Andrea’s Comments (group member since Sep 13, 2012)

Andrea’s comments from the Aussie Readers group.

Janine wrote: "I have finished my 10th #2 Down Love that Cover The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 2*"

Oh no! I've been dying to read this - just waiting for the price to drop on Amazon. Maybe I'll let it drop even more...

I must say I find this one very eye-catching:

With my birthday money I bought Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (I'm keeping an open mind) and Buddhism for Dummies. Not sure when I will find the time to read either of them though.

I have made a start, but haven't posted my choices yet, so here goes:

1). Geographical Setting: Read a book set in a different country than your own. Mornings in Jenin (Palestine)

4). Title: Read a book with a PLACE NAME in the title. Baking Cakes In Kigali (Rwanda)

5).Reader’s Choice: Read any book of your choice. The Woman Who Dived into the Heart of the World (Mexico)

I am reading #1 first.

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Just come home from the shops with this: The Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys.

Haven't done much reading since Saturday as I got some..."

Be careful with those eyes - they are not replaceable!

I remember when that book was released, I thought it sounded very interesting, so I'll be watching for your review. It's probably not the sort of thing I would buy myself but might be able to coax the library into getting it...

Feisty!

Rosie wrote: "Ahh I'm so glad I came upon this thread! I had an accident with my kindle and the screen cracked. It's driving me mad trying to read through the cracks! I have been trying to decide whether or not ..."

What a treat, Rosie! I hope it lives up to your expectations.

Brenda wrote: "Did you manage to transfer all your books across alright? ..."

I'm keeping it pretty light for the time being, as I still have a few half-read books on my old Kindle. But I've transferred my Spring challenge books onto the new one. The books that were stored on the Amazon cloud required just a light press on the touchscreen and - voila!! My non-Amazon books just needed a little Calibre action via a USB connection - no big deal.

After a lot of dithering around I splurged on the Kindle Voyage last weekend. Even though the high-res Paperwhite was on sale... But no regrets so far! I love the auto-sensing light and the pagepress feature makes it feel very similar to my older model Kindle (similar in a good, familiar way). It's smaller and lighter overall, but with no compromise on the screen size. Best of all it handles maps extremely well - you know the Lonely Planet type maps - so that will be fabulous for my upcoming trip.

It's early days, so I'll try to remember to come back in a month or two and let you all know if I'm still loving it.

I've started reading The Merry Misogynist this morning. It's #6 in the Dr Siri series, so it's like catching up with old friends.

I've been catching up on some sample chapters today, waiting for September to roll around so that I can get stuck into this challenge. Only hours to go!

The Fire by John A. Heldt (Northwest Passage #4) is free on Amazon US right now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E...

You had me at 'Melbourne', S.M.! Why not, indeed. Thanks

Tien wrote: "Andrea, I don't really want to know but... you made me curious too ..."

LOL - you win!

Sally906 wrote: "Now you have reduced your TBR pile you can go out and get some more books to replace them ..."

You made me curious, so I checked. So far during August I have read 3 (will be 4) and added 18...

Mish wrote: "Since I only had Hannah Kent's book on e-book, I bought a beautiful hardcover version with my birthday money...."

Nice one, Mish!

Odette wrote: "Just finished the last book I am reading for this challenge

A book by a male author The Gardener of Baghdad by [author:Ahmad Ardalan|643..."

That's good to know, as it frequently pops up in my Amazon recommendations and I wondered if I would like it.

Time to check in - I've finished #3 The Lavender Keeper, #6 Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth and #7 Glimpses of Bengal. I also read my original #9 choice, Hotel du Lac, but I read it too early to count for this challenge.

To be honest, if I spent more time reading and less time stalking Goodreads, I'd have made a lot more progress! I'm starting my #10 The Disappeared shortly, as my bedtime read.

RitaSkeeter wrote: "You have two there I have in my personal challenge for this year, so I'll be interested to see what you think of them. ..."

Which ones? I think The Visitors came from your 'top 5 of 2014', but so far I've been a bit daunted by the length of it.

Noelene wrote: "finished book with a cover i love A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco 4 stars"

I treated myself to a hardcover edition of that one with a book voucher for a special birthday - must get around to reading it one day!!