You are what you read
All the book talk made me curious about book origins. So, to find out, here's a chain to every bookworm out there!
Instructions:
1. Select 5 random books you own.
2. Take at least one pic of them! :) More, would be better.
3. For each book, list Title, Author, Editor, where you bought it, why you bought it and the price!
4. Force everyone to answer it too!
The Pillowbook by Sei Shonagon trans. by Meredith McKinney
where: National Bookstore, SM Makati
why: I bought this book for two reasons:
1. To keep my mind off the very frustrating thing that happened on February 2008. In other words, to cheer me up! Books can do that to me!
2. And to see for myself where Whitney Otto patterned her book, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of their Popularity. The Pillowbook or 枕草子, Makura no Sōshi is actually a collection of a lady in waiting's observations and musings during the Heian Period in Japan. It's a curious read and I love the setting, although it can be too light.
price: Php500.00+
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
where: The Floating Bookstore, MV Doulos
why: I’m a sucker for mysteries! The Sherlock Holmes cases are my favorite whodunit stories and to have the best of Holmes’ cases in one book, plus how he and his biographer, Watson, started out in Baker Street = priceless!
price: forgotten
Selected Essays by John Berger
where: Book Sale, SM Southmall
why: This book serves as my guide to the critique of the arts. Art = photography, sculpture, paintings, and the artists behind them.
Price: Php175.00
Alexandria by Nick Bantock
where: Powerbooks, Alabang
why: I say you can judge a book by its cover because when Alexandria’s cover beckoned to me in Powerbooks, it stayed glued to my hand forever. Hahaha. When I opened its pages, my heart pumped faster and harder than usual. It has actual cards and letters in almost every page!
It appealed to both the geek and frustrated artiste in me so much that I bought it instantaneously, with eyes wandering away from the barcoded price. This is the very first book I bought with my own money so I have already forgiven myself for splurging.
The only drawback? It’s the fourth of a series! Two years after buying this, I still don’t have the first three.
price: Google it!
Happy Endings by Luis Katigbak
where: UP bookstore book sale in UPB (parang tongue twister lang =P)
why: Long before he became popular with Happy Endings, I already had a copy of Luis Katigbak’s “Document” which is one of my favorite short stories. So when I saw his Happy Endings in the UPB Lobby some years ago, I told myself I had to buy it.
price: Php100.00+
I'm tagging: Kath, Alex, Xai, Andrea, slashgeek86, kill_the_onions, Sophie, petite_star and Lisa. Yey!
Instructions:
1. Select 5 random books you own.
2. Take at least one pic of them! :) More, would be better.
3. For each book, list Title, Author, Editor, where you bought it, why you bought it and the price!
4. Force everyone to answer it too!
The Pillowbook by Sei Shonagon trans. by Meredith McKinney
where: National Bookstore, SM Makati
why: I bought this book for two reasons:
1. To keep my mind off the very frustrating thing that happened on February 2008. In other words, to cheer me up! Books can do that to me!
2. And to see for myself where Whitney Otto patterned her book, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of their Popularity. The Pillowbook or 枕草子, Makura no Sōshi is actually a collection of a lady in waiting's observations and musings during the Heian Period in Japan. It's a curious read and I love the setting, although it can be too light.
price: Php500.00+
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
where: The Floating Bookstore, MV Doulos
why: I’m a sucker for mysteries! The Sherlock Holmes cases are my favorite whodunit stories and to have the best of Holmes’ cases in one book, plus how he and his biographer, Watson, started out in Baker Street = priceless!
price: forgotten
Selected Essays by John Berger
where: Book Sale, SM Southmall
why: This book serves as my guide to the critique of the arts. Art = photography, sculpture, paintings, and the artists behind them.
Price: Php175.00
Alexandria by Nick Bantock
where: Powerbooks, Alabang
why: I say you can judge a book by its cover because when Alexandria’s cover beckoned to me in Powerbooks, it stayed glued to my hand forever. Hahaha. When I opened its pages, my heart pumped faster and harder than usual. It has actual cards and letters in almost every page!
It appealed to both the geek and frustrated artiste in me so much that I bought it instantaneously, with eyes wandering away from the barcoded price. This is the very first book I bought with my own money so I have already forgiven myself for splurging.
The only drawback? It’s the fourth of a series! Two years after buying this, I still don’t have the first three.
price: Google it!
Happy Endings by Luis Katigbak
where: UP bookstore book sale in UPB (parang tongue twister lang =P)
why: Long before he became popular with Happy Endings, I already had a copy of Luis Katigbak’s “Document” which is one of my favorite short stories. So when I saw his Happy Endings in the UPB Lobby some years ago, I told myself I had to buy it.
price: Php100.00+
I'm tagging: Kath, Alex, Xai, Andrea, slashgeek86, kill_the_onions, Sophie, petite_star and Lisa. Yey!