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[desoto_hia873]

And still so very unposty. My life has kind of gone to the dog lately, so all the action's been over at spiceofbroadway. We're entering a rally obedience trial (our very first) on Sunday. I should be in a state of high nerves by Friday at the latest, even though I know that Bella can do everything she's supposed to, and the greatest danger of flubbing up will come from me. We were in a match (which is to say a practice trial) a few weeks ago, and I managed to miss a station entirely, and we wound up with a non-qualifying score. ::facepalm::

In non-dog news, the date of my departure for Italy approaches. I'm flying out of Montreal on May 22. This will also put me in a high state of nerves--in fact, it's started already--as I worry about what to pack. Also, I'm a white-knuckle flyer.

I'll be spending the first 10 days in Venice, Florence, and Rome with my mother, and then we're meeting up with my sister, her husband, and my father at a farmhouse in Tuscany. We're all readers, and my sister has very sensibly suggested that we each bring one or two books so that we can trade and thus avoid buying very expensive and hard-to-find English books in a non-English country. I'm bringing my book on the Iceman, which unfortunately is in hardcover. I'd like my other books to be paperbacks, but I think I've read everything I have in paperback.

So, paperback recs, anyone?

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[ezagaaikwe.livejournal.com]

You're going to Italy!?! I'm envious, but happy for you.

Recs? I read Catfish and Mandala in paperback, and it was excellent, but doesn't seem to be the kid of fare you'd enjoy whilst in Italy. (Too Vietnamese). I'm currently enjoying The Grass Dancer, by Susan Power.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

You're going to Italy!?!

Yup! I'll eat some pasta for you. :-)

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Fiction? Non-fiction? Travel? Mystery? Romance? Something else entirely?

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I don't read a lot of romance, but otherwise I'm pretty open minded. What are some of your favourites?

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati, The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King, Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis & Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters. These are all currently in pb, I assume that's what you've looking for.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

You have great taste--I *love* that series! I'm a big fan of Conan Doyle's stories too, and I think it's amazing how Laurie King has taken the characters, made them her own, and yet stayed true to the originals. It's one of the few series that I buy in hardcover as soon as they come out.

Thanks for the other recs--I'll check them out!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

I *love* that series!

The next novel will be called The Language of Bees and they are back in the U.K. It's being written right now and supposed to be out in either 2009 or 2010.

[soy-paraguaya.livejournal.com]

Two fun holiday-style reads: Town House by Tish Cohen (with a most charming agoraphobic protagonist) and Meet the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (a family of private detectives who might get on well with Evanovich's Plums).

[soy-paraguaya.livejournal.com]

Whoops. It's late, that's my excuse. The actual title is 'The Spellman Files'. At least I got the author right!