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[vaznetti]

I love my local new/used bookstore. It had a copy of The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha, which is my favorite of Lloyd Alexander's books. I've been looking for it, in a desultory fashion, for about five or six years now, maybe more, and today I was just looking through the children's books, glanced to one side, and there it was.

I also bought Reginald Hill's Underworld, one of the few Dalziel and Pascoe books I haven't read; I've been reluctant to pick it up, because I approach the Pascoe marriage with the fervor of a barbieshipper. Even though I know that it will all be fine in the end, the idea of Ellie or Peter with anyone else is deeply distressing to me. But I guess I have to expand my horizons; I manage to sit through the later BBC adaptations without too much cursing.

And in Alias-related news, themoonbar has some interesting thoughts about Jack, and they reminded me that Sloane has become a puzzle to me. There will be a post about this in my future, although I don't feel quite coherent enough to manage it now.

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Can you hear me now?

[aceofkittens.livejournal.com]

Heyyy... I got your voice mail, but I'm in the land of dead cell air right now! I'll try to call you later this afternoon...

I'm trying to find a children's book that might drag me out of this oppressive funk I am in; so far, nothing really has appealed to me.

Re: Can you hear me now?

[vaznetti]

At least you have your cell-phone with oyu--I'm in my office, and have left mine at home. Clever, hunh? Of course as you know there's no cell reception here anyway.

I'll try you tonight, if I can get a break from grading papers.

[veejane.livejournal.com]

Lukas-Kasha is my favorite Lloyd Alexander novel too! I'm holding out for a re-issue of the library edition I read when I was 17, with the bifurcated front cover image.

Okay, I haven't seen a copy in a bookstore ever, but in my mind, I want a pretty copy.

[vaznetti]

Okay, I haven't seen a copy in a bookstore ever, but in my mind, I want a pretty copy.

Every other Lloyd Alexander book has been reprinted, it seems, except for Lukas-Kasha. It's one of those books which is technically in print, but in reality no copies are available. But I'm so pleased to have it, even in a battered paperback Dell edition!