1. 
   “Operation Viking”, N. Leonov and Y. Kostrov
   
2. 
   “Shield and Sword: Book One” Vadim Kozhevnikov
   
3. 
   “Have Mercy on Us All”, Fred Vargas
   
4. 
   “Seeking Whom He May Devour”, Fred Vargas
   
5. 
   “Death and the Olive Grove”, Marco Vichi
   

 So. The House. The house that Andy and I have recently moved to, Andy actually bought pretty much straight after separating from his wife. And then he didn't really live in it until now. Which means that it is full of junk. I've been able through the heartless tactic of "If you can't tell me in 15 seconds what this thing is and whether you've used ( Read more... )

On 27th of December my fiance and I flew to Russia for New Year. Let me tell you people, I don't know how it is for others, but in my case having an ex-military fiance who still has atavistic/irrational fears of KGB is pretty hilarious. As we were landing I mimed attaching electrodes to him and made "Bzzzt" sounds. It was childish. I loled a lot.

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The last books of 2010:

131. “Mallory's Oracle”
132. “Black Sunday” Thomas Harris
133. “One False Move”, Harlan Coben
134. “Hanging Valley”, Peter Robinson
135. “Thirteenth editorial”, Olga Lukas (Russian)

I think I've done quite well, this year's total beats the previous one by 13 books. :DDD Out of the books I've read this year I'd like to highlight a ( Read more... )

115. “Lady of Sorrows”, Anne Zouroudi
116.“Graveyard book”, Neil Gaiman
117.“The Last Templar”, Michael Jecks
118.“The moving toyshop”, Edmund Crispin
119. “Holy Disorders”, Edmund Crispin
120. “Swan Song”, Edmund Crispin
121. “Short History of Nearly Everything”, Bill Bryson
122. "Sleeping life”, Ruth Rendell
123“Means of Evil”, Ruth Rendell
124. “Buried ( Read more... )

After lessons, a classmate of mine and I went for a little shopping expedition, during which we spent most of the time in the computer games store and the bookstore. (My pleas upon her buying 4 new games about the fact that for that price she could've easily bought the hoodie she wanted went unheard. XD )

In the bookstore we also saved each other ( Read more... )

I am 8 books away from last year's total. :D

89.“Made in America”, Bill Bryson
90.“Notes from a small island”, Bill Bryson
91.“A drink before the war”, David Lehane
92.“And another thing”, Jeremy Clarkson
93.“Rules of Prey”, John Sandford
94.“The Coroner's Lunch”, Colin Cotterill.
95.“Notes from a big country”, Bill Bryson
96.“The marriage bureau ( Read more... )

- Back from spending a few days near Leeds. 6 hour train journeys are not very fun at all. :(

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Off to Leeds tomorrow. Somehow have to fit in college and hairdresser's before catching the train. >.<  And then, apparently, going to have to shoot things on Sunday and meet my pumpkin's best friend. :D Hope will be back on Monday in time for the swords training.

P.S.: I adore Bill Bryson. :3

73. "Sepulchre", Kate Moss
74. "Alex's adventures in numberland", Alex Bellos
75. "The Stupidest Angel", Christopher Moore
76. "Lamb", Christopher Moore
77. "Homeland", R. Salvatore
78. "Guards! Guards!" Terry Pratchett (re-read)
79. "Shutter Island", David Lehane
80. "The Looking Glass War", John le Carre
81. "Slaughterhouse Five", Kurt Vonnegut
82. "No ( Read more... )