So, if you've been in the library in the last five days, you may have noticed that I have been eaten by a super-plague home sick with the flu. Because of this, I have had a lot of time to watch tv. Rosemary & Thyme is a BBC tv show starring Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, two gardeners

The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber is by far one of the BEST books I have read recently. Granted I am a HUGE Faber fan. Under the Skin is one of my favorite books of all time despite the self-important, very confusing recent film version. He is also the author of The Crimson and