29th Manila International Book Fair Experience

I went to the Manila International Book Fair last Saturday (Sept. 13) with my sister even though I still felt sick. I had fever for three days prior to my book fair visit. But nothing will ever stop me from going to the book fair. I already planned about it weeks before so I had to be there.

My sister and I arrived at the SMX Convention Center at around 11AM. The place was not filled with people yet. I decided to check out all the booths and books first before making any purchase. After seeing all the booths, I went back to the booth of Anvil Books. These were the books I bought:

The Best Of Barfly by Butch Dalisay (P100.00)

Ang Pitong Tanga (The Seven Idiots) by Severino Reyes (P52.00)

After buying from Anvil, we went back to the booth (mini-store) of National Bookstore. I spent most of my time there because there were lots of books that I like. After some time, I finally purchased these books:

Memories Of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (P204.00)

The Vile Village (ASOUE 7) by Lemony Snicket (P319.25)

I then dragged my sister to the different children's booths.

The Adarna Books Booth

The booth with the colorful decorations and books on sale

National Book Store

While walking...

Outside the book fair

I was planning on staying longer but my sister is already hungry. I never go hungry whenever I'm surrounded with books. But I dragged my sister with me that day so I have to be considerate. So we went to SM Mall of Asia to have a very late lunch at Sbarro.

It was definitely a great day for me. Well, any day, as long as I'm surrounded with books is a great day.

Till the next book fair.