whenever there is a birthday party my kids have to attend .....i insist
on buying books as gifts ....no matter how much my kids protest
.....that is the only gift i give .....i am horrid that way and intend
to stick to this practise .....last saturday,it was the birthday of a
little boy ......he goes to the school my kids were in till 2012 .....
they have remained friends through the shift to bahrain and back and
shift to a new school ..... all of them love going bowling together
..... we moms allow it once in 6 months ...
i got him books as usual and chanced to see the title of this book, while i was shopping for the gifts ....i did not buy it then .... i dropped both my kids to the party venue and went back to the book store, on the top floor of the mall ....
the name of book was what struck me ...... 'daddy long legs' ..... i came to know, it was the name of an insect in bahrain, when i used to talk to a biology student .... it is a puffin classic.. written by an author i have not read before ....jean webster .....i glanced through the book... as i wanted to see what the book was all about ....and was so pleasantly surprised, to see ....it was all about letters by a young girl to her benefactor... whom she has never seen and who never replies!!!!! .....
there is so much work related reading i do of late ....it is heavy going as i have to memorise some of it .....for discussions and work per se ....after a long time i was reading a light story ......
best part ....there was a 10% discount on the price .....i bought it ....and today i plan to finish the last few chapters .....
sometimes just going to the book store.... is reason for a few hours of escape.... into a world of make belief ...right ? :)
i got him books as usual and chanced to see the title of this book, while i was shopping for the gifts ....i did not buy it then .... i dropped both my kids to the party venue and went back to the book store, on the top floor of the mall ....
the name of book was what struck me ...... 'daddy long legs' ..... i came to know, it was the name of an insect in bahrain, when i used to talk to a biology student .... it is a puffin classic.. written by an author i have not read before ....jean webster .....i glanced through the book... as i wanted to see what the book was all about ....and was so pleasantly surprised, to see ....it was all about letters by a young girl to her benefactor... whom she has never seen and who never replies!!!!! .....
there is so much work related reading i do of late ....it is heavy going as i have to memorise some of it .....for discussions and work per se ....after a long time i was reading a light story ......
best part ....there was a 10% discount on the price .....i bought it ....and today i plan to finish the last few chapters .....
sometimes just going to the book store.... is reason for a few hours of escape.... into a world of make belief ...right ? :)
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