My very inactive life

[drakyndra]

So, it seems to be the time of year that LJ starts with it's Christmas wishlists and card exchanges and all. I have current signed up for a couple, and will for a couple more, once I figure out what I want, exactly. (Onliney type stuff I know - a couple of specialised icons, and I am always open to getting short fics. Also, pondering the merits of specialised layouts. RL things, I haven't as yet considered. I may go for a browse on Amazon or whatever.)

Eh, it'll be done in a couple of days.

In other news, erm, very little has been happening. Srsly.

I wander off and go back to my book. (Ptolemy's Gate, by Jonathan Stroud. Third in the Bartimaeus trilogy. Yeah, I went and bought a whole bunch of kids fantasy books. I'm in one of those sorts of moods)

Also, I now have a sore throat. I am not sure if this is because I am coming down with something, or because I fell asleep with my mouth open. Time shall tell, I suppose.

Comments

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Would you recommend the Bartimaeus books then? I've already heard a bit about them, and therefore I'm curious now, but I wouldn't want to dish out money on bad children's fantasy. (Nothing wrong with the good stuff, though, quite on the contrary.)

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I quite like them, though I only bought them because I was at a second-hand bookstore and could get them cheap...

Erm... I've only read the first two, but they are rather fun. For the most part, they are written from the perspective on the really snarky djinni Bartimaeus, who's one of those arrogant smart-arses that never shuts up. The other main lead is Nathaniel/John Mandrake (the two names thing makes sense when you read it), who starts out as a precocious, ambitious kid, and gets caught up in government stuff. I'd recommended reading one or two before you go for the whole trilogy.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Snarky arrogant smart-arse djinni with verbal diarrhoea sounds oddly likeable -- I should probably give the first volume a try over the Christmas holidays.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

He's a lot of fun, actually. Sounds like a plan!

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

I hate sleeping with my mouth open! I wake up and I can hardly talk 'cause my throat's all sore and I'm convinced I'm going to get sick.

EEE, Christmas! Although I feel bad about getting excited over Christmas because a few people at work don't have their family here (what with originally coming from another state or country) and so are fairly 'meh' about the whole thing :(

*gets a little excited about Christmas anyway :D*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

That's why I wasn't sure if I was sick or not, to start with.

And it weirds me out a little how close Christmas is.