my stash has arrived!!!

• i love books...i'm in LOVE with books.. they are my splurge..and i get so weak when i see a stash! hehe! i started reading when i was in grade 2.. sweet valley books were a fad then.. too bad i lost my first and second book..the second was a babysitter's club book. i can still remember that it is colored yellow and it's some kinda sort of about a mystery/tooth/dentist (think so..hehe!). my first sweet valley kids book was about jessica and elizabeth's horseback riding adventure. it's colored pink..hehe! but i started reading frequently when i was in high school going to college, up until now. one reason why i can't read more frequently besides from having no time is that i prefer that i have my own copy of the book that i'm going to read..hehe!

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• last january 17, a day after the darn mailman incident, my book stash has arrived. it calmed me down.. books can be therapeutic, you know..i bought 5 pre owned books and 1 brand new book from rovingbookstore.multiply.com.. so i got 6 in total..hehe! i know..u might have read my twilight post..i'm weak.. i can't resist them! i saw most of the titles that i'm looking for in his site so i grabbed the opportunity. i was supposed to buy 8 but my id and superego was clashing..hehe! if i buy a few, the shipping fee would be sayang and if i buy too many, my gcash money would be cut down to more than a half..hehe! so i ended up with 6. and i'm happy!

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• i got them for a total of 1260 pesos. the lovely bones (140) suzanne's diary for nicholas (180), veronika decides to die-brand new (235), at first sight (220), confessions of a shopaholic (180), a walk to remember (130) +165 for shipping..hehe! most of them are good as new!

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• here are my new babies!!!

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• this is a picture of the "untouchable" drawer in my room.. this is the only thing that you'll find organized in my jungle nook.. these are my books since grade school (except for my first two books which were lost). this is not my complete collection..hehe! i still have 2 books on my top shelf in my room, 2 on the shelf in the living room, 1 was borrowed my Marian and another one beneath all of them (Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus) since it can't fit in the drawer..

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• funny how i can track all of them but frequently neglect other important papers and things..hehehe! oh, well..i guess i may be excused..they are my babies!! i can be really meticulous with my books. i cover them neatly with plastic cover. (the twilight saga took me 1 hour to cover. i have to wipe off the dust and paper fiber since it is visible on the black cover.). i HATE lines on the spine of my books! i can only justify such if the book is pre owned (such as The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold)...i don't like creases or dents. it is my pet peeve to see people folding the top corner of the page where they left off..use a book mark!! these, and a little bit more..hehe!

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• and to those kind hearted earthlings with fat pockets out there.. i still want more books! hehe! i'm looking for I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb and The Shack by William Young.. I can only think of these titles for now..

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• love and bliss amigos!