Oh, that sounds like you're a very advanced learner - I hope you find someone who's an equally good teacher as your previous one.

Personally, I love Bunter... ^_^ I agree about Christie. The plots are well-crafted but the people are so uninteresting. I prefer the movie-versions of her books.

Beautiful. With materials like this "simple and basic" is the best choice - wouldn't do to have those things disappear behind too elaborate designs. ^_^

The tulips look like something from a Dutch still-life, I really like that.

On my way to answer the meme...