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[Andrea]

After reading great reviews from Carolyn and Deborah, I couldn't resist requesting 55. Just got approved - yay!

[Krystal]

The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley just came from Macmillan.

Also picked up a recent order:
Dracul by J.D. Barker
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
and
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

[Marianne]

In the mail today from the publisher:
a lovely cloth-bound hardcover ARC of Big Sky (wishlist, Jackson Brodie #5, yay!!)
and
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Marianne wrote: "In the mail today from the publisher:
a lovely cloth-bound hardcover ARC of Big Sky (wishlist, Jackson Brodie #5, yay!!)
and
[book:Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial o..."

I am going to have to reread Jackson Brodie 1-4 before I tackle 5 Marianne. It all seems so long ago I have forgotten.

[Diana]

Savers and Salvos today
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford $3.99 for a time travelling prompt in reading challenge
Molly and the Cat Cafe by Melissa Daley $3 - sucker for cat stories!

[Jazzy]

Diana, I think the idea of travelling with a hamster is funny enough before reading the book - and I go to the cat cafe to do music on Thursday nights!

I got 3 Barnes & Noble collectibles in the post today
(to add to my collection):

Star Trek: The Classic Episodes - James Blish

The Swiss Family Robinson - The Swiss Family Robinson

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

[Marianne]

Phrynne wrote: "Marianne wrote: "In the mail today from the publisher:
a lovely cloth-bound hardcover ARC of Big Sky (wishlist, Jackson Brodie #5, yay!!)
and
[book:Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and..

I am going to have to reread Jackson Brodie 1-4 before I tackle 5 Marianne. It all seems so long ago I have forgotten.


LOL, Phrynne, I'm hoping it will come back to me...

[Mell]

Thanks to Amazon's 'Read the World' campaign for World Book Day, I have just got the below books for free on Kindle - all by authors from different countries. Check out the page here: https://www.amazon.com.au/b?node=6654...

The Great Passage by Shion Miura
The House by the River by Lena Manta
About the Night by Anat Talshir
Still Waters by Viveca Sten
Winter Men by Jesper Bugge Kold
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo
An American Princess by Annejet van der Zijl - no cover available on Goodreads
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

On the US site Mell, the last 4 were showing at $4.99 so I only managed to get one The Murmur of Bees Glad to see you got them all :)

[Marianne]

In the mail today from the publishers:
Four Respectable Ladies Seek The Meaning Of Wife which will hijack my neatly-ordered TBR: that's my weekend reading organised!
and ANOTHER copy of A Room for a Stranger arrived in a very battered parcel, posted from Melbourne 19th March and travelled between Melbourne and Sydney FIVE times before it got here. Australia Post!! (the address and postcode are very clearly written on the parcel)

[Mell]

Brenda wrote: "On the US site Mell, the last 4 were showing at $4.99 so I only managed to get one The Murmur of Bees Glad to see you got them all :)"

Try this site for US - https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mell wrote: "Brenda wrote: "On the US site Mell, the last 4 were showing at $4.99 so I only managed to get one The Murmur of Bees Glad to see you got them all :)"

Try this site for US - https:/..."

Still showing the last four as $4.99... Thanks Mell :)

[Mell]

Brenda wrote: "Mell wrote: "Brenda wrote: "On the US site Mell, the last 4 were showing at $4.99 so I only managed to get one The Murmur of Bees Glad to see you got them all :)"

Try this site for..."

oh, that's a shame. I found out about it from US friends with that link. Was there different books for the US market?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No both the link Patty gave, and the one you gave had the same books. I didn't click on the AU link as I don't have an account. But I should get the same result as you... very weird, though it's not as if I need any more books!! Thanks for helping :)

[Kylie]

Mell wrote: "Thanks to Amazon's 'Read the World' campaign for World Book Day, I have just got the below books for free on Kindle - all by authors from different countries. Check out the page here: https://www.a..."

I got them all! Thanks for the heads-up Mell :)

[Mell]

Yay! You’re welcome ☺️

[Kim]

Looks like a good selection Mell! I've read the Dolores Redondo one and the Jesper Bugge Kold one, which were both excellent, and I've got the Viveca Sten to read. Happy reading!

[Krystal]

Stocking up for my Dymocks 101 challenge!

