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Did the usual stuff today.
Fill up the different job slips, made calls to confirm delivery time and checked returned materials...
Yes, now that I think about it, it is as boring as it sounds.
I went to Choa Chu Kang library last night with my uncle and cousin.
Finally paid the 30 cents fine I had incurred from I, Lucifer some long months ago.
Was intending to borrow Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series which comprises of three books (at the moment), Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse.
Why the sudden interest?
During the crazy walking Phoenix and I did on Saturday, we ended up in one MPH and Eclipse was on some display shelf or something of that sort. Had an intriguing cover illustration: full black with a red ribbon.
What's more interesting? It has something to do with vampires and werewolves. Oh, so cool.
Sadly, none of the three books were available in the library.
You see, Eclipse was out just this August. I guess everyone's just started getting into the hype.
Damn, why do I always discover good things at these times, and now I can't even find one book that's not yet borrowed off one step earlier by some other bookworm?
Anyway, I borrowed two other books, from Neil Gaiman, who wrote Stardust, which may jolt your memory as a movie.
I saw the trailer once some time ago and got interested by it.
Fantasy and suspense. What part of that combination isn't good enough?
So I decided then, to read all his books.
It's this... author-complex that I have. When I'm sure that the person writes good, I'd want to read everything that's ever written by him/her. The same applies to how I (sometimes) choose which manga to read.
And that was how I found myself reading Gaiman's Coraline, which was shockingly a children's book. I thought that, with all the suspense and little tinges of horror, it's probably more suitable as an adult's short story, but then again, an adult wouldn't be able to understand the perspective with which Coraline was written.
The story had an intelligently mature plot about growth and self-discovery, using simple child-like, yet still sophisticated descriptions. There are lessons about simple things that grown-ups might have already forgotten.
Okay, I got sidetracked. Back to the subject...
I found two copies of Stardust, of which I borrowed the older edition with the original cover illustration (simple, perhaps dull, but originality has its own charm, as compared to book covers that were changed to reflect the movie rendition of the story), and another of his titles, Fragile Things, a collection of short stories.
I finished reading the Introduction of Fragile Things today, while on the way to work and back.
Strange, I know, but I like to read about the thought processes of these people when they are in the midst of creating something. It's as if by reading it, you'll know a little more about that particular creator; as if you're let in (just a little) on the secrets.
Or maybe it's just me.
I've always read the short (and usually nonsensical) sentences on the insides of manga book jackets, anyway.
Yes, I think it's just me.
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