Two novels..

Bought two neat novels at Subang Parade earlier on: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown and Man and Boy by Tony Parsons.

I initially wanted to get The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, but after I couldn’t find the cover that I wanted, I chose the aforementioned title by the same author instead. Yeah, two different publishers for a single book =/ Don’t ask me why, but I’m rather like a casual collector when it comes to things; I’ve been collecting all sorts of oddities like movie tickets (kinda stopped..after that Alexander movie), stamps (not into it now), telephone cards (ditto), and..that’s all I suppose.

Here’s the ugly cover which put me off:

Ew. There’s a better cover which I can’t find on the Net as I type this (it’s almost 3am), and it looks awesome – like that Digital Fortress’s cover. In fact, the storyline seems more intriguing than The Da Vinci Code itself. XD But again..I can’t judge a book by its cover >_> (I’m a sucker for books’ front covers XD)

Man and Boy striked me, again, because of its unique cover. Plus the synopsis on the back appealed to me, plus it received lots of good comments by various sectors. And I quote its synopsis from amazon.com:

Harry had it all: a beautiful wife, an adorable four-year-old son, and a high-paying media job. But on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, with one irresponsible act, he threw it all away. Suddenly he finds himself an unemployed single father trying to figure out how to wash his son’s hair the way Mommy did and whether green spaghetti is proper breakfast food. This brilliantly engaging novel will tug at your heart as Harry learns to become a father to his son and a son to his aging father, takes stabs at finding new love, and makes the hardest decision of his life.

Mightn’t sound all that interesting (book’s back cover is far more compelling), but I’ll give it a shot :D