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Heaven

" It is said that the earliest spark for the telephone came when Alexander Bell was still in his teen. He noticed how, if he sang a certain note near an open piano, the string of that note would vibrate, as if singing back to him. He sang an A; the A string shook. The idea of connecting voices through a wire was born. But it was not a new idea. We call out; we are answered. It has been that way from the beginning of belief, and it continues to this very moment when, late a night, in a small town called Coldwater, a seven-year-old boy hears a noise, opens his eyes, let's a blue toy to his ear, and smiles, proving heaven is always and forever around is, and no soul remembered is ever really gone . " - A Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom Beginning this post with my favourite excerpt from my latest read. In fact, I just finished reading the book a couple of minutes ago and I thought I'd share what I gained from this read. I probably started on this ...

Explorations.

My current read does well with a bag of chips and some soft music, though the latter is more essential really. ☺ (Mitch Albom's The First Phone Call From Heaven ) I walked into Popular Bookstore this afternoon to pick up new highlighters and the first thing I always see when I enter the store are books. Luckily today, I took some time out to explore the section and see what were the latest books this season. By fate, I chanced about Mitch Albom's newest novel, The First  Phone Call From Heaven . It was absolutely necessary for me to own one of the copies and so I conveniently put one in head before heading to the stationery section. Mitch Albom is one of my favorite authors. In fact, he's probably my favorite author. I still remember the first time I read one of his books, Tuesdays with Morrie , I was 12. It was a book I borrowed from a classmate then and I secretly read it from under the desk because I was simply hooked . Tuesdays with Morrie  is a classic and...