I always love collecting books. The entire series. Or the
boxed sets. It makes me feel nice to see them up on my bookshelf, neatly set in
a row. :-) Something really really satisfying about that!! :-)
I have always wanted to have a great grand big library
of all genres of books. I started reading at a very young age and from the time
that I realized the importance of books in my life and the major part that they
played, I was already an addicted reader. It’s one of my dreams, to have an entire room filled
with books, in wooden shelves paneled along the walls, some paintings, a
fireplace, comfortable reading nooks, lovely lamps and pretty lights and a big
big window looking out into the mountains :D :D Vivid eh!! The only thing that has been started towards the
completion of the dream… is collecting books! :D :D
To be honest, I started collecting entire sets only
very recently. It did not make sense until before that as I had a few of those
books in my collection already or maybe all of them bought haphazardly at
various places. I remember the first boxed set, I got... Feb 2010, I had just
passed my CAPM examination in Chennai, and I went along with my Anna to this
book store in Spencer’s Plaza! Landmark I think!! Not sure about the bookshop!!
I saw a boxed set of the TWILIGHT Series… this was the time that Twilight Saga was
taking everyone and their dog over by storm and of course I wanted it! It was
priced exorbitantly as boxed sets always are, and I was wondering what to do. Upon
checking, I found that there was a minimal damage to the box and pointed it out
to the sales guy. I think he took pity on me looking at how desperately I wanted
that set, and gave it to me for a substantial discount. I was doubly happy that
day! :-) :-)
And then FLIPKART became a regular feature in my life!
:D Lots of books, lots of boxed sets,
collections, etc etc.. A few months back, in SG, I found this shop that sold
Enid Blytons. I literally grew up with Malory Towers, St.Clares, Secret Seven,
Famous Five, Five Find-outers etc… But I never had the entire set… New goal in
place! Buy the entire set, whenever I find the opportunity to do so! :D :D So I got Malory Towers at first… And then today, after a couple of months, I saw that he had the Five Find-outer series in stock… Picked ‘em up.. Smiling with glee.. :D :D :D Utter happiness I tell you! :D :D
Voila!! :D :D
My goal is being reached one collection at a time…
“...there are so many books left to read.
For that reason alone it is worth going on living.
Books make me happy; they help me escape from
reality.”
― Félix J. Palma
And
for those who are reading this and have a generous and kind heart as well as a
big pocket… My wish list is as follows: :P :P
The
Entire Harry Potter Boxed Set… The Entire Calvin And Hobbes Set…The Entire
James Bond Set…
And
many many more… but these are the top 3… Take your pick.. and I will be
eternally grateful and loyal to you… ;-) ;-) :P
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