The truth about books...

speakr2customrs posted last night about a conversation with our daughter, sparked off by her purchase of 'Heresies in the High Middle Ages’ for next term of her history degree, and ending with a discussion about Hussite daleks. This is the sort of conversation that goes on in our house - no wonder I love them both!

However, I am going to let you in on the conversation a little earlier as she unwrapped the book.

D-d - "I do like having books," (Pause, considers weight of book)... "except for having to carry them around," (pause, flicks through a few pages of fairly solid text)... "and having to read them, of course."


PS - Chapter Five of Return of the Key will be posted later today.

Return of the Key, Chapter 5.

Chapter five of this story. A but fluffy this chapter - but there will eventually be problems and angst in a few chapters more! I am managing to keep to a Monday & Thursday posting schedule at the moment, and am writing a half chapter or more ahead of posting so I should be able to keep it up for a while.

Previous chapters are here.


Chapter Five
PG
4,550 words
Beta read, as usual, by speakr2customrs

In which our heroine considers Gondorian underwear, the amount of knowledge male elves seem to have about dresses, and gets some sort of answer from Gandalf to the "Why elf?" question...

( is under here )

If you are a fan of Bruce Forsyth you might not appreciate this snippet of conversation, following an item on the BBC news with Brucie talking about the new series of Strictly Come Dancing. Daughter-dear and I, in unison "That is not news, it's a trailer."

Followed by an impassioned plea from D-d "Why doesn't he just get on with it?"
Me - "With what?"
D-d - "With dying! Then we'd only have two or three days of Bruce Forsyth on every programme and we would never have to see him again!"

I'm full because we just had some nice fish for tea - just so that we could eat lots of really nice tartare sauce!