Let's have a list of things that are quite awesome:

1. After approximately a million years, Elizabeth Peters has finally written another Vicky Bliss mystery and it is being published next month. I've always preferred her Amelia Peabody series but that has gotten a bit tired and stale of late, so I'm glad she's returned to the adventures of Vicky ( Read more... )

Thanks to a post in bbccostumedrama I have learned of a new mini-series of War and Peace, produced by a bunch of European TV networks.

Initially was filled with glee and that feeling remained as I looked at the pretty pictures.


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Nice to see the internet still exists.

Like pretty much everyone else in the world, today I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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Would the media please stop talking about Anna Nicole Smith (who is dead if you haven't heard) like she was a worthy human being who deserved her fame and wealth and the air she breathed ( Read more... )

On Monday, Australia lost two great men.

Steve Irwin aka "The Crocodile Hunter" was killed by a Stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.

When I first heard this I couldn't believe it. I thought Steve Irwin would always be there, wearing khaki and doing stupid things like playing with snakes. It was such a shock to hear that he ( Read more... )

The universe is mocking me.

At 3:30 AM today I was overcome with a desire to re-read The Time Traveler's Wife but I can't find my copy any where. I know I loaned it to my BFF but I'm pretty sure I got it back from her. I think I also loaned it to my mum to read.

And tonight, I was going to watch North and South with my gran but, again, I couldn't ( Read more... )

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Last night I saw The Da Vinci Code. My parents were paying, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered.

I've read the book. I like the book. It's not a great book but it is enjoyable. It has some major flaws (characterisation and Brown's writing style for starters) but I liked the (kinda) historical subject matter and I can read it in an afternoon ( Read more... )

I'm reading Nevil Shute's In the Wet at the moment. I first discovered Shute when my sister was doing a play and I had to help her with her costume changes (horrible experience btw. Amateur theatre is teh suckitude). I spent a lot of time just hanging around back stage, bored out of my mind.

So I picked up one of the props (it was supposed to be a ( Read more... )