An afternoon in Amsterdam

[beelikej]

I just dyed my hair again and am waiting for it to dry...

I went to Amsterdam yesterday, because I wanted to see The Dark Knight in a proper cinema and I still had some books to buy that I hadn't found in London.

I wanted to buy Aidan Chambers Dance On My Grave (I've read it in Dutch and loved it), but it seems to only be available online. Amazon.co.uk, here I come;)

I did buy Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter. Brotherdearest made me read that years ago and after Metamagical Themas nearly killed me -in a good way-, I really wanted my own copies of his books. Sadly the latter was not available, but I'm very happy to put GEB on my shelf:)
I also bought Germain Greer's debut The Female Eunuch, which I had wanted to read ever since I read The Whole Woman. I found her art-historybook The Boy last week in a second hand store and that reminded me of her first book on feminism. I can't wait to finally read it.

And I found two follow-up booklets to His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman: Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon A Time In The North. I'm a sucker for series and like my universes complete:) I finished the last of the three main books this morning (The Golden Compass - The Subtle Knife - The Amber Spyglass). I'm still not sure if I should watch the movie, even though I've grown to love the characters: I fear the film might focus more on the action than the concept. I liked the story very much, but fantasy is still not my genre. I will write a more extensive review in the future and explain why I was lured in despite my apprehension while reading the first book.

Oh, my hair is dry. Let's check the damage. *runs off to mirror*

Comments

[kennedy-unknown.livejournal.com]

Were you devastated by the end of TAS? I bawled like a baby.

I ordered Lyra's oxford, but it never turned up. Am still waiting on my refund. I want to make sure to get the hardcover so it matches OUATITN.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

To be honest the talking animals stopped me from getting involved until the end. I adored the days without the daemons; those kids were awesome together. But I didn't get emotional from the ending. I tend to get a little annoyed when there is too much emphasis on 'love'. I have a heart of stone.

I did get extremely excited from a lot of the action scenes, the fights were my favorite bits in every book.

I didn't see a hardcover edition of Lyra's Oxford. If it had been available I probably would have gone for it, even though my Dark Materials books are paperbacks (but they are shiny!)