Happy Birthday to Me!
Jul. 2nd, 2024 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerToday is my birthday! As per usual on my birthday, I have enjoyed my free Starbucks hot chocolate plus a birthday book, in this case Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Editha’s Burglar, in an extremely shabby copy which I found on my grandparents’ shelf years ago when I was sorting through their old books.
The book's shabby exterior encases a delightful story! Hearing a sound in the night, young Editha goes downstairs and politely asks the burglar not to make too much noise as he steals the silver, as her mother would be frightened if she woke up to hear a burglar. This is really more of a short story than a book, bulked up with some charming illustrations, and just the right size for a quick birthday read.
I also intend to begin Rebecca Fraimow’s Lady Eve’s Last Con, but somehow a number of errands have snuck into my plans for a quiet and restful birthday, so we shall see. Perhaps after the brownies are in the oven.
The book's shabby exterior encases a delightful story! Hearing a sound in the night, young Editha goes downstairs and politely asks the burglar not to make too much noise as he steals the silver, as her mother would be frightened if she woke up to hear a burglar. This is really more of a short story than a book, bulked up with some charming illustrations, and just the right size for a quick birthday read.
I also intend to begin Rebecca Fraimow’s Lady Eve’s Last Con, but somehow a number of errands have snuck into my plans for a quiet and restful birthday, so we shall see. Perhaps after the brownies are in the oven.
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