I like the word 'etincelle' - a spark - in French. Please imagine the accents, weird computer doesn't let me type them.

Erm... never, ever tell anyone this, but I always wanted to be called Sapphire. Or Arwen. Or Bertie - if my dad call shorten Elisabeth to Billy, why not Bertie?

Wednesdays. I hate 'em. For me, they have no redeeming features. Mondays I have History, which I love, Tuesdays there's virtually no lessons cos of triple PE, Thursdays I have Greek where we basically watch videos and Fridays I have RS and French Conversation - basically a double free. The weekends rock - time to do whatever I want. Which is, ( Read more... )

Oh blimey, this is a tricksy one, isn't it?

Ermm...

1) Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories - Arthur Conan Doyle

2) The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams (escapism, right?)

3) The Hastings Omnibus (surely there is one?) - Agatha Christie

4) Joy In The Morning - PG Wodehouse

5) Notes From A Small Island  - Bill Bryson (actually, would ( Read more... )

Erm... wanted to register in a hurry to comment on a fic I was reading. Glancing around for inspiration, I saw the book I'd just finished: Laughing Gas by PG Wodehouse. Plain old 'laughinggas' wasn't available so I tacked a 13 on the end for luck.