The Secret Diary Library - Invisibility Section

We can't let Mysti have all the memes so Iz has come up with one of her own.
Since we all seem so fond of reading and writing here, it is time to stock up the bookshelves with best sellers written by our Diary Land friends.
Just tell us the titles and we have to guess who could possibly have written them.

But most important....Remember they are all to be found in the Invisibility Section

So here are a few that Izzie would expect to find in her collection

The Magic of Microsoft
Mahathir the Magnificent
Bored of the Rings
The Uselessness of Mythology
Steamy Scenes of Celibacy with Severus Snape

That's all for the moment folks. Must be off to do my homework assignments. Certain people are, shall we say putting pressure on the ickle Iz to get stuff finished..or rather they think that's what it is. Since when do soulless Dursleys such as Iz have anything to fear from Dementors? Of course those Dementors are only wannabees.....most likely bad boggarts with delusions of Grandeur. My mother Va'ada Ved'kara is after all the Director of Dementors at the Ministry of Misery and she only lends them out to the likes of Dolores and Voldi.
Now a detention with Gilderoy Lockhart..that is infinitely more scary.

A box of frogs and other assorted monsters.

Izzie has had a busy day. Just returned from one of the big events in the Izzie calendar. Twice a year we have the 'Save the Children Fund' book sale. Who cares about the kids? Not Izzie but I do care that you can get the most brilliant stuff for next to nothing. In fact more than 70% of my book collection was acquired at these sales.
The sale always starts on a Friday evening 6pm and invariably there is a queue of vultures from about 4pm onwards. Since the weather was so gorgeous, I figures I will go watch my sunset at the beach with "The Precioussss" and catch the 6pm bus to be at the sale around 30 mins later. Was I ever surprized to see a queue at that time.
Last year when they didn't have crowd control, people squished and squashed in like sardines and it was just horrid. Even after 30 mins the air was stuffy and stale. But who cares! This is an orgy of ecstacy for bibliophiles.( books and more books )

But before the book sale was another big treat of the day. Just renewed my Zoo membership last month and decide to make the most of my last bean free week. Back with the Goblins on Tuesday.
Every day at 11.15 is a creature feature in the reptile house. One of the keepers gives a talk and that usually means "Pat a python" time.
Tuesday the keeper was walking around with a woma python draped over his neck. Gorgeous brown and beige striped little critters they are. He says that a lot of the snakes are in the breeding season at the moment or shedding their skins which makes them cranky and increases the chances of damaging them.
Thursday Izzie was back for more. The keeper announces that the rumours about this being 'pat a python' time are unfounded. For the exactly the reasons given previously, there would be no slinking snakies to stroke. Instead he would tell us about the lizards. Izzie was not amused but understood the reasons nevertheless. The poor things have a right to scrub their scales or snog and snuggle in peace and quiet.
But not only did he talk about the Lizards, starting with the blue tongued skink, but picked them up and let us pat them too. Next was a horntailed skink. This creature was all lumpy and bumpy with spikes on its end. It hides in the rocks and puffs up and the spikes on the tail help keep it from being pulled out by its predators. More lumpy bumpy creatures included the 'bearded dragon' that had skin with the texture and colour of tree bark.
And today, Greedy Izzie was back again for more! Again no snakies. But this time it was munchies on the menu. Live crickets and frozen calcium dusted cockroaches.
The Lizzies got their fix. We got to see those cute blue tongues. But the highlight of the day were the green splendid frogs. They are all dark green except one exceptionally fat luminescent lime little number - a girl who bears a most uncanny resemblence to Dolores. In fact the minute Iz sets eyes on her..that is what I call her. But they have other ideas. Jabber is her name. If the zookeeper did not dish them out fairly to all residents, this fat green lump would have gobbled the lot. As it was she was eying up the tray of cockroaches the whole time, and looked like she was about to land on it any minute.
To watch her swallowing these 'particularly juicy flies' was just a most delightful experience.
We had the keeper in there 30 mins with us dishing out dinner to all the creatures. As horrid as it is to say it, Izzie being a slythie and all, it was much more fun than patting any python.
My final fix of monsters was the adverts in the window of a department store announcing this weeks' special. The Monsters Inc DVD is half price for the week. How could Iz resist?
Except for the unfortunate matter of purpleness, Randal epitomizes all the most desirable Slytherin traits. And what an utterly adorable smile.