Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm (Herman Parish)

* When Amelia Bedelia helps out at her local library, she does everything by the book - and that gets her into a whole lot of trouble.


I bought this book yesterday on a whim. It's really hard to control my shopping impulses when I'm in a bookstore. But what the heck. I love books.

I was at Fully Booked, TriNoma yesterday afternoon. I have no plans of buying any book since I plan to read my unread books this summer. While browsing through the shelves of school supplies and gift items, I saw plastic jelly cases for iPods. Since I've been looking for a new case for my 1st gen iPod Nano, I decided to buy it. It's only P75.00.

Suddenly, this crazy thought entered my mind: I am not used to buying anything in Fully Booked for less than a hundred pesos so I have to buy a book, too. Crazy, right? So I went to the children's book shelf and saw the books about Amelia Bedelia. I browse through them and saw the book with the word bookworm on the title. I immediately got it then went straight to the cashier. It only costs P144.00. But since I have a Fully Booked discount card, I paid P129.60 for it. Then I went home before I do another crazy thing.

On the way home, I thought of the title: Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm. It sounds like the title of a doctor (ex. Jane Doe, M.D.). Wouldn't it be nice to have a title like bookworm? Well, for bookworms (like me!) anyway. So if bookworms have certifications, then I would be Shane Laberinto, Bookworm. Cool. :P

The story is, as usual, funny. Amelia Bedelia does exactly what she heard. She usually misunderstands what she hears. When Mrs. Page, the librarian, told one of the children, "Here is your book, Mark", Amelia thought that Mrs. Page is giving away bookmarks! She shouted for joy and announced that there are free bookmarks. The children asked Mrs. Page about it and she told them what she said to Mark. The children misunderstood and thought that only the children named Mark will be given free bookmarks. So they protested to Mrs. Page. In order to appease the children asking for bookmarks, Amelia made bookmarks for them. That led to more troubles.

Amelia Bedelia is certainly a funny character. Personally, I wonder how I would react if I meet someone like her. Hahaha. Never mind.

Rating: 4/5


PS: This is a book shopping and book review entry rolled into one. :)