ze haul

so a little time ago, a very good and talented friend of mine, by the name of G, alerted me to a brilliant book sale that was about to take place soon. he mentioned that books go for crazy cheap, and being a book-collector from India, i was a teeeny bit skeptical about his claims, because i mean, hello, i collect books from india! you dont get any deal better than that. 

anyway, he showed me their site and most of the books were going for 8 or 10. ringgit. and these arent just rusty dusty silverfish-lined paperbacks. these were brand new, no dog-ears-for-free hardbacks!

i dragged papa along one fine Sunday to seri kembangan. these people are such geniuses. hold the fair in such a place that only the true booklovers would be enticed to drive all the way to the jungle. unfortunately, by that day, a LOT of books had already been picked up. but that wasnt such a problem, because i got tons more.

here are the books i was able to get!

. india remembered. this book's been written by pamela mountbatten, daughter of the last CG of india. ive been wanting this book for some time, but thought i should give up thoughts for it, since it was quite pricey and all that. i was interested in this book for no other reason apart from the beautiful black and white pictures and the fact that pamela m is the mother of india hicks, something i think very highly of. this book was retailing in india at about 60 or so ringgit. i got it for 10. ringgit. im not even shitting you.

. prince of stories- neil gaiman. i didnt know this was a collection of his interviews and interactions and stuff, and i havent really peeped into the book, so i dont know much about the content, but because its gaiman, i expect to be ear-marking alot of quotes for future use. 8.

. shades of grey. i picked this up because it sounds revolutionary. how so? instead of democracy, we're talking about a time that is ruled by colourocracy. that in itself was enough to make me shove into papa's arms! 8.

. the optimist. you'll see in the right hand side corner, that this is what im reading now. its a lovely little precocious book, and very honest. its got its moments too. best of all, there are these kick-ass optimism quotes at the beginning of each and every chapter. 8.

. quirkology. its quirky, what else? (i cant wait to begin it!) 8.

. beloved, toni morrison. i was able to get my hands only on this classic. i was looking for alice walker's the colour purple too, but was unable to find it. ah well. 8.

. the book of illusions, paul auster. papa didnt let me pick up this book initially actually, he was like, 'why do you want to learn magic?' to which i had to explain this was a fiction book and that no, i wasnt running away to potion classes anytime soon. though i probably should. 8.

. who REALLY RUNS this WORLD? i use the un-uniform capslock because i loved the title. so skeptical. so scandalous. so conspiracy theory/mike moore. its about globalisation and democracy but of course. 8.

. the ants are my friends. this is a book based on linguistics. gaffes, malapropisms, and misheard lyrics. quite fascinating really. 8 (psst, its hardcover too!).

. king. kaiser. tsar. this was actually a nice 2 minute history lesson for me, because i didnt know that these 3 guys were cousins between them and connected so. the whole title goes to say, '3 royal cousins that led the world to war'. i cant wait to start reading it. i love love LOVE reading about history like this! 8.

. put on a happy face. i bought this because it made me smile. and thats what its about. its just pictures of people smiling. bliss. 5.

. invictus. the book thats become a movie. am i the only one who hates it when they reprint now-a-major-motion-picture editions with publicity shots of movie characters on the cover? it totally kills the spirit of imagination for the readers. thank god they havent done that with harry potter! 8.

. haiku mama. 

i thought they were just haikus. 

turns out theyre maternal. 

good fun still. 

(see what i did there? i made a haiku myself!)

5.

. the modern wit. not included in the pictures because i forgot about the last book. its a lovely and funny collection of quotes. witty ones. 5.

14 books. all for the grand total of 105.

happiness is abeer.