“Aren’t you afraid of dying?” he asked Lila now.
She looked at him as if it were a strange question. And then she shook her head. “Death comes for everyone,” she said simply. “I’m not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here.” She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
Foxes, Aussies, and Making Pals
The light fitting in my room exploded today (internally, so no exciting glass showers for me), and since the millions of tea lights dotted everywhere aren’t bright enough to read by, I’m going to start a new blog series. Ooh, fancy!
This series will document my move to London and all the trials and tribulations inherent in finding your place in a big city. I also want it to be somewhat collaborative, so if you have any topics you’d like covered or burning questions answered, then please leave a comment (even if it’s just to moan with me about the tube being delayed… again!).
Reading Wrap-up + Haul | October
Fireworks are gong off right now outside my window and they’re so sparkly and beautiful! Nov 5th is so great… though not if you’re Guy Fawkes going through three days of torture to buy your pals time to escape, only to find out the fools didn’t even leave the city. Seriously, people are ridic.
Another thing that’s ridic are some of the amazing books I read this month. There weren’t so many this time round, but there was some serious quality!
Six of Crows | Crooked Kingdom
No mourners. No funerals.
Six of Crows was one of those books that was on my list FOREVER. It kept getting shunted around my TBR and taking a backseat to books I had to read for work. But then Crooked Kingdom came out and I couldn’t put it off anymore. The hype got to me, ok guys?? yeesh.
The Miniaturist
I fight to emerge.
When eighteen year old Nella arrives in Amsterdam, she expects a warm welcome as the wife of a powerful merchant. Instead she enters a house of secrets, a house that she feels certain will never have a place for her.
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Ottawa: A Surprise Favourite
“Ottawa? Why are you going there??”
Our plans to head to the country’s capital was one that took a lot of people by surprise. It seemed that the general feeling about Ottawa was that it’s just filled with a lot of government workers and official buildings. Which… ok yea maybe… but it’s also so much more.
Reading Wrap-Up + Haul | September
The weather’s getting chillier, which means it’s been the perfect month to get some reading in! Even though I’ve started a new job (skip to the end to find out more), I’ve managed to cram a few pretty great reads in, and even wrote some reviews. Imagine that!
You
You are classic and compact, my own little Natalie Portman circa the end of the movie closer, when she’s fresh-faced and done with the bad British guys and going home to America. You’ve come home to me, delivered at last, on a Tuesday, 10:06 A.M.
the little squid 