I left my house one afternoon. I just had a small, but infuriating argument with my husband. I left with nothing but the last ten dollars in my wallet and a dampened spirit. Without knowing where I was going, I ended up at GPO (Guam Premier Outlets: shout out to my islanders!)
I managed to walk into a Bestseller bookstore, with the shelf of Top Bestseller List staring right at me. I already forgotten what number "The Alchemist" was, but I immediately grabbed myself a copy. It was the smallest paperback on the shelf.
I took it home, deeply satisfied. I finished that book within the evening.
I daresay, it was one of those stories that is both short, yet powerful. The last time I remembered feeling like this, I had just finished "The Old Man and the Sea." And I was in high school!
Needless to say, despite the argument, my husband spotted the small paperback that was seemingly glued to my hands and was delighted. He had been meaning to buy that same book. Of course, I finished it before I surrendered it over.
Life altering. That is what this book was to me. I have branded this title into my mental bookshelf that also houses: The Giver, The Outsiders, The Old Man and the Sea, and 2 B R 0 2 B.
I read up on his past and his experience during publication and I'm sitting here thinking, "Why did this take so long to surface and become popular? Like the way it is right now?"
As my first book review on my channel, "The Alchemist" gets 5 stars. Just for giving me a new perspective on life and love.
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