the melodramatic mouse attempts to blog
This time it took me two weeks and a day to finish reading. I usually get to do about a chapter or two each night after playing fetch with Scubby. I would watch Picoult’s words perform the storyline in my mind, and Scubby would enjoy his belly being rubbed while comfortably snuggled next to my [...]
In: My Library|The Ups
16 May 2009Two words, Messy and Dusty! BigBadWolf wasn’t kidding when they claimed to have over 100,000 books. There could have been more, but who’s counting. I was too busy searching for what I might want, my eyes were almost falling off its socket. All the fictions were everywhere. Books were not organised according to genres or [...]
In: Blah|My Library
14 May 2009Oh no! *shrieks* And I mean, s-h-r-i-e-k-s! When I first saw the headline minutes ago — perhaps the last person on Earth to — I was literally filled with genuine excitement. But then within split seconds, I was flooded by total Dismay! New Line Cinema has made my must-have-no-matter-what Picoult book into a film *sobs* [...]
In: Inspired|My Library
13 May 2009At long last, I’ve finished reading Salem Falls yesterday night after playing fetch with Scubby. I am so happy that he finally knows how to bring his chew rope back. It was definitely not easy training him to, and he didn’t comply the first few months I’ve tried. Then one day, he simply just did! [...]
I love grocery shopping and I can spend a good few hours — the husband flees screaming! *LOL* — walking along every aisle of Tesco, Carrefour, Cold Storage or any local kedai runcit. Don’t ask me why. But I find it most fulfilling than going on any other shopping spree. With such fervour, you’d think [...]
In: I'm a Fan|My Library
5 May 2009I’m currently at page 238 of 541. And if I may — who’s gonna cook dinner? — I want to finish the book tonight itself. That’s how Picoult got me hooked onto her books each time, without Fail. I bought Salem Falls two months back at MPH’s Stock Clearance Promotions. Books were allegedly going as [...]
mel⋅o⋅dra⋅mat⋅ic
[mel-uh-druh-mat-ik]
–adjective
1. of, like, or befitting melodrama.
2. exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic.
–noun
3. melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.
mouse
[n. mous; v. mouz]
–noun
1. any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
2. a quiet, timid person.
3. Slang. a girl or woman.