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Had quite a good shopping day today - I had to pick up my bag with both arms by the end of the afternoon. It was nice to be outside and not get wet. One of my purchases included 'All That Katy Did' an omnibus edition of the first three Katy books - I've been looking for a hardback edition of 'What Katy Did at School' to replace a paperback, but this will take up less space than the three all together. I also got an Ibbotson and a Cabot that I'll no doubt read and review eventually, and a book by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey in an antiques shop, where I got to name my price. In hindsight, I should have lopped fifty pence off my offer, which was accepted with alacrity. Apparently, the owner hadn't sold any books for many a year - there weren't many there and nothing else took my fancy. I don't always bother to look for books in antique shops.

I was hoping to post my review of the film Inkheart, but it requires a bit more work than I have time for, and it may be a while in coming. Meanwhile, I bought four books yesterday (two Brazils, one of which I may own already, a Geoffrey Trease and a family book from a writer I didn't know of before. This was after picking up Clover by Susan Coolidge over the weekend. Say what you like about Oxfam's charity books shops, I do find my sort of books there.

I repeat, I bought Clover. I'm not sure how well known this fact is, but Susan Coolidge wrote a lot of sequels to her famous 'What Katy Did'. For years, I laboured under the misapprehension that it was a trilogy, and then, one day, I found 'In The High Valley' and discovered I was wrong.

The titles are: What Katy Did, What Katy Did At School, What Katy Did Next, Clover, In The High Valley.

As Katy grows up, the focus shifts to the younger Carrs. If nothing else, I will be rereading ITHV over Christmas.

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As I won't be posting again before then, A merry and peaceful Christmas to you all. I hope you get a chance to curl up with a good book!