Sulit Sembreak Part 2

Birthday Party and Books, October 31, 2007

I thought of hitting the mall to do some shopping. You know taking advantage of the halloween sale. But a text from an officemate changed the plan somewhat. It was the birthday of his daughter. There were only two from the office who were able to make it to the party. Some of those who were invited begged off because of the rain. What? Afraid that the Gremlin side might come out? Some went home though with Undas as one of the reasons. After the party Mel, her son and I, went to this mall which was holding a midnight sale. My eyes lit when I saw a book sale. It's a good thing that ukay ukay books are around. It used to be so hard to find cheap or second hand books until Bookshop came here. I bought two books, one from one of my favorite authors and the other from someone unknown to me. The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West and The Genesis Code by John Case. Morris West is good, I own two of some of his books, The Clowns of God and The Devil's Advocate - no relation whatsoever of the movie of the same title. I have two reasons why I bought the other book: 1. It was supposed to be a New York Times bestseller and 2. It's a quote biomedical thriller unquote I hoped Second brother would like. Hmmm I don't just buy books for myself.

While I was looking for a suitable read, the Crush came over and we had a little chitchat about favorite authors. Cool, the guy reads novels! Half the guys I know, hate reading anything longer than a label. Guess what? He likes Dean Koontz and Dan Brown too. ;p Told him I have 4 Dan Browns but they're all digital. He didn't flinch so I think he doesn't read much ebooks unless he is compelled to do so.

I finished reading the biomed thriller that revolved around Catholicism and religious zeal. To be honest, I didn't like it much especially the ending. The main character went to such lengths to find the killer and the reasons behind the killing of his sister and nephew for the story end simply. Heck he did not even hear of Yugoslavia until he was forced to head there to escape his enemies. So the story involved other countries and a powerful religious group but felt lacking. It seemed to me that the author enclosed the killers, the religious group, everything in this big circle and but he never let the main character step inside the circle. The nice thing though is the way the author describes the places the main character went, the other characters he met and how he portrayed the him as someone who has so much faith in high technology only to be let down by it then in the end saved by it.

Ciao tweedledee!