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new house

I had a very eventful weekend, I moved house. Well, not completely, there's stuff still to be packed and moved but I'm living in Stanmore now. Unfortunately this house does not have internet access as yet, and since my laptop has been broken for some time I'm not sure when internet access will be forthcoming, so no regular internet access for me. :( So this blog will likely be even more neglected... But it's kinda exciting anyway, and I also got to see Merry and watch Juno (which I recommend, by the way! Also liked the soundtrack). Hi everybody by the way! Also I have been shopping for wedding shoes and I find that my feet are too big and practically nothing fits them. Stupid feet.

book list 2007

Haven't written a blog post in a while... And have been meaning to write up my book list from 2007, so in lieu of thinking of something interesting to say here it is: New books read in 2007 Puccinni's Ghost- Morag Joss The Secret River- Kate Grenville. Good, but sad. Well drawn characters really make this book what it is. Mister Monday- Garth Nix Grim Tuesday- Garth Nix Drowned Wednesday- Garth Nix Sir Thursday- Garth Nix. Young adult fantasy, read on beach holiday, fun. Enduring Love- Ian McEwan. Really very much liked this one. Well written, messes with your head a bit. Daughter of Fortune- Isabel Allende. Pretty cool, sweeping historical adventure. The Memory Keeper's Daughter- Kim Edwards. Why are so many of the books I read so sad? Black Swan Green- David Mitchell A review of this made me start reading David Mitchell. Still like number9dream best. Great Northern?- Arthur Ransome Wieland- Charles Brockden Brown. For American Gothic course, one of few books I finished f