I missed Sunday Snippets last weekend, mainly because I was just. so. tired after arriving from the amazing concert some vague time at night, with feet aching from standing and jumping around for hours.
But, it's a new week and I'm baack!
Weather has been nice, summery but not overly hot. For some reason, I have had this unexplainable craving for snow and Christmas lately; it's actually quite common that I get it in July, but this time it has been going on for a good week or so and I'm getting slightly concerned.
Bout of Books is approaching again and I see the sign-up posts popping up in my reader quite regularly, but I haven't decided yet. I will be on vacation during the Bout of Books, but I have no idea yet whether I will be at home or not, so it might happen that I won't have much online time. And also, pushing myself to reading a lot right now can be either a very good thing or a total disaster.
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| I won this from a giveaway. Very suitable comic strip to booklovers and overall nerdy people. Tom Gauld on Tumblr. |
I've been struggling majorly to pick a book to read. I have a few unfinished books from June, from the time my grandmother died - okay, I get it, they are at the moment associated to a very sad feeling so I'll wait a bit before I pick them up again. I tried The Prague Cemetery, but didn't get into it at all and it went back on the shelf. Finally, some Jasper Fforde books arrived in the mail, and I managed to finish Lost in a Good Book last night. Sooo good. Now I'm on the fence whether to continue with Thursday Next or to try Robin Hobb - I also started Ship of Magic and it was going really well, maybe I need this kind of escapade that fantasy literature can offer right now...
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| Mammu with a pair of my new shoes :) |
Been watching:
Modern Family, Season 3 - watching with boyfriend, continually hilarious.
I finished Season 3 of Downton Abbey a few days ago and I am happy to be caught up with this one, though this season there were sooo many cases where I rolled my eyes, but oh well. It's a guilty pleasure, so eye-rolling is part of the business :)
Then, boyfriend and I went a bit more into House of Cards, Season 1 - a very well done series with some ridiculously good acting (Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright). I have a good feeling about this one.
Aand, I am weekly hooked to my guilty pleasure number 1 - Project Runway, Season 12. I can't comprehend the warm feelings towards this series myself because aside from that, I take interest in exactly zero other reality shows/contests/whatever, but I've seen and enjoyed every single season and episode of Project Runway, so yes. It's somewhat of a conundrum.
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| And here's a sight you one doesn't see every day, or to be more precise, almost never. |
I hate it when I get all indecisive about which book to read next. It happens every couple of months and I waste so much time deciding what to read.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've thought of doing a book jar, like some other bloggers, but I'm too much of a mood reader for that.
DeleteYou're making me want to read more Thursday Next! I popped into my local library yesterday to sign up and spotted a couple on the shelves so I think I know what I'll be borrowing first :)
ReplyDeleteAs ever I'm loving the cat pictures. I miss my dog so much right now that I'm living vicariously through other pet owners! Also, lovely shoes and the jet pack book looks awesome.
Have a good week :)
There's nothing bad about wanting to read Thursday Next ;)
DeleteOww, I usually miss my cats enormously even if I am away only a few days. Like when we were in Prague for four days. In the evenings in hotel room there were the conversations with the boyfriend: "Wonder what Mammu is doing? Wonder if Robert is being a major rascal..." :D So I understand about missing the pet, I hope you get to see your dog soon :)
The shoes are so comfy and Jetpack book was so funny. Thank you!
The kitties, they are just so cute! And that Tom Gauld books veeeeeery interesting.
ReplyDeleteI hope you can do Bout of Books! But I totally get why you're hesitant to sign up, if you're not even sure what you're doing that week yet :) Just remember - it's ZERO pressure! So you know, if you sign up but don't get much reading done, it's totally cool.
Was season 3 of Downton Abbey good? I can't believe I still haven't watched it...
The zero pressure is a good point. I tend to forget that, and then like many others, I set goals to myself and then if I can't read or update as much as I like then I get all depressed :p But I think I'll sign up anyway, at least I can take part in your challenge then, if not much else :)
Delete3rd season of Downton Abbey had some really depressing events (actually one particularly), so overall to me it was quite gloomy. But a lot of drama, as usual, some characters get more annoying while others redeem themselves.