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URRRRGGHHH I just spent like half an hour trying to find that one photo in a MESS of posts on Google plus.

Needless to say, it was not a very good use of my time. :(

Anyways I was just reading this book, Curtsies and Conspiracies, Finishing School #2 by Gail Carriger. I got the first 3 books at Costco when I was sick and it filled my time very nicely, and I got to read the books. I was basically binge-reading in bed.

So I had Debate at lunch, and we did this thing where, to develop confidence, we get a random topic and have to stand up and talk about it for a minute. Just, like, off the top of your head. I think I got an easy topic, computers. Someone else, I can't remember who, talked about hats, and then I realized just what a big impact books make on our life.

He (or she, I can't remember) talked about how hats can show a person's personality, and my mind immediately flashed to Picklemen and Pistons. In the group, the Picklemen is... I'm not really sure how to describe it, the best is probably like a society. The point is, they identify by wearing a hat with a band of green around it. Pistons is a social club at a boarding school and they also identify by a band around their hats. I've been reading too much Gail Carriger! Her books are set in a fictional world back in... probably the 1800's or so, based on their clothing and mannerisms. It's set in Europe, probably England, and in a supernatural world with werewolves and vampires (it's absolutely nothing like Twilight. Although I haven't read Twilight. But I've heard about it, and this is totally different.) They use terms like "petticoat", "cravat", and things like that, which means a dictionary was needed alongside when I read this--not because it's hard, but to help me understand a bit better.

Basically, the series is about this girl named Sophronia Angelina Temminick, who goes to a finishing school--that teachers etiquette and espionage (coincidentally, the name of the first book. :P) I feel like the plot isn't very driven, but the characters and events are a fun read, especially because I've never read books with this kind of environment before. I can't wait until the 4th book comes out, Manners and Mutiny. :)