There has been a rash of planking at school this week. What is it with someone dying that makes every thirteen to eighteen year old want to emulate that person ( Read more... )

I have kept a list of the new books I read this year, which tallied up to sixty-four. Which is a perfectly respectable number and doesn't count the fact that I re-read a LOT this year ( Read more... )

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Anne is a filthy enabler and bought me the entire first season of Vampire Diaries for Christmas ( Read more... )

I'm back living in the suburb where I grew up, in the house where I grew up. It's kind of strange. Like, I went to the supermarket the other day. I forgot how many people you meet at the local supermarket. I bumped into two close family friends, had a chat, caught up. And it took me about fifteen minutes longer to do my shopping. This suburb is ( Read more... )

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I have been re-reading the 'Emily' books by LM Montgomery ( Read more... )

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Everyone loves a good list right?

5. Penelope and Odysseus.Out of all the messed-up relationships in Greek mythology and literature (Oedipus the original motherfucker, Agamemnon hacked to pieces in the bath, Freakin' Zeus and Achilles' IS THERE NO ONE ELSE), Odysseus and Penelope are a bastion of common sense and decency. Sure, he sleeps with ( Read more... )

So we sold our kitchen table on friday, which was great, excellent, made lots of money. And all that ( Read more... )

So I was walking down through the university after tutoring, reading The Grand Sophy. A guy and girl walked past me.

GUY: Good book?
AIMEE: Yes, very.
GIRL: What're you reading?
AIMEE: *a little embarrassed, shows cover*
GIRL: Oh my goodness, I love Georgette Heyer! Have you read much of her?
AIMEE: A few, yes. I love her.
GIRL: Read These Old ( Read more... )