Griffin & Sabine

I can't remember the last time I bought a book. I think it was JRR Tolkien's Trilmarillion that I never got to read and now, I have no idea where it is. See, I'm not a bookworm. Too lazy hehe. I hardly take risks with books and I don't read them unless there's a big hype that would keep me curious. And I usually just borrow since I don't read them again. The last one I read before this was Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows, which was also borrowed.

Last weekend though, I thought of reading again. After church yesterday, I went straight to the bookstore and finally got myself Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock.

I absolutely loved the book! In fact, I'm starting to develop an addiction to it. It's a story of Griffin Moss, an artist in London and Sabine, whom the author describes as a "strangely exotic" woman from an island in the Pacific, who mysteriously sees Griffin's paintings as he creates them. The book teases the mind and lets you read their story through the characters' originally crafted postcards and letters.

The book is the first of the first trilogy, with Sabine's Notebook and The Golden Mean. The character's story is further expanded on the second trilogy named "Morning Star". And my mission: to collect all of them! Hehe.

There's a second book that I bought too: The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho, recommended by Noel. Will tell you all about it here as I read it, or when I'm done. I also want to read all of Sophie Kinsella's book.

Any other recommendations? Not too heavy ones though hehe. I'm a just a beginner :p