I miss coffee houses...

It's times like these when I wish Seoul had even something remotely akin to what we have back home in the way of coffee houses. Unfortunately the closest thing to that here is Starbucks which, in my opinion, is not close at all. My reason for stating this particular gripe is because tonight I would like nothing better than to go to a coffee house (like Kaldi's back in STL), have a nice cup of steaming hot coffee and curl up with a good book. I'm almost done reading the book Angels & Demons that I started a few days ago, and I really don't wanna sit here in my apartment alone finishing the rest of it. But there's not really anywhere for me to go that would be condusive to reading. Bleh...

So maybe I'll just go stop by the nearest Starbucks, get some coffee to go and come back here to read. And I guess actually it won't be that bad because my director just bought this really posh couch for our apartment today. It's one of those "L" shaped ones that are friggin huge, but it looks fantabulous in the main room...and it's navy blue too, which is my favorite color! So...I suppose that's a plan for the evening then. I don't really wanna go out and do anything besides that cause I am still getting over a cold that I had earlier this week. (Yes, I was sick yet again---that makes three colds so far, and I used to never get sick back home!) So tonight I'm taking it easy and then I really only wanna do some shopping this weekend because I desperately need to get some clothes for winter.

One more thing... I have been reading like mad since I got here (what else have I got to keep me busy?) and I'm always on the lookout for good books to read. So if anyone has any books they'd like to suggest, please leave me a note and let me know. Just to give you an idea of what types of books I prefer, here's a list of all the ones I've read since coming here to Korea:

The DaVinci Code
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Hunger Point
Of Human Bondage
Catcher in the Rye
One Hundred Years of Solitude
American Gods
Angels & Demons (finishing tonight)
Shopgirl (starting tomorrow)

Help please! :)