Okay. Again I will assume you are my friend and somehow I managed to be on your "Christmas List" a.k.a. that list which indicates your friends you will be giving gifts to (I may sound really hypocritical now but I really don't expect a gift from everybody except parents :]] ). Now if you want to make decision-making over my present easier, then you're one lucky person, you've just stumbled on this post that screams "All I Want For Christmas".
Or maybe that's too much exaggeration. So let's rephrase it, "What I Want For Christmas" (but the former sounds catchier :P). I do not really care if I don't receive any cold cash this Holiday season, what am I going to do with them anyway, buy the books I listed here? Nah, it'll be good if I'll just be given the books directly, it will save me the energy of going to Powerbooks or Fully Booked. =))
Enough ranting and let's get started. :D:D:D
(They are listed here in no particular order.)
Huling Hudhud - Rio Alma
I haven't read a Philippine epic. Not even Biag ni Lam-ang. =))
Seeing - Jose Saramago
Blindness was brilliantly written. I wanted to know what happened to the sequel.
Invented Eden: The Elusive Disputed History of the Tasaday - Robin Hemley
A friend recommended this. To satiate my investigative journalism interests.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Reason why I want these two books? I just can't get over the butterflies I got from the chick-lit "Pride and Prejudice", also by Austen.
1984 - George OrwellHuling Hudhud - Rio AlmaI haven't read a Philippine epic. Not even Biag ni Lam-ang. =))
Seeing - Jose Saramago
Blindness was brilliantly written. I wanted to know what happened to the sequel.
Invented Eden: The Elusive Disputed History of the Tasaday - Robin Hemley
A friend recommended this. To satiate my investigative journalism interests.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Sense and Sensibility - Jane AustenReason why I want these two books? I just can't get over the butterflies I got from the chick-lit "Pride and Prejudice", also by Austen.
The book review we deliberated upon (in Heights) got me curious, and eventually, interested.
Outliers - Malcolm GladwellI heard of this from the last Math Camp I attended. I completely forgot the reason why I wanted to read this though, all I do know is that it has been on my to-read list for a long time now. =))
C.S. Lewis Classic Collection
The reason I want this is that I wanted to have this ON PAPER for me to savor it's book-y quality. I'm tired of reading the pdf versions (my eyes hurt seriously) of his works. And oh, if you have the complete installments of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, can you please give me that? Or maybe the last three books? I still haven't finished the series!
The reason I want this is that I wanted to have this ON PAPER for me to savor it's book-y quality. I'm tired of reading the pdf versions (my eyes hurt seriously) of his works. And oh, if you have the complete installments of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, can you please give me that? Or maybe the last three books? I still haven't finished the series!
Great Speeches: Words That Made HistoryA compilation of the oh-my-gosh-this-is-epic-win a.k.a. moving addresses from the influential personalities of the world. When I was kid I used to dream of making one too and telling the people about it, but then as I grow older, reality sinks in (there's no need for a speech from me :P) so as of the moment I can only find myself appreciating these speeches in text form. Who knows, one day, I will be delivering to the public the most eloquent yet realistic State of the Nation Address in the future? Whaaaat? =)) Or maybe I would just do so in my front of my baby who does not care about the world yet?
The list is loooooong, but these are what I wanted to show you right now. If I'm going to use my money to buy ALL the books I wanted, I would not have a penny in my wallet left. =)) That's why I always want people to give me books. :D:D:D Okay, since I don't want to be much of a burden on your Christmas expenses, can you just lend me those? Please please. Panda eyes. O_O
November 8, 2009 1:37 AM
1984 – highly recommended. 485 pesos (or baka mas mura; nakalimutan ko na) sa National Bookstore. Signet edition, white, with a blue eye in front. :D
November 8, 2009 1:54 AM
si mike alam ko meron nung cs lewis :D hingin mo! wahaha
November 8, 2009 8:43 AM
@kuya pepito: nakita ko na 'yung edition na 'yun! may ganun din 'yung animal farm. :D
@kuya ej: baka nga hingin ko na lang. madugo yung c.s. lewis 3-in-1 e, 2k+
xxx
xoxo.
November 8, 2009 8:00 PM
natry mo na isearch sa library? whaha
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