Little Pixie

I haven`t been reading as much lately, so I`m watching more TV - I`m up to ep 15 Of Arrow S1 ( yay ! ), and just rewatched the pilot ep for SG1 ( even better than I remembered it ).

I`m looking forward to seeing ep 2 this week. I quite liked the first ep ; it did make me think I`ll get the other books ( I read Book 1 ) once the first season is done. Probably.

Two minds but with a single thought : Must buy more books ! Must invent ever more imaginative loopholes to justify book purchases !

How`s the ` must not get more library books` thing going ?

Thank you. How are your books struggles coming along ?

Thank you. So, I hear you saying that I should treat myself to the rest of the books so I can safely read the short stories in the book ?

I think it was your cheerleading which made me get them ? I read 84 Charing Cross Road when I was a teenager, but had quite forgotten about her since then. They are such great reads ; you feel like she`s sitting across from you, telling you about her day. Fantastic.

I`m struggling a bit with books atm ; I only managed 4 books last month ( usually, I average 17 - and in January, managed one a day ). I`ve just felt bleah. Anyway, I cheered myself up last night by reading a few chapters of Helene Hanff - Letter from New York. She writes so tenderly of her neighbours ( including the canines ) , it`s a lovely snuggly read.

Ooh, your holiday plans sound great ! Have a wonderful time.

That looks really good. Into the `buy at some point` list it goes.

Good to know.

Do you know if they need to be read in order ? I've read the first 3 books, but am holding off on reading my copy of the shorties, in case there are major spoilers.

Ooh, great graphs. Those are really fun to look at, and see your reading represented pictorially.

I must stop thinking of these loopholes ! There will always be books to buy and I don`t need to buy them all in one go. However.... Another loophole I favour, is ` That`s a really good price and it`s out of print, so I should get it now while it`s still available`.

It`s a tough job, etc.

And once I`d got enough books to qualify for the free P&P, I kept buying, cos then it was ` buy more books with free postage ! Yay ! `

Those books look fantastic. I hope things improve for your Nan ; it sounds really upsetting for everyone.

Thanks. Feel free to use the excuse ; there're plenty where that came from.

Thank you. I just wanted the Coldplay CD, but then in order to get free p&p, I was ` forced` to order some books too.

Mindscape, starring the always excellent Mark Strong. A psychological thriller with a twist - he plays a 'memory detective', who goes into people's minds to see what really happened in a crime. I guessed some of what was really going on, but thought it was still worth seeing.

'Tis true.

Maybe our minds need to subconsciously process everything we've read and catalogue stuff. Or maybe our brains are just full up.

Books ordered : South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami Bridget Jones` Baby - Helen Fielding N.P. - Banana Yoshimoto Goldenhand - Gart Nix One Coffee With - Margaret Maron The Turquoise Shop - Frances Crane The Waikiki Widow - Juanita Sheridan The Devil in Velvet - John Dickson Carr Change for the Worse - Elizabeth Lemarchand I also ordered Kaleidoscope EP - Coldplay, and a couple of Kindle books - One way to Venice ( Jane Aiken Hodge ) and An Accidental Murder - J. New

Thanks. Even if Book 4 is really awful, I think I`d want to read it anyway, to complete the series.

Hmm, I ordered Bridget Jones` Baby ( the book) a couple of days ago ( it was really cheap, and I needed to add something to the order list to get free P&P ). I still have Book 3 to read as well .