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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

marlin1 wrote: "I've just receiced an email from Bookstr to say I've won a copy of The Missing Pieces of Us by Fleur McDonald.
Looking forward to this one : )"

Haha! And I received an email to say I'd missed out! Well done Marlin!

[Sally906]

What's Bookstr?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The Reading Room's new name!!

[Dale]

marlin1 wrote: "I've just receiced an email from Bookstr to say I've won a copy of The Missing Pieces of Us by Fleur McDonald.
Looking forward to this one : )"

Congrats Marlin.

[Veronica ⭐️]

Picked up a second hand copy of Ruth Park's Harp In The South Novels by Ruth Park planning to read it for AWW classic reads.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Veronica!!

[Marianne]

Brenda wrote: "marlin1 wrote: "I've just receiced an email from Bookstr to say I've won a copy of The Missing Pieces of Us by Fleur McDonald.
Looking forward to this one : )"

Ha..."

Ditto on the missing out :(

[Carolyn]

Brenda wrote: "The Reading Room's new name!!"

Have they made any other changes apart from the name?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "The Reading Room's new name!!"

Have they made any other changes apart from the name?"

No I don't think so Carolyn :) It's still as hard a site to navigate as it ever was!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

And how do you pronounce the name?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I just say it as it sounds! The "str" as "ster" - goodness knows what it's supposed to mean!

[Veronica ⭐️]

Brenda wrote: "I just say it as it sounds! The "str" as "ster" - goodness knows what it's supposed to mean!"

I thought of it as a play on hipster, but the spelling bookster was already taken so Bookstr. Just my idea.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're possible right Veronica :)

[Li'l Owl]

Just now realizing that books are hip??

[Li'l Owl]

Hiya!

Apparently I'm the only nerd on the planet who owns a Aussie dictionaries!

The Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Colloquial Language Arthur Delbridge has a 0.00 rating on GR.

A-Z Aussie Slang Dictionary: Over 1000 True Blue Sayings by Elly Cridland doesn't even exist on GR!

Both are Aussie authors. Australians must be smarter than Americans and don't need a dictionary! =o)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Li'l Owl wrote: "Hiya!

Apparently I'm the only nerd on the planet who owns a Aussie dictionaries!

[book:The Macquarie Dictionary o..."

Nah, we just know our own slang is all Owl ;)

[Li'l Owl]

☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "Hiya!

Apparently I'm the only nerd on the planet who owns a Aussie dictionaries!

[book:The Macqu..."

LOL =o)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

Patisserie: Master the Art of French Pastry by Melanie Dupuis


and

The Ultimate Cook's Manual: Become the Chef you have Always Wanted to be by Marianne Magnier-Moreno

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Working Jools....

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The Ultimate Cook's Manual: Become the Chef you have Always Wanted to be by Marianne Magnier-Moreno

Here you go :) Congratulations! We'll be visiting your place soon to experience the culinary delights of your cooking ;)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: " The Ultimate Cook's Manual: Become the Chef you have Always Wanted to be by [author:Mar..."

Thanks Brenda! ...and no worries, your'e on ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! You'd better be careful what you wish for Jools ;P

[Veronica ⭐️]

☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

[book:Patisserie: Master the Art of French Pastry|30229..."

I love beautiful cook books even though I never get time to actually cook.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda forgot to mention how many of us are coming Julie:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hahaha!!!! Ahh many, many ;)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I am in a good mood because I just acquired Echoes in Death. Glad we get the edition here with the nice cover. This is MUCH nicer than this

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Phrynne! The Australian covers of all the In Death books are so much better I reckon!!

[Carolyn]

☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

[book:Patisserie: Master the Art of French Pastry|30229..."

Very nice Jools! Will look good in your new kitchen :)