First Book of 2012

I am really fond of reading. Books are my great companions when I was in college. (Long lines during enrollment, waiting for classes and when I was a Registration Assistant). I even become a Library Assistant for two years during my senior year in college. My love of books just grew. However, my main dilemma is that I can finish a 300-page book in one sitting (about 8 hours on weekend). I read so fast that I should have a decent stock of books for my next reading.

However, when I started working, my fictional books were left lying on the floor and I went to a more professional and non-fiction categories. I have few marketing books on hand, which were relevant to my field.

Late last year, I stumbled upon Percy Jackson book series (yes, fiction!) and managed to read them through e-books (oo, kuripot ako). My boyfriend, who is into books too, was reading Cassandra Clare (which I call 'The City Series") and Brandon Mull (Fablehaven).

Now, since its New Year, I think I have to fall in love again with books (and e-books) to bring my sanity when I am bombarded with projects and more projects.

My first book of the year:

OUTLIERS: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. I love his first book, BLINK. It was given by my Communications Professor as the subject of our book review. Despite my liking of it, I managed to somehow lost track of who borrowed it (maybe due to the lipat bahay I made when I was in college).

Now, I am reading the third book of Mr. Gladwell, well to basically inspire me this start of the year. This is a story of how the men and women do things that are out of the ordinary. I was on the first pages of the book when I stumbled upon these sentences:

"... And in examining the lives of the remarkable among us --- I will argue that there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success."

"It makes a difference where and when we grew up... It is only by asking where they are FROM that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't..."

I have to go back in reading the rest of the book in order to determine whether I will be successful or not. While doing that, I am waiting for my e-books to download.

Cheers to a more intellectual and smarter me! :D