Yesterday was a feast day for me, well, for my soul at least. My friend and I went to MOA and I had a blast visiting bookstores. Well, Powerbooks in MOA is going to close down because apparently SM did not renew their contract so they are having a clearance sale from June 1 to 15. I ended up with three purchases: The Reader's Digest June issue that comes bundled with the January issue, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was sad that Powerbooks MOA is already closing its doors because it is the biggest branch that is near to me. Hopefully Powerbooks in Robinson's Midtown will not have the same faith or else I would have a very hard time keeping up with my readings. Books really are the food for my soul. 
There is one book that I have been lusting about and I did not find it in Powerbooks. It is by another Japanese author, a female Japanese author, Yoko Ogawa. The Housekeeper and the Professor has been receiving good reviews (from the book bloggers that I am following, at least), and I want to experience her as well. The summaries the bloggers have written are enough to make me salivate over this because I think it has a very interesting plot. Thus the trek over the other border to Fully Booked. I already know that they have a copy, a lone copy at that, because I have already inquired about the book before but found that they only have trade paperback (read: expensive) so I was not ecstatic to march to their store at that time. When I inquired about the book, the attendant hand over to me the lone copy a few minutes later. My spirit was lifted when I held the book. But when I turned it over to check for damages, I found the cut at the side of the book unflattering. The kind which makes an impression that it is a rejected copy because of the rugged cut. After inquiring, I found out that there really is a cut as such and that it is something done deliberately and not as what I thought. After the explanation, I went over to pay for it with my eyes shut but was delighted when the cashier told me that there is a 20% discount for all book purchases.
I also saw those cute little post-it notes that I can use as bookmarking as I am not one of those who writes on books. I like my books clean and serene. Notice those butterflies at the tip of each post-it notes? They are not cartoon-ish in any way that is why I love them, especially for the price tag of Php 75.00 I think it was a good deal. Those cute animals riding a red bus were bought from FUNctional for Php 65.00 and those are.. not stickers.. they are bookmarks, in fact. They look so cute and tiny and I love that they do their jobs well. Notice one missing? Its because I am already using it and loving how it can hoist itself on a book page even though it is teeny tiny. So there you are, my Saturday book shopping spree.
