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[silburygirl]

The last few days have been experimental madness: thehalflie was here (and could frequently be seen reading The Sweet Far Thing on my couch-which is wonderful and everyone should read it!), Boyfriend had his birthday (and proved yet again that he can absolutely not hold his alcohol, which, in this case, meant being significantly tipsy after two glasses of

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[harmony_bites]

Er...hope the problems aren't too monumental? And birthdays all around! Yay!

More than that, though, I'm impressed with how much this book managed to hold back-bits of information, potential directions (less delightfully twisty) than it ended up going in.

And ain't that the trick to it all?

[silburygirl]

Just the problems that I already mentioned-all has been solved!

Fingersmith was truly a wonderful book. I was so into it that it felt like a knife was being shoved into my gut in parts, and it was just so well put together. I will be devouring her, I think.

[greyrider]

Our travels revealed to us that the students are, indeed, back in town, and can be found peeing in every available alcove. Delicious.

Delicious? What a word choice. I love it. You took a perfectly good adjective and used it to evoke disgust without needing to explain a thing. Nice. And ewww!

Sounds like you had fun - I'm glad.

Sarah Waters is now on my "to read" list.

[silburygirl]

Delicious? What a word choice. I love it. You took a perfectly good adjective and used it to evoke disgust without needing to explain a thing. Nice. And ewww!

The two men sharing an alcove was particularly special. Otherwise, the evening was a great deal of fun.

I may add Sarah Waters to the spreadsheet, if that's okay with you. That book was stunning.

[scent_of_autumn]

I hope everything works out with your graduation essay! I bet you put a lot of effort into it!

[silburygirl]

It's all working out now, thank goodness. I just had a few moments of heart-stopping terror.