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Since they both read a lot, they quarreled in the language of books, so that, if they didn't slip suddenly into the most brutal dialect to insult each other, I would have listened to their squabbling almost with admiration.

One morning, when Imma was just over two months old, my mother said weakly: Lenu, I'm truly content now, it's only you I'm worried about, but you are you and you've always been able to arrange things as you liked, so I have confidence. Then she went to sleep and fell into a coma.

Remember that we're here, now, together, he said, the rest is background and will change.

When you're reading the right book, everything will fall into place. Even hardened grammar nitpickers like yours truly, will just give up and smile...


Wild rosebush

How did she introduce herself: Hello, I'm the floozie, with whom Alex cheats his wife?

You know you're turning old (and thus can legitimately freak out), when you start seeing the appeal of retiring to the country-side. *sighs*


Bourbon roses sound so much more awesome in description than pictures...

I'm now feeling a disturbing urge to go and visit my parents' tiny cabin. Something I've always hated doing as a kid. *eyes book suspiciously*


That's not our cabin, but it has a similar... ugh... feel(?) to it.

... yet another thing to add to my travel bucket list: Mayan ruins at Tulum (Mexico).

I really like the setting so far (1870s Yucatan area).
Characters seem to be all very flawed, but just when I'm ready for outright dislike, they get a bit redeemed.

So, because everything I read bores me, I figured I might as well finish it. If only I weren't constantly falling asleep...

"Are you going to give me the brownie you've got stashed in that blimp you haul around?"
"How do you know I have a brownie in my purse?"
"I can smell it. Give."



I tried carrying some pastries in by bag once... it didn't end well. Bag still smells of vanilla pudding almost 2 years later.

"Are you going to give me the brownie you've got stashed in that blimp you haul around?"
"How do you know I have a brownie in my purse?"
"I can smell it. Give."



I tried carrying some pastries in by bag once... it didn't end well. Bag still smells of vanilla pudding almost 2 years later.

"How do you know that? You couldn't have finished the book."
"I skipped to the end."
"You..." He closed his eyes as he drank more wine. "Some things are unforgivable."

"You ever see it? Psycho?"
"Yeah. It's in Roarke's collection. He's a fan of the Hitchdick."
"The what?"
"The director guy."
"Is that really his name?"
"Something like that."
#classicEveDallas

I don't hate it, but there also absolutely NOTHING in here that I like. Maybe just the prospect of getting to see all the different planets in the movie.

I suppose it's like the mental equivalent of the scene where Charles Wallace is eating tasteless food.

Meg: "It might help if you gave us something to eat. We're all starved. If you're going to be horrible to us you might as well give us full stomachs first."

Also Meg, 10 seconds later: "I wouldn't eat your old food, anyhow. I wouldn't trust it."

Now I remember why children's book don't really work for me any more... That patronizing tone is hell of an annoyance.

"Gokouun o inorimasu," Shoto said. "Do your best."



Whatever happened to "Ganbatte kudasai"?! Or is that only allowed if you're an anime/manga character?

I grinned at the absurd Arthurian image of the guitar in the stone



This is way more addictive than I thought. I even forgot about updating my status...

Overall, she seemed to be going for a sort of mid-'80s postapocaliptic cyberpunk girl-next-door look.



Dayum! The 80s in the US must've been some of the craziest times, eh?
Other than that, things're looking (sounding?) great so far!

You know... I think I have good shoot at finishing this in 2018... Fingers crossed.



Tyrion, Theon and Arya's POVs are interesting. The rest... meh.

"The mine falls to us by default?" said Vetinari.
"Apparently, sir. I believe the term is 'eminent domain' "
"Ah, yes. That means naked theft by the government," said Vetinari.

'This is all rather fun,' said Sybil an hour later, as the coaches headed out of the city. 'Do you remember when we last went on holiday, Sam?'
'That wasn't really a holiday, dear,' said Vimes.
'Well it was very interesting, all the same,' said Sybil.
'Yes, dear. Werewolves tried to eat me.'

Don't even THINK about posting that review without my permission!

Vimes had got around the Clean Desk policy. It was the Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.

'Salacia Deloresita Amanita Trigestatra Zeldana...' [Vetinari] paused, turned over several pages, and said, 'I think we can skip some of these, but they end "von Humpeding". She is 51 but' he added quickly, before Vimes could seize on this revelation, 'that is no age at all for a vampire. Oh, and she'd prefer to be known simply as Sally.'

"You want to know, if I'm stupid enough to still be smitten with him."
"No," said Henri. "You were never smitten with Cliff."
"Oh really?" I asked with a stupid, insane and desperate laugh.
"No", said Henri slowly. "Being smitten is not dangerous. You have always loved him. That was fatal".