Taking comfort in my friend Roger

Roger Morris’s book FINALLY arrived today.

It looks like this…

…only it’s hardcover and has a royal blue ribbon in it, of the sort I used to tie in my hair as a schoolgirl.

I’d already read an excerpt and this review, this one and this one, too and have been quite looking forward to reading it, which I shall do very soon, when I’m done with Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife.

[More here: Takingcomfort.com.]

  

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  1. Comment by Debra | 2006/04/21 at 06:14:05Quote

    I love the ribbon. You don’t get many books with inbuilt bookmarks these days.

    I think there’s something wrong with your 1st review link - it shows up on my site as a trackback, but doesn’t go anywhere when I clicked it.

  2. Comment by kathryn | 2006/04/21 at 06:49:15Quote

    Hi Debra, fixed the link. Thanks.

    It really is a nice edition. Very handsome, indeed.


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