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Brenda wrote: "For fans of author Sara Foster, her latest is on NetGalley as a Read Now - The Hidden Hours due out on 1/4/17 - of course it's now on my kindle :)"Thanks Brenda, it jumped on my kindle recently. Another automatic read for me :)
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And from Hachette, Dark Heart by James Phelan to be published 22/12/16 plus Outback Survival by Bob Cooper which is also to be published 22/12/16
Picked up a reserve at the library this morning: The Trouble with Henry and Zoealso placed an order with Brotherhood Books....
picked up The Fireman at Mission Australia for $5. I have one, but it's on Veronica's wishlist, and in great condition....
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Marianne wrote: "picked up The Fireman at Mission Australia for $5. I have one, but it's on Veronica's wishlist, and in great condition...."Well then it must be mine!! Thanks Marianne building up quite a collection again.
I just got a free copy of: The Missing by Caroline Eriksson.
ISBN 9781503940659
I tried to set up the usual link, but it's not recognizing the author, or the book. The ISBN number should work, though. Here's the description:
An ordinary outing takes Greta, Alex, and four-year-old Smilla across Sweden’s mythical Lake Malice to a tiny, isolated island. While father and daughter tramp into the trees, Greta stays behind in the boat, lulled into a reverie by the misty, moody lake…only later to discover that the two haven’t returned. Her frantic search proves futile. They’ve disappeared without a trace.
Greta struggles to understand their eerie vanishing. She desperately needs to call Alex, to be reassured that Smilla is safe, or contact the police. But now her cell phone is missing too. Back at her cottage, she finds it hidden away under the bedsheets. Had she done that? Or had someone else been in the cottage? But who, and why? As Greta struggles to put the pieces together, she fears that her past has come back to torment her, or she’s finally lost her grip on reality…
In this dark psychological thrill ride—with more twists than a labyrinth and more breathless moments than a roller coaster—Greta must confront what she’s always kept hidden if she has any hope of untangling the truth.
About the Author :
Caroline Eriksson holds a master’s degree in social psychology and worked for more than ten years in human-resource management before deciding to pursue writing, her childhood dream. Her first two novels are based on historical Swedish murder cases, and her debut, The Devil Helped Me, was nominated for Stora Ljudbokspriset (the Big Audiobook Prize) in 2014.
Caroline has lived all over the world. She attended high school in Quantico, Virginia; studied at the University of Adelaide in Australia; and now lives in Stockholm.
The Missing is Caroline’s first psychological suspense thriller and her first book translated into English. She’s already hard at work on her next novel.
As a member of Amazon Prime(US), I get a choice of 1 book of the 6 choices, offered before the release date, every month. They have just started this so it's my first. I've not heard of this author before, it will be interesting to see how this book is. =o)
The book I just mentioned, THE MISSING, is due to be released for publication January 1, 2017. I'll try to read and review it before then.But, you can purchase it on Amazon for Kindle (US) pre-order $4.99
Unfortunately, I've got a vicious migraine, and it's talking me an eternity to finish
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved HimI'm really loving it!! I'm sure 'feeling' the emotions even more, since it's taking me so long to read it!! Still, that's not a bad thing! =o)
I just had Storm and Grace by Kathryn Heyman delivered as a win from Bookstr.Can't wait to read it and hope it lives up to my expectations! Will save it for the Christmas break.
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The Missing by Caroline Eriksson.
ISBN 9781503940659
I tried to set up the usual link, but it's not recognizing the author, or the book. The ISBN number should work, ..."
The Missing by Caroline Eriksson
Did you search by ISBN Owl? When I did it was there :)
Bad luck about the migraine - take care and rest until it's gone...
Thanks Brenda! Not thinking very well at the moment. Every time I start feeling better, it comes roaring back every time I go online. =o(I may be incommunicado for a couple of days. Gotta lose this darn migraine.
I'm heading off to bed. Good night all =o)
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the book whisperer supported Salvos today:The Martian $3 for me and
A Perfectly Good Man $2.50 for Jools
also saw Two By Two for $4 Dale if you want me to get it and hang onto it until next time you are up this way say so and I'll see if it's still there next time
the courier just delivered my Brotherhood Books order:What W. H. Auden Can Do for You $5
Family Affair $4.50
What We Saw at Night $6
Chinese Whispers $7
Picked up a library hold yesterday Swing Time by Zadie Smith very excited to read this one over the Christmas break
Marianne wrote: "the book whisperer supported Salvos today:The Martian $3 for me and
A Perfectly Good Man $2.50 for Jools
also saw Two By Two for $4 Dale if you wa..."
