As many of you who follow me on twitter know, I had a fabulous week last week. I did very well on my second essay, I got notified that I have a job interview at a library (a job which I would LOVE), my dissertation is progressing very well, and I was contacted by new publishers here in the UK for reviews. I’ve been quite pleased with myself and thrilled that things are going at least a little bit in the direction that I would like. A few roadblocks have presented themselves in the past couple of days, but I’m hoping to surmount them anyway.
Not much time for this post today as my lovely fiance is currently making us lunch! I’m very lucky. 
I’m reading Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James, an absolutely fabulous book about an Indian girl who uses her sister’s talent to get a visa for the USA, only to get caught in a huge web of her own lies and struggle with who she is and what she wants to get out of her life. I anticipate finishing it a little later today, and then I plan on starting The Bridge of the Golden Horn by Emile Sevgi Ozdamar. That one appears to be a memoir about a sixteen-year-old girl who flees Istanbul to work on an assembly line in a factory in Germany. I think it sounds interesting, and I know I need to read more books set outside the USA and the UK, so I’m looking forward to it.
I’m also looking forward to watching more of Season 2 of LOST, courtesy of Amy, who is certainly an amazing friend! We are loving this show. Tomorrow morning I’ll be heading back to York to work on my dissertation; I’m digging deep into the primary sources for the next two weeks in search of useful mentions of Anthony Woodville.
What’s ahead for you this week? Anything exciting?
Sounds like last week was pretty durned awesome. I hope the library thing works out for you!
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You did have a great week! Thanks for all your hard work on Jen’s shower.
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I think working in a library would be the ideal job — good luck with the interview!
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Sounds like you had a wonderful week. The Bridge of the Golden Horn sounds incredibly interesting, so I’m excited to read what you think. Both people who read it on GoodReads gave it five stars.
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Great week. I’m stuck in the middle of season 2 of LOST because G is out of town. But we’ll finish it up as soon as he gets back. Happy reading.
Your week sounds great. I hope next week is just as great.
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Congrats on having such a great week! Good luck on your dissertation! I just finished my thesis, which was on a much smaller scale, but if the stress was enough to know that a dissertation must be killer.
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yay! I’m glad to hear you had such a great week
Good luck with the job interview!
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Yay for happy weeks! Yay for LOST
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It does sound like you had a great week, Meghan. Your current reads sound interesting.
I have no big plans this week. Just the usual: work, work and more work. My boss will be out of town which leaves me in charge. Great fun.
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Oh congratulations! Sounds like a great week!
The Bridge of the Golden Horn looks really interesting, especially since I live in Germany.
I love LOST!
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