Literary Stylings: Dig That Futuristic Collar!

Hurray! I'm back to my "real" hair! 

I still have the outline of the dye a bit, but it's about 70% flaked off (yeah, that would be my dyed scalp, sorry for the gross-out).

• Jacket - Le Chateau, consignment; first seen here in April with leaves and ketchup
• Skirt - Kay Unger, thrifted; purchased here a couple of weekends ago for $7.99
• Shoes - Steve Madden, purchased in 2006; last seen here on New Year's Eve in December 2014

For Lorena, who asked if we ever let Vizzini out - nope. The closest he's ever been to outdoors is in his cat-cage going to the vet.

We live close to town between two very busy streets, plus I like all the birds in our neighbourhood - and Vizzini would be a vicious bird murderer. He already tries to murder us; I'm sure he would try to take on a raccoon or a deer and get himself hurt. We run him around a lot (we call it "yard work," like in a prison, heh) and play with him and he loves all four of his scratching posts, so he gets lots of exercise. Despite his sneak escapes into the hallway (rare), that's the closest he gets to outdoors.

"I'd be a beast in the wild."

Okay, clothes!  My blazer has such a neat collar - it reminds me of this jacket that Paul Reiser wore in "Aliens." So, sorta space-y, right? I'm linking up to Gracey's "Literary Stylings."

The jacket got a lot of compliments too - I was told I looked very corporate. I had a crappy day (my computer tanked), so it was at least nice to know I looked good.

LOVED wearing this skirt all day - it's so nice on, and so soft. I loved the little ruffled hem.

The stuff:

I don't wear these shoes much, but I love how they look on. So pretty!

Bronze bling:

The leaf bracelet has a very strong magnetic closure - it constantly stuck to my keys, this bracelet and a few pieces of cutlery.

• Cuff - About Tine
• Chain bracelet - Club Monaco
• Earrings - thrifted

In keeping with previous Literary Stylings, here's the lit I've been reading this past month.

First up, Julian May's "Ironcrown Moon" which is Book Two in the Boreal Moon Tale.

I don't have the 3rd book, and I'll read it if I find it, but I'm not going out of my way to get it. I enjoyed Book One last month, but this one lost me. I didn't find the story as compelling, and the main character felt flat to me. This was a disappointment after the promise of the first book. Dang, I wanted to like this more than I did.

Next is my follow-up bathroom book to the disastrously awful novel, "Random Walk" - also by Lawrence Block - is a quick adventure in his Evan Tanner spy series.

By the numbers, but I like the easy-going writing style. I prefer the Matthew Scudder novels, but it's fine for a bathroom book.

One of my coworkers, Stuart, loaned me this book. We had one of those "Ohmygod, you have to read this" conversations after I confessed I'd never heard of Lois McMaster Bujold (wiki link), who's won a bunch of Hugo Awards.

This book, "Cordelia's Honor" is actually two in one: "Shards of Honor" and "Barrayar", which kicked off the Vorkosigan Saga, a huge number of interconnected books and shorter pieces (link here). I've finished "Shards of Honor." I enjoyed it, especially the main character, Cordelia. It's a rollicking sci-fi adventure with political machinations among interesting characters.

Book Club is tomorrow night, and I'll have a new book to read. It's also my turn coming up to pick the next book - exciting! I'm thinking maybe some sci-fi!