It's bad enough when one's story-characters start taking over one's head and fingers, but to have them ALIVE! lordy me. And her poor family, helpers...whoever... gosh.

I'm only buying the Penny ones. Amazon has loads of NEW at awful prices but I always go for the second-hand and I have over forty books that all cost me forty Pennies. Not even ten shillings English, but the postage does add up. I can't get English books here, and there is NO way I'm going through Voltaire or Victor Hugo in the original though I do worry about some of the nuances may be lost in translations. I've Proust here, thank GOD translated!!!! all THAT in French, my dictionary is already falling apart!

I like having already read books too, if they're paperbacks cos the spines have been flexed for me. I hate injuring the spines of any book, a cheapy paperback even. And sometimes there are lovely little names or mutterings... super fun.

Hope the dosh turns up!!! Charge them interest like they do here, you have two months to pay, after that ten percent gets added on the next demand, until BOOOM the Order Comes From The Court!