I’m back from five-day trip, visiting my sister in sunny California. I scheduled two posts to go live while I was gone (ah, I love being able to post to my blog while I’m asleep or driving or shopping) so you might not have noticed that I was even gone. Here’s a quick rundown on my trip:

Hours spent on the plane: approximately 14 (yikes!)

Books read in that time: 3 (The Mermaid’s Madness by Jim C. Hines, The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, Soulless by Gail Carriger). Also, first chapter of Word Painting by a writer whose name escapes me.

Most unexpected title in an airport gift shop: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (I just can’t wrap my head around that premise. I keep getting a Does Not Compute error message).

Number of visits to the same Pakistani restaurant: 3. Twice for dinner (seekh kebabs and this *fantastic* chicken mali dish) and once for a brunch of halwa poori (mmmmm!)

Number of stores visited: Too many to count!

Newly-discovered TV show to obsess over: The remake of V: The Final Conflict. Alas, it’s only in its first season.

Returned home to: Grey skies, four smiling faces and 158 items in my RSS Feed!

Hope you all have had a lovely weekend/beginning of the week!