SOB SOB SOB SOB.

This is me right now. Has anyone on the flist read Robin Hobb? The Farseer and Tawny Man Trilogies? BECAUSE HI, BROKEN HEART. I blame
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WHAT BAD TIMING.

Ahaha. Over the holidays I read the first Robin Hobb trilogy, y'know, the Assassin's Apprentice and so forth. Then I ordered THE NEXT SIX online. And bought 1 of another trilogy from the bookshop. The six books have all arrived now. And I am back at uni. With NO TIME TO READ THEM. I am 2 days back at uni and already behind on my ( Read more... )

LAURENS THREE WEEK BOOKS TO READ THAT I HAVE PURCHASED LIST
1. Crime and Punishment
2. Catch 22
3. The Kite Runner
4. The Time Traveler's Wife
5. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (begun, half of first book read)
6. At Swim, Two Boys (begun, first few chapters read)
7. Long Walk to Freedom, Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (two thirds of the way through)
8. War ( Read more... )

So, Jon Stewart’s book has it wrong. It totally doesn’t matter how much you drink: vegemite will never, ever be palatable. Ever. Maybe if you lost sensation in your tongue, throat and intestines.

And I’ve been living in Australia for what, eight years? Waltzing Matilda is a foreign language to me too, buddy.

So today I hooked up the LOUD VCR ( Read more... )

So, um. I went out after Uni today to track down the paperback edition of Dispatches, and I want the one with the DVD, but don't think it'll get released here, and walked out after:
A) Ordering the paperback version
B) Ordering the audiobook of it
C) Buying Jon Stewart's book America.

I have no self restraint. At all. When I obsess, I go all out.

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So, all, I don't think I've said it yet, but I hope you all have a Merry Christmas or happy holidays and all of that. I would try and sound more happy and all of that, but I've been feeling very lethargic all day.

So, this morning:
Okay firstly I have to explain that I have such issues with alarm clocks - I cannot have one set. I wake up hourly ( Read more... )

Okay - so UWA has been having a massive booksale (second hand)...and anyway, you could pick up a box and for $10, stack it full of books. I got 23 books in there, and it wasn't even crammed full, not even close. I was worried about having it mounded on the bus and having to walk home. As it was my back felt like it was about to break, 'cos I was ( Read more... )

Happy 18th birthday Jules (
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