Well, this is annoying

[annathepiper]

I found bouzouki strings at Lark in the Morning in this evening and cheerfully came home with two packages of them... only to discover that they are the wrong kind of strings. These are loop-end strings, and apparently, what I need are the ball-end type. I'm going to have to call Lark in the Morning back and find out if they've got any of the ball-end type and if I can take my extra package back to trade for them. I've opened one package so I expect that they won't let me take those back. Failing that, I'll have to check Dusty Strings.

On the other hand, I did at least successfully acquire a shiny new Kitbook, Heart of Stone! And since I hadn't been in Barnes and Noble for a while, I also wound up walking out with a new novel by Sarah Langan (whose first novel The Keeper I liked quite a bit earlier this year), a Mary Stewart (My Brother Michael), and the hopefully entirely amusing World War Z.

Miles since the 7th: 35.9
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2423
Miles out of Isengard: 630
Miles to Minas Tirith: 156

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Mmm, My Brother Michael... (Memo to self: may be time to reread Mary Stewart? Haven't for, ooh, years...)

[annathepiper]

I had quite the Mary Stewart marathon earlier this year, having plowed through four or five of her novels--they've apparently been re-releasing them in new paperback editions over here in the States lately, and I just found My Brother Michael. Fun reads, and a nice ping back to my adolescent reading. :)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I hope you like it!

[annathepiper]

And you're up next on the queue, now that I'm done with the McKillip! More after I read!

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly enjoyed World War Z--the man has an amazing talent to capture different voices in the different entries. Originally read it just because Derek recommended it, and sometimes moms have to do that, but I was pleasantly surprised!

Cathy

[annathepiper]

Cool, glad to hear it! I've been looking forward to checking it out regardless, but it's good to have a positive review too.