has anybody read the book "the historian" by elizabeth kostova? it's thicker than the thickest harry potter book (would that happen to be "harry potter and the order of the phoenix"?), so much gloomier than "harry potter and the sorceress stone," but happier than "harry potter and the half-blood prince". i don't recommend it for the weak at heart.

the first time i saw the book at a book sale in the world trade center in roxas boulevard, i thought it was a dictionary (i swear, i really thought it was!). but, despite the fact that it seems too thick a book to read for someone whose currently spending 8 hours informing clients abroad regarding cash diviends, tender offers and stockhlders' meetings, and that i didn't like it's title and it's cover illustration (you know, you should never, as in ne-ever, judge a book by it's cover), i nevertheless decided to buy it. and i am happy i bought it.

i do not want to pre-empt you because i highly recommend the book. it's addictive, i swear. so, just to get you all sized up, let me give you a vague picture of what the book is all about. imagine this: dracula is still alive today!!!

it'll be a fun read.

i feel so lost and tired...

i don't know why i'm feeling this way...

i wanna go home and read a book...

i wanna sleep...

i feel as if i've made a really big mistake...

"but judge not, and neither condemn, for you know not why a thing occurs, nor to what end. and remember you this: that which you condemn will condemn you, and that which you judge, you will one day become. rather, seek to change those things - or support others who are changing those things - which no longer reflect you highest sense of who you are. yet, bless all - for all is the creation of God, through life living, and that is the highest creation." - conversations with God, book one.