Now I know where I wanna go for spring break...

[qatarperegrine]

Yesterday I went to the new bookstore in City Center Mall. Due to the astonishing paucity of bookstores in Doha, the opening of a new one -- in a mall, no less -- was cause for much celebration.

Unfortunately, the selection is rather small and extremely haphazard. The best moment was when I wandered into the travel section and found this:



(For the uninitiated, Lancre is a fictional location from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.)

And, while I'm posting cell phone pictures, here's another exciting find I made yesterday: I finally tracked down a source of black nail polish in Doha! And lipstick, even! Goth Marj celebrates!!!


(My toes aren't really purple. Weird cell phone camera.)

Comments

[qatar-cat.livejournal.com]

Lancre? hahahaha awesome!

Now, fess up: where do you get black nail polish?

Your toes look nice btw.

:^)

Brilliant!

[shmuelisms.livejournal.com]

His series of books Science of Discworld which use the usual medley of characters and tricks to explain Earth-related science are also amazing. :-)


Did you dare ask if the book-store staff knew it was a fictional location??