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I got a Unique Witch Hat and a Botanist!
Although I don't have the hat, I would have preferred the Unique Frizz Hawk or Unique Bases out of the Unique items that were in there. Still, pretty happy with my draws!
I should write a list of books that I need to read. I thiiink our library is open again, so might see about getting a library card instead of buying all the books.

I'll be back in a bit. I should wash the dishes lol.
Yep, my name's Portia lol.

And I'll have to try to remember Camille since I enjoyed Moulin Rouge, or at least the movie.
I've read a few of Shakespeare's works, but never the story of my namesake lol.

The Count of Monte Cristo...for some reason, I've never finished that book, and I've tried reading it at least twice. I'm not sure why I can't seem to finish it, because it IS an interesting read! I won't watch the movie until I read the book entirely.
I should really read The Merchant of Venice, which is where my name comes from. I picked up a copy once, but have yet to actually read it, heh.
RIGHT?! I hope my son doesn't have to read any of his works when he gets that age. If so, I'll probably just get him the cliff notes or something to avoid the same headache I had.
I don't think I'd enjoy reading that then lol. I get annoyed when writers do that, so thanks for the heads up.

I felt like both Dickens and Hawthorne took forever to get to the point. Great Expectations was a bit of a dry read for me, whereas AILD...Hawthorne wrote run-ons like it was nobody's business. And the one chapter where it was literally 5 words. Utter BS.
Sounds like a nice way to pass the time.
I think the two that I read and couldn't stand were As I Lay Dying and Great Expectations. The writing styles of both authors were terrible, imo.
I know some of my siblings have some of the classics I never read, so I'll just borrow their copy lol.
Posted in honeyglazed ★ Posted 4 years ago
Happy new year Mas! <3
@Wildfire: Understandable. We're always finding something to watch, even if it means rewatching series because it was just that good lol.

AMA, That makes sense. Eventually I'd like to read all the classics that I wasn't made to read in high school. See what all the fuss is about.
loool, maybe everyone made the resolution to read more this year. xDD That sounds crazy though, and I'm sure sleep was the perfect solution. Rain tends to make me sleepy, or at least feel lazy.
Wildfire, I keep both services because I watch stuff from both. xD But yeah, LotR is probably my favorite movie series, so was super excited when I saw that haha.

AMA, At least you had your priorities. I wasn't going to go out of my way to stay up, but it was a happy coincidence I guess.
@Wildfire: YES!! Here I've been salty about Netflix only having 2 of the 3 movies (I hate when they do that) but then found out Hulu had all 3?! I wonder how long they've been on there lol.