Little Pixie

Just posting my latest read books, while the Internet holds ( it`s not as wobbly as before, but still goes offline now and again... ). I`ll put in mini-reviews later. Everytime I`ve thought about posting, I`ve ended up reading another book instead, so those reviews have really piled up. 101 Conversations with Isabel Allende - Ed. by John Rodden 102 Aphrodite - Isabel Allende 103 The Sum of Our Days - Isabel Allende 104 Mr Palomar - Italo Calvino 105 Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa 106 The Prisoner of Heaven - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 107 Night Train to Lisbon - Pascal Mercier 108 The Late Scholar - Jill Paton Walsh 109 Falling Star - Patricia Moyes 110 Dead Calm - Louise Penny 111 High Rising - Angela Thirkell 112 Plum Lovin` - janet Evanovich 113 Fool Moon - Jim Butcher 114 Airs above the Ground - Mary Stewart 115 Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich 116 Outsider in Amsterdam - Janwillem Van de Wetering 117 Doctored Evidence - Donna leon 118 Underworld - Done DeLillo 119 The Cruellest Month - Lousie Penny 120 Many Deadly Returns - Paricia Moyes 121 The Murder Stone - Louise Penny

Mmmm, I tend to have stomach trouble from antibiotics, or headaches, so I imagine it`s the same for animals. She has been snuggling up closely at night, and purring to herself ( there`s an idea that the frequency of a cat`s purr is healing ); paws crossed that tomorrow, the cone can come off and she can go outside to play again.

I haven`t read it ( yet ), but here`s an excerpt from the new Murakami - Slate.

That read-a-thon seems to come round faster every month. I shall be a-kimpling - looking through some of the excerpts from books I`m thinking of buying - not sure what I`ll pick up as my bedtime reads ( `cos I just read the Kindle during the day ) - will have a look though the goodies that make up my TBR.

Oof, that`s scary. Hope you`re continuing to improve.

Aw, will do. Looks like I spoke too soon though ; she`s been hiding away on the windowsill, and under the bed ( surprised she could get the cone under there ) ; I think it`s the antibiotics. She`s just come downstairs now and is having some food ( without the antibiotic this time ), so that`s promising. I`ve just given her a Gaia Cuddle.

Ooh, sounds good - shall look up the other books from him too.

Thanks, and indeed. I`ve just re-read the tales of woe of doggies-with-cones above ; I`m so glad that she isn`t hiding somewhere with it, too sad to come out.

Thanks for the kind wishes, everyone. Hopefully, the cone will come off on Friday, fingers crossed. She has to stay in till then ( luckily it isn`t 28C anymore, `cos that would`ve been really bad in the house ). She`s eating well, if awkwardly, but keeps shaking her head and trying to scratch and wash herself. She`s running about though, and isn`t knocking into too many things now.

Just a quick post - Xiao-Xiao had her op today for that abscess - 30 min op under general anaesthetic - the vet found a tiny* splinter in the abscess, hopefully that`s what the problem was, though he said it`s difficult to tell if it`s all sluiced out now, `cos the bits can be so small. She`s back home now with a `buster collar`, ie, a cone of shame. The poor girl`s completely spaced out, very unsteady on her feet ; she`s currently dozing near her food dish ( she`s having tiny amounts of food, ` cos she hasn`t eaten for 24 hours. ) She`s got antibiotics for the next five days, and is back at the vet`s on Friday for a check-up. * 2-3 mm, they attached it to her records.

Lots of healing hugs, Julie.

All the very best for tomorrow, Julie ! Hope you`ll be back playing hopscotch in no time.

Internet`s really iffy. Just got Outsider in Amsterdam (Grijpstra & de Gier Mysteries) - Janwillem Van De Wetering today, am already a few pages in.

I really liked the storyline, and the special-effects ; I wasn`t too sure about some of the acting.

Thanks - Only three this time, I`m quite proud.

Hee, I`m going for the third dress, but they`re all pretty.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest. Great book haul ! I`m interested in those Rick Riordan books - I saw the first film.

3 more books... Books read : 104 TBR 782 New Books Bought : 142 Total Cost : £276.17 Tatiana - Martin Cruz Smith, the latest in the Arkady Renko series which started with Gorky Park. ( £3.50 ) My Korean Deli - Ben Ryder Howe ( £3.51 ) A Trick of the Light - Louise Penny , book 7 in the Inspector Gamache series ( £2.50 ) I ordered the Journeyman DVD ( it had dropped down to around £15 ) , so while I had free p&p anyway, I decided to get some books..

Thanks - she`s been racing up and down the stairs today and pouncing on the hall rug, so I assume she`s not feeling too poorly. It just looks so painful. Poor Pixie. Did she need a vet`s visit then ? Xiao-Xiao`s very clever - sometimes she puts her head on one side and I swear you can see her trying to puzzle things out.

I hope it`s still a worthwhile read.

Poor Pamuk. Glad she`s got a good home now.

Or - in my case - that`s how I ended up with double copies of some books. I have some of my TBR in a spare room, and it`s always a nice surprise to come across them and think ` Oh, I have that still to read ! `, so I can understand having a secret box of books. Thanks, I shall have a look at those. Erm, nothing nasty happened to the cat, did it ?

Ooh, glad it`s all systems go. It`s a week tomorrow, isn`t it ?

Kate, Gaia, Julie - many thanks for your get well wishes for the little one ! She`s still eating well and running about, rolling on her back, climbing curtains ; the lump looks awful, but the vet expects it to burst on its own ( I`m guessing the antibiotics are helping her to feel better, he did say the dose should last for two weeks ) . Poor little girl, we can`t explain that the vet was helping her.

I don`t know if goats are like sheep, who always seem to be limping about ? They have such skinny legs and big bodies and bounce around. Boo ! Is that bakery in the same area and willl have the same problem then ?