Treating myself

[callmemadam]

A couple of days ago I felt the need to read real, new books; I wanted to see a pile waiting for me. So I had an online splurge and got the books yesterday. The parcel was not easy to find as the delivery person had cunningly hidden it between my bins, instead of leaving it in the porch as requested (and as everyone else manages to do). I’ve started One, Two, Three, Four and it is *brilliant*. That Will Be England Gone is about cricket.

Pic on LJ https://callmemadam.livejournal.com/664302.html

Huh! This wretched crossposting. The picture won't show and I'll have to do it all over again. You may still not be able to see it. I'm thinking of giving up Dreamwidth.

Comments

[gwendraith]

It does you good to treat yourself now and then. Enjoy the books :)

The crossposting is LJ's fault and if it's too flaky I'd write your post at LJ then just copy and paste the post in a DW post, add the link to the LJ post if there's pictures to see. Easy peasy and no irritating crossposting problems.

[callmemadam]

I will, thanks!

Wise words. Perhaps I'll try that.

[judo100]

I rarely buy any books, as I don't have room for them and don't usually want to read them multiple times. But I borrow tons of books from the library. Ours is still closed to the public, but you can order books on-line, and the staff will go collect them for you. In a day or two, they email you that your books are ready, and you drive over to get them. I've ordered quite a few this summer, which has been a godsend.

What is One, Two, Three, Four about, and who is the author?

[callmemadam]

I don't often buy books now, which is why it was such a treat.

One Two Three Four. The Beatles in Time, is by the satirist Craig Brown. It's brilliantly written, like everything he does and is very original. Reading his description of visiting John's and Paul's houses as part of a National Trust tour had me laughing out loud.