~meish

Did you all watch Eurovision? Did you all think Latvia were funny, and France were really stoned, and Russia shouldn't have won? Did you dance the Chikichiki?

I have finished reading The Boleyn Inhertiance! I have been reading it since March and I finished it while I couldn't sleep. It's got a good ending.

I'm now reading 'Moab is my Washpot' which is the autobiography of Stephen Fry, of the first 20 years of his life. I've not read much of it, but it's really interesting and has a very disorganised style to it (so far, it's more like a collection of thoughts rather than a story). You learn little things while reading it, too, like that the word hello was made popular by the telephone or that the French say 'Ah!' instead of 'Oh!'

I had stuffered a hot and bothered exchange in my first French lesson, for example, when I was told that the French for 'Oh!' was 'Ah!'.
"Then how do they say 'Oh', sir?"
"They say 'Ah'."
"Well then, how do they say 'Ah'?"
"Don't be stupid, Fry."
I had sulked for the rest of the French lesson.

I'd probably learn a lot of words from this book, too, if I could be bothered to find a decent dictionary to look them up in. But sadly, I am too busy reading it.

Although there are many books I have had for a while and not read, I decided to order 20 more from The Book People's website. I cleared a space for them on my top bookshelf. I got all excited. 'Cause they'd arrive in a big heavy cardboard box (and I like cardboard boxes ) and I could take them up to my room and unpack them and put them in their own special place on the top bookshelf and then I could keep and admire the box.
They arrived today. I think the delivery person was amused by how happy I was. 6 are very brightly coloured and 14 are smart and dull. The box is flimsy and red and decorated with pictures of books and the nice Book People logo. I have filled in a thing to say how pleased I was with the service. I have ticked 'Strongly Agree' to 5 of their positive comments and 'Agree' for 1, as the cardboard box was not quite as nice as I'd hoped.

Later today I was made happier still by large mushrooms, and being able to walk into the conservatory through one door, and leave it through a different one, which was not there until recently. Well, the door was there, but it now leads onto some decking, rather than a sharp drop onto some mud in the garden.

So I am happy, but have not done any revision.

Now, really I should get off the computer before I give myself repetitive strain injury. or bore anybody to death