It has been quite a while since the last time I have done something truly silly.

On Friday the final book from my Waterstone’s order arrived. I heard about it years ago, and I was curious to read it myself - Stephen King’s “Pet Cemetary”.

The big surprise was revealed when I took the book out of the envelope. I looked at the title, and something seemed wrong, and then I realized it spelt “Pet Sematary”… Odd, so I turn the book over, and the text on the back cover is not in English.

At first I thought that maybe it was some sort of a mistake. I couldn’t have ordered the book in Italian, could I? Well it turned out I could…

I went to check my order history on the Waterstone’s website, and in the order the title was as I thought - “Pet Cemetary”. OK, let’s check the book description page. And there it was!

You can play spot the language yourself.

The problem seems to be that on a UK website with and English title, I wasn’t really expecting to book to be in any other language than the “default” English. And personally I think it should be a lot more prominent  that is is a foreign edition. Especially considering there is no cover shot available…

At the end of the day it is my fault, and I deserve the Dummy of The year Award fully, but still, I can’t help thinking that the mistake could have been avoided had the language information been clearer.

Being one year older maybe isn’t the best thing to be cheering about, however I definitely had a great time this Saturday. One of my presents was the Canon G10 camera, so you can expect plenty of photos in the near future. We have spent most of the day in London doing a bit of shopping, finished of with a nice meal. I also got two books: “Darwin’s Island” and “How Not To Write a Novel”… very appropriate indeed.

Surprisingly the trip to London was quite fruitful and I ended up with a new bag and a fancy pair of boots…

There is just one minor problem with the shoes. Until I got home I haven’t realized I have no clue how to clean them - the pattern is made of a soft meshy material. And they come with a label - avoid mud and water… Help!h