Late

So its really late, here in the land of the Aussie’s, ok so not really really late, but late for a week night in the suburbs, if I didn’t have a week off from waking at unimaginable hours in the morning to traipse into uni each and every day ( I really love it , but how good is Easter break??) id be tucked into bed right now.

As it is I’ve taken to being online late at night, you can check the blogs that have been updated from other parts of the world, without catching them a day late when everyone else has allready made all the witty comments, plus the rest of the house is silent, which means I can hear the keys of my key bored tapping which I like; I especially like the way the space bar makes a different sound than the rest (I’m not strange (well not very)and I’m not trying to be poetic or anything, I swear I just like it).

I just typed the deleted a whole bunch of rambling philosophical introspective dribble, isn’t it funny how when your tired you think your onto something really deep and then you reread and its total nonsense? anyway I’m going to stop now before I start to believe I’m a literary genius and bore you all with my deep insights into 'life, the universe and everything'.

The list

Ok , so the list, finally, in no particular order my list of Really Good Books The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, this is just soooooo funny , its by Douglas Adams, who was totally brilliant, also wrote the Dirk Gently series, about an existential detective who uses the ideas of physics and relativity to solve his case, well kind of any way. Anyway Adams was intelligent and hilarious and hitchhikers is his best work. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austin, any girl knows this romantic and intelligent novel is one of the best love stories ever written. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchel The 'Tomorrow' Series, I don't think John Marsden's books are popular out of Australia, they should, the tomorrow series is the best but is very very long, Checkers , So Much to Tell You and anything else by him while aimed at teenagers ( and well aimed to, Marsden is the best writer for teenagers ive ever read , gets the language perfect, without it ever becoming out dated) can draw anyone in. A Cage of Butterflies- Brian Caswell Watermelon - Marian Keyes , not the same literary level as some others but still a damn funny read The No. Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander Macall Smith

The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks , sappy but i like it , and others that he writes, his books always seem to be being made into movies

Bridget Jones's Diary- Helen Fielding

Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf, took some concentration but i enjoyed it

The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde, ok so technically its a play , but I've only ever read it , never seen it live so i think it counts

Catch-22- Joseph Heller

1984 - George Orwell, but i didnt like the ending

Chocolat- Joanna Harris

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead-Tom Stoppard, also a play, but i had to read it in high school and loved it

High Fidelity - Nick Hornby

The B.F.G- Roald Dahl, i loved Roald Dahl growing up , still do

Power of One- Bryce Courtenay - another Aussie writer - most of his books are depressing but i like this one.

Life of Pi- Yann Martel

Digital Fortress- Dan Brown , ok so i know its lame to like Dan Brown but i totally enjoyed this book

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, the only Bronte i can stand

ok so , that, for no particular reason was a list of some of the books i enjoyed

My list (but not really)

I have a chemistry assignment to do; it won't be hard or time consuming or interesting. My problem is this; my sock draw is tidy, my CD’s are already in alphabetical order, I put all my books in perfect height order during the great avoid the physics text book episode of two days ago and my bed didn’t take nearly as long to make as anticipated. So you see I’m faced with actually doing this assignment in the very near future.

In fact I had turned on the computer with this shameful undertaking in mind, when my wonderful fantastic blog came to my rescue yet again. And so in the time honored spirit of procrastination I give you;

Kel’s List of Really Good Books

If u have met me, even for the briefest second u are probably aware I’m rather fond of books, in fact u probably have several of mine in your possession (“you have to read this, I reckon you’ll love it”). If you haven’t met me you’ll have to take my word for it (or don’t, I don’t care).

Anyway, my judgment of books doesn’t always fit with your traditional English teachers opinion. I tend to judge on its ability to keep me interested, make me laugh (or cry) out loud on the train, my ability to understand it and most importantly that rare quality a truly wonderful book has that makes u simultaneously want to get to the end to find out what happens and dread reaching the end because then the book will be over and you can’t escape into it's world again.

As opposed to the English teachers criteria; the books ability to make me tear my hair out with boredom and plot my own death just to escape the dull dribble they consider literary genius (still its very likely I am wrong and they are right).

Just looked at clock, as is the rule of procrastination, the time leading up to the hour when it is absolutely necessary for you to begin work (you know; I mean, really this time, its already going to be late and sub par, the hour to get it in on time and correct past ages ago, but if you don’t do it now you’ll fail altogether) travels much faster and then slows down to compensate while you labor through the boring ins and outs of some tedious concept or another. Anyway I must start work and so my list will have to wait until I can do it justice, I have a few more physics chapters to read tomorrow so I will probably do it then.