Little Pixie`s Bookshelf 2016

[muggle not]

What is your rating on Rita Mae Brown. She and I lived in the same small town a few years ago. My memory's slipping, I think I already told you that.

[Little Pixie]

What is your rating on Rita Mae Brown. She and I lived in the same small town a few years ago. My memory's slipping, I think I already told you that.

 

I love the Mrs Murphy, and Sister Jane books. I`m not sure that the later Mrs Murphy ones ( she`s now up to book #25 ) are as good as the earlier ones, but that`s cos she`s had to invent new characters with each later book, so that someone can be bumped off : Otherwise it`d be a ghost town by now. Some of them have had bits of preachiness* in them, but I don`t feel nagged and I do learn things. I`m still buying them though, and still keeping them to read when I need a treat. 

 

* Preachiness is the wrong word, but I can`t offhand think of a better one.

 

How`s the weather now ? Still safe ?

[Little Pixie]

I saw a weasel - or stoat ?- today; it sped across the road, looking like a bit like a baby squirrel with a shorter tail, or an elongated hamster. I've never seen one before.

[Athena]

Wow, I've never seen one of those before! Nice you got to see one .

[Little Pixie]

Wow, I've never seen one of those before! Nice you got to see one .

 

It was quite exciting ! It looked exactly like this - click -  the one on the right hand side, just above the calendar, running across the road.

[Madeleine]

I think I might have seen one once, can't remember where, bit it moved so fast it was difficult to see what it was!  Think I've seen a few squished ones too, sadly.

[Little Pixie]

I think I might have seen one once, can't remember where, bit it moved so fast it was difficult to see what it was!  Think I've seen a few squished ones too, sadly.

I'm surprised, cos the one I saw was really fast.

[Anna Begins]

Omg, so cute!

 

Edited to add:

 

Have you ever heard of a quakka? They are in Australia. My daughter is obsessed with these animals.

Edited October 15, 2016 by Anna Begins

[Athena]

It was quite exciting ! It looked exactly like this - click - the one on the right hand side, just above the calendar, running across the road.

How nice ! It looks so cute.

 

I think I might have seen one once, can't remember where, bit it moved so fast it was difficult to see what it was! Think I've seen a few squished ones too, sadly.

Awww .

 

Have you ever heard of a quakka? They are in Australia. My daughter is obsessed with these animals.

I looked up quakka, they look cute .

[Little Pixie]

Omg, so cute!

 

Edited to add:

 

Have you ever heard of a quakka? They are in Australia. My daughter is obsessed with these animals.

 

Very, very vaguely - it sort of rings a bell. Just looked at pics and oooh, so sweet !

[Anna Begins]

[Nollaig]

Awww I've never seen a weasel or a stoat but they're adoreable animals. I also love otters. Anything with a slinky body, fur and beady eyes, generally, I find very cute XD

 

Quakkas are also adoreable

[pontalba]

Ohhhhh!  The stoat is so cute!    Lovely little critter.

[Little Pixie]

Time to get up to date.

 

The Faceless Adversary ( £8.38 ), The Tangled Cord ( £6.14 ), Squire of Death ( £6.26 ), The Empty Day (£3.85 ) - Frances and Richard Lockridge

 

More Mystery Cats (£2.81), Mystery Cats III ( £2.81) - short stories by various authors, The Black Thumb  ( £6.73 ), The Black Gloves (£8.50), The Grey Mist Murders (£6.32), The Black Goatee (£8.61)   - Constance and Gwenyth Little ,  The Nature of the Beast - Louise Penny (£4.06), The Chinese Chop - Juanita Sheridan (£7.95), The Grimm Legacy - Polly Shulman (£2.81), Latte Trouble - Cleo Coyle (£2.81), The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustis (£3.99), Tis the Season to be Murdered - Valerie Wolzien (£2.81), Family Matters - Pat McDermott (£3.31)

[Little Pixie]

