of course it buys happiness

[checkers65477]

Snagged at the last minute on eBay.  It holds recipes now.



My copy of Claverhouse, by Gordon Daviot, finally came!  It took two months and four days to arrive.  This verifies my theory that the postal services of multiple countries hate me.  The book isn't in great shape, but it's fine.  It has a musty, used bookstore smell to it, which I like in musty, used bookstores.  Not so much in the kitchen when I'm eating my lunch.  But so far I'm enjoying the story very much.

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[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Yay organisation of recipes! That box looks like it belongs in a library. Pretty wood.

Yeah! Peggy keeps getting her mail from me in 3 freakin days. You need to change your name to Peggy XD

*approves*

[tearoha.livejournal.com]

Of course checkers has a pirate chest :D

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

Card catalogue! What a brilliant buy!

I haven't even heard of that book. I hope it was worth the wait :)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

But it's by Josephine Tey! Being nonfiction, it'll probably prove hard for me to slog my way through, but MWT said it was a good read, as a tie-in to A Conspiracy of Kings, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Ha, you recognized the card catalog drawer! The youngsters above have probably never seen one before.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

What does Peggy do, pay them off??? Kidding, they probably know that she sends the coolest things to people, and rush her packages through accordingly.

It *is* a library drawer! From the pre-computer days of the card catalog.

Re: *approves*

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Argh, me mateys! A treasure trove of recipes.

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

Oooh.

What a gorgeous piece. Your countertop and bowl aren't too shabby either.

I know it's poetic and geeky to love old book smell, but I can't stand it. I like the sharp tang of new paper and ink.

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

I have! We had them at school til I was 7 years old. I unthinkingly origami-d a card and while they told me off, I counted the drawers.

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

What does Peggy do, pay them off???

insider connection - my brother works for the post office.

: )

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I KNEW IT.

*pets doggie*

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I can so see you doing that. What a cute story.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I don't feel badly now, admitting that I'm not crazy about the smell, either. But new bookstores don't have a smell, do they? I'll admit I'm not the best at smelling scents, though.

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

*boggles and googles* so it is! You'll have to report back. I didn't like her fiction historical The privateer so hopefully her non-fiction is better!

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Uh it is such a bad habit. I do it with chocolate wrappers in lectures and don't realise I'm doing it until someone tells me "man, you fold little triangles fast"

also, Ro says hi and promises to come back to sounis in summer. I'll believe it when it happens XD

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

What a goooood idea for recipes! Hmmmm...perhaps I will check our local libraries and see if they have any spares. They could be used for all sorts of things! And Brian and I could catalogue our own books! Sweet!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I would like to have found one locally, but ended up not really looking very hard. I was on ebay, looking for something else, and one thing led to another...

Catalog your own books with a real card catalog! That would be fun.

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

I haven't done anything for ages, but I actually was cataloguing my books. I have a card catalogue with something like 15 drawers, but it isn't nearly as pretty as yours!

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

Put the book in a paper bag with kitty litter strewn over it, and leave it for a week or so. That should get rid of the smell.

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

I haven't read The Privateer, but I highly recommend THE DAUGHTER OF TIME and her other Alan Grant mysteries - A SHILLING FOR CANDLES, THE MAN IN THE QUEUE, THE SINGING SANDS, TO LOVE AND BE WISE. Also BRAT FARRAR. Also THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR and MISS PYM DISPOSES (though I'm not as fond of that one).

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Whoa, really? Very cool. It's better not that it's aired out a little, but I may have to try that. Makes sense, since litter is so absorbent.

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

I have read and enjoyed all of those books, except for To love and be wise because it seems sad to read the last of her mysteries. But by coincidence I am just about to start it today!