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I'm supposed to be in New York at the moment. You see that I'm not. So much for that.

But! Thanks to

incandescens I have played my first video game, if that's what it is. Phoenix Wright, complete with cheesy English puns and scrabble-scrabble-scrabble background music. Video games have got reading Japanese beat for ensuring a sound eight hours of brain-fried sleep. I can only guess what playing video games in Japanese does to you, but I suspect medical intervention is needed to wake up next day.

We hit all my usual second-hand bookstores several times in the course of a wet four days. This has almost satisfied my book shopping craving for the ~~month~~ week. Am currently reading through Aaronovitch's rec list of urban fantasy detectives. (I note that booksellers and librarians are often at a loss where to put these. Half are shelved under mysteries at the TPL.) I'm also re-re-re-reading Rivers of London because no one does it-- I won't say 'as well', but 'as much to my tastes' as Aaronovitch.

To which end, note my sad reading stats for October:

Karin 15-17
Moon over Soho
Invisible Cities
Whispers Underground

I can't believe I finished nothing in the last two weeks, but housecleaning and guests do take up time.

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Very glad you enjoyed it. :)

Oooh yes I have heard of the wonders of Phoenix Wright. ^_^

So glad you had fun with your visitors.

Ack! Housecleaning ... I need to uhmmm climb out of whatever pit it is I've got myself stuck in and get some done as the in-laws arrive in two weeks!!! EEEEK! Where has the year gone?

It's been so fast. *blinks* - meanwhile I'm managing to read Point of Hopes in little snippets and interspersing that with 1Q84 (which hubby got me for my birthday) ^_^

It's almost the weekend though, *hugs* have a good one!

The in-laws are coming this year? Even though you were there all this summer? Impressive energy, I must say. Maybe you could find out what their secret is.

Phoenix Wright could easily become addictive. I need no new addictions.

PoH in snippets is good; 1Q84 in snippets is even better. A major downer, that last one.

I'm so sad you aren't coming down this weekend. *sniff sniff* Subway is running and njtransit is back now, though I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. But we'll get together this sometimes...

Speaking of Phoenix Wright, by weird confluence, the Toronto premiere of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney by famed Japanese director Takashi Miike (http://www.gamercamp.ca/events/) is happening this Sunday. Tix and more info at the link.

Yay for Phoenix Wright, err umm for Takashi Miike. Goes for the gore, doesn't he? Is there gore to be had in Phoenix Wright?

'Creaks back to life' is what the NYT says about the subways. Given the treacle pace of NJ Transit on an ordinary Saturday, I wouldn't want to attempt it in the wake of a storm. *So* not the adventurous type, me, But definitely we'll get together at some future date.

I have no idea, to be honest, but I wouldn't expect any in courtroom dramas (my very limited understanding of PW defines it as such - with something about placards and citations needed? I know next to nothing)