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.

Comments

[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.

[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.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

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

[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

[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!

[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).

[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!