Behemoth or dragon?

I really should make a list of what I want to mention in my diary before I write the entry, because I pressed the button and then remembered a couple of notable catches. One is A History of the United States: Volume Two: The Growth of the USA by RB Nye and JE Morpurgo, a…

8/8/08 today, so of course I had to release 8 books at 8 am (well, around 8 am – actually I released them between about 7.45 and 8.30 on my way to work, but releasing all 8 on the dot of 8 would have been a bit impractical): David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Surfacing by…

I finally got all my release notes done! Here’s the list: 1 AprilAuckland:The Flint Knife by EF Benson San Francisco:Female Friends by Fay Weldon (caught!)The Story of Benjamin Bee by Pat Wynnejones 2 AprilSan Francisco:Another Amy by Marilyn KayeWhose Side Are You On? by Alan GibbonsMidshipman Quinn by Showell Styles (caught!)The Zucchini Warriors by Gordon…

I’m on the Top Ten Most Popular Diaries list! Copied from DD’s front page this morning (just in case my fame is fleeting!): Top Ten Most Popular Diaries30 Jan 2007 – 12:30:04 AM PEPPERONI ARTICHOKE tortoisie My Life Through Your Eyes DowntownMom My Heart a Compass waterspriteflying The Soap Opera of My Life saucygirl Lady…

Actually, the worst of the snow was yesterday, but it was far too cold to sit in the study writing diary entries, so I followed the cats’ example and stayed by the fire most of the day. The snow was a bit of a shock, really. The forecast had been for some nasty weather to…

I felt a bit guilty yesterday that I wasn’t more upset than I was, but really, I’ve known this was coming for a few months, so I’d already said my goodbyes to Saffy in my head, and yesterday was just the final step of the journey. She’d lost a lot of weight over the winter…