In which there is not nearly enough food. *sob*

[rowana]

It's Ramadan again! My favourite time of year, though I have to admit that I'm a little glad it ends before Freshers week begins. Last year I posted a list of 10 things to expect from Ramadan. I was sitting around ignoring my Evil Reading List From Hell and emphatically not thinking about the chocolate in my drawer, when it occurred to me that I

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[littlered2]

I feel your pain with the Evil Reading List From Hell. I'm dutifully trying to plough on with mine, but keep getting distracted by the internet (it's very distracting! I was just out of the country for nearly two weeks; catching up is a must). I hope you manage to get on with yours better than I have with mine. Enjoy all of your post-8pm eating, and I hope the fasting goes okay.

[rowana]

I'm halfway through my first book from the list, so I think it's fair to say that I'm not doing too well. In my defence, I only got the reading list a week after results day. And I've talked to someone else doing my course who says she's only planning on reading 2/3 books, which makes me feel better. :)

What's featured on your reading list? And thank you for the good wishes. :)

[littlered2]

In my Victorian Literature list (which is the one I'm focusing on) there's a lot of Dickens (Bleak House, Great Expectations, Hard Times) as I have to write an essay on him in time for my first tutorial. I've read them all and discovered, to my abject relief, that I love him. I may not understand him, exactly, but at least I don't want to hurl the books across the room. Also included on the list are North and South/Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Jude the Obscure, A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrision and Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It's slow going, but I haven't had a complete breakdown yet, which is something. How about your list?

[philia_fan]

Just a note of encouragement: Middlemarch gets really good once you get past page 200 or so!

[peggy_2]

Ramadan Advent Calendars, 20% off!'. Expect to weep for the lost innocence and integrity of your favourite religious holiday. Expect to buy one of said advent calendars anyway, and to horde the camel shaped chocolates

*wants a Ramadan Advent Calendar with camel shaped chocolates!*

[rowana]

*wants a Ramadan Advent Calendar with camel shaped chocolates!*

*will think of you as she munches on hers*

They are pretty cool in a slightly creepy way.

[pigrescuer]

^_^ at all the Expectations. I shall share this with my muslim friends that are not you.

I've heard all about the different startings - Faathima did it last year so that the feasting day was her birthday (coincidence...?), but our other friend finished two days later (so no partaking in the pizza ordering to school) and my other other friend finished the day before.

[pigrescuer]

Also.

*pokes*

Where are these emails I was expecting?

[rowana]

*points at deluge*

My laptop keyboard's died now though - it's taken me three minutes just to type this comment, and I can't be bothered to go plug the other keyboard in. Deluge will commence later.

[jade_sabre_301]

Wheeeeeeeeee! It's a good thing I didn't realise Ramadan was coming up, because I was thinking about trying it (or at least trying one day a week, as it sounds very much like a communal thing [which is awesome] and I'd be doing it more as a religious self-denial thing [which it is too, I know, but it seems like having neighbors to compete share with makes it a teensy bit easier) this yeah and ça would not marche (I find myself saying that in English all the time!) in France.

As usual, LOLOL *gigantic sourire*

[rowana]

It's more fun and much easier as a communal thing, but people enjoy it alone too, if you do decide to give it a go sometime. :) Mais oui, ca ne...marcherait (?) pas en France.