Mothers Day

Having recently acquired a number of digital books for an undisclosed fee, I felt I needed to redress the balance by purchasing a real physical book from as established bookshop. My reasons were twofold; first I of course have a build in inclination to read and secondly I don’t want bookstores to go bankrupt due to the ease of digital copying.

As it’s mother’s day, I purchased a book for Mimi called ‘A Successful Jewellery Business’ by Angie Boothroyd and wrote inside:

Dear Mother,

Without you, we literally wouldn’t exist. Thank you for all you have done for us. Especially the treasured piano lessons. We know you are an aspiring entrepreneur so hope this little book can be a catalyst in helping you make your millions. We of course won the biological lottery by having you as our mother.

All our love on this special mothering Sunday

                                            Pablo, Sam, Isabel

Mimi did ask me last night to buy some flowers on the children’s behalf but I responded with an uncharitable statement in which she replied:

‘You are as ugly on the inside as you are on the outside’

I also bought for myself ‘The Biology of Belief’ by Bruce Lipton which expands on his youtube video of the same name which concludes the environment affects the cells more than genetic instructions within the cells. He then expands on it stating we can control our life through our thoughts.

I also on the spur of the moment bought a book called ‘Gone Girl’ by Gillian Flynn. The Observer kindly tells me it is the ‘Thriller Of The Year’.

So I have recently started to buy books on fiction. Well two so far, this one and ‘the 100 year old man who…’ which was a brilliant book. Even my son Sam, 12 having just finished it concurred with my evaluation.

When walking from the Strand to Foyle’s just below Tottenham Court Rd, I saw a queue which went all the way up to Blackwell’s bookstore. It consisted of people of colour , actually black or brown to be precise. I naturally stopped and asked what they we queuing for. I gentleman with a sign giving queuing instructions informed me that ‘Nothing to lose’ by Edir Macedo had been signed by the author and they were going to collect their book. A lady even promised to purchase a copy for me if I were willing to join the procession but I estimated a couple of hours wait in the cold so declined this most gracious offer.

#10th March 2013