Book about you.

"Weh, I finally finished reading Wuthering Heights. Now onto another book comprising of short stories from local authors. It's surpising and refreshing to see how talented our local authors!" Ali exclaimed, excited that she had finally picking up books again after years of drowning in the abyss of social media blinding bliss.

"Really? Nak after!" it seems old habits die hard, especially when you are brought up in an SBP for 5 years -- Juna said. 

"Oh, which book you want to after? Wuthering Heights?"

"Nak buku pasal kau lah, boleh baca kau." Juna replied with a slight quirk etched at the corner of his lips. Ali wouldn't know this because this conversation was exchanged via text, but she believed he would have smirked while saying it. 

Everyone should have their own book about them. So people get to find their favorite genre, skim through, read the synopsis and decide if the book is of their liking, if the person is of their liking. But that takes away all the fun, wouldn't it? Imagine if you are already reading halfway of the book and decided you don't like it, what then? You toss it away? You keep it on your shelf until the edges yellow and the pages dusty? You sell it at cheaper price as pre-loved item? Imagine the Carousell's caption for them, "Cheap pre-loved books for sale, read halfway and decided it's not my cup of tea." or "Cheap pre-loved person for sale, known halfway and decided it's not meant to be."

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