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OMG :D I just found this drabble in a notebook that I'd completely forgotten about - the one I used in DiaCon Alley during the panels and a couple of drabbling sessions. I cannot remember who gave me the completely insane prompt of "Portugal" (it might have been celta_diabolica? /ETA: A-HA, apparently it was little_werewolf! Damn me and my lack of memory), but I got a good laugh out of reading this drabble from July 23rd 2011.

Note that this was written in less than ten minutes has not been edited in any way. :D

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So I've been thinking, I should make a list of the books I want to read in 2012! Most of these I've already read once or more, but a long time ago and I feel like I should refresh my memory; some of these I've never even bothered to begin even though I've got them in my shelf; some of these I've started but abandoned midway. I'll probably add more books as I go along, and sticky this for easy tracking.

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♥ awesome book is awesome

• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis
• Prince Caspian, by C. S. Lewis
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C. S. Lewis
• The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis
• The Horse and His Boy, by C. S. Lewis
• The Magician's Nephew, by C. S. Lewis
• The Last Battle, by C. S. Lewis
• Bröderna Lejonhjärta, by Astrid Lindgren
• Ronja Röverdotter, by Astrid Lindgren
• Pippi Långstrump, by Astrid Lindgren
• Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
• The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins ♥
• Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins ♥
• Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
• Harjunpää ja poliisin poika, by Matti Yrjänä Joensuu
• The Collector, by John Fowles
• Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
• Emily of New Moon, by L. M. Montgomery
• Little Women & Good Wives, by Louisa M. Alcott
• Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
• Innan frosten, by Henning Mankell
• City of Glass, by Paul Auster
• Kun enkelit katsovat muualle, by Salla Simukka
• The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Wise Children, by Angela Carter
• Molly Moon, by Georgia Byng
• Män som hatar kvinnor, by Stieg Larsson ♥
• Flickan som lekte med elden, by Stieg Larsson
• Luftslottet som sprängdes, by Stieg Larsson
• Pages For You, by Sylvia Brownrigg

My problem is that because I have to read so much "proper literature" at school - both adults' and children's - that when I get home, the closest I get to literature is Calvin and Hobbes comics and HP/LotR audiobooks. I feel like I really need to change that, because when I started studying lit, I promised myself that I wouldn't stop reading in my free time. And oh looky, that's just what's happened. *grumbles*

(By the way, am I the only one who finds it a bit amusing that I'm so sick of literature that I can't bring myself to read The Secret Garden, but unwind after a long day by listening to Lord of the Rings in a foreign language?)

Happy New Year, lovelies <3 I at least have decided to have a completely awesome 2012, I hope you do too <3

So I've been meaning to do this batch for AGES. Red stuff, stars and stripes, union jacks, designer labels, winter, knitting, shoes, helsinki, and... something more.

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