A Surprise Makes My Monday Triple Awesome!

Work was very busy today, we organized a Pregnant Moms Contest, sort of like a beauty pageant for pregnant women, and it was so tiring to organize the program and the contestants themselves.  I really felt so tired when I got home, but when I got in, I saw, on the table nearest the door, THREE packages from Book Depository!  And do you know who they're from?  They're from my awesome bloggy friend Ashley from BookAHolics Anonymous.  And why, you ask, did she send me books?  Well, because she's kind and sweet like that.  AND because it's her Random Act of Kindness (RAK) for the month of April and she has chosen ME!  Random Acts of Kindness is hosted by Isalys and Vanessa over there at Book Soulmates.

I know, it's May now, almost June even, so why did I say April?  Well, let's just say that shipping took too long.  But what matters is they're here now, and like a little kid with a new toy, I'd like to see my new babies:

Notice how they're already wrapped in clear plastic cover.  And yes, that's a newspaper you see underneath.  I cover the table with newspaper while I'm covering my books with plastic :D

Forget You by Jennifer Echols

Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

They're so awesome!

To Ashley, there's nothing more ARGH and I can say than a really big:

What I Got Out of Someone's Kindness

In the fun yet busy month of March, I found the time to sign up for the March edition of Random Acts of Kindness hosted by Isalys and Vanessa over there at Book Soulmates.  I was not really expecting anyone to take note of my wishlist until I got this message in the mail:

Hi Nina,

I just found your blog through Random Acts of Kindness. I love the design and the artwork you post! I noticed you have These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf on your wishlist. I'd love to get this book for you as my random act of kindness since Gudenkauf is an alum of the university I attend and lives about an hour away from me. I'd love to sprinkle an Iowa writer in the Philippines! If you send me your address I'll order the book through The Book Depository for you!

Best,
Ash
English Major's Junk Food
Green Reads podcast

I was totally freaking out that someone took notice of my wish list there!  Ash from English Major's Junk Food has such a great blog that not only did I get a new book from this cool blogger, I also found another blog to stalk :D

Yesterday, when I got home tired and irritable from work, a very mysterious package was lying on the table.  I asked my brother who it is for and he said that it's for me.  I went to pick it up and found that it's from The Book Depository, and since I haven't bought anything there for me, I immediately thought of Ash and the book she was going to send me.  I opened it and gasped, this book that I have been scouring bookshelves of all bookstores I've been to in the past few months, this book that seems very hard to find here in the Philippines, this book is finally in my hands!

Click on the photo to know more about this book

To Ash who sent me this book, ARGH and I would like to say:

And that's how I got a book out of someone's kindness. :D