Nollaig
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Just wait til you get to Allegiant, it will drive you crazy.
*goes to look up Tomorrow, When the War Began*
*Follows*
You know, it doesn't sound like something I would normally pick up, but it does sound GOOD, so I'm gonna challenge myself to read the first book at the very least.
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Wales has some corkers! We went here a couple of years ago just to see this sign at the railway station!
(It’s known locally as Llanfair PG, I believe!)
That.... is just impractical.
In 2014 at this point I had acquired 9 books, so I'm not doing as well as I'd hoped, but if I compare it to the same point in 2013 I had acquired 25 new books, so it could be worse!
If I had managed to buy 10 books for £9 I'd be DELIGHTED!
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I wonder who that could be?
I'm three quarters of the way through it. 'Bleak' is an apt general description. 'Horrifying' is better for certain specific moments.
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I am having a McDonalds breakfast sandwich with orange juice
I am jealous
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Getting back on the healthy eating bandwagon so I had a delicious sandwich of chicken breast, gherkins, red onions and a bit of BBQ sauce. Om nom nom! Have some chicken left over to have with houmous later too
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Sounds very very blustery out!
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I joined this forum when I was ten (gasp... that's nine years ago!
). I'm twenty in July!That is legitimately terrifying, I remember you being like 12/13 and still think of you essentially as a kid. Good lord. I am getting so old. Someone save me, please?
I'd love to see then-and-now pics
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Not getting another call from the mobile number I didn't recognise when it called me yesterday. That kind of thing really stresses me out. And no, I don't call/text back because I don't want to know who is at the other end, I just want them to leave me alone.
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FInished The Sky Is Everywhere today, and am about 120 pages from the end of World After, so I'll get that finished this week and hopefully one other book. I'm also taking my time getting through Pawnee by Leslie Knope
I think I might start a couple of other books and see which most takes my fancy - including Only Ever Yours, as I know someone on here is eager to chat about it -
I'm not familiar with him but I like surrealist art so I'll probably at least have a look at this.
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I'm definitely gonna read it. His writing is terrible but I love the actual story of the first book and would love to at least find out conceptually what happened, even if I can't enjoy the prose it's told in
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Just watched the last ever episode of Parks & Rec
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Was it breaded chicken (goujons)? I love that dipped in guacamole. It's my "can't be bothered" meal that I occasionally take to work.
It was actually just thin strips of poached chicken breast! So so good
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Wow Air are the people who claimed they were doing €50 flights direct to Iceland, but when I checked I couldn't find any... thanks for the tip about the sale, I shall go check it out!
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^ Mmmm that sounds delicious!
I had a can of regular Coke today. It did not taste nice. Could it be that my taste buds have actually adapted to diet Pepsi drinks? Coz that would be sweeeeeet.
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We have an Oxfam one, I've actually never been in. The two I frequent are both Irish Cancer Society shops. They're definitely not bad, they do a load of other stuff besides books, too.
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Did I mention in here that I watched Death Of A Superhero? Irish/German film based off a book apparently by a German author with a totally Irish name (Anthony McCarten, I think.)
It starred Andy Serkis as a shrink for Thomas Brodie-Sangster's terminally ill 16 year old. Little bit odd at times, but a very good film and the cinematography was stunning (it's wonderful to see Irish landscapes through the lens of high production values - this is a beautiful country but usually only seen in lower budget films).
I really want to read the book but can't find an English e-copy anywhere, so I think I'm gonna have to buy a hardcopy when I get a bit more money.
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That's very cool. If I find a book in my local charity shops for less than €1.50, that's a bargain. But then they're not particularly big charity shops.
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Glad you had such a good time June, you're making me even more antsy to go to Iceland! Hoping to start saving this year to go
I was supposed to go to Kerry this weekend to visit a friend and my family, but due to my own idiocy (lost my atm card) it ended up not happening so I'm having a fairly chilled out weekend at home, reading and watching Parks & Recreation.
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Soon as I'm finished World After I'll get onto it
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Wow some amazing bargains in that last haul! 50p for a hardback Elizabeth Is Missing?! I need to shop where you shop!
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I finished the novella The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes. Bit of a slow burner and a dense read, but beautifully written with many passages now highlighted for me to revist. Will review it properly tomorrow.
I've gotten a bunch of YA books, including We Were Liars, The Sky Is Everywhere and Only Ever Yours, and am continuing slowly with World After.
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I just bought it! And I got The Sky Is Everywhere, We Were Liars and I tried to get Half-Bad but it's like €10 for a Kindle copy and nope. Not paying that, sorry, my limit for 1s and 0s is about €5.
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That sounds really fascinating, I feel like it could prompt quite the rant from me!
Definitely checking it out.
What's the weather like?
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It has been an absolutely fabulously blue-skied day here today. Which I, of course, did not go out into.