Book added to TBB list

[jmc_bks]

I picked it up at Borders over the weekend and put it back down -- I'm trying to be good and my book buying budget has long since been blown for May. Good thing June is only two days away.




The cover caught my attention, then the book flap description. And then I paged through the book, which includes a huge glossary, maps, etc. Clearly the author spend a huge amount of time building his world. So I want to explore it soon :)

New favorite abbreviation: CBA. Picked up from maybe Maili or KarenS, or maybe another blog. Short for Can't Be Arsed.

Am I the only person who thinks that the naming of the Brangelina baby as "Jolie-Pitt" is giggle-worthy? It must be the teenager lurking in me . . . or the perv, maybe.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Aha, another CBA convert! I have noticed the growing number of people using this phrase just lately. I guess this makes me a trend setter, lol. Over here it's common as muck, but I can't even imagine it being spoken in the American accent!

KarenS

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I haven't spoken it, because it doesn't sound right coming out of my mouth ("arsed" sounds affected with the American accent, while it just sounds right with a British accent), but I like the phrase and I've used it in writing -- in emails and my journal :)