What I am reading

Found at a second hand bookstore in Far East Plaza Singapore. The term secondhand gives you an impression of an old well-thumbed copy, possibly the pages are slightly yellow and on the preface you expect to see some ugly handwriting proclaiming that the book belongs to Ms So-and-so. This book was not only in a condition well above that of a second hand book, it came wrapped in a plastic covering. I'm still trying to figure out how they got this book ( and most other books in that stall) in such good condition.