Book Haul Number One: 2011 for 2011

Having a blog about books is somehow an achievement for a self-confessed bookworm and this will be my first post that's completely related to books. Hooray for me! I've been itching to write something about books and reading and finally, I had the opportunity to write one.

For this week, I actually got three books. Oh joy!. But that trigger-happiness that I experienced came with a price. MY WALLET GOT SLIMMER--wish I was the one who got slimmer instead. Bummer. I have formulated a sort of conjecture for this that relates money and the number of books bought: "The number of books is inversely related to the number of paper bills in a wallet".

Now back to the real purpose of this post. The books that I purchased are:

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore, The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, and The Red Pyramid also by Riordan.

 

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I got I Am Number Four from Powerbooks-Trinoma (yes, they've recently renovated their store there and it now looks "commercial" to me very much like National Bookstore. No more comfy seats and reading-on-the-floor. I guess I'll be missing their former store design with all the carpeting and wooden shelves and stuff) at P679 , The Lost Hero and The Red Pyramid from Fully Booked-The Block at P684 and P648  respectively. That brings me to a whopping expense of ...wait I'm doing the math...P2011!! 2011 for 2011! So expect some reviews on these books probably later this month after school ends and after I finish reading Good Omens (which I'll probably review next week).

I Am Number Four is sort of an impulsive purchase. I was expecting to get Number Four later this month since I ordered it from Fully Booked (so I guess I would be cancelling that order). Part of the reason I immediately bought Number Four once I saw it is that I aside from me itching to read it, I also want, no, I need to have my books in hardcover and finding this book in hardcover is a real pain--I know, it may seem wasteful to you, but reading and buying books is simply my guilty pleasure and I buy books in hardcover as much as possible to improve my growing personal library. I  prefer hardcover books over paperback because of their durability. Paperbacks do not really have much protection from the elements and they immediately suffer from foxing unlike hardcovers which rarely fox except for some which were printed using acidic book paper. I buy books based on their edition and condition and rarely on their price and I believe books can never be a waste of money and the knowledge and entertainment you get from reading is priceless. Leave me the whole day in a pretty big bookshop (Fully Booked-Bonifacio High Street = HEAVEN) and I would be ever thankful.

Do not judge a book by its cover. Scratch that. The cover of Number Four is just awesome. Best cover of a book I've seen so far. Why hadn't the publishers of Harry Potter...oh never mind.

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I'm so excited to read this and although I have this in its electronic format, I deliberately did not finish reading  because I want to own a copy of the book. LOL at my obsession.

On the other two books, the reason I bought them is because I liked The Lightning Thief. I liked Riordan's style of writing whilst intended for children, can also be appropriate for teens. I really wanted to finish the series but I'm still saving for the boxed set--and I already saved almost three quarters--which is rather expensive at P3799 (Boo!).

As I conclude this post, I would just like to extend my thoughts toward the people of Japan. Stay safe and be strong!

AV.