Young Adult Book Lovers

The June Powerbook's Sale had gathered us, my officemates and me, heading straight to the Greenbelt branch right after our corresponding 8-hour time. It was nice to know that people, who were strangers before, became buddies in the name of books (young adult section particularly).

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Everyone went to his/her favorite author's subsection. I for Meg Cabot's and Lemony Snicket's. Joanne for Nancy Drew's. Kei for Jonathan Stroud's. Albert for J.K. Rowling's. Glen for Charmian Hussey's. Much banter took place. Discussions were about previous book collections, personal book reviews, movies which are based from books and soon to be released, relationship between creative book covers or quality pages and interest of reader, pros and cons of ebooks, and high school literature subject requirements.

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The whole time we were in that section, we felt like children, eager to learn stories about fantasy, adventure, mystery and love. Work-related topics had no space in our talks. We were busy exchanging opinions and searching for the best book our enthusiasm wanted and our budget could support. It was a time to make the most of the Sale and our Passion for books.

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We left knowing that there will surely be a next time. We even thought of forming our club and electing our set of officers. It then boiled down to just simply wait for the company's SIG (special interest group) updates. That would be a better avenue for meeting new friends (increasing network size), exploring new books (borrowing hard to find or hard to purchase books) and sharing views (debating which is better). We knew it would be worth the wait. Otherwise, we could just meet in Powerbooks or any specialty book store, Sale or not Sale.