Thanks but no, as I said I hope to get this for Christmas from family.
I picked up a book from the library (quite close after the last in the series I read, so must be good). Cold Justice by Katherine Howell.Then at Anglicare I picked up, all for a dollar each:
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan - nice new hard cover
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - just cause?!!!!
and for my mum Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose - might keep this, not sure.
Received a lovely surprise in the mail today from Text. Completely unexpected.The Rules of Backyard CricketJock Serong
Picked up my reserve Heartless from the library today. I have until 26th Jan to read it as the return chutes are closed between 28th Dec and 3rd Jan
After reading Brenda's 5★ review of The North Wind: A Dungirri Christmas Novella by Bronwyn Parry I looked into the first in the series. I found a copy of
As Darkness Falls by Bronwyn Parry A 'like new' paperback for 0.1¢
$3.99 shipping of course, but still!
It sounds like a good crime mystery thriller. If I like it, it will be an additional Aussie author to read.
Mission Australia have books on sale 5 for $2 (effectively 40c each)so I picked up these Nora Roberts trilogy books, each of which looks unread:
Blood Brothers, The Hollow, The Pagan Stone
also Close Your Eyes my first ever by Michael Robotham
and Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot which has a little black velvet moustache on the cover
all in excellent condition
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I found a copy of
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Oh well done Owl! A brilliant series though they can be read as stand alones :)
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so I picked up these Nora Roberts trilogy books, each of which looks unread:
Blood Brothers, [book:T..."
Awesome find Marianne!
Got a couple of classics from a gem of an online bookstore I just discovered, Forgotten Books (reproduces a digitally enhanced version of the first printing of old classics!) - two of my favourite books: Louisa May Alcott's Rose in bloom and An old fashioned girl.
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Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
Li'l Owl wrote: "After reading Brenda's 5★ review of The North Wind: A Dungirri Christmas Novella by Bronwyn Parry I looked into the first in the series. I found a copy of
[bookco..."
It's a really good series - you're in for a treat :)
Brenda wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "After reading Brenda's 5★ review of The North Wind: A Dungirri Christmas Novella by Bronwyn Parry I looked into the first in the series. I found a..."
Great! Thanks!
Sally906 wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "After reading Brenda's 5★ review of The North Wind: A Dungirri Christmas Novella by Bronwyn Parry I looked into the first in the series. I found a..."
Yeah! The more Aussie books, the better!
My purchase from Victoria Purman arrived today Flame
Also my win from Text:
Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing
Everywhere I Look
His Bloody Project
The Trap
The Best of Adam Sharp
The Beach at Night
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A few good ones there, Veronica!In the mail for me today was my GR Giveaways win Love, Lies and Linguine, very efficient from Allen&Unwin, and because a very nice AR :) gave me Hester and Harriet at a recent get together, I can now read the first two books in this series at my leisure.
in the mail today from England, another GR Giveaways win:quack
Then the book whisperer supported Salvos:
The Paperbark Shoe $3 for Jools (looks unread)
Ripley Under Water$2 for me and
Only Daughter $4 for me
Two for me today. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham, which was my first ever pre order, and from the author Betraying Xaverique by Karyn Sepulveda.
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It is an antique! I'd been after it for a while and just happened to find it sitting in between some of the Alex Cross novels on the shelves at Big W. The copy I have has the title "Black Market". It was almost like finding a rare species. There were also a few others like The Midnight Club and Hide and Seek, which I also haven't read.
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Marianne wrote: "in the mail today from England, another GR Giveaways win:quack
Then the book whisperer supported Salvos:
The Paperbark Shoe $3 for Jools (looks unread)
Ripley..."</i>
Jools should love [book:The Paperbark Shoe. Good work whisperer ;)
I discovered two new stores (to me) Vinnies and Anglicare. I picked up these ones for a dollar today.The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer for my daughter
Youse Two by Andrew Daddo
Eleven Seasons by Paul D. Carter for my son
The best one of the day Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner which is brand new, and on my tbr!
Margot wrote: "Received a lovely surprise in the mail today from Text. Completely unexpected.The Rules of Backyard CricketJock Serong"
Lucky girl!
I forgot about my library pick ups! I couldn't find my copy of this at home, so I borrowed it instead A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber. Then for my holiday driving I picked up two audio books just in case Magic by Danielle Steel and White Hot by Sandra Brown.
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But that's fine... I don't mind :)"
I take that "I don't mind" as "Game on", Brenda? :)