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My inner bookworm has been revived!! I haven’t felt this strongly for reading since high school, I think. It’s a rather nice feeling.

Last week, I was looking at my old books and suddenly missed them, so I picked one up (Heaven Can’t Wait by Cherie Bennett) and started reading it. After I finished it, I moved on to Night World by L. J. Smith. It was one of my favorite series back then. It still is!

I have only two books out of nine; my friends and I bought different ones and just borrowed from and lent to each other. But since I don’t see those friends very often anymore, I decided to search me some e-books online. That was last week. And to my pleasant surprise I found them.

I’m now on the third book, Spellbinder. I’m going through one book in two days. And though I have the e-books, I feel that something is missing. It’s true what my lit professor used to say, it’s really different leafing through the pages of an actual book, feeling its texture, smelling the parchment…

So now I’m on a mission to collect the entire series… Today after work I went to a mall and browsed through two bookstores and one secondhand book shop. Not much luck - I was able to get a copy of L. J. Smith’s The Vampire Diaries Volumes I and II, but no Night World. I’m not really surprised though, the series was first published over ten years ago, and there hasn’t been any recent reprints, if I’m not mistaken. I’ve seen some Night World books for sale online, but that will be my last resort. International shipping and handling costs are a pain in the arse. For now, I’ll just paw through the local bookstores.

Hmm, relatively longer entry. I’m really reverting to my old bookworm self. And my Night World obsession is back after so many years. I’ve been thinking about the stories and the characters a lot - they give me a break from an oftentimes dull reality. So yeah, I’m determined to complete the series. Wish me luck!!

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