A few cool recent catches, all destined for exciting further travel: Gravity by Tess Gerritsen: a second anonymous finder catch, possibly by the same finder as the first one (it’s a bit hard to tell from the journal entries), but it’s now in Washington. Duncton Wood by William Horwood: released in Wellington in November, and…
Lytteltonwitch mentioned this morning that she was going back to the bead shop to get more string, which was my mission for the day as well, so we arranged to meet in town (after a very quick dash on my part to have my shower and get to the bus stop on time). At the…
That’s 100 bookstrings done (well, apart from sealing the knots and trimming the ends), and I’m almost out of string again. I think I’m starting to run out of inspiration, too – the last couple of strings looked a bit boring. Probably a sign that I should stop there, and channel my creative energy into…
Ok, so everyone knows English is a hard language to learn. But that was brought back to me in a major way last night during a lesson with my ESOL student. I’ve been putting off broaching the past tense, as just getting the basics of communication is still the priority for her, but the story…
As I seem to do all to often lately, I’ve let my diary get so behind that the thought of catching up is totally intimidating, so I’ve been putting it off, which makes it even harder to catch up. So, new year, new start, and permission to myself to let all those missing entries go,…
Total = 123 books January (14) The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir by Bill Hayes The Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith Eldest by Christopher Paolini (borrowed from meerkitten) The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (library audio book) A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy The…
Wow, where to start? This is all very exciting, and I’m still in shock. As you probably know, Christchurch is hosting the World Bookcrossing Convention in April 2009, and I’m one of the organisers. In 2008, the convention will be in London, and we’ve been trying to come up with ideas for promoting the 2009…
I’m going to London for the bookcrossing convention!!!!!!!! I can’t stop smiling. More details later. ^ ^00=+=V
Having a week off sick but not really sick was great, but the downside was when I got back to work on Monday I had to catch up with everything I missed, and as this week was my last before a few weeks of Christmas holiday (HR’s been on my back again about not using…
No, not *that* kind of pox! But the doctor confirmed I have definitely got chickenpox. And as I’m highly contagious I’m under orders to confine myself to the house and not go back to work until at least Monday. I expect I’ll be getting a lot of reading done over the next few days. I…