Grrrrrrr...

I haz no internet :(

BT, in their infinite wisdom has completely fucked up and have cut off my phone and broadband. I feel like Josh in Indiana, totally cut off from the world!

I'm told I'll have my phone back tomorrow, but it's going to take at least another week to get the broadband back. I have no idea why it takes so long.

Fucking idiots.

Luckily, I can hop around to my parents to "borrow" their broadband to check emails, but otherwise, I'll lying low for a while!

Book meme

I'm still hanging around at my Dad's waiting for some stuff to arrive, so I thought i'd while away the time with this...

Stolen from snorkel_maiden

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE, add an strikeout the books you read but didn't like.

( top books )

You know what I find really sad though? One of my all-time favourite authors - Anthony Trollope - doesn't even get a look in here, and it's a great shame. If you've never read any, then go find some immediately - the Barchester novels are where most people start. You get the wit, irony and observational skills of Austen combined with the humour and great storytelling of Dickens (but without the sometimes annoying verbosity!). He was prolific - wrote 47 novels (I think) so there's plenty to get your teeth into!

Oh, and if you've read The Woman in White but nothing else by Wilkie Collins, you must check out The Moonstone. I could wax lyrical about books all day...