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[spintheiryarns]

Yesterday it was lovely and sunny and I went and had a picnic lunch in the park; today it was drizzly and cold and I got a hot chocolate and went used-book shopping at the book festival downtown. Both very pleasant afternoons! But ftlog, weather, it is June and you should make up your mind.

I got four books for myself and one for my mom, though! So not a bad haul for seven dollars. And I ran into my ex-boss three times, but that wasn't terribly surprising given the venue. Honestly, the Powell's tent traumatized me much worse with . . . whatever the hell new editions of the Series of Unfortunate Events they had, which were garish and hideous and made me weep into my cocoa. Helquist's cover art for the later books makes me do that anyway (what the fuck is with Sunny's hair DDDDDDDDD:) but at least the cover design used to be good :(

In slightly more important news, I'm moving next week! Down the hall into a bigger bedroom, anyway, which means I get all the fun of moving with none of the annoyance of actually having to pack. This is going to be fantastic.

Oh and, um, I've been coughing for two weeks now and I'm getting pretty sick of it. Otherwise life is fun and good but not really all that interesting. I'm way behind on movie posts and should probably do something about that.

Comments

[linds]

What books did you get?

[spintheiryarns]

A Star Trek novel, the first Hitchhiker's Guide, a romance novel, and a PD James novel for me, and an Elspeth Huxley novel for my mom. :D

[linds]

<3 Hitchhikers Guide! I looked up PD James because I thought her name sounded familiar (thanks to Children of Men) and her crime fiction looks pretty interesting. I might have to check some of it out now. :)

[spintheiryarns]

I can never remember whether I've read anything by her or not, which is pretty sad, but my mom and I are both into mystery novels so I figured I might as well take advantage of the $1 hardcovers! And I haven't actually read any Hitchhiker's Guide books in ages, which is also pretty sad.

[linds]

If you ever have time to post some quick reviews, I'd be interested in reading them. It feels like I haven't read a good mystery in a ridiculously long time.

[spintheiryarns]

Aw, I'll keep that in mind :O I dunno if I have the brain capacity for book reviews-- I review all the movies I watch, but that's because the forty-minute bus ride home is just long enough to collect my thoughts without losing any of them. But if you're interested I'll certainly give it a shot!

[linds]

Oh, no pressure! For some weird reason, I have to write about almost everything I come into contact with, which means lots and lots of reviews on my part. It just didn't occur to me that other people aren't the same way. But, yeah, I like reading other people's thoughts about books, so if you did end up posting about them, I would be happy to read what you have to say. :)