Woohoo! The highly anticipated parcel turned up on my doorstep yesterday morning and, being the awesome girlfriend that I am, I waited for Simon to come home from the soccer game* before opening it up (he did introduce me to Rothfuss book and blog after all).

The parcel contained:
1 Heifer International fold out gift card with cute pictures of chickens, cows and Llamas! There may also have been a duck.
1 Thank you letter signed by the awesome Patrick Rothfuss.
2 Sci-Fi / Fantasy books by Ann Aguirre

Yip!

I'd not come across anything by Aguirre before so I'm looking forward to digging into these books. The covers are smoking hot and I do so enjoy a bit of 'girls kick ass' literature. I'm slightly disappointed that the books are volumes 2 and 3 in this particular series, but not really complaining, especially since finding the first volume on Amazon for £3.84. One thing I never do need encouragement towards is purchasing new books. Interestingly I hunted around on Ebay first due to a reluctance to use Amazon at the moment, however all the listings were double the price. Ah well, one click purchase it is. Now I just have to wait for the first volume to arrive, then these books shall be devoured quick smart.

Absolutely feeling the happy.

*Celtic FC vs Dundee Utd - Celtic FC won 1-0

A goodly amount of time was spent travelling on busses over the weekend so I managed to fit in a few podcasts. The special by Radiolab on multiverse theory and expanding swiss cheese is probably one of the more accessible descriptions of the theory I've come across, even if listening to it did make me feel a little hungry.

The (Multi) Universe(s) by Radiolab

http://bit.ly/5bqtfg

Hardback leather book casing for your laptop. I'm feeling an awesome want on this one. Oh so materialistic.

Found over at TwelveSouth. Mac only though. So sad.

Merry Christmas ;)

More info on these guys here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091214-octopus-carries-coconuts-coconut-carrying.html

Dancing in the stacks to keep warm today, waiting for the heating engineers to do their job, and wondering how cold the fellow in this cover illustration is feeling.

Saw this on the shelf at work and was so disturbed by the cover art I had to read the blurb:

Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid The Monk is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest.

Well this had to be read. I now feel almost jealous of the students studying this book, it has everything from cutthroat brigands, innocent maidens and ghostly nuns, right through to naked cavorting with the devil and a cameo appearance from the Wandering Jew himself. Phew!

The cover art still disturbs me.