I'm always forgetting this, but

Happy Birthday, evilshell and flick.

Oh, and kelvix, for tomorrow. (Assuming you've recovered from the Con yet.)

... are not what I want to have to cope with at stupid o'clock of a morning.

Damn cat. In the 36 hours since we reclaimed him from the cattery, that was the fourth time he'd brought in a pigeon. Having to wake up, grab cat, grab pigeon, keep cat from pigeon and pigeon from flying off round bedroom (though it was pretty stunned, and probably about dead anyway), etc., etc., is not conducive to a good night's sleep.

Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell: Beyond the Deepwoods

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Corgi Childrens (1 Oct 1999)
ISBN-10: 0552545929
Category(ies): Fantasy/YA

( The reviewCollapse ) Great fun, the first of three books about Twig.

Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell: Stormchaser

Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Corgi Childrens (1 Nov 2000)
ISBN-10: 0552546283
Category(ies): Fantasy/YA

( The reviewCollapse ) If you liked the first, then this is more of the same.

Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell: Midnight Over Sanctaphrax

Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Corgi Childrens (3 Sep 2001)
ISBN-10: 0552546755
Category(ies): Fantasy/YA

( The reviewCollapse ) The trilogy goes out with a bang, not a whimper.