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This makes my Ian McEwan-loving heart sad! The magic of atonement lies in the final chapters. I know there's probably nothing I can say that will make you want to pick it up again, but when I read the last chapter I actually held my breath. The movie, I felt, missed the point by a fair bit.

Haha poppy I have all the Harry Potters, in English and Norwegian, and one book I have even four copies of (while several of the others I have two English copies). Simply because sometimes the Harry Potter urge strikes when you are far removed from your books. Your bookshelves are gorgeous, btw. Love the reindeer! Very Scandinavian of you.

cottage cheese + yogurt, a middle meal before dinner tonight!

Watch some of David Lynch's stuff! So weird/creepy, but so great. Mulholland Drive is my favourite:)

I'll post my two measly bookshelves! I have most my books at my parents' and in boxes... but these are the ones on display =) http://www.flickr.com/photos/73767379@N05/6652569107/

I just don't think crash diets are for me really. They aren't what I want, I'm more concerned with just being healthy overall than with necessarily losing a lot of weight. I don't think my boyfriend would be terribly pleased if I did another master cleanse, to put it mildly (!). Although he himself of course doesn't carry a gram of fat on him. The thing is, I worry sometimes, because when I was 16 and moved to England I gained about 20kg. And it wasn't very flattering on a girl my height (short). It took a while to lose it and I don't ever want to go back there again.

I read the book a while back now and it was so wonderful, definitely brought tears to my eyes! I enjoyed how the story focused on Marley but at the same time you have the people and their very real lives in the background of it all.

I tried the master cleanse once... have any of you done it? It was horrid! You're supposed to do it for a whole week, where you're only allowed to drink a mixture of lemon water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. I lasted three days and fell off the wagon. It did, however, drop 2kgs off of me. And they've stayed off, too. But still! So, so awful.

The Hobbit! The Perks of Being a Wallflower And (dare I say it?) Twilight 4 pt. 2, my guilty pleasure.

You aren't tempted to do the http://myfitnesspal.com with me Nollaig? I feel like it's so much easier to be healthy when you keep track of everything you do. There's a pretty graph that plots your weight loss over time, so you can watch it slope downwards.

I just found an amazing website: http://myfitnesspal.com It creates a diet depending on how much you want to gain/maintain/lose, and allows you to track your calories. It lets you plot in your exercise, and subtracts it. It gives you long-term goals etc, AND it has an ipod/ipad app! Brilliant! Someone join so we can be MFP-friends!

Good reading year, VF!

I've watched it, I wasn't extremely impressed but stuck with it anyway. The concept is exactly the kind of thing that intrigues me. However, I have to say that even though it did pick up I'm let down. So much potential. They could have been so subtle and made it so great, but instead they went for all the wrong effects, I thought. No, I can't say I like it. I bet somewhere there's a sad, crying script writer who's had his show re-written by ignoramuses.

"The Wandering Fire" - by Guy Gavriel Kay The Fionavar Tapestry book 2 of 3 Synopsis from amazon.co.uk: This is the second book in the Fionavar trilogy. It finds the evil Rakoth threatening the existence of Fionavar. To stop him, Kimberly Ford and her companions from Earth must summon the Warrior. But desperate measures can have desperate consequences when curses and prophecies are involved. My opinion: A beautiful trilogy. It's the third time I am reading through it, and it is still as intricate and wonderful as ever. The characters are real and compelling, the heroes are heroic, the sacrifices big. If I have any critique at all I'd say there are not enough character flaws - all of their weaknesses are too smooth, too cleverly explained. Still, I believe the world of Fionavar is complex enough to match other epic fantasy works, and yet the author has somehow managed the incredible feat of keeping the books short enough. I have a hard time putting these down. Not to mention the use of language is beautiful - it has flow and rhythm, which is important to me.

I just finished "The Wandering Fire" by Guy Gavriel Kay, 2nd of Fionavar tapestry!

I'm feeling really motivated, too. Considering starting a health-and-exercise journal. Like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diet-Fitness-Journal-Personal-Exercise/dp/1593596707/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325702331&sr=1-2

I'm re-reading the Fionavar Tapestry, and I'm about to start the third book. So good. I'm having the best time with them. And then I'm moving on to The Lions of Al-Rassan, which I have never read before, so that should be interesting!

It's that time of the year, isn't it? My 2nd New Year's resolution is to start working out again, since I've had a slight break to put it mildly. I'm going to join the gym down the street from me, and do spinning classes there! What about the rest of you lot? Any health-related NYE resolutions out there?

I don't read much crime. I don't know why. When I was a kid I was always pretty bored with the genre.. although I did appreciate ms. Marple and Sherlock Holmes and The Five... but those are more... I don't even know. I mean the typical, blood-gushing, horrible murderer type crime novels. Anne Holt and the like. No idea why. Stubborn, I guess. They were what everyone read when I was young and rebellious, and so I didn't, because I didn't want to be like everyone.

1. Pride and Prejudice - how could it not be? I've read this book so many times, too many to even count. 2. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick 3. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess 2 & 3 are classics, right? I've read a fair amount of classics, other Austen novels, Russian authors, Dickens, Twain, Salinger.. But these 3 are my pure favourites.

I've redecided and I'm going for a Potter-character too! Hermione, maybe!

I watched Sherlock Holmes 2 in cinema - entertaining. Not as good as the TV series!

Kylie - amazing!How did you think of doing that? Tasmania just makes me think of Disney devils