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Circe by Madeline Miller
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

PLUS

The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews

and apparently The Talking Cure: Normal people, their hidden struggles and the life-changing power of therapy by Gillian Straker is on its way from Macmillan :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Krystal :)

[Kim]

Just purchased three books off Amazon which caught my interest but which I couldn't source from library or local charity shops:-
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong - loved On the Java Ridge and this one sounds equally thrilling

[Natty]

So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. Moroccan Magic by The Australian Women's Weekly
2. Tiddas by Anita Heiss
3. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
4. Simon and the Oaks by Marianne Fredriksson
5. When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
6. Silver Wattle by Belinda Alexandra
7. A Vineyard in Andalusia by María Dueñas
8. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
9. One Foot Wrong. Sofie Laguna by Sofie Laguna
10. Kitty by Deborah Challinor
11. Wanted! A Horse by Margaret Pearce
12. Banjo Paterson's Horses: The Man from Snowy River, Father Riley's Horse, Story of Mongrel Grey by A.B. Paterson
13. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
14. The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer
15. The Gambling Man by Kevin Perkins

The last three are for my partner, he was more sensible when selecting his books and how many... I not so much haha

[Diana]

Nat wrote: "So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. [book:Moroccan Magic..."

Wow! 😳

[Marianne]

Well done, Nat!!

[Krystal]

Nat wrote: "So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. [book:Moroccan Magic..."

Very nice haul indeed!

[Natty]

Thanks Ladies, I was quite chuffed with myself, my partner I think may just realised my book addiction problem is bigger than he first thought haha, as it was he left me twice as I wandered the books, haha

Krystal wrote: "Nat wrote: "So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. [book:Mo..."

Marianne wrote: "Well done, Nat!!"

Diana wrote: "Nat wrote: "So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. [book:Mo..."

[Deb]

Very happy to have just received two ARCs from Harper Collins:
by Cassandra Clare
and
by Kiersten White

I will begin as soon as I have finished my current book, they jump ahead of by Rob Thurman which I had just bought.

I am especially excited by the Cassandra Clare, I really enjoyed The Mortal Instruments series (City of Bones ect) and this is about Magnus Bane, who I thought was one of the most interesting side characters in it. I look forward to reading more about him.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Nat wrote: "So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. [book:Moroccan Magic..."

Brilliant pick ups Nat!!! Some reading material there for you :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Very happy to have just received The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green from Hachette :)

[Marianne]

Salvos Target: Alex Cross $4

[Marianne]

In the mail today from Sophie Green and Hachette Australia, 2 copies of De leesclub aan het einde van de wereld which my aunt and her friends at the Dutch Club in Illawarra will very much enjoy.
And from the free books locker in Thirroul, London Rules so a friend can get to read it too.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

From the library today
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Worst Case by James Patterson
I am all ready to start May:)

[Jazzy]

Dutch books and James Patterson, sound like winners.

To add to my Barnes & Nobles collectibles I got
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Call of the Wild - Jack London

[Krystal]

Jazzy wrote: "Dutch books and James Patterson, sound like winners.

To add to my Barnes & Nobles collectibles I got
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame..."

Gorgeous format on those Jazzy!

[Natty]

In beechworth.. Found a second hand bookshop that I always say I will visit one day... Well today I did just that picked up The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón slowly grabbing the books of the series...

[Natty]

Brenda wrote: "Nat wrote: "So Easter Bunny delivered my choccie eggs on Sunday morning and as an added bonus my gorgeous man delivered me to the book fair in Bendigo... I came home with 14/15 books...
1. [book:Mo..."

Thanks Brenda.. Inspired by this well read group that's for sure :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Nat - those little second hand bookshops are the best aren't they!!

[Jazzy]

Krystal, these Barnes & Nobles Collectible classics are amazing. You can pick them up on ebay often for less than half the price as new!

[Natty]

Certainly are Brenda.... One of my favourite things to do as well as checking out the op shops too...
Brenda wrote: "Good job Nat - those little second hand bookshops are the best aren't they!!"

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You can pick up some really good books in the op shops :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Early mother's day pressie for me today 😆
Fled by Meg Keneally
Stone Country by Nicole Alexander

Exciting! 😁
....Oh, and some slippers lol!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jools :) I have your second which I bought when it was first released. Still to get to but I'm really looking forward to it!

[Krystal]

From Macmillan today: Dead at First Sight by Peter James

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I received it too Krystal but I doubt I'll read it. It's #15 in a series I've read none of!!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "Well done Jools :) I have your second which I bought when it was first released. Still to get to but I'm really looking forward to it!"

Both favourite authors of mine Brenda 😉

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes I love Nicole's work! Interested in Fled as well :)

[Krystal]

Brenda wrote: "I received it too Krystal but I doubt I'll read it. It's #15 in a series I've read none of!!"

Oh I misread and thought it was #5, was thinking, 'hmm, I could maybe do that.' haha but no I think 14 is a few too many to catch up on!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I received one that was #27 last year..I still haven't read it!!

[Krystal]

Brenda wrote: "I received one that was #27 last year..I still haven't read it!!"

That's a bit silly! But then I'd be stoked if I got early access to the next book in a series I loved. So I guess we gotta take the bad with the good haha

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh yes, that's very true. 😊

[Suz]

From a girlfriend at work, I picked up two from the many she placed on our bookshelf in the tea room: The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton and Little Secrets by Anna Snoekstra