The Gift that Lasts Forever



I’m such a book whore! I just spent over $150 on books this week. I love everything about books and bookstores, the exuberance of creativity, the intellect and the passion within the pages of the binded papers. I love it so much… that it’s actually my favorite gift for people I truly care about.

Yes, I know that not a lot of people appreciate books as a gift. It’s like getting a sweater or bunny flip-flops when you’re six-years-old, when all you wanted was that new Transformer toy. So I’m not really sure how “cool” it is to give books. Have I turned into that old, geeky, boring uncle who gives the lamest gifts?

Well, hear me out for a second… see with almost any other gift you may give, they may break, rot, get old, or die… but with books, the knowledge you will gain from them will last FOREVER and EVER! It’s something that will live with you for the rest of your life, if you actually read it! Furthermore, it may help you out in so many ways by teaching you so many things… and all that other geeky stuff…

So yes, I’m a book whore… expect books for your birthday…. if I really like you…. =)

Oh oh oh…. here’s some of the books I bought:

The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web - by Tamar Weinberg

The Big Idea:  How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True, From the Aha Moment to Your First Million - by Donny Deutsch and Catherine Whitney

Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battlesby Robin Baker

Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselvesby Adam L. Penenberg

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Differenceby Malcolm Gladwell (re-reading this)

Lurzer’s International Archive Special 25 Years Issue: Ads, TV and Posters Worldwideby Walter Lurzer

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach

Hope I get to read all of these soon!!!

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4 Responses to “The Gift that Lasts Forever”
  1. "The Gift that Lasts Forever / Book Whore" (http://twitthis.com/lsjr8z)

  2. Ren 27 October 2009 at 2:51 pm #

    Fully Booked’s “bibliophile” tag sounds a tad less controversial :) ) You might want to pick up Gladwell’s “Blink” or Underhill’s “Why We Buy” or Goldberg’s “Why Do Men Have Nipples” too haha

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  3. Abby d. 5 November 2010 at 1:20 am #

    Wow you really such a bookworm! :) )

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  4. LOURDES ESPANOL
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    12 November 2010 at 10:02 pm #

    Nothing wrong with being a bookworm. I am one myself.

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