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I'll be able to go back eventually. There was no other option at the time. And I wasn't ready at the time. I think I will be soon, I think I am now. But now I'm married, with cats and debts that need attending.

If money was no object and I could erase my past screwups (I was stupid and 18 and got kicked out of uni) I would totally just start going back to school and not stop until I got my PH.D and then I'd get to teach forever and be surrounded by books!

The Time Traveler's Wife made me cry. So did Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. I'm sure there's others but I can't think of them right now.

over the last six months or so I'm starting to develop such a burning desire to get out of my current field (finance) and into something that I would be happier doing for the rest of my life. My current daydream involves my wife starting work again, me quitting the bank and getting a job at...

Oh, it's by Jon Fasman.

I'm currently reading this, am about 3/4 of the way through. It's very similar to The Historian in that it connects modern academia with medival mystery. I think maybe because I loved The Historian so much I'm seeing the similarities and being like "pshaw, this is so formulaic" but it is...

I know its early but I'm seriously considering doing this this year. Is anyone else planning on it?

Vietnamese!!! What's your favourite musical memory? (A concert, song playing well you were making out, etc)

:D thanks! I like it when people read my journal!

DR, thanks for the open spoilers thing, I almost read your post. THis is sitting in my TBR pile, but I was wondering, has anyone read Seeing I'd like to read it too and was wondering; should I plan to read them back to back or should I spread it out a bit?

I think I"m going to read Oryx and Crake next. I bought it this winter and just haven't gotten around to it. I'm gonna finish the Geographer's Library (okay start AND finish) and I'll put it next in the pile. I'll post my comments when I'm done.

Alright, SFG I think I might actually try and read Gatsby again. I requested it from the library.

I just finished this last night. As with the last novel by Dunant I read In The Company of the Courtesan I was very taken by the characters throughout the story until the last 40 pages or so when I just got annoyed and felt let down. Not even that the ending wasn't what I wanted, because with...

I'm a girl. From the prairies. When it became my name I was living in Toronto and really latched on to my "prairie girl" identity. Ive been moving away from it recently and going for Biscuit Munroe which is my "porn name" (first pet + First Street)

What book do you wish you could read again for the first time? Myself it would be The Historian, Lolia and The Time Traveller's Wife. Anyone else?

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry (kid's book that I havne't read in forever but decided I wanted to read again while answering a post in the children's books forums) The geographer's library by Jon Fasman The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Food Politics by...

The opening to Tram 86 by Ember Swift. It's a violin solo and it's the most beautiful opening and sound I've ever heard. www.emberswift.com if you're interested. What's the worst thing a boss has ever done to you?

Thanks Stewart. *heads to the library page to request it*

I really didn't enjoy Douglas Coupland. Miriam Toews has another book called A Boy of Good Breeding that has been sitting on my TBR pile for months.

i just found with Princess I spent the first 300 pages waiting for the story to get started and the next 180 waiting for it to finish. And I've loved the other three I've read by her. Hopefully the Boelyn book she's releasing this fall will be better.