Harry Potter Book 8: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Saw this book at National Bookstore yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. It has been a while since the last HP book came out and it seemed like a happily ever after ending---apparently NOT!

I'm not sure if it's only a NBS hype but they told me that this is a limited print book only. It's (hard bound) priced at Php 1,400 + but you get a NBS voucher worth Php 500 if you make a purchase.

If I don't see an ebook copy anytime soon (siyempre yung free) I will set aside to buy this one. I'm sure my booky girls will appreciate it!

See synopsis below:

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."

Books: NOTHING TO FEAR (Lessons in Leadership from FDR) by Alan Axelrod

After reading humor books by RJ Ledesma and Ramon Bautista, it's time to shift to some serious material to occupy my lull times (which is usually when I'm in the bathroom dumping away or in waiting lines).  

I got this book (hardbound) from a thrift shop and I must say that at Php 50 this is a steal!  I'm already halfway through and I find it very insightful and inspiring.  This is currently the source of most of my Quote of the Day at work and my Facebook wall posts. 

The author, Alan Axelrod, goes through Franklin Delano Roosevelt's many speeches and Fireside Chats and dissected how FDR steered America through the Prohibition, the economic depression, and the Second World War with the power of his words and punctuated by his actions.  FDR, unlike his contemporary leaders Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito, was no tyrant.  He got what wanted from the American people by inspiring action---a trait of a true leader.

FDR made no promises.  Instead, he made contracts with his constituents in the premise that in order to achieve something, work must be done.  After laying down the TRUE state of the nation, he laid down that tasks at hand and the role of the people in helping the government achieve their goal towards nations building.  He empowered his constituents to create their destiny by contributing their share of the work that must be done.  

Must read book for leaders in any capacity!