For the most part, I am completely out of the loop with what’s going on back at home.  When it comes to news, movies, books, and music,  all I know is what New Zealand tells me… which isn’t a whole lot.

So it’s always a shocker when something has quietly made an appearance to the world and I’m the last one to know. Generally, it’s not that big of a deal.  In fact I’ve been enjoying the break of constant breaking news overload.

The one exception is books.  Last week I was browsing a local bookstore and came across these two gems:

New book by Augusten Burroughs! How didn’t I know this? How could this have happened?

And a new one (finally) from the chick who wrote “Eat, Pray, Love”…the book that absolutely inspired me to take my own travel adventure.

Alas, these two will have to wait.  I’m attempting (I know, famous last words) to finish up books already in my possession vs. frantically binging on the written word….which has been known to happen at least once or twice a year. So we’ll see how it goes.