New:

30. Neuromancer - William Gibson
31. Troilus and Criseyde - Geoffrey Chaucer
32. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
33. The Gathering - Anne Enright (This book rather surprised me - I wasn't particularly interested in reading it, but am incredibly glad that I did. Enright's writing is very sharp).
34. Possession - A.S. Byatt

Currently:

A Handful of Dust - Evelyn Waugh

Hmm. 16 books to go in the next four weeks. This should be...interesting :P

So last night I dragged Pattycakes to go see "Twilight" ...

"Surely not," you say, "Shouldn't it have been the other way around?"

Well, not in this case. See, Pattycakes had read the "Twilight" series quite some time ago, and hadn't been terribly impressed by Stephanie Meyer's literary style (about which I know nothing because I haven't read any of her books). So she thought that a movie adaptation would probably be worse, and was doubly turned off by all the hype preceding this movie. So I had to beg and cajole (because I'm NOT going by myself!) and eventually persuaded her into the car (with her pretend-sulking all the way, because she is her mother's daughter and understands that even a bad movie is a good time).

( And ooohhh, was it ever worth it ... )

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Gacked from atom_bunny, hazmuchan, and scores of others ...

You Act Like You Are 29 Years Old

You are a twenty-something at heart. You feel like an adult, and you're optimistic about life. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. You're still figuring out your place in the world and how you want your life to shape up. The world is full of possibilities, and you can't wait to explore many of them.

Nothing says "sex machine" like a brand-new pair of extra-strength bifocals.

Harumph.

LOL. This crazy comm, we_r_borg, "assimilates" abandoned journals and comms. There's absolutely no point to it. They're not hacking anyone's accounts. All they do is post the user names--and probably piss the hell out of some emo idiots who are all, OMG, YOU CAN'T ASSIMILATE ME I'M REPORTING U 2 SQUEEKIE!1!

I'm sure a comm like this would be permabanned on LJ, along with all its members.

Yay! More hatchlings! Click to make them grow :)

47. The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas - John Boyne

I think they stopped at 31, frankly. Although most of my friends are about that age, give or take a few years, so it kind of makes sense.

You Act Like You Are 31 Years Old

You are a thirty-something at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! You're responsible, wise, and have enough experience to understand a lot of the world. You're at the point in your life where you understand yourself pretty well. You are figuring out what you want... and how to get it!

Start Date : 1st Jan 2008

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21. 'The Future of Modern Policing' by DCI Gene Hunt.
22. '...Startled by his Furry Shorts' by Louise Rennison.
23. 'The Understudy' by David Nicholls.
24. 'This Is Your Life' by John O'Farrell.
25. 'Buddha Da' by Anne Donovan.