Dog’s vision is colorblind.

I love Malcolm Gladwell. His books are fun to read (Blink, The Tipping Point, Outliers). His new book, What The Dog Saw, is a compilation of his essays in The New Yorker magazine.

Freakonomics, v.2

Every mall in the metro is packed with people because of the mallwide sales: Megamall, Robinson’s Galleria, Ayala Malls. Last night, while waiting for the start of the Julie/Julia movie, I went into the Powerbooks Shangrila Plaza. I check their new arrivals section, and found out that they already have the Superfreakonomics book. I know that this will be released on October 20 yet, but surprisingly, they have it days in advance!

No choice but to grab it. It’s good to be first you know.

Lost in symbols

Others are enjoying their payday Tuesday. Some are going on with their routine for the day. Me, I just got from Fully Booked Shangrila to claim my reservation of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, which is officially released today worldwide. Pass me that caramel latte, coz I have a date with Robert Langdon tonight.

The higher calling

Pat Tillman walked away from his cool $3.6 mil NFL contract to get enlisted in the US Army after the 9/11 attacks. He was assigned to do combat in Afghanistan. Two years later, he died in what has been alleged as a “friendly-fire” encounter.

This is another good book to watch out for. Publishing date is Sep 15, 2009. The same date that The Lost Symbol is released worldwide.

The Lost Symbol

I am doubling my time to finish reading The Shadow of the Wind in time for the release of The Lost Symbol on Sep 15, 2009.

I might buy the book via National Bookstore’s promo. They will sell it at P780 with 20% off from its SRP. I don’t know how much will Powerbooks and FullyBooked sell this?

From print to reel

I have read Yann Martel’s Life of Pi years ago. It was good. It is about the story of a young boy who survived a shipwreck and is joined by a tiger in the middle of the ocean. It is a story of overcoming our fear amidst adversities that come our way. It is also awash with rich imaginative happenings. It even mentioned Manila in some part, because the ship made a pit stop in the city before going to the Pacific Ocean.

The book will now be turned into a movie, and it will be directed by Ang Lee.

Sara Gruen’s love story about starstruck partner in a travelling circus. It feels like a telenovela you had seen on TV. Again, this is also being turned into a movie and will be directed by Francis Lawrence.

Franco fantasy

I am currently reading Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s classic book, The Shadow of the Wind. I have been curious about this book for a year now because my boss has ask me before if I read this book. I said no, I haven’t. She added that her copy of the book was even bought in Spain during one of her trips because it was not available here.

I got the chance to grab my copy one time during a visit to Fully Booked EDSA Shangrila.That time, I still have 3 books lined up to read, and was hesitant to buy it at first. Knowing that I might not be able to read it due to backlog. Bookworms has this mantra that says, just buy the book regardless whether youwill read it or not…because there will come a time where you need to buy that book and you found out that the last copy has been bought! So I crack in.

I am currently reading it, and thank God it’s holiday on Wednesday because I think I will be hooked.

Zombie in our midst.

I am also currently reading this book about zombies. They invade our world. Like vampires in The Strain, zombies tried to eradicate the humans. Good book.

This is being turned into a movie, with Brad Pitt as the producer and will be directed by Marc Forster (The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace, and Monster’s Ball).

Can’t get enough vampires!

I thought that today is the first showing of Harry Potter. I hurriedly went home early, take a bath, and went straight to the cinema. But alas, no Harry Potter! Damn, it will be shown July 16. Tomorrow.

To compensate for my frustration, I drop by a bookstore to check what good books to read. I had just finish reading Let The Right One In, a vampire novel. And I heard about this Strain Trilogy, because this is a NY Times bestseller already, and is also about vampires. This was published in the US a month ago, and the hardbound edition is now available. The price is still steep, but what the heck. I will pay dearly for a good story.

So, after a vampire novel is another vampire saga.

Don’t you just wish vampires roam the world and their only target are assholes politicians? Decimate the world of bad apples. Meanwhile, I will transport myself to a gory New York, the setting.

Bloodthirst.

Last Friday night, my high school friends decided to dine out in The Fort. The meeting time should be 7pm, but this was stretch to 9pm because of traffic jam. Me being the one who don’t like to be late, I was there before 7pm.

And because my friends are not coming on time, I headed to Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street. While checking the latest books, I chanced upon a familiar cover. It was Let The Right One In by John Lindqvist. All I know before is that this is a vampire movie, from what I read from news online and the newspapers. The movie was a hit with audiences during the Tribeca Film Festival.

I am starting with page 1. Don’t disturb or else, blood will splatter.