I love books. I love the smell of unopened books. I love running the soft pad of my thumb along the bound pages and feeling the scrape of every single loving page. That act itself is orgasmic.
That said; I have to admit that I didn’t always love to read. All credit for my reading speed and capabilities have to go to my dearest mummy. The process is nothing short of miraculous but that’s another story for another day. Today, my loot takes center stage.
I have to first mention that the Borders in Melbourne City is not very well stocked. I went in armed with a list of 4 specific books but only managed to find one of those in stock. It’s a sad case of unreciprocated desire but I managed to find 2 other books from the back of my memory (and their shelves) to occupy the printed vouchers that I have with me.
The first book; The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton, is ‘an autobiography of faith’. I have quoted Merton on several previous posts and was actually looking forward to get the book ‘New Seeds of Contemplation’ which Borders did not have. Thankfully, they have his autobiography which I have been wanting to read. I didn’t have to look too far to settle for second best. In my opinion, this second best was just as good as the first choice!
The second book is a guide book recommended by common people like me and you on Amazon. It is titled, ‘How to Write a Better Thesis’, obviously! This is in preparation for honours year 09. A little quick to prepare for the death of my academic life and the subsequent birth of my research life, but it is a book that is going to be sitting around till March 09. Not something I want/like to read at this moment, it is more of something I should read.
The last book, is a precious precious book. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poiter. It’s the autobiography of the first African-American to win the Academy Award. This book was not on my list but while searching for a book to adopt my 30% discount voucher, I saw this on the shelf and knew I had to get it. I knew of this book from the Oprah Show (there was an interview) and it was the Oprah Book Club pick for January of 2007. Ok… I know I am a little delayed in getting this book but hey, better late than never!
Other than the acquisition of yummilicious books, I was also a do-gooder today at Borders. I gave away 2 of the extra vouchers I had to two random strangers in the queue. It was heart-warming to see their smiles, christmas came early! For the others in the queue who stared at me with a ‘why didn’t you pick me?’ look, I felt so terrible but there is only so much that I could do really.
Wish I had printed 10 copies.
1 comment:
It is commendable of you to give away the unused coupons but I believe even if you have 10 of them you will not be able to please all those in line behind you.
I tried doing that with my 40% Borders discount voucher for DVD about a month ago but when I looked at the 2 lines at the cashiers no one was holding onto any DVD so sad to say it had to go to waste.
Maybe next time then.
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