I stopped reading books in high school. The only times I was forced to go and pick up a book were during lit class, research breaks and book reports (duh). It's not that I was deprived of the resources to get me all excited and ecstatic during visits to bookstores and book sales. In fact, my family's not short of the materials I would be hypothetically interested in.
Mia Thermopolis has been hibernating in my sister's room since the 00s. Newberry Medalists and The Classics have been sleeping with my Noli Me Tangere, El Fili and Ibong Mandaragit, in the farthest corner of my empty book cabinet. Beverly Cleary and Roald Dahl, I swear, have become BFFs turned secret lovers. Our home library also serves all variations of Chicken Soup, self-help books and other coming of age finds. We have the "mandatory" collections of the encyclopedia, almanacs, world records and illustrated science dictionaries. While I'm loading up my shopping basket with monthly teen zines, the rest of my family are carrying hardbounds.
Recently however, I discovered treasures that are hidden in Fully Booked shelves. Reads that I would unexpectedly be splurging my money on. It started last month, during a visit to the Gateway Branch for my annual search for the perfect planner. I was passing through shelves and shelves labeled "chic lit", intimidating this girl in her pambahay getup (Gateway's only 1 LRT ride away from Katip). The one thing that made me go "oh wait, maybe there's something here that I can take home and actually like" were the colorful spines of the neatly piled books. You know me, such a sucker for bright colors and cute fonts.
Mia Thermopolis has been hibernating in my sister's room since the 00s. Newberry Medalists and The Classics have been sleeping with my Noli Me Tangere, El Fili and Ibong Mandaragit, in the farthest corner of my empty book cabinet. Beverly Cleary and Roald Dahl, I swear, have become BFFs turned secret lovers. Our home library also serves all variations of Chicken Soup, self-help books and other coming of age finds. We have the "mandatory" collections of the encyclopedia, almanacs, world records and illustrated science dictionaries. While I'm loading up my shopping basket with monthly teen zines, the rest of my family are carrying hardbounds.
Recently however, I discovered treasures that are hidden in Fully Booked shelves. Reads that I would unexpectedly be splurging my money on. It started last month, during a visit to the Gateway Branch for my annual search for the perfect planner. I was passing through shelves and shelves labeled "chic lit", intimidating this girl in her pambahay getup (Gateway's only 1 LRT ride away from Katip). The one thing that made me go "oh wait, maybe there's something here that I can take home and actually like" were the colorful spines of the neatly piled books. You know me, such a sucker for bright colors and cute fonts.
Five visits later, I now own of what I like to call a "budding young adult and pacutesy book collection." It dawned on me that I'm generally interested in stories of Prom nights, Hollywood interns, high school drama and college cliques.I'm not particularly drawn to the popular or recommended reads, the ones on the top lists and the ones that were made into movies. Except perhaps Nicholas Spark's "The Last Song", you know why. ;) I'm just waiting for the movie cover to be released. I want books that are worthy reads yet are hard to find. Yung mga cute cute yung cover, tapos habang binabasa mo babalikan mo. Minsan, aamuy-amoyin pa yung book pages. Yikee, ginagawa mo rin yan no? :P
My most recent purchase was just last night. On my way home to the South, I was trying my best to resist from entering Fully Booked but no! Kahit na may dala-dala akong laptop at isang malaking Tokidoki knapsack, go for it pa rin! Twenty minutes into the shop, I was walking towards the counter with Candy magazine on one hand and a Belasen and Osborn read on the other.Never mind kung sakto na lang tong pamasahe ko. Hahaha!
I remember I was into reading when I was so much younger, as in I was one of those nerdy but cool worms in class. Okay okay corny haha. No really, I was even admitted into the Library Club in 5th grade, not because my sister was the club president but because I had one of the highest recorded borrowed books in that school year. Kulang na lang pati dictionary basahin ko e!
Now in college, the renovated Rizal Library is ultimately a haven for book junkies and semi-book junkies like me! Haha! Go straight to the PS-PT shelves, they have the nice ones. :) So if you need me say for an upcoming report or my call time's been bumped up to an earlier time, you know where to find me. But right now, I'll be out with Jenny Green and hunt these jerks from Montreal's Molson Academy.








