Through A Protagonist's Senses

I just bought Bachelor Brothers’ Bed and Breakfast as a Christmas gift for myself. I started reading it yesterday, and so far it hasn’t bored me yet.

I’m not a serious reader. I just happen to enjoy light reading. I was into classics when I was in college, but now I prefer contemporary lit. Don’t mistake me for a bibliophile or a bookworm. I am not even familiar with most famous authors. My idea of a serious reader is someone who is into all genres, and poetry is something that I still find difficult to concentrate on. I don’t enjoy it, period.

There are only a few books that I want to own. I would rather borrow them if I only knew of someone who had all the books I wanted.

I received National Bookstore Gift Certificates worth P300 from our Program Kris Kringle last Sunday, and I can’t wait to get my next book. I wish P300 could cover more than just one book from my latest list:


Haruki Murakami
1. Kafka On The Shore
2. Sputnik Sweetheart
3. Norwegian Wood










Banana Yoshimoto
1. Asleep
2. Goodbye Tsugumi
3. NP
4. Lizard
5. Amrita

Amy Tan
1. The Hundred Secret Senses
2. The Bonesetter’s Daughter

My list keeps getting longer because I seem to have a problem prioritizing the items. I was supposed to finally get The Hundred Secret Senses when I purchased BBB and B. Last week, I ended up going home with Bookends when I was also supposed to get The Hundred Secret Senses. Okay, so Libras are really indecisive.

Anyway, it’s my day off tomorrow and I hope to finish BBB and B. I’m really trying to take it easy right now. I’ve been so stressed and confused, I finally realized its time to slow down and relax. What better way to do that than by escaping reality and rediscovering the world through a protagonist’s senses?

Thank God for books. They take my mind off everything else I need to forget for a while.