Dumpling in a Hanky

Recently, I bought one of those Ladybird parody books - what life wouldn't be enhanced by learning about shed usage? However, this copy came with a slight design flaw. Can you spot it? Did you see it? Unfortunately, this slight flaw meant I needed to make a trip back to the bookshop to return it, and swap it for a book that worked as a...well...book! *sigh*

Yes, I am going wild, and gallivanting out of my library nest to...a bookshop. More specifically, an event run by the Edinburgh Bookshop on March 3rd, to celebrate the launch of Alexander McCall Smiths' new Number One Ladies Detective Agency book, "The Double Comfort Safari Club". Although I do like his books, this isn't an outing for me: it's actually an important mission on behalf of someone else, who loves his books, but lives on slightly the wrong continent to actually get to meet the author, or have him deface....erm...sign a book for them. So adventuring I shall go...and I have a spare ticket reserved...anyone wanna join me?

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