Yesterday (or rather Thursday night) my Mother popped on the train to come and visit me for a couple of days. Luckily my sister also had the day off so we (meaning I) had planned a delightful itinerary of London-y goodness. We started off with a walk across the river to Tate Britain (FAVE) to explore the new set-up and the Walk Through British Art. It was ridiculously good. So many pretty pictures including my favourite by Vanessa Bell and all the war paintings.
Then we took a trip to Oxford Street for a bit of shopping. I bought some new running trainers because I have blisters the size of my toes on my toes. Ouch. I've gone back to my original pair (Nike Pegasus) which I've had about 3 times and which has never let me down. Don't mess with a good thing, clearly! I steered well clear of the large Waterstones and managed to escape the day without buying any books. Although...my sister bought me this from Tate which is complete literary heaven:
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| All the bookshops and literary places in London... |
So there we go, not much reading and not much blogging going on but much fun had by all.
Friday's Progress:
Pages read: approx 100
Books read from: Emma, Ransom by David Malouf
Number of books finished so far: 2
One thing about my day: I took in some art and ate a lot (pretty standard as my days go)
How was day 5 for you? Eventful? Successful? A bit of a flop?
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| Who loves The Woman in White and Wilkie? This is apparently one of the posters for the stage adaptation. Painted by Frederick Walker. Awesome. (Hanging in Tate Britain) |
When you post about your days in London it always makes me feel guilty. I was bought up in central London and live only a 30 min train ride away now but I hardly ever go, I take it for granted I guess.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing 2 books, I call that awesome progress :)
Finishing 2 books and reading 100 pages in a day? That doesn't sound like slacking to me! Sounds like you had a marvelous day in London; I always get jealous...
ReplyDeleteYour posts make me want to visit London! Such a shame I've never been there. Oo and posh restaurants are... posh. Not too often for me, but when I get to one, it's definitely remember-worthy :) Good luck for the last day of readathon!
ReplyDeleteWhat what whaaaaaaat, I need that Book Lovers' London book! Seriously, all I know about in London is the Southbank book stall thingy and also there's this Oxfam somewhere that's really good. Neeeeeed it!
ReplyDeleteDude, I've been procrastinating LIKE A BOSS since this read-a-thon began. I started off keeping up with ALL THE PEOPLE and reading ALL THE PAGES, then I got sidetracked by my own challenge, going through all the entries and stuff, and THEN I took a duff new painkiller and got laid out for half a day with stomach pains, and THEN I got addicted to House, and today I finally finished the book I started on Monday that "would only take a day or two to read!" YEAH RIGHT, OPTIMISTIC START-OF-READATHON ELLIE. I really should have learned by now...
ReplyDeleteYay books and London and BOOKS ABOUT BOOKISH LONDON. :D
I've been a giant slacker during Bout of Books as well. I did read a bit more than usual but that's about it. Ah well! Sounds like you had such a great visit with your family. I would LOVE to visit London one day :D
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