Eventide

[andrewducker]

Spoke to my mother this evening, and am now much more relaxed. My aunt goes to the Hammersmith tomorrow for her tests, so we won't know details before then - but the important thing is that Mum seems to be holding up well, and we were able to chat amiably (even occasionally jovially) after catching up on medical matters.

I'm now doing yet another paring down of my bookshelves. This started over 6 years ago, and I'm still going through and throwing out books I can no longer justify. Some are easy - I'm clearly never going to re-read Neverness, much though I enjoyed it when I first read it, others much harder - do I keep all my Pratchett hardbacks for sentimental value? So indecision is the order of the day, although I'm still hoping to get rid of a couple more shelves of books by the end of the evening.

Comments

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

I'll take Cerebus off your hands :D

[andrewducker]

You bloody well will not! :-p

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

*yoink*

Mine now!

[ninox.livejournal.com]

Fight you for it!

[lizzie-and-ari.livejournal.com]

glad to hear things are looking brighter.

Hope you're ok.

Lizzie xxxxx

[neferet.livejournal.com]

Define 'throwing out'....

[andrewducker]

Taking to charity shops.

I've got rid of a couple of hundred books over the last few years...

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

The rest of that series that Neverness started was arse, although some of Neverness was actually pretty good. Some.

[andrewducker]

I enjoyed Neverness largely for its style - it completely sucked me in with its otherworldliness. I couldn't see it sustaining that over multiple volumes, or the plot really living up to it.