MONDAY - Ramble

[silverblue]

Kittens

Yesterday, I phoned the RSPCA at Mornington Peninsula and discovered they had kittens up for adoption. So I drove down to Frankston with brandtotter and we picked up my mother and drove her to the lost cats home there. My mum has been talking about needing a kitten for a while now, and although she originally wanted a purebred, when I explained the

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[clockwork_hands]

Ahhh, I can't wait to see the new cat! But I won't be visiting Melbourne until the next Manifest is on (maybe September).

Have you read Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve? It's sort of a boys-own steampunk book which has won a lot of awards for junior/young adult fiction. It's pretty dark; I actually can't see anyone under 15 enjoying it without feeling weirded out. But it's really, really good. I have a copy.

[silverblue]

He'll still be a baby then, to be honest. He's very snuggly - he wants to lean on people and rub his head on them. Ha ha - he's loud. Mum kept asking if there were naturally quiet cats, but I'm not sure she understands that all kittens are demanding.

So no chances you'll be here for Animania on 28th of April? ;) I'm actually thinking of attending Manifest, more to just poke around than anything else. And no - I haven't, actually. Geh, only you will understand this horror - I've barely read any book at all for about 3-4 years. I haven't had time. It's depressing and weird. I want to get back into it, but I can't work out when to get around to it. Well...not true, I read some weird 'supposedly about human consciousness but instead about how evil Christianity is' young teens book (geh), and the much, much better Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.

[clockwork_hands]

I had a big reading moment when I went back for Christmas, because I was there for two weeks instead of my usual one thanks to stupid airline tickets being too much. Yeah, I think you'll enjoy Mortal Engines, it's very creative and deserved the awards it got. I won't be up for Animania because it's too close to my birthday, and not nearly as big as Manifest.

I should ask mum and dad to send me a photo of the cat - or they could send it to you, and you could post it...

[missmargaret]

Mortal Engines is on our Year 7 reading list and the kids love it!

[clockwork_hands]

Year 7? Wow, that's young for a book with a cartload of DOOM in it!

[clockwork_hands]

Actually, I'd just like to take the opportunity to gripe about what utter trash the books *I* got in year 7 were, particularly when compared to Mortal Engines. I am very envious of your students, and I wish I could go back in time with a copy of Mortal Engines, just to beat my year 7 teacher over the head with it.

[andricongirl]

when i was in year 7 all our reading and study was doomy war and post nuclear apocalyptic stuff, z for zachariah, the day after , when the wind blows , fly away peter etc ..

[sithen]

Oh God! Z for Zachariah!

"If you're a woman in a post apocalyptic world, your best chance is being raped by a guy who's not so bad."

Aieieeeeee.