Saturday 25 February 2017

Celebrate #6

It's time to ....
with Lexa Cain and her wonderful crew - who this week have a fabulous giveaway!  You can join in too - just click the button above!

1) This week, Hubby and I have been going out to the comedy festival in the nearby city. We have some old favourites as well as getting to see up and coming funny folk and in these dark winter nights it's a good thing to get out and about rather than stay on the sofa!

2) Storm Doris was not as bad as I had feared and we got away quite lightly - just a couple of slates off the roof - so I'm happy the roofer was already booked to be coming over Mid March!  Thank goodness we had also got the trees successfully pruned in Jan as I think a few branches might have come down and caused damage.

3) Completed my set of the last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant from a local charity shop.
I had picked up Against All Things Ending in January (in another charity bookshop) but of course I couldn't remember which one I'd bought and they all have very similar looking covers in gold/silver hues (a lot more similar than this picture shows!!).  I hadn't realised that the last series was a set of four so I thought I was buying the complete set and would find out which was the duplicate at home so you can imagine my delight when I found out it was actually the third book in the series and I'd found the other three.

The original series was bought for me as a 16th birthday present by my parents


and I can remember being blown away by the quality and force of the writing - I cried quite regularly throughout their reading.

I bought the second series (the same year) with prize  money I received from my school as the top student award and read them through my summer holidays before going off to my new school and "A level" study.

I hadn't realised another and final series had even been written between 2004 - 2013 so I am looking forward to beginning these 30 years later than the first two series!!

Here's hoping others have had a very good week too - filled with surprises and rekindlings of special memories - let me in on what the week has had in store for you - you know I'd love to know :)

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  1. Unknown26 February 2017 at 05:06

    You were definitely lucky you had the tree pruned earlier and that the roofer is coming soon. The Donaldson books look familiar. I'm sure I read them in my 20s. Enjoy your books and your weekend!

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder5 March 2017 at 22:52

      Thank you, Lexa and yes I certainly feel lucky :)

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  2. Fil26 February 2017 at 06:20

    Gosh, I was thinking about those Thomas Covenant books recently and couldn't for the life of me remember the author or the proper title - loved them at the time.

    I recently refound the lovely book you sent me ages back - the teen novel by Kate Thompson - the New Policeman - it was brilliant. So sorry I never commented at the time - I clearly put it in a safe place and promptly forgot about it! I'll be passing it on to a family I know who's kids play traditional Irish music - the tunes are excellent in it. Must include it in my next book posting.

    Glad that storm Doris wasn't too bad - an electricity pole came down on our lane and cut us off for a day and the phone for a couple of days. The workers came out in the early evening and worked until after midnight putting in a new pole and new cable - very impressed with the service.

    Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder5 March 2017 at 22:56

      It's funny how links with each other become even deeper when talking about books we loved - certainly childhood books - lots of lovely memories :) The New Policeman with its Irish music seemed so up your street and I'm glad you know who else will love it. Glad you've got your landline back and that Doris is over!

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  3. Click27 February 2017 at 12:44

    Someone, I forget who, recommended those books to me a few years ago. I recognise the covers of the original books you posted. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for those now I've been reminded of them.

    Well done on your find. I have the same problem with the Kathy Reichs books in my collection. I have a duplicate upstairs waiting to find its way to the charity box. They keep rereleasing them with new covers so I'm never sure which ones I've got and which ones I haven't. And the later ones nearly all have 'bones' in the title (plus some are released under two different titles, so you think you've found a new one until you read the blurb on the back and get a sense of deja vu).

    Glad to hear you survived Doris without too many problems. We also weren't as badly hit as we were expecting. There was a half hour power cut in town and the lights went off at work a couple of times (luckily the generator kicked in).

    Are your hatches battened down for Ewan? ;-)

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder5 March 2017 at 22:58

      Luckily, Ewan was a wimp compared to Doris - so no problems here at all :) I'm glad it's not just me with these book covers - tee hee!

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  4. Paula2 March 2017 at 11:05

    Love the covers of all those books!!

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder5 March 2017 at 22:59

      They are all quite metallic looking and actually look very good together on a shelf :)

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  5. Sharon Himsl5 March 2017 at 16:49

    Used book stores are so much fun. Lucky find!

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  6. SENCO Cat Herder5 March 2017 at 23:00

    Good to have you back, Sharon and yes a very lucky find for me at a great price :)

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