Little Pixie

Congrats on the new books !

Whee, back from the vet. He`s very happy about her operation wound healing up, but she had a good old scratch yesterday and bled, grr. So, she`s had a different jab of steroids which should last 3 weeks and deal with the itchiness ( he said that cats do get problems at this stage with the skin healing up, which can be itchy, so they scratch and get ill again ). She`s stopped sneezing and snoring at night, and the vet says the steroids would have sorted that out, but her previous week`s steroid jab would have worn off after 5-6 days, and he thinks that`s why she had a scratch fest now. So, fingers crossed that after 3 weeks, when this lot of steroids wear off, she`s over the itchiness and won`t pick at her scabs - otherwise it`s back to the vet... From what her vet thought - that she maybe had flu as a kitten - I`m guessing this is one of those things that she`s susceptible to, like getting diarhhea and throwing up. Poor girl. Fortunately she has insurance.

How much longer do you have physio for the knee for ?

Hope it went okay, and you`re not suffering too much today from it.

I have some of those upstairs ; I started off my Leslie Charteris` Saint books.

Thanks.

Hee-hee.

So pleased for you, Julie.

Thanks ; no telling when I`ll get to it, though.

Stop it, stop it, my TBR`s 700+.

I`ll see if there`s a cheapie version, if I like The Time Machine.

Just the Friday vet visit now. Whee !

Oh, I just love these - Little Free Libraries.

I didn`t get to any of my Kimples on Sunday, but read just over half of the next Louise Penny book, Bury Your Dead. That`s 634 pages over the weekend, plus 18 Kimples. Whoo ! Well done to everyone else, too. I`ll have another go at those Kimples in September.

Hmm, The Time Machine seems to be the only free one at present. I`ll look upstairs at the bookshelves to see if there`s any HG Wells there ( things have a habit of suddenly turning up in dark corners ). And I can`t possibly spend a whole 72p on a Kindle book !

Here`s a get well soon bear. I hope you`re getting some bearable ( *groan* ) parts of the day, when the knee is less horribly painful.

You know, I don`t think I`ve ever read any of his books - I`ve taken a freebie of The Time Machine.

I haven`t heard of any of the authors, so I`m even less help.

Thanks Kate. I can wait for your review before dipping my toe into her work.

Aw. I hope you feel less stressy soon.

^^ Sounds good ; have Kimpled it already.

Book # 123 Bury Your Dead - Louise Penny This crossed the line from mystery genre book into literature book for me, it was so cleverly done. Beauvoir investigates something privately in the Three Pines, whilst Gamache looks into the murder of an archaeologist in Quebec City. What happened to part them and why they`re on different investigations becomes clear as the book progresses ; Gamache experiences flash-backs and remembers conversations about a previous case, which are interwoven into the ongoing narrative. It`s done so skilfully that I never had trouble separating the present from the past. There`s a big theme about your past affecting the present, if you let it. I enjoyed Still Life, the first of the Inspector Gamache books, but the series has really evolved into something very special.

Well, Xiao-Xiao`s collar is off ; she`s a bit scratchy, but not badly so. She was stunned when the collar came off, then had a major 20 min wash. She`s so much happier ; she spent yesterday going in and out of the house, and catching up on playing with string.

There are a lot of cycle lanes round here, but my neighbour still fell off his bike and broke his collar bone. It just looks dangerous to me anyway ! I remember seeing photos years ago of the Dutch Royal family on bikes ; I wonder why Holland developed bike lanes early on and other countries have lagged behind ?

I`d class her as a favourite author, but realised that I hadn`t read anything for some time, so I had a major splurge. I`ve still got Maya`s Notebook to read, then I`ll buy Ripper. There`s also one - Amor - which doesn`t have an English translation yet. I found her website pretty helpful. Oh, and thanks - I`m almost at ` best year of reading ever` status.