It was a beautiful loong weekend (5 days!). I got some rest, went to the beauty salon for a relaxing massage and a body scrub, went to the gym to find out about the classes they have on the offer (after 3 months of doing nothing, I start to feel the urge to move, dance, jump and work out again). On Saturday there was a sunny warm day here so we decided to go on an outing to Palazzolo (pictures to follow soon) to see the marvellous Greek Theatre (for those who are interested, take a look here), we had lunch in one of the local trattorias and then we went out with friends in the evning to admire Ortigia by night.
Yesterday one of my private lessons in the afternoon was cancelled and so I decided to go to another gym with Flo (who enrolled there 2 months ago). We did 1 hour of ABS and I must say that I personally prefer some dynamic courses like Step, Dance Aerobics, Hi-Lo, Funky, etc... ABS is just too static to my liking. It is supposed to tone your muscles. Apart from 15mins of indoor cycling, we did some weight lifting (good for shaping your arms and shoulders) and abdominal exercises. Plus, until January I did the acqua fitness which I loved but which this term starts quite late, at 8.00 p.m...So now I have this decision to make: which one should I choose?Do you go to the gym, girls? Which courses would you reccomend?
It's been two weeks now since I started considering buying some books from Amazon. My list is quite long, so I'd like to choose 5 books only. Have you read any of these? Can you give me a piece of advice, please?
1. Twilight (Twilight saga) by Stephenie Meyer (I saw the film and really liked it)
2. New Moon (Twilight saga) by Stehenie Meyer (let's see if the continuation is as good as the first part).
3. The Appeal by John Grisham (together with my bf we collect Grisham's books and this is the last one missing in out collection).
4. A Room with a View by E.M.Forester (I need to read sth classis at times)
5. Howards End by E.M.Forester (see above)
6. An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender (because the new film with Jessica Alba is based on it)
7. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (because the new film with Keira Knightley is based on it).
8. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (oh, he is such a popular writer now!)
9. Fireworks by Elizabeth H. Winthrop (I read her debut novel entitled December and I was really fond of it).
10. French Milk by Lucy Knisley (it was recommended by Jo from "The Cup of Jo" blog)
11. Marley and Me by John Grogan (I still haven't seen the film but I'm almost 100% sure I'll love both).
So please help me on both topics... Thanks soooo much! Ciao ciao! Jo.
It's been two weeks now since I started considering buying some books from Amazon. My list is quite long, so I'd like to choose 5 books only. Have you read any of these? Can you give me a piece of advice, please?
1. Twilight (Twilight saga) by Stephenie Meyer (I saw the film and really liked it)
2. New Moon (Twilight saga) by Stehenie Meyer (let's see if the continuation is as good as the first part).
3. The Appeal by John Grisham (together with my bf we collect Grisham's books and this is the last one missing in out collection).
4. A Room with a View by E.M.Forester (I need to read sth classis at times)
5. Howards End by E.M.Forester (see above)
6. An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender (because the new film with Jessica Alba is based on it)
7. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (because the new film with Keira Knightley is based on it).
8. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (oh, he is such a popular writer now!)
9. Fireworks by Elizabeth H. Winthrop (I read her debut novel entitled December and I was really fond of it).
10. French Milk by Lucy Knisley (it was recommended by Jo from "The Cup of Jo" blog)
11. Marley and Me by John Grogan (I still haven't seen the film but I'm almost 100% sure I'll love both).
So please help me on both topics... Thanks soooo much! Ciao ciao! Jo.
hmmm... difficult... on that list, i have only read the twilight series, marley and me and room with a view...
ReplyDeletei know books are so very personal and everyone likes different things, but i really didnt enjoy twilight... only read them all because i like finishing things. the story is okay, but the writing is really bad. i read each book in about a day , not because i couldnt put it down, but because i didnt want to have to waste too much time on it :o
the movie was 10000x better... and only because of rob patterson and the soundtrack! goodluck!
I liked Twilight, but they're not really books you need to own - as in you'd probably never read them again. Maybe you know someone who has a copy? Everyone seems to have them.
ReplyDeleteI've never read any of the others ones, but I hear Room with a View is good.
I've read both of the Ishiguro books and can highly recommend them to you. I prefer Remains of the Day though. Slightly less... weird. I did spend the first half of Never Let Me Go wondering what the heck was going on!
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