Monday, July 30, 2012

Book Xcess Invation

I have a confession to make. I just cannot resist myself whenever I come across a book sale. I'll go bonkers! Normally it's easier to avoid the temptation because of the travelling one has to make to a book fair. But this time around, it's reversed because the book fair came to me! Not to me literally but to my office.

Book Xcess did a book fair at the lobby of my office and what convenience for us book lovers. How can I not make several pit stops anytime I can to browse through the books and see which books I can bring home. A chance not to be missed since most of the time their book fairs are held in shopping centres or exhibition centres. The book fair was held for three consecutive days and the response were overwhelming. I hope they come back again to do more book fairs in my office.

I was like a kiasu person grabbing the books I wanted and told the Book Xcess staff to hold the books for me because if I spend more than RM100 worth of books, I can apply to be a Book Xcess member. Then on the last day of the book fair when I finally did my payment, I made sure that it's more than RM100. That crazy huh?

So let me share with you the books I took home..hehe.

Book Xcess in my office's lobby! A popular corner where the recipe books are. (Photo courtesy of aqishas.blogspot.com)

The fiction corner. Photo courtesy of aqishas.blogspot.com Thanks Siti!

This is 'my' corner. :P Photos courtesy of aqishas.blogspot.com

Couldn't resist this book because of the 5 jigsaws inside and it's a book of manners. 

A two-pages shot of the book inside. Elizabeth already tackled the jigsaws herself.

An activity book for Joseph that comes with 50 gold stars and sticker badges.

Simple activities to prepare Joseph for pre-school. Gold star stickers to reward him after he finished a page.

A workbook for Elizabeth.

She's not doing so good in the Maths department, so I figure this book can help her practise.

Another activity book for Joseph.

Some 'note-to-parents' inside the activity book and the contents.

I told the kids that there will be a book fair in my office, so I asked each of them what kind of books they would like me to buy. Joseph said he wanted a cars book. So here it is as promised a Disney Pixar Cars book. The kind that he likes too with pull tabs and pop-up.

This is what I meant by the pull tabs. You pull the tab and there'll be some movement as if Lightning McQueen came to live.

An interesting box book. The title says it all. Book costs RM 19.90.

It comes with a book with lift-up flaps, some X-rays and some gadgets to experiment how your body works.

As usual, my princess asked for a princess book. So I got her this thick Disney Princess storybook.

Last but not least, since I've went over budget with the children books, I only bought this recipe book for myself. It is a book of recipes to do together with your children. Hopefully it will motivate me to do more cooking together with my children. :)
 

14 comments:

  1. Not kiasu la..just want to grab the best one.hahahah

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    1. Thanks for understanding. Kaka. I know you've been in my shoes before.

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  2. I've never been to any book sale. I'm very bad at buying books. I normally just go to bookstore and whatever book that Ethan fancies, I'll buy. He usually makes the pick...

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    1. Aik? You've never? Of all person I thought you would have been to a book sale before. hehe. If my kids are with me, I too will ask them to pick. But since they are not with me. I pick la what else. hehe.

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  3. woww..i haven't seen the books tht u bought..sure u already sorok the books kann hehe..i spent almost 200 tht 3 days..imagine i went crazy looking at all the cooking books ;)

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    1. Eh some of the books I bought still got lar. hehe. You didn't see properly because you were too busy scouting for recipe books..:P hehehe. I truly understand cos you're into baking now.

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  4. Wow so many good buys. How nice of them to have a book sale in your office. I would go crazy too :)

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    1. So nice right? When they contacted me, in my heart I was so excited.

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  5. I also like to read... how nice if my office lobby has a book sales too! It should be encouraged to have books sales in big office buildings actually.. :)

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    1. Yeah it's a good idea right? Then more people will pick up reading.

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  6. Wah, you really got yourself a lot of good books! I like your selection of books.

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    1. You bet! Hehe. Thanks for dropping by my blog, Kitty.

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  7. The Cook It Together recipe book must be really useful for you and your kids. I also like the Box Book.

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  8. Hi Carolyn, good for you....nothing like getting the kids books to read and have fun with. Improves their English whatever.....
    When I was very young, I would try to read my father's Reader's Digest, National Geographic.
    First time I see these books.....anyway....our kids have flown the nest long ago....so lost touch with kid's books.
    Have fun and stay young.
    Lee.

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