Later that night after work, I stopped by at the nearest almost-deserted shopping mall to buy some groceries. I almost missed the old books seller next to the escalator. There is this thing about bookaholic's eyes that can always find books at random places even if the books are hiding. Ha.
I looked them through, those books looked quite old with yellowish paper and bad cover. Most of the time, I won't find books that I found worth reading from authors I never heard off, so I stopped buying books from such places. This time I was wrong.
I found books by David Mitchell :
- Cloud Atlas (2004)
- Black Swan Green (2006)
- The Thousand Autumn of Jacob de Zoet (2010)
For RM 10 each.
Huge deal, I got 3 books for the price of one - if I buy it in Kinokuniya. Although I haven't started reading "Ghostwritten" yet. Next year should be a year dedicated to other new author on my list - I need to strictly put a pause to reading Murakami's works.
On lighter note :
My new cheapest plant surprise me with a little flower this morning. I bought it with Ma last week and changed it to a bigger plastic vase. I love how the gardener never told me anything about the plant except a short "RM 1, there's more at the entrance if you want", and I bought it with no expectation of any flower, I just like the rounded leaves and the small-sized feature.
Suddenly to wake up this morning with a nice sweet greet of "Hey".
PS : Ignore the breakfast bekal, that's peanut butter with jam sandwich for weekend at work.
mind to share the book seller location? pleaseeeee
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Deletemay I have your email please :)
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