On pet peeves: It was hard on the poor girl. She loved Harry with all of her heart. This was odd, for only last Saturday she had told Jonny the same thing. We were forced to conclude that she was a Time Lord.
Category: books misc
// home again
I brought forty-six books home with me. And a pair of glorious heels and five packs of sweets, but ... forty-six books ... I feel like a proper bookworm. The check-in luggage weight limit was 23kg. I made it 22.8kg. I high-fived the check-in bloke and did not gush about Travel Panic, The Lift My… Continue reading // home again
interview: blue cats and paper crowns
This post is a little late because, like Ginger in Paper Crowns, I'm off on an adventure I hadn't quite expected. All right. I don't suppose that America is quite like the world of fae, but ... an adventure is an adventure, yes? Though, alas ... mine lacks one very hilarious blue cat. Today (or… Continue reading interview: blue cats and paper crowns
mini recountings from a boat
I am currently aboard a boat. Naturally, I lugged books along with me. Unnaturally, there is wifi. Let the recountings commence! Uprooted by Naomi Novik For a single book this had a lot packed in; there were three distinctive acts which could have easily been turned into a trilogy, but I was rather satisfied that… Continue reading mini recountings from a boat
famous books I haven’t read
Every self-respecting bookworm seems to have read these books. I am both self-respecting and a bookworm ... and I haven't. Ah, paradoxes. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I've watched the black and white Laurence Olivier Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 BBC series, the 2005 film, 'Lost in Austen' and 'Austenland'. I have never read… Continue reading famous books I haven’t read
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