Cranky Kate has been quelled

Nov 22, 2008 at 7:40 PM
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I hope. At least for the moment. With a little bibliotherapy. Amazon is my friend. Amazon.de is my cheap friend. It's free shipping AND I even get a little discount because I don't have to pay German VAT (Value Added Tax or sales tax).

I started reading the Road a couple of summers ago and never got to finish it, so I got a copy of that. And the new Philip Rickman and the Raw Shark Texts that was recommended by Lulu on her blog.

Exhale. Much better.

Oh, I have declared my 90 day no spend to be done and dusted. It wasn't quite 90 days but I did pretty well. I also haven't used my American Visa in over a month, so that's really something for me to proud of. :)

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There is nothing wrong with bibliotherapy. In fact, it's really a good invesment: at some point in the future, you'll reread that (now new) book and be in a better mood or just be a better person because of some phrase or paragraph.

Or so I tell myself after spending some time at abebooks (my online bookstore of choice).

Oh, and I thought of you and Comfort (that is her name, right?) and the futon this morning when Cascapedia puked on my brand-new bedspread.

Oh, poor Cascapedia! I felt so sorry for Comfort when she threw up. It's aggravating to be sure, but at the end of the day, she is just a kitty cat and to feel unwell and be able to express it only by puking, oh the poor thing!

I completely agree with you about bibliotherapy and I couldn't have said it better! I love abebooks, too, but over here, I would get screwed on the shipping, so it's actually cheaper for me to do amazon.

Sorry about your bedspread. That's awful. It is washable, I hope?

I am currently "researching" books to get for my upcoming trip. I actually own a Kindle so I can only download while I am here in the US (at least that is what I understand)... so I think I might need a dozen books for the trip. The Kindle is great for plane rides and my work commute (I love having the choice of many books in one little package weighing one book) but I still like the feel of "real" books at night in bed.

so jealous about the Kindle. There's some dodgy stuff in the DMRA, but on the whole, I can imagine that for traveling it must be insanely convenient. I tend to buy 3-4 books per intercontinental flight of the fluffiest crime fiction I can find. Serial killers, conspiracy theories; I love it all!
I have no idea about geographical limits on downloads. I thought you were able to subscribe to newspapers and have them "delivered" to your Kindle. Surely, that would only be an asset if you could get it abroad, too, but I dunno.

I think the "wireless" runs on the cell phone band here. I need 4 or 5 trashy airport "novels" for the trip to Australia and that can really load down the backpack so the Kindle overcomes that.

But you can't read a Kindle in the bathtub!

Let me know how you like raw Shark Texts.

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