Lisa - (Aussie Girl)’s Comments (group member since Jun 15, 2017)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl)’s comments from the Read, Reading, Planning to Read and More group.

Frisco, my husband has had Subarus for the last ten years. He loves them and nothing has ever gone wrong with them. I had Fords for years... but changed to a Mazda last time. Excellent car, no issues except I had to replace two fuel injectors recently but had done over 120,000 kms so that was ok. Nothing worse than having an unreliable car.

Still not reading paranormal.. but I have The Viper up next which I know I'll enjoy.

Kristi (foxtail_too) wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "So glad it went well. Did you swim in The Blue Lagoon?

Where are you planning to go next on your adventures?"

Actually, Lisa, I skipped the Blue Lagoon. But I did go ..."

Sounds Lovely. 😍 Good luck with your planning.

I know what you mean about solo female travelling. My bestie and I are finally going on our Athens- Dubai cruise in November that we had booked and cancelled three years ago. So we're going to see Pyramids!! and Jerusalem and Petra.... but definitely in a group travel situation. It's so great being able to travel again.

Kristi (foxtail_too) wrote: "I'm home from my adventure! It was a wonderful trip, but I decided that 3 weeks is a good length. Four weeks was a little too long. I did find that I was fine traveling alone. I met people as I wen..."

So glad it went well. Did you swim in The Blue Lagoon?

Where are you planning to go next on your adventures?

Vanessa wrote: "I finished "Viper" I liked it but I did not love it. It was really well written, and had lots of action. The "twist" was a bit unusual and the former characters of the Prison Camp series all played..."

Great feedback Vanessa. It's still on my pile.. I'll get to it soon.

Vanessa wrote: "The latest Wrexford & Sloane novel is out. It's called "Murder on the Serpentine Bridge". This is an excellent Historical mystery series, and is great on audio. This is the 6th book in the series a..."

I love Wrexford and Sloane as well. I'm waiting for book 6 from the library.

Kristi (foxtail_too) wrote: "Any other Audible users— they’re having a great sale right now. I got a bunch of the Chronicles of St. Mary’s for about $3.50 each. And a lot of other books on my wishlist mostly for between $3-5. ..."

So glad you're having a wonderful time.

DemetraP wrote: "If anyone reads Viper the new Black Dagger book, please let me know if it's any good. I have been underwhelmed by the earlier Prison Camp books."

I'll be reading it as soon as I get it the post. But you guys know I'm biased, lolol.

Congratulations Kristi and BJ on your retirements.

Kristi, make sure you go for a swim in The Blue Lagoon. It's a bucket list activity for sure. My daughter and I were lucky to go on a cold, drizzly day and there were only about 10 people in the whole lagoon. It's magical. Like a warm bath. And then a nice hot shower after and a snack.

Diane wrote: "So is it my imagination, or is kindle no longer updating Goodreads automatically when you finish reading a book?

I thought that I had sorted out all of the "quirks" with the new software update, b..."

I think it is Diane. Unless your wifi is turned off when you finish. I'm the opposite I like to update myself and add my shelves.

Does anyone know.. when they do a software update is there anywhere you can check to see what's changed and how to navigate it?

Filters enacted. Mission accomplished. Thanks everyone. Happy kindle reader once more.

Diane wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "BJ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "OMG, LAB... I'm so pleased everything is okay. Sometimes luck is just on ..."

Wait.. you can filter books just to show what's on your kindle? Thanks Diane, I'm going to have a play around and see if I can do this as well. That's what I've been trying to do. I'm all for fixing bugs and getting technology to function better but sometimes I think some of these updates are completely unnecessary. "If it's not baroque, why fix it" 🤣

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "BJ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "OMG, LAB... I'm so pleased everything is okay. Sometimes luck is just on your side.

Re Kindles.. I used to be able to send my ..."

Yes, I think this is what is happening. The picture remains on the kindle but you have to actually download it again to read. I'm not a fan, once I've finished reading I like to send back to the cloud entirely. So it looks I am getting through my Mt TBR, not having all the books I've purchased showing on my kindle, downloaded or not.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone,

BJ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "OMG, LAB... I'm so pleased everything is okay. Sometimes luck is just on your side.

Re Kindles.. I used to be able to send my read books back to the cloud without the..."

Thanks BJ. I went and tried that and, the delete option came up, and then went into my account and says its not on the device. But the picture of the book is still on the kindle. Then I turned it off and on.. and the book picture is still there. Something strange is going on...( scratching head.)

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "OMG, LAB... I'm so pleased everything is okay. Sometimes luck is just on your side.

Re Kindles.. I used to be able to send my read books back to the cloud without the..."

It's a kindle Oasis, about 4 years old.

OMG, LAB... I'm so pleased everything is okay. Sometimes luck is just on your side.

Re Kindles.. I used to be able to send my read books back to the cloud without them being totally deleted. But suddenly I can't seem to do this. If I delete its permanently deleted and I have to buy again. I don't want a million books on my kindle but If I've bought them I should be able to keep them.. somewhere. Has something changed, can anyone walk though how I just send them back to the cloud with permanent deletion?

After reading my way through Veronica Speedwell and enjoying it immensely I have backtracked to Lady Julia and the very appealing Nicholas Brisbane! I think I remember a few on here being fans of this earlier series.

DemetraP wrote: "@Lisa Aussie Girl: You said you finished A Rip Through Time. Did it have a cliffhanger ending? I'm worried about a modern police woman goes back in time and ends up in a maid's body plot."

No cliffhanger, the murder mystery was resolved but as it is a trilogy how she time traveled and how to get back is still on going. Nice dynamic with the hero, who is part Indian part Scottish. The dilemma is if they do have a relationship (at the moment they are work colleagues) what happens if she finds the way to go back... I enjoyed it.

A Twist in Time This is a similar themed series... but I enjoy Kelley Armstrong's writing more.

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "The Casey Duncan series (Rockton) is continuing. Good news.

https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Havens-......"

I'll have to get back to this series. I just read her which I really enjoyed.

Kristi (foxtail_too) wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Kristi (foxtail_too) wrote: "I suddenly just got overwhelmed with everything and stopped reading Threshold of Annihilation (which I had just started) an..."

I was only there for 3 days, had to jam it in after a cruise before I went back home. It was amazing, I'm hoping to get back there again one day. We stayed in Reykjavik, walked all around it, did the Blue Lagoon and the Golden Circle and saw Gulfoss and the original Geyser. All must dos. But there is heaps more there if you have time, I always find the Lonely Planet books good background reading. I'm a big planer though because I don't like missing out on stuff. For me the planning is half the fun, LOL.

Kristi (foxtail_too) wrote: "I suddenly just got overwhelmed with everything and stopped reading Threshold of Annihilation (which I had just started) and switched to rereading the Hidden Legacy series. I guess ..."

Congratulations on your upcoming retirement and have an awesome time travelling. You'll love Iceland.. make sure you go for a swim in The Blue Lagoon! I haven't been to Norway... yet, it's on my travel bucket list for sure.