My most recent book purchase… Twisted 9 by Jessica Zafra! I’m a big fan of hers and I do actually have all her books.

I’m reading this one slowly. Very thin and little and costs a 100php. If you are a fan of Jessica and her sense of humor, you’d enjoy this newest book in her Twisted series.

I have added two new books to my ever growing pile of unread ones. No worries, I plan on reading ALL of the books I’ve bought. I am just very busy at the moment so I am kind of slow on my reading.

I bought Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. I couldn’t resist buying it! I am hooked on the TV series so I think it would be quite natural for me to be intrigued with the book series. I will buy the rest of the books in the series. There are seven more and I also plan on buying quite a few more books in my list.

Yes! Fully Booked sent me a text message a couple of hours ago telling me that the book I placed on special order, Devilish by Maureen Johnson, is already available for pick up! Yey!!!

As you very well know, not all books are available in this country. We only have three big book stores here: National Book Store, Fully Booked, and Powerbooks. If the three do not have it, chances are you won’t find it anywhere else. That’s why I am thankful for Fully Booked’s special order offer. You can place a special order on a book you can’t find and wait for them to send you a message that they have it already. There are no charges for placing a special order. But once they sent you a message that you can already pick the book up, they can only hold the book for three days before they release it to others.

I’ll pick Devilish tomorrow. Can’t wait to read it!

I’ve been adding books after books in my pile of to-read. In the past, I would wait to finish one book before I buy a new one I’d like to read but these days I just buy books I am interested in reading as soon as I hit the bookstores. I’ve learned my lesson already. The good ones are off the shelves fast and the bookstores here take time ordering a new batch. They’d check first if there are persons still wanting to buy one or they would just discontinue selling a copy.

I’ve been looking for Maureen Johnson books and you know what I found out? The books had been on sale for a long time and are now totally out of stock! Huhuhu! I had to ask Fully Booked to order it for me abroad and up to now it hasn’t arrived yet.

So as soon as a new good book comes out and I have the money to spare, I hit the bookstores and buy a copy right away.

These are two of my newest books. Juliet by Anne Fortier and Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I am halfway through Juliet already. Angel’s Game will be next.

Happy Monday!

Buying books make me happy. Finding out that the book I bought was actually a good one makes me even happier!

I was asked how I select the books I buy. I actually find good books through recommendations via Twitter and Facebook and blogs. Several of the books I recently bought were ones I read about in three different blogs. I lost the url of the one I got so many book recommendations from. The other two are Fully Booked online as well as PerezHilton.com. Yes, that famous gossip blog. The site ran an ad on great summer reads. I found so many good books through that ad spot! In fact, most of the good books I bought in the past six months came from that small ad from that site.

Of course, I read reviews about each book I find just to make sure that the book is really good based on majority votes.

There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise.

The newest book in my collection: Juliet by Anne Fortier.

I will read this book starting tomorrow night. And hopefully finish it before Monday. So darn excited about it!

Nothing beats holding an actual book in your hands. I can get electronic copies of the books I like. But I still buy either the hardbound or paperback copies of it. I just love seeing the printed word on my hands.

That’s mainly the reason why I bought so many books at the National Bookstore last Wednesday. They have an ongoing sale right now and it’s about to end on Sunday. It’s just too bad that most of the books I was looking for was already out of stock. I was too late in shopping for my books.

I usually buy my books now at Fully Booked. They have all the books I like. Plus they have more young adult books than any other bookstore in the country. You can have a copy of a book reserved without any fees. I like that a lot about them. And when you are looking for any book, a friendly staff will approach you to ask if you need assistance. Since there’s a big sale at National Bookstore, I bought some of my books from them.

I love seeing books lined up for me to read and again. I wish I have a big book shelf so I can display my books at home.