Yan picked me up after work on Thurs to go to a book sale he heard about. It was awesome.

• Saving Fish from Drowning
  The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan
• The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  Tears of the Giraffe, Alexander McCall Smith
• Little Altars Everywhere, Rebecca Wells
• You Just Don't Understand Me, Deborah ( Read more... )

Met up with E and went to the library, then out for a cheap dinner at Theo and Stacey's, an egg and toast. Hung out with Steve and listened to a record (!) of Sesame Street fairy tales, then back here where we hung out, talked a lot, and just plain relaxed. Tomorrow, 11am, sub registrations, kislany!

Today I picked up a few good books in hardcover ( Read more... )

I went to see Kathy Mitchell today in the Office of Field Placements. She was wonderful to talk to--very reassuring and not at all condemning. We talked about what I need to work on and what I don't need to work on, and she was very understanding of my greatest challenges (organization, everything to do with ADD), and even volunteered that she ( Read more... )

Andy and I headed out to the library yesterday to return all my books so I wouldn't be stressed while packing on Friday. Of course, I got a few new ones...

YA Fiction

• Bruce Coville's Book of Magic
  Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens
  Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts
  Bruce Coville's Book of Nighmares. Edited by Bruce Coville, of course. Do you remember these ( Read more... )

You know, whenever my body image is low, I need to remember to read a Strangers in Paradise tpb. They always make me feel beautiful again.

Good ol' books

• First Meetings, Orson Scott Card
• A Vow of Chastity
  A Vow of Poverty, Veronica Black. The KPL has the entire Sr. Veronica murder mystery series! How did it take me 4 years to discover this? I must have ( Read more... )