The Witch

we're having a bit of spring cleaning here at home. with the new repairs done at the moment we're creating shelving space. the brown and empty book shelves prompted my dad to have an impromptu cleaning brigade that included the entire family. so right after getting home from school i was enlisted to throw away the numers magazines found. this is where i found a copy of "The Witch of Portabello".

i didnt even know we had a copy, i was about to buy myself one. my copy is hard bound and looks untouched. with my recent success with Paolo Coelho i can't wait to have my trusty Faber Castel highlighter with me and wait as his written word remind me of myself. already i've resounded with two lines, in just the first chapter. i can't wait to really sit down with it and munch up all the glorious tidbits of knowledge it holds. 

i never really liked THE ALCHEMIST, finding it too blase and roundabout. so during the fad for Coelho's books i decided to stick to my favorite authors instead. Imagine my surprise when I read By the River Piedra I Sat and Wept. 4 years after reading the Alchemist. there really must be perfect timing to this. If you do get to read through his personal blog the inspiring things that you find in his books take a more refreshing and religious view. which is perfect for the kind of voracious reading i am hungering for. 

i have to leave for mass soon but when i get home, after a one hour run, i'll want to sit down and really take Coelho's words in.