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starshadow_rivaulx) wrote2007-10-12 03:19 pm
starshadow_rivaulx) wrote2007-10-12 03:19 pm
Yesterday's notes on books and bookstores
Written at Italianni's - Fort High Street
Dropped by Fully Booked at the Fort High Street and lost myself in a world of books, as I haven't done in a very long time. There is something about a well-stocked bookstore that is inherently soothing to my soul. It doesn't even have to be as posh as Fully Booked; anything from National Bookstore to Booksale to a dusty shop in Recto will do. Just as long as it has books - even the book and magazine rack at Makati Med has not been spared my fine-toothed combing.
This afternoon I spent a substantial amount on books. Two of them were hardcover: Bill Clinton's Giving and the last Harry Potter book as published by Scholastic, so that now I have a matched set in my book cabinet. I am not looking forward to reading about the death of Hedwig. I may have got over my disappointment at the (alleged? ::grin::) demise of Severus Snape, but honestly, that sweet owl? Thank heaven for fanon and alternate universes, is all I'm going to say.
So as it is, I have five new hardbacks in the house now: two Gaimans, Jeffrey Toobin, Bill Clinton, and JK Rowling. Does anyone who has seen the paperback cover of Fragile Things think it is a lamentable looking thing beside its hardcover sister? ::wrinkles nose:: Asked if Fully Booked had Jack Cafferty and was told it's not in the store. Nor was Jeffrey Toobin - thank heavens I found it in National Glorietta!
My Laura Joh Rowland collection has expanded by three volumes. I was wavering between getting the paperback version of The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria just to have matching volumes, because the copy I have on hand is a hardcover. But then I decided to put the money towards a different title, which means that perhaps I'm not that OC about things being just so, after all.
My Temeraire series is now a quartet with the acquisition of "Empire of Ivory", which I have heard leaves readers hanging on a cliff. Oh dear! The Sword of Truth series also has a acquired a new volume, which I hope fills the hole between two of the books. (Note: It does not. I am still short one title.) I know that I have Kushiel's Scion, so now I have to wait for Kushiel's Justice to come out as a paperback while I read through the first three volumes. Letters from Pemberley has a sequel...not sure if I'll take that on yet, but I think Ryrie-chan might want a heads-up.
What froze me to the spot while rambling through the fiction section, was the wide selection of Jean Plaidy (aka Victoria Holt) stories about the British royals - people usually glossed over by history, such as the Princess Mary Rose, younger sister of Henry VIII, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk.
All in all, I was happy with what I decided to get. I really should schedule an hour or two a day for reading and things that don't involve the computer being on line. Realized that I was halfway through the biography of Nigella Lawson (of the TV cooking series), so with a little dedication, I can start on Jeff Toobin's The Nine.
Dropped by Fully Booked at the Fort High Street and lost myself in a world of books, as I haven't done in a very long time. There is something about a well-stocked bookstore that is inherently soothing to my soul. It doesn't even have to be as posh as Fully Booked; anything from National Bookstore to Booksale to a dusty shop in Recto will do. Just as long as it has books - even the book and magazine rack at Makati Med has not been spared my fine-toothed combing.
This afternoon I spent a substantial amount on books. Two of them were hardcover: Bill Clinton's Giving and the last Harry Potter book as published by Scholastic, so that now I have a matched set in my book cabinet. I am not looking forward to reading about the death of Hedwig. I may have got over my disappointment at the (alleged? ::grin::) demise of Severus Snape, but honestly, that sweet owl? Thank heaven for fanon and alternate universes, is all I'm going to say.
So as it is, I have five new hardbacks in the house now: two Gaimans, Jeffrey Toobin, Bill Clinton, and JK Rowling. Does anyone who has seen the paperback cover of Fragile Things think it is a lamentable looking thing beside its hardcover sister? ::wrinkles nose:: Asked if Fully Booked had Jack Cafferty and was told it's not in the store. Nor was Jeffrey Toobin - thank heavens I found it in National Glorietta!
My Laura Joh Rowland collection has expanded by three volumes. I was wavering between getting the paperback version of The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria just to have matching volumes, because the copy I have on hand is a hardcover. But then I decided to put the money towards a different title, which means that perhaps I'm not that OC about things being just so, after all.
My Temeraire series is now a quartet with the acquisition of "Empire of Ivory", which I have heard leaves readers hanging on a cliff. Oh dear! The Sword of Truth series also has a acquired a new volume, which I hope fills the hole between two of the books. (Note: It does not. I am still short one title.) I know that I have Kushiel's Scion, so now I have to wait for Kushiel's Justice to come out as a paperback while I read through the first three volumes. Letters from Pemberley has a sequel...not sure if I'll take that on yet, but I think Ryrie-chan might want a heads-up.
What froze me to the spot while rambling through the fiction section, was the wide selection of Jean Plaidy (aka Victoria Holt) stories about the British royals - people usually glossed over by history, such as the Princess Mary Rose, younger sister of Henry VIII, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk.
All in all, I was happy with what I decided to get. I really should schedule an hour or two a day for reading and things that don't involve the computer being on line. Realized that I was halfway through the biography of Nigella Lawson (of the TV cooking series), so with a little dedication, I can start on Jeff Toobin's The Nine.
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I'm interested on your opinions on Kushiel. =)