today is not going to be great
I'm ill and have an essay to do in four hours.

Make me feel better? A hot cup of tea, my blanket that has arms in it and the promise of a new Haruki Murakami book to read when I'm finished
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:20, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I have a slanket!
It's just the best for playing on the xbox on a Sunday when you can't be bothered to put trousers on.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:28, Reply)

they're amazing
I don't think it's a proper Snuggie (the one like a blanket with sleeves that covers your front as well,) but it warms me up and is really soft
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)

Mine's called a Slanket, it's from Firebox
I think it's the same principle as a snuggy. It's black with skulls all over it because I'm a goff.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

mine cost £7
from a place I wandered into by accident called Home and Living. Definitely worth it. Just a servicable dark blue though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:45, Reply)

Ok, that sounds awesome
Off to Firebox I go!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

ZOMG WANT!
Samurai Umbrella
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I'd love that
but it's slightly too pricy for an umbrella for me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I concur
Plus I'd probably look a right tit walking down the street with it strapped to my back.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)

I'd go for the brolly version
and stick it in my handbag
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:10, Reply)

Which?

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)

I bought myself
Kafka on the Shore yesterday. And I read Dance, Dance, Dance a couple of weeks back
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Kafka on the Shore ? Missed that one for my forward reading list.
Given that 'what's it about' is an irrelevant question with HM, what's it about?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

have only sneaked fifty pages
saving the rest for after-essay. But it's a dual storyline about a 15 year old runaway who is staying in a library, and an old man who had half his shadown taken by a mysterious illness that took his shadow, his ability to read and some brain function when he was 9 but left him with the ability to talk to cats.

Which HM books have you read? Did you enjoy the recommended ones?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)

The end-of-the-world is the only one I've read all through.
I have three others in The Pile and I've read the first chapter or so of each (possibly while still in Waterstones!) to get the flavour.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

I think he is gradually
worming his way into my favourite living author, and in my top five writers ever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:27, Reply)

On the ascendant with me too.
To your essay, missy.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Yeah
I just read Furet's 'Interpreting the French Revolution' and now am annoyed because it was really interesting and he entirely agreed with me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:32, Reply)