In My Mailbox

Lola and the Boy Next Door arrived a couple of weeks ago from Book Depository.

I'm spending way too much on books, not to mention where am I going to put all the additional titles I've been adding to my collection lately!!

But oh well... it was pre-ordered waaay back in the middle of the year, so that's my neat excuse :D And, I just had to get it from Book Depository when I saw the listing.

Firstly, pre-order = better price. USD 12.74 to be precise, shipping included. Not bad for a hardcover. Secondly, I don't expect to see this locally anytime soon. Thirdly, it's Stephanie Perkins and it's Lola!

My willpower doesn't extend that far when it comes to this combination :(

The envelope it arrived in. Took the Brussels route again to get here. Envelope's grimey and dinged at the edges, but otherwise everything was alright. 

What's that I spy? *whee!*

Oo-la-la~

My most anticipated release of 2011! Isn't the cover gorgeous? XD *hugs book*

I thought I had sexy pictures of the book unclothed, but I must have accidentally deleted them :'(

You'll have to take my word that under that jacket, there's a purdy dark mint cover waiting to be discovered. ^^

You can sorta see it peeking out from underneath in the last photo. Nice colour, aye? <3

"Audioferous"

Audioferous. Yessss... I did kinda just make up that word on the spot, based on the word odiferous - which, according to the more pleasant definition of the word, means odorous/fragrant.

So if odour is to smell and audio is to sound, audioferous means.....? You got it! Sweet music to the ears & to the soul. Well, I never said I wasn't dramatic?.... did I? ;)

Lately KF has been posting some instrumental versions of popular anime tracks on FB, one thing led to another, and -voila!- I stumbled upon an old fav song of mine, which I'd almost forgotten about >.<

  K-ON's Don't Say Lazy, performed on an electric organ.

Original Version, by Scandal (if I'm not mistaken).

What do you think? Personally, I'm swinging more towards the electric organ due to the more "mellow" sound :P

De mo, the original is great for rock out sessions, hee! :D

Of sweet mints & pleasures

Recently I've been popping these - Pinky sweet Japanese mints, Hokkaido limited editions. Don't they look adorable? ^^

One's melon flavoured, the other Huscup. Err, what in the name of pink monkeys is a Huscup?

The taste is grape-like and the picture of the fruit looks like grapes... But who knows? Could be some totally exotic & hitherto largely unknown fruit of the Earth :P

Anyway, these little pleasures are tiny and fleeting, but oh my, what bliss! ;)