Itchy fingers

Åh vad frestande det är att handla på nätet när man har tråkigt!! ;-) Idag regnar det ute, Alexa låter lite småförkyld och jag sitter redan framför datorn :D. Då blev det 4 st nya böcker från amazon. Köper alltid begagnade böcker på engelska därifrån och fick alla 4 för 230:- inkl. frakt, inga farliga summor. Fantasy-böcker såklart och av samma författare som jag läser just nu.

Längtar!!! Ser framför mig regniga, mysiga höstdagar i soffan där jag försvinner i en annan värld ett par timmar (önsketänkande, jag vet!)

Rainy days are perfect for online shopping! My drug of choice: fantasy books. Just ordered these from amazon and can't wait to spend rainy autumn days curled up on the couch, getting lost in another universe! Wishful thinking, I know, but hey, a girl can dream right?? :P

The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson:
(images from amazon.co.uk)

 

Ever the bookworm...

When I order books in English, it's generally used books from amazon.co.uk and I'm like a kid at x-mas when my packages of books come in the mail!! :) Happy happy! I look forward to many hours of fantasy reading in the near future! 

När jag känner att mitt lässug är på g, brukar jag beställa böcker på engelska från amazon.co.uk. Där får man tag på mycket begagnad (vilket är det jag köper så gott som alltid) och därmed jättebilligt! Blir alltid överlycklig när jag får mina paket i posten! 

Lagboken

Vilken lång dag vi hade igår! Hela dagen mellan 9-16 och ja, jag vet att det är typ en normal dag för de flesta, men det kändes väldigt lång och ovant för mig igår. Vi hade terminsintroduktion en stund och sedan var det MI (Motiverande samtal) resten av dagen. Vi ska plugga juridik hela terminen och har våra lektioner ute på Södertörns Högskola fram till december, men eftersom vi har jullov, så börjar vi en veckan innan de på Södertörn. Från och med nästa veckå kommer vi att vara på campusen där. Just nu kan jag inte riktigt bestämma mig om jag ska lägga ut ca 1000:- på årets lagbok eller fortsätta leta efter en begagnad från förra året. Vi får ha 2012, men inte äldre. Med tanke på att jag kommer inte vilja ha kvar boken och kommer inte kunna sälja den och få tillbaka mycket alls för den, så känns det faktiskt inte jättelockande. Vi har några andra böcker som kostar mellan 400-500/st om man köper de nya. Så jag hoppas verkligen att jag kan hitta lagboken billigare nånstans :( 

Felt like a massively long day yesterday! We had a full day at school between 9-16, and I know, I know that this is quite normal and completely acceptable, but it felt very long to me, guess I have to get used to sitting still again. We're studying law this whole term, but since we're going to have a break for x-mas, we start a week earlier than most. This term we'll be at a different campus till December, and all our lectures and seminars will be at Södertörns Högskola. 
I'm having a bit of an issue with the giant, expensive law book that we HAVE to have this term. New, this year's book costs circa 1000 SEK. And while that's not the end of the world, I won't want to keep it afterwards and I won't be able to sell it for even half of that next year. We're allowed to have last years' book, but not older than that. It's just the one book, and I still have a ton of other books to get as well, some of which are rather pricey, sooo I'm just not loving the thought of having to buy one new. Really hope I can find last years' book cheaply somewhere..... :( 

One Day

Inte så jättemycket att skriva om just nu. Njuter mest av att vara helt ledig. Under veckan har jag hunnit träffa kompisar, åka en tur till Ikea, fixa lite hemma och ha tid att läsa böcker som inte är kurslitteratur! Skönt! Fick låna den här boken av Jojo och har börjat ta mig igenom den :) 

Not a whole lot going on atm, mostly just enjoying having some time off and being able to read books that aren't school-related. I borrowed this book from Jojo and am making my way through it  :) 

 

French women don't get fat

Another sick day, but this book I ordered came in the mail and my <3 brought me home pink tulips to cheer me up :). Lucky me.

Ännu en sjuk och jobbig dag, men boken jag beställde kom med posten idag, och min <3 kom hem med rosa tulpaner för att muntra upp mig:) 

How I became stupid

By Martin Page.
Just received my package from Amazon and looking forward to reading!

The perfect man

I finished this one about a week ago. Pretty easy reading, not many words that didn't I already have in my vocabulary. But I'm still not sure how well a translation captures and represents the tone and style of the writer/book. Predictable chick-lit with a cliché happy ending.

Lunch and Library

Had the day off today and needed to look for a swimsuit for Ais,considering it's winter, and totally off-season, I was really happy to find a swimsuit that she would like at Stadium. Since I was going to be in town, I booked a breakfast/lunch with one of my bestest friends, J. I was really hungry by the time she suggested a café, I suggested another one, and she let me have my way (such a dear!)
I think we have such wonderful, complex, varied, unpredictable conversations, and I appreciate not having to translate what I'm going to say beforehand, or "dumb it down". That might sound kind of conceited, but despite the fact that we have so very different personalities and live completely different lives, I feel like I get something out of the emotional and intellectual exchange, which I cannot say applies to a lot of other exchanges I experience. I feel somehow smarter than normal (keeping up with a soon-to-be holder of 2 Bachelors degrees and a Masters!) and like she sees me for who/what I could potentially be. She sees another side to me, one that I don't get to indulge often, but that is definitely a part of me.I don't have many really good friends, or get close to people easily and it's nice to have someone who wants to be friends as much as I do, and appreciates the same level of friendship that I do. Love you wifey!
Since I've been meaning to read books in Swedish, to keep it fresh and to improve my vocabulary, it's been frustrating not finding anything really gripping. I mentioned that to J, so we went to a bookshop and she suggested some books, so I have some options to think about. On my way home I went by the local library and found these (I had seen "Igelkottens elegans" earlier in the bookstore and thought it looked interesting, so was happy to find it at the library.)


 So I'll start with these and see how it goes!