book mania

It's my brother's birthday..Still a good 50 minutes or so before the stamp with large imprinted letters "irritating 13-year-old" is permanently etched on his forehead. Had a blueberry cheesecake.

Went to the bookstore, and there I saw so many books that I wanted..The price was slightly steep for some, and okay for others. This one particularly caught my attention: The Apologist by Ray Jayner.

The first sentence of the preface read: "I'm so sorry that you bought this book".

What went through my head then:" I HAVE to buy it."

It reminded me so much of myself. I have this bad habit of apologizing even though it's not really my fault. And I don't have subtlety in my words either.

It's about this reckless reporter who dishes out ghastly and merciless reviews on restaurants. So much so that one of the restaurant's chefs decides to kill himself. And that's when he realized, "Maybe I went too far.."..So he decides to apologize. Hard for most people, and somehow, from apologizing for something so trifle, he has been appointed as the National Apologist. My eyes boggled.

Then I saw Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach. I was surpised. Very. My first copy was xeroxed(talk about piracy). In my opinion I could just read this book over and over, and I probably wouldn't realize it. Like how much I like The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. This book is another inspirational piece, mainly talking about being different from the rest. Being truly joyful because you know what you want to do, you sacrifice for it, and every bit of it was worth it. I can't really explain it in words. I love it so much I want to give it to someone. Share the joy that I had with this book with them.