whatnots. After buying them at the supermarket, I was supposed to go back to my dorm immediately. But then I passed by my favorite secondhand bookshop and saw that their items were on sale. So I did what any bookworm would do and let the temptation trample upon my weak self-restrain: I went inside to take a peek.

As always, I never go out of any bookstore empty-handed. And so these babies are what I took home. As a lover of fantasy genre, my eyes caught on Kage Baker’s The Anvil of the World. It’s basically a story of a former assassin trying to live new life but got caught in a tangle of problems as he joins a magical caravan. As for Nellie Hermann’s A Cure for Grief, I was a bit intrigued of the story. On the back cover, it says that the it is about sorrow and grief on the eyes of a 10-year old child as her family slowly break apart. I am a sucker for stories of tragedy and dysfunctional families, so of course, I bought it.

Oh, and you know what’s so great about this purchase? Well.. did I mention that I got this two books for a total price of Php75($1.67)? Ha. See? I really do love booksales. They are awesome.