#137   A Risky Way to Kill - Frances and Richard Lockridge

#138   Catch as Catch Can -   Frances and Richard Lockridge

#139   The Ticking Clock - Frances and Richard Lockridge

#140   Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym

#141   Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle

#142   The Black Eye - Constance and Gwenyth Little

#143   Who Killed the Curate ? - Joan Coggin

#144   The Copenhagan Connection - Elizabeth Peters

#145   Murder at Beechlands - Maureen sarsfield

#146   Black Corridors - Constance and Gwenyth Little

#147   Finding your own North Star - Martha Beck

#148   the Mystery of Orchard House - Joan Coggin

#149   Troubled Journey - Frances and Richard Lockridge

#150   Time is the Fire - Connie Willis

#151   the Secrets of Mariko - Elisabeth Bumiller

#152   Dorothy R Sayers biography - Barbara Reynolds

[Anna Begins]

Wow! .

[Little Pixie]

Books read : 152                      TBR 816              New Books Bought : 141                       Total Cost : £520.86   

[Little Pixie]

Wow! .

 

At the number of books read, or at the cost of books this year ?

[Athena]

You have read more books than you've bought!

 

I'm glad you enjoyed the books you've been reading and I hope you enjoy your new books .

 

How is Xiao-Xiao?

[Little Pixie]

You have read more books than you've bought!

 

I'm glad you enjoyed the books you've been reading and I hope you enjoy your new books .

 

How is Xiao-Xiao?

 

Thanks.

 

She`s quite well ; she doesn`t like the cold though - it`s around 7C - she put one paw outside and decided it was far too cold to go out. 

 

How are your doggies ? And William the Goat ?

[Little Pixie]

Will get to some reviews when my migraines have eased, but I especially liked ....,

 

 Doomsday Book ,  Time is the Fire  - Connie Willis

Secrets of Mariko - Elisabeth Bumiller

Practise to Deceive - Frances and Richard Lockridge. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by Little Pixie

[Athena]

She`s quite well ; she doesn`t like the cold though - it`s around 7C - she put one paw outside and decided it was far too cold to go out. 

 

How are your doggies ? And William the Goat ?

 

It is cold! The dogs actually don't mind these colder temperatures so much. They like sitting outside being on guard. I guess they have their fur to protect them. If it drops a few more degrees though they might find it too cold. Boris's fur will keep him warm even at lower temperatures I think, but Pamuk's fur isn't thick enough for that. William is doing fine, thanks . I think he is feeling the cold, he doesn't seem to be walking around quite as much as is staying inside a little bit more.

 

Will get to some reviews when my migraines have eased, but I especially liked ....,

I hope you feel better soon .

[Little Pixie]

 

It is cold! The dogs actually don't mind these colder temperatures so much. They like sitting outside being on guard. I guess they have their fur to protect them. If it drops a few more degrees though they might find it too cold. Boris's fur will keep him warm even at lower temperatures I think, but Pamuk's fur isn't thick enough for that. William is doing fine, thanks . I think he is feeling the cold, he doesn't seem to be walking around quite as much as is staying inside a little bit more.

 

 

I hope you feel better soon .

 

Thank you.  I`ve got a couple of new medications I`m trying  for migraines, so fingers crossed.

 

Xiao-Xiao hasn`t even been outside today.   2 - 7 C - brrr. 

[Athena]

I hope the medications help!

 

Wow, that is quite cold! Here it was a little bit warmer, but soon now it will get that cold as well . Boris should be fine, but I don't know about Pamuk. She was okay a few days ago, when it was 12 °C maximum (and about 6 °C minimum).

[Little Pixie]

I hope the medications help!

 

Wow, that is quite cold! Here it was a little bit warmer, but soon now it will get that cold as well . Boris should be fine, but I don't know about Pamuk. She was okay a few days ago, when it was 12 °C maximum (and about 6 °C minimum).

 

Thanks .

 

-1C tomorrow night here, bleah.   I quite like the crispy cold, but this is muggy and overcast. Stay warm !