Me again! Last night (after I stopped blogging), I Googled Derek and Casey (Those are the stars of the Life with Derek tv series) for a few pics from the serial, I noticed something new. Dasey. Which means the Derek/Casey ship. When I first saw it, I felt- UGH!! But then, when I saw more about Dasey, I didn’t think it was that bad… after all, Derek and Casey are just step siblings-not really related. What surprised me more was the huge amount of fan following this ship had. It’s got more fansites and fanlistings than the show itself!! Now, coming to the BBC movie, it’s called North and South,  and it’s AWESOME!!! I like it as much as Harry Potter (which is my favourite movie, naturally). Here’s a short summary of the story which I found-

Set against the backdrop of Victorian England’s industrial north, it follows the fortunes of Margaret Hale, one of 19th century literature’s most original heroines.

Played by Daniela Denby-Ashe, Margaret is a privileged, middle class southerner who is forced to settle in the northern town of Milton.

Margaret takes instant offence to the town and its people. She becomes terribly lonely and hates the dirt, noise and lack of civilisation, blaming their new way of life for her mother’s ailing health.

Her distaste for the town and its people extends to handsome and charismatic cotton mill owner John Thornton, (Richard Armitage), whom she believes epitomises everything she dislikes about the North.

However, Margaret gradually begins to settle in Milton. Her social conscience awakens and she befriends some of the local mill workers, learning about their poverty and workplace struggles.

As events conspire to throw Margaret and Thornton together, the two spirited characters have to overcome their repressed physical attraction for one another and conquer prejudices of class and circumstance.

Sounds great, doesn’t it? Well, I saw it once and became a huge fan of it!!

Then, I’ve got good news and bad news.

GOOD NEWS: I got 3 new books from Landmark (That’s a book and movie store, which is my favourite place!) One was a collection of horror stories by Edgar Allan Poe, another is a three stories in one by Robert L Stevenson. The last one is The Chronicles of Narnia-Prince Caspian (Although I’ve already read this book, it was from a library and years ago, so I don’t really remember much from it, and because the movie is releasing soon, I really wanted to brush up my knowledge) 

BAD NEWS: I can’t read them now, I’ll have to wait till Sunday   Why? Because if I finish them now, I won’t have anything to do in Mumbai!!! so, for the first time in my life, I’m not finishing books with 1 day of buying them… its really hard!!!

OKay, I’m leaving now…