Reading Haul for the Holy Week

While everybody else will be heading out and going for a refreshing change this weekend to have some rest and relaxation, I am already on a head start and now have stayed home to rest thanks to a minor procedure done on my upper chest yesterday morning. 

So look at what I have received in the mail today that's been delivered door to door. It's my reading haul again from Life Is Like A Book Page just in time for Holy Week. Again, nothing heavy. I am alternating from   heavy reading to light reading. That's just the way it is for me lately. From Vintage Veronica, I am now in The Lost Symbol and I just pick up one of the following books in this haul here when I am done.

The Book Lover's Appreciation Society

Good Omens

Sex and Sensibility

JRR Tolkien Artist and Illustrator

And look at what came in the package! It's a really cool book mark! This is just the right freebie for me because I have so many crumpled receipts in between pages. Thank you to Ate Maricar! 

What will you be reading this Holy Week? Or if you are not reading, what will you be doing? 

I will be sharing some author news for you just in case you haven't heard of them. Have a great day ahead! 

Book Window Shopping

I really don't  know what's the right term for what I'm doing lately, so it's best if I describe it instead. 

The past few days, I've been restraining myself from purchasing books from my suppliers. Since last month, all of them have posted announcements that they will be uploading new stocks on this date and that site. I still have a stack of unread books at home and promised myself not to spend on new ones unless I have read all of those waiting for me in the room. And I am so intent on saving up for this summer's getaway that I need all the bucks I can save. So I have become a little self-conscious when it comes to buying more books. So the temptation is always there whenever I open my Multiply account and all the notifications of NEW BOOK UPLOADS start screaming at me and I do permit a sneak peek for a few minutes. And then I exit. 

It's like I found myself in a mall with rows of rows of bookstores and went to look at the shelves, then I lift and touch them, look at the price tags, try to remember how much cash I have in my wallet, and retrace the nearest ATM machine, and then put back the book on the shelf without looking back and leave the store. That's just how it feels. Book Window Shopping. 

But I keep repeating my mantra: summer vacation. Summer vacation. Summer vacation. 

So if there are some book worms who do want to grab some books to read out there, or who are in the same pain as I am, here, I'm sharing the torture with you. (wink, wink)

Life Is Like A Book Page: This online bookstore is managed by Maricar, a full-time working Mom who is so accommodating and has a love for books more than storage space in her home. Contests and giveaways are available all year round. 

Mad About Books: The shop owner is also a book blogger, and her personification of a book in the home page is just fun to read!

Hi there! I'm one of the books being sold here and I'm just very happy that you found the time to drop by! It could get pretty boring without someone reading me. I've been stuck here for ages and I would just love for someone to read the beautiful words written by my wonderful author.

Aside from me, your book, I'm also sandwiched in between a variety of comics and hygienic products such as Baktolin and Sterilium.

Oh well, that's all for now! I really hope you'll check out my other friends in the catalogue! We're just dying to find a new owner to spread our good story to so many other people! :)

Mad About Books
Great Finds for Less!

Bookstore Atbp: Ems has the widest selection of fiction and non-fiction books and gives away volume discounts. She believes that reading is as important as eating and breathing.

"But I think the most important reason I read is for meaning. I believe that when an author writes a book, she or he does it because they want to say that there is something meaningful about how people live in this world. And we can learn from that. "

 Julie's Sari Sari Store: Here are some books that are second-hand but are in excellent condition and at half the price. Browse to your heart's content. There is a wishlist section and other items up for sale too.