With two hours to spare before our movie last Sunday, we went to Fully Booked just to browse the pages of interesting books for sale. After a few minutes, I just realized that it was impossible: they have already sealed all of their books.
As much as I like the store layout of Fully Booked stores than Powerbooks, at least the latter allows people to open their books and sit on one corner. I love books, but lately, I’m reading more and more on my Kindle. So basically, we just spent a considerable time ‘book covers browsing’.
On the middle shelf to the right of the store, I found this book: Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion. Known primarily for her eccentric style, the discoverer of Alexander McQueen and her Philip Treacy hats (i.e. that lobster hat), what is most admirable about her is that she was no true beauty, honestly speaking, in the most conventional way. But she was a great testament that you can be not the most beautiful nor captivating but still stand out from the rest. I loved this cover that I snapped so much that I made it as my BlackBerry’s wallpaper.
No shade intended but it was really funny how this particular shelf of biography books was arranged, as if there was a subliminal message concerning these two women. No need for further elaboration.