I know that the spirit of Christmas is all about giving to others. However, I feel that we have forgotten that this is season is all about receiving good things (gifts) as well. Below are two books I wish to find under my Christmas tree. Generous souls are free to ship these books to me.
Who doesn’t love Georgie? He is the father of pop cinema. His influence has made being a geek/nerd actually cool to point that we often refer to his movies in our everyday language. My love for Lucas grew after I watched American Grafitti in which he I believe created the perfect equation for teen flicks which is a great soundtrack weaved into enjoyable teen angst. I am all for salvating over this book because I am into listening DVD movie commentaries and this books looks crammed in film geekiness. Aside from that, I browsed into it at the bookstore and this book is filled with great wide shot pictures of our favorite films. I think all movie buffs are agree with me on this post
All I can say is that wouldn’t it be nice to reminice with old friends (yoda, indiana, and the kids of the 50’s) this christmas?
I honestly got into reading Pope John Paul II because of his book “Rise, Let Us Be on Our Way” which is an autobiography on his years a bishop until his papacy. I picked it up because it was 50% off and wanted learn more about my faith since I was reading up on everything but that. I was expecting it to be really religious and heavy but it wasn’t at all. It was actually very digestable and palatable to me since JPII writes lightly about his fond memories at Krakow while imparting messages at same time. He does it so smoothly that you actually since where he got some of his ideas for papacy. Also, his writing style highlights what JPII truly is which is beauty in simplicity.
So after being inspired by “Rise, Let Us Be on Our Ways”, I was eager to find the first part of his autobiography called “Gift and Mystery”. Unfortunately, it is sold out in the Philippine. Thus, I am waiting for some Christmas miracle for it to appear under my tree.
After reading my wishlist, feel free post yours….
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