For romance novel readers out there--even the ones in denial:

"Heartbreak", a book of short stories written by Filipinos on the subject of, you guessed it, heartbreak, is now available on National book store (at least luckychan and I saw it on National Katipunan.  She bought a copy.  As for me, I've had lots of practice saying "no" to myself.)  Looking at the book from a purely physical standpoint--the cover design, the paper, and the font, which were all I was able to assess, really--I'd say it's a good buy.  The paper was thick and of good quality, the font did not look "jologs", and the cover was designed well and laminated with matte plastic (Yeah, yeah, I really like books with matte covers.  You just want to rub your cheek against them. Ahh, book love...)

As for the all important content, Les says the stories are written well.  I'd have to borrow the book from her to confirm that...ehem.

I hope the book sells well, though.  That would give writers more opportunities to get their work out there...double ehem.

A, tama na nga 'to.

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I myself, am a secondhand book junkie.  I seem to have pretty good luck with Booksale branches too.  Recently, I bought Madeleine L'engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" for 20 pesos, and Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" for a whopping 30 pesos.  Both books were in pretty good condition too, and both are the first ones in their respective series.

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I feel strangely blank.

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Fill in the blank...

ha! that sounded strangely cheesy.  Like something you'd say to your lover.  "Fill in my blank." XD it sounds just a bit wrong too.

"You complete me."

gag.

Enough, enough of this. XD