He said, “we must come back here”.
Oh yes, why not? Fancy my son being so supportive of my hobbies. Although he is not into fiction books like I am, he loves accompanying me to bookstores and letting me find more books to explore and read. Yesterday was one such lovely day that we got to spend together after a lightning trip to the supermarket to buy groceries. Grocery-shopping, reading labels and nutrition facts, finding something new, making list of items that we need to buy – purely routine for some but it’s a joy for me to do.
Last week when he saw what I bought at Books for Less, he promised to go with me to buy more. Who would not be thrilled with that? I thought he would be put off by the gargantuan and riotously arranged books on display there but he found out something to his interest, a hard-bound book on games (cards, magic tricks etc.) and he was hooked. He was even surprised that all books on sale are at P10 pesos each.
And more books.
I found two more books on Christmas, one is a collection of short Christmas stories by Rosamunde Pilcher and a novel by Debbie Macomber. I found a copy of Taylor Caldwell’s Captains and the Kings. I watched the tv series decades ago. That was mid-seventies, I think when television programs were something to look forward to, not the sort of teleseryes (soap operas) that they have now that I never bother to watch. I remember watching it with Mom and Dad along with the television sitcom John and Marsha, the longest running comedy series that made us all laugh. I love history even if they are just written through fiction books. It is now hard to find mass-produced copies of novels written by great writers from way back except maybe in second-hand bookstores and I was lucky to find Captains and the Kings. It has mostly five-star ratings on Goodreads . I am also excited to read Los Alamos, a first novel by Joseph Canon. I have just finished reading the second book of Ken Follett on WWII and this would be a nice follow-up since its setting was at the end of WWII. How lucky could one get, right?
Yes, of course.
Yesterday, when Josef said that we have to come back and add some more to my loot, I readily answered, “Yes, of course” with a smile on my face that says, what a lovely day!
What books are you reading at the moment?
I still can’t get over the fact that these books are so cheap Arlene. Little wonder that you are stocking up!
I am (sort of) reading a novel written about a nearby Norfolk village, a place called Cley-next-the-Sea. It is called ‘The Rain on My Face’, by Alan Quartermain. I am not a regular reader these days though, so just read a few chapters now and again.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good morning 🙂 Stocking up for the rainy days Pete. Kidding aside, I am just taking advantage of the sale until the end of the month. Sometimes, second hand books here still cost the earth though they look practically brand new.
Have a nice day 🙂
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What a sweet, thoughtful son you have! I can only wish my son would be as much when I reach my later years in life ☺️
Currently reading a management book. I should go back to reading fiction and lose myself in another world for a time.
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It would really help if he loves reading too. My son has a different reading genre. He is into Science books, mythology, cartoons etc.
It’s a lovely world out there. Thanks Gracious!
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I am now re-reading Ken Wilber’s One Taste, Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality. An eye-opener.
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Haven’t seen you here for quite a while Ver, busy writing?
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Books make me happy. I actually have a long list..but I’m trying to challenge myself to finish a book in less than a month haha. I am deciding which one to read first – Gone Girl, Station Eleven, Brothers Karamazov, and Surprised by Hope. Hmmm..
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Oh you have Brothers Karamazov 🙂 The only book of Fyodor Dostoyevsky that I’ve read is the Crime and Punishment (wayback in college pa). I am curious about Surprised by Hope, who’s the author?
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Did you love Crime & Punishment? Surprised by Hope is by N.T. Wright
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Yes, I did! Those were the days when I was also reading Psychology books so the story was quite real to me. Would love to read it again if I have time and compare hw I felt reading it a long time ago.
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Tita, recommend ka ng books to read..:)
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I have plenty of favorites and I am partial to Psychology, historical novels, memoirs etc. I’ll give some titles to you at random: all the three books by Khaled Hosseini namely The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, And The Mountains Echoed; Simple Abundance by Sara Ban Breathnacks, books by Robert Fulghum, Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, poems by Mary Oliver (she is a favorite and I treasure the two books I have of her); QB VII by Leon Uris and all his other books, medical thrillers by Robin Cook, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Under The Tuscan Sun by Francis Mayes. I collect all books by Richard Paul Evans. By the way, you can browse from my list at Goodreads, you may click favorite books: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/6519987
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Will check your account tita. Thanks! 🙂
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You’re welcome Cel!
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