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@Marianne and Carolyn, I Remembered! 😅
"Well done..."
I saw that Carolyn - very exciting :)
The Sewing Machine by Natalie FergieThis sounds like a good read and only $1.52 on Amazon right now...I just bought it on kindle.
@Carolyn I thought of you as it’s also set in Scotland.
Sounds interesting Julie. I learnt to sew on my Mum's old Singer treadle machine. It was an antique even back in the 70s!
So chuffed! I was lucky enough to meet the lovely Candice Fox at Miranda QBD this morning and won a signed copy of The Chase 
WooHoo 🙌
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a surprise in the mail today from Text:Girl, 11
also, at Vinnies Thirroul, hardcovers of The Boy Behind the Curtain and Island Home $3 each
]From Booktopia todayThe Scomo Diaries by Tosh Greenslade
Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift
and
What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz
Still to come
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
and
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
Jülie ☼♄ wrote: "Suzanne sent apologies as she’s been stuck in floods."I was SO disappointed and am hoping we can do it again. Even if I just catch up with Jools... so annoyed I missed it!!
And to just realise Marianne made it as well! Never mind.
Jülie ☼♄ wrote: "So chuffed! I was lucky enough to meet the lovely Candice Fox at Miranda QBD this morning and won a signed copy of The Chase WooHoo 🙌"Wow Jools. Very nice. Is she as edgy and cool as she seems?!
Very chuffed to find Top End Girl at the op shop this morning $3.99Also purchased
Such a Fun Age $2.99 for my new street library
Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want To Fight For From Free Speech To Buying Local To Building Communities $2.99
Postscript $2.99 for my old boss who loves P.S. I Love You. This one is the sequel
Someone must have been cleaning out their embroidery books and I bought half a dozen, including two beautiful French ones for $2.99 each
Yesterday I received The Last Free Man and Other Stories
from the author via his giveaway on Goodreads. There may still be some copies left.
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In the mail today:The Painting by Alison Booth
Prior Regrets by Paul Starr
and also collected a reserve from the library:
Magic Lessons
Andrea and I met for coffee today and she gave me Jean Harley Was Here
I also bought the following from Dymocks
Dear Friend: Letters of Encouragement, Humor, and Love for Women with Breast Cancer I contributed to this book
A Year at the Chateau my favourite binge watch
All The Queen's Corgis: Corgis, dorgis and gundogs: The story of Elizabeth II and her most faithful companions I’m a sucker for animal books
The Parisianer: Covers of an Imaginary Magazine for my friend who is a graphic designer
Diana wrote: "Andrea and I met for coffee today and she gave me Jean Harley Was Here
I also bought the following from Dymocks
[book:Dear Friend: Letters of Encouragement, Humor, and Love for Wo..."
Did you buy the hardcover of Dick & Angel’s book? If so, is it lavishly illustrated? Apparently they narrate the audiobook edition themselves.
Diana wrote: "Andrea and I met for coffee today and she gave me Jean Harley Was Here
I also bought the following from Dymocks
[book:Dear Friend: Letters of Encouragement, Humor, and Love for Wo..."
So lovely that you got to contribute to such a worthy book. It is exactly what I wanted for my SIL a few years ago. Planning on buying a copy for her now.
Helen wrote: "In the mail yesterday from HachetteKelly Rimmer The Warsaw Orphan
Beth O'Leary [bookcover:The Road Trip|..."
The Road Trip is on my want to buy list. I hope you enjoy it Helen.
Andrea wrote: "Diana wrote: "Andrea and I met for coffee today and she gave me Jean Harley Was Here
I also bought the following from Dymocks
[book:Dear Friend: Letters of Encouragement, Humor, a..."
I looked at the hardcover but it didn't seem to have any additional content so I bought the paperback. It was slightly cheaper.
Veronica I am looking forward to it I have really enjoyed her last two books
From my local Anglicare op shop I picked up My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteHave not read this author but I have been told this is a great series.
I had to go to the dentist so I checked the nearby Vinnies and scored one on my wishlist: Cold Kill $3
In the mail today from Text:Two Steps Onward (yay!)
and The Tulip Tree
and then a Vinnies colleague gave me these two because she was done with them:
Honeybee and the brick that is Troubled Blood
The other thing I got in the mail was a bowel test kit :(
I’ve been lucky this week. Debesa, the story of Frank and Katie Rodriguez and Falling from Better Reading As Swallows Fly and The Spiral from The Burgeoning Bookshelf!
I also received a copy of this lovely book with a gorgeous cover from Text today:
Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion & Graeme Simsion
In the mail today from Penguin, my first Better Reading win in ages: A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marronly the notification email didn't give a deadline date...
From A&U a copy of The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism by Hugh Mackay.
Dale wrote: "From A&U a copy of The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism by Hugh Mackay."I got that one, too, Dale! His book The Inner Self: The joy of discovering who we really are was my favourite read of 2020 so really keen to get into this one!
I also got
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
Krystal wrote: "Dale wrote: "From A&U a copy of The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism by Hugh Mackay."I got that one, too, Dale! His book [book:The ..."
Well done Krystal. Be interested to compare notes on these two.
On our return from the Riley Rally in Broken Hill, we stopped at Molong and I just caught the Vinnies before they closed: $5 for these three altogether Inland Life After Truth and The Taking of Annie Thorne
Then home today, collected the mail: Before You Knew My Name and (absolutely thrilled with this one) Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
Dale wrote: "From A&U a copy of Small Acts of Defiance by Michelle Wright 
Arrived n the mail today."
I received this one as well and am looking forward to it
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We can compare notes in the first one, Helen., Lucky you with the Kerry McGinnis book too.
Dale wrote: "We can compare notes in the first one, Helen., Lucky you with the Kerry McGinnis book too."We can Dale I will be reading it soon and I am thrilled with the Kerry McGinnis one it arrived yesterday, I do love getting book mail :)
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@Marianne and Carolyn, I Remembered! 😅
Well done..."
Very cool, Carolyn!