I didn’t do too badly with last week’s goals. I did order my holiday cards last Tuesday and I think they might arrive this week! I made them online and I can’t wait to see what the finished product looks like. I also brainstormed some ideas for gifts. Come this Friday, I’ll probably be shopping for these gifts from the comfort of my bed (no battling the crowds for me!). I also started The Circle, which I’m enjoying so far.
This week I want to…
– help my friend plan our Thanksgiving menu. For the past five years, I’ve been spending Thanksgiving with my good friend from college and her family. It’s too far for me to travel back home to CA during this short break, so I’m happy I’ve found a second home here. I spend a few nights at her home and we always spend all day Thursday cooking together. It’s fun and low-key and I can’t wait to stuff my face on turkey day.
– finish a little knitting project that I’m working on. That’s right, I’ve picked up my knitting needles again! I made one project earlier this year, but since then I haven’t knit anything, which is a shame. The project I’m working on is a test knit, so I won’t be able to share pictures, but I can say that it’s a cute little hat. I’m happy to be knitting again (the colder weather just makes me want to be snuggled on my couch with my knitting) and I might choose a project for myself to start soon.
– see the new Hunger Games movie! Has anyone seen it yet?
Tell me: What are your goals for this week?
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![It's a very belated book haul! These are the four books I picked up on my trip to Australia back in May. Of course I had to check out some bookstores on my first trip to Sydney and I think I ended up visiting 9 in total (check out my stories to see the mini bookstore vlog I made)!
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It was so fun book shopping over there since majority of the covers are different from our US covers. I couldn't resist this pretty edition of PACHINKO, which I've already read. And when I picked up this copy of PEOPLE PERSON, I was so excited to see it because it wasn't out yet in the US at that time. I also bought two books that I hadn't heard of before I discovered them in the bookstore: IDOL and LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES.
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Do you tend to prefer US or UK book covers?
[P.S. This is an old photo that includes a HarperCollins UK title, but please note that I support the HarperCollins Union.]
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[ID: A stack of the following books sits on top of white bedding in front of a white wall (from top to bottom): PACHINKO, IDOL, LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES, PEOPLE PERSON.]
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Ah man, I wanna see the new Hunger Games movie but I’ve been so ridicolously busy. x___x soon, hopefully! I wish I could knit. :D Good luck on your hat!
Catching Fire was SO good. Go see it immediately!
Oh yes Hunger Games! i’m waiting to go to Athens next week and i’ll see it then :)
All the best on finishing the knitting project ! I look forward to see it once it’s done here. My goal for this week is to successfully host a giveaway.
All the best with the knitting! The Hunger Games awesome, yet frustrating at the end. You will get what I mean when you’ve watch it. I’m hoping to mail out Christmas greeting cards this week. Exciting!