Book Update (Again!)

So far I've read the following 25 books from the WH Smith '50 Books to read before you die...'

1) The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien

2) 1984 - George Orwell

3) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

4) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

5) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

6) Hamlet - William Shakespeare

7) The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

8) The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

9) The Bible

10) The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

11) Ulysses - James Joyce

12) Harry Potter Series - J. K Rowling

13) Moby Dick - Herman Melville

14) The Wind in The Willows - Kenneth Grahame

15) Alices Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll

16) On the Road - Jack Kerouac

17) The Colour Purple - Alice Walker

18) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

19) Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift

20) A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

21) Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

22) Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

23) Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

24) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

25) The Lord of the Flies - William Goulding

But as I've reached the halfway point, I've decided that I'm no longer doing this list because I want to.. it feels like more of a chore. Plus I do not intend to die at 30 (or anytime before mind you!) ..

So here's the new update.. I will still read 50 books before I'm 30 (4 years to go..) but the final 25 will be books of my choice.. I may count trilogies as one if they're easy readers.

So watch this space for my next titles...

Lucy does Latitude 2012 (Number 14)

 

It's only taken me 25 years (Ok, I wouldn't have attended a festival as a baby, but you get my drift!) but it was most definitely worth the wait..

Three days of mud, music and fabulous company (in the form of the lovely Roly) .. did I mention the mud?

Highlights of the weekend included:

* Late night Musical Bingo in the woods... 90s music blaring out, glowsticks a plenty.. amazing!

* Seeing Bon Iver / Ben Howard and melting into a ball of musical joy.

* Seeing the multicoloured sheep.. some say cruel, I say adorable.

* Laughing in the comedy tent / in the arena / in our tent / in the mud (pretty much everywhere)

* Meeting Percy Pig and Colin the Caterpillar (ha, yes I am 25!)

* Having our hair done at the Evo Salon ... so good.

* Early morning tent eavesdropping:

Guy A: Mate, I've just done something stupid.
Guy B: What mate?
Guy A: Just had unprotected sex with some girl, do you think I've got HIV?
Guy B: Nah mate, probably just Chlamydia or something.
Guy A: Shit, half way through she told me she'd had a threesome with two Australian blokes.
Guy B: You should probably get checked out, mate.

* Making pretty bunting in the woods

* The sun finally rearing it's lovely head after two days of downpour..

Basically, I had a fabulous time and fully intend to attend again another year.. when it's hopefully slightly brighter and less damp!