Little Pixie`s Bookshelf 2014

[Devi]

I wish I could of experienced the 60's.

[pontalba]

I wish I could of experienced the 60's.

 

There is good, great and bad about any decade, make yours your own!

 

But, please God, not the "big hair" of the 80's, not again!     

[Little Pixie]

Sarah, I just saw this photo of your TBR pile

 

TBR.jpg

 

Tee-hee. 

 

Grr, PC`s poorly - back when I can.

 

Hope everyone`s okay ! 

 

Xiao-Xiao is doing well - except that there was a trip to the supermarket ( involving garage and car noises ) and when she heard that, she rushed upstairs looking scared, and spent the rest of the afternoon hiding under the bed. 

Edited August 14, 2014 by Little Pixie

[Athena]

Hope everyone`s okay ! 

 

Xiao-Xiao is doing well - except that there was a trip to the supermarket ( involving garage and car noises ) and when she heard that, she rushed upstairs looking scared, and spent the rest of the afternoon hiding under the bed.

Awww poor kitty, do you think the noises scared her? I'm glad she's going well otherwise, though .

 

I'm doing allright . Although it looks like one of our zijdehoender hens has died . I'll have another look later when it's less dark but I fear the worst (she wasn't doing well yesterday). I have no idea what is/was wrong with her, though. She was fine two days ago. We also likely lost Beaky, the tame hen with the beak that made it hard for her to eat.

 

I'm still stressed and tense (heart palpitations) but am entirely unsure if it's from the medication or whether I'm stressed from now living in the bakery etc. When I'm distracted it doesn't matter as much because I don't feel it as much.

 

I've been busy cataloguing our video games and DVDs/Blu-rays, which has been fun (the basic information is in there but a lot of details need to be edited and added). I've been reading now and then as well which has been nice (I should read more..).

[Little Pixie]

Ohhhhh, bellbottoms!  I cringe now, but had some great ones Back in the Day...    Teenagers!    (I was one, once, I think....)

 

I don`t remember bellbottoms, but I do remember denim suits. 

 

The older I get, the younger I feel. 

[Little Pixie]

Sarah, I just saw this photo of your TBR pile

 

TBR.jpg

 

That`s sooo wrong ! 

 

This is more like it. 

 

Edited August 18, 2014 by Little Pixie

[Little Pixie]

Awww poor kitty, do you think the noises scared her? I'm glad she's going well otherwise, though .

 

I'm doing allright . Although it looks like one of our zijdehoender hens has died . I'll have another look later when it's less dark but I fear the worst (she wasn't doing well yesterday). I have no idea what is/was wrong with her, though. She was fine two days ago. We also likely lost Beaky, the tame hen with the beak that made it hard for her to eat.

 

I'm still stressed and tense (heart palpitations) but am entirely unsure if it's from the medication or whether I'm stressed from now living in the bakery etc. When I'm distracted it doesn't matter as much because I don't feel it as much.

 

I've been busy cataloguing our video games and DVDs/Blu-rays, which has been fun (the basic information is in there but a lot of details need to be edited and added). I've been reading now and then as well which has been nice (I should read more..).

 

I`m so sorry to hear that. Poor hens. 

 

I hope you feel better soon ; have you got an appt. coming up about your meds ?    *

 

I think Xiao-Xiao thought the car noise meant she had to go to the vet again, poor thing. 

 

* Just looked in your thread and I saw that you do. Hope it went okay. 

Edited August 18, 2014 by Little Pixie

[Little Pixie]

Coming back from acupuncture on Friday, the Abbey had a sign outside saying ` Book Fair` ; yay ! 

 

I got 25 books for £20.50, most of them in lovely hardbacks ( some of those were leatherette ones with embossed gold squiggles ), and bumped into a couple of my neighbours who were also indulging their bookishness. One of them asked about Xiao-Xiao, `cos she`s a cat person and hadn`t seen her for a while investigating her garden, aww. There was a Louise Penny book there which I`d recently read, but I got the other neighbour to try it, after extolling its virtues.

 

I`m still so pleased with the books - some of them were books which I`ve thought about getting, and some are from authors that I like.

 

The new books are ...

 

2666 - Roberto Bolano 

A Tree grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

Key of Light - Nora Roberts

The Light-Hearted Quest - Ann Bridge

The Towers of Trebizond - Rose Macauley

 

Maigret and Monsieur Charles, Maigret and the Dosser, Maigret and the Millionaires, Maigret and the Gangsters - Georges Simenon

A Confusion of Princes - Garth Nix

The Snare of the Hunter - Helen MacInnes

Agent in Place - Helen MacInnes

Short Stories - EM Forster

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

One Shot - Lee Child

Blood and Beauty - Sarah Dunant

 

High Road to China - Jon Cleary

The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton

The Limpopo Academy of Private Investigation - Alexander McCall Smith

One Night in Winter - Simon Sebag Montefiore

Little Indiscretions - Caremn Posadas

The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse

Jolie Blon`s Bounce - James Lee Burke

The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man - HG Wells

Edited August 18, 2014 by Little Pixie

[Athena]

I`m so sorry to hear that. Poor hens. 

 

I hope you feel better soon ; have you got an appt. coming up about your meds ?    *

 

I think Xiao-Xiao thought the car noise meant she had to go to the vet again, poor thing. 

 

* Just looked in your thread and I saw that you do. Hope it went okay.

 

Thanks Sarah . Yes, I had a phone appointment yesterday, I'm now going to take medication every 3h 5x a day, with the first 4 being 10 mg and the 5th one 5 mg. If I can't sleep I can not take that last one. Next week I have another phone appointment and an appointment with the nurse. I look forward to see how the medication will affect me .

 

Congratulations on all the books ! I see a few that are on my wishlist. I quite liked The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I hope you enjoy all of them .

[Karsa Orlong]

 

That`s sooo wrong ! 

 

This is more like it. 

 

 

Lies!  There's no way that's all of them

[Athena]

That's a great photo! I missed it when I read this thread earlier.

[Little Pixie]

 

Thanks Sarah . Yes, I had a phone appointment yesterday, I'm now going to take medication every 3h 5x a day, with the first 4 being 10 mg and the 5th one 5 mg. If I can't sleep I can not take that last one. Next week I have another phone appointment and an appointment with the nurse. I look forward to see how the medication will affect me .

 

Fingers crossed that they`ll soon hit on the right sequence for the pills. Good to know that they`re keeping a close eye on you, with those appointments. 

 

Congratulations on all the books  ! I see a few that are on my wishlist. I quite liked The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I hope you enjoy all of them  .

 

 

Thank you ! I think this may have been my favourite book haul. 

[Little Pixie]

Lies!  There's no way that's all of them

 

It`s not ???!! 

 

Are you sure ? 

 

There might`ve been these as well.

 

 

Er, and maybe these too...

 

 

[Little Pixie]

Oh look, and these..

 

 

And these. But that`s it ( of the ones that I have pics of...  )

 

[Little Pixie]

That's a great photo! I missed it when I read this thread earlier.

 

Thanks ! I figure that I could have lovely, tidy shelves, but it would take time away from the actual reading of the books. 

[Athena]

Fingers crossed that they`ll soon hit on the right sequence for the pills. Good to know that they`re keeping a close eye on you, with those appointments. 

Thanks Sarah !

 

Some lovely photos there ! I love seeing photos of people's books.

[Devi]

You are making me want to take photos of my books now

[Athena]

You are making me want to take photos of my books now

I wouldn't mind if you did .

[Little Pixie]

Thanks Sarah !

 

Some lovely photos there ! I love seeing photos of people's books.

 

It always makes me want to turn my head to one side to look at other people`s book titles. 

[Karsa Orlong]

 

 

 

Er, and maybe these too...

 

 

 

Nice to see the painting's been displaced in favour of books

[Little Pixie]

Nice to see the painting's been displaced in favour of books

 

 

I`m starting to pile books on the floor now, too. I`m wondering if I should move some ` old friends` into boxes, and put new books on those shelves. 

[Anna Begins]

 

I`m starting to pile books on the floor now, too. I`m wondering if I should move some ` old friends` into boxes, and put new books on those shelves. 

Oh no- the box of death  Just make sure the old friends meet the new ones  Those are some pretty impressive piles and cases!

[Little Pixie]

Oh no- the box of death  Just make sure the old friends meet the new ones  Those are some pretty impressive piles and cases!

 

Hee. 

 

I do enjoy having lots of books. 

[Little Pixie]

Darn it, the Little Furry Princess has been back at the Vet`s today.

 

She`s been squinting in one eye and there`s some discharge ; the Vet took a look ( using that dye they put in to look for damage ) and said she has a touch of conjunctivitis, but only damage to the surface of the eye. Her lower eyelid looks really red and sore. She`s had an anti-inflammatory jab and some eye drops ( twice a day till Sunday ). Her Vet thinks that`ll probably clear it up and she won`t need to come back. 

[Athena]

Awww, I hope it'll clear up! Poor kitty.