I'm not sure why but I feel the sudden urge to advocate the books on my shelves. It's so random. I was just about to leave my room when my hands just reached out for a novel I've left untouched for a couple years.
Maybe there's something wrong with me.
(who am I kidding? I'm a freakin alien~)
Anyway and anyhow, I guess it's completely fine to show some books a little love and appreciation once in a little while. Books are, after all, essential to our psychological and intellectual well-being...a great boost for those out there who have IQs that are rapidly deteriorating due to the 'lack of brain activity' over the holidays, just like yours truly. ( I can feel my head getting lighter by the day :/ )
So the book that my hands mysteriously reached out for is this:
I bought this book at the airport before my flight to Hainan Island a couple years ago. I figured a trip to the bookstore would help me kill some time while waiting for the gates to open and in the midst of that process, thought that an even greater time-killer would be to grab what's hot on the shelves and rekindle my love for reading on the plane.
Smart move there, Liz. You made a smart move under 15 bucks.
Flipping through the pages while in the air, I found this book particularly intriguing. During the four hour flight, this little novel became my heroin. This book is part of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles series; Forensic pathologist (a medical examiner) Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli uncover the secrets behind a Mummy's death after discovering a bullet lodged in the patient's leg.
I don't know about you but the moment I turned to the back of the novel and read the back cover, I walked straight to the cashier and slapped the book on the counter with the cash already in hand.
Isn't it exciting? A murder mystery? A 'mummy'?
Who would have known such a twisted story to have existed? And that it's readily available at an airport near you? Now here comes the whole advocating part...
Tess Gerritsen is a great writer; her works are even better. I mean, c'mon! Won't you get excited too when you find the museum's most anticipated upcoming attraction to have a freaking 21st century bullet lodged in her leg, under all that bandage and brick-hard Mummy-mummification stuff? Geez! I get chills just reading this.
And what's even better? The culprit is still out there, searching for a new 'Momma'...
So here's my 2 cents worth on this take. This book is great is you're really into mystery, detective-work and stuff like that. I don't even think it cost $15 right now...maybe just $10 is enough to get a copy.
A good deal, I'll say...
Now I'm off to find stuff to eat in the fridge.
Ciao~
