The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet & Houston, We Have a Purple

Just finished The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet.  The beginning and end are slow, but the middle is mesmerizing.  Probably one of the least suspenseful battle scenes I've ever read.  I've heard that David Mitchell is a fantastic writer, so I'm going to give some of his other works a chance.

Maybe the real reason I couldn't concentrate is because I was staring at my nails.  Houston, We Have a Purple is from the OPI Texas collection.  It is a sheer, jelly style polish.  I layered it over Zoya's Get Even base coat (a white ridge filler) to add a little opacity.  I think the jellies look better that way.