Merry Christmas my lovelies! Hope you're all having a great day, whether you're celebrating or not! :)

I'm really confused with Delicious this week. It keeps changing its mind whether to stay in the original format or the new one, with tags and entries disappearing and reappearing willy-nilly. I hope it settles down soon...

I've seen this floating around and I love book lists, so I thought I'd join in!

Now here is that NPR SF/F book meme! This is a list of Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books as voted on by more than 60,000 people at npr.org. For the meme, strong the ones you've read, emphasis the ones you intend to read, underline the ones you've read part of, ( Read more... )

I'm slightly ashamed* to admit that when I heard about the Oslo killings, my first thought was 'Thank God my Dad's in the UK this week'.

My thoughts and prayers go to all the people there, it was an awful tragedy.

*Though I suppose it's normal to worry about the people you love.

I have always been interested in a wide range of scientific topics. Narrowing down which A Level subjects and then which degree to choose was very difficult! I took astronomy at GCSE and both chemistry and physics at A Level. I decided to take chemistry at university as it covered a wide range, from maths and physics through to biology. I took ( Read more... )

I'm organising a Hen party for a friend (bridesmaid! excited!) and we're planning a photo treasure hunt in London. I need to put together a list of places/scenarios for us to do in a morning. Any ideas ( Read more... )

Apparently most people have read only 6 books on this list.

• Bold those books you've read in their entirety.

• Italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or read only an excerpt.

( Because I like to show off... )

I have seen HP7 and actually quite enjoyed it.

Today I saw the play my best friend has written music for! It's Charles Dickens' The Haunting and it's touring the UK at the moment. She interned with the director for a summer and has done quite a bit of work with him since. Anyway the play was really good and the music succesfully made everyone jump several times throughout! It was quite Danny ( Read more... )

In no particular order ( Read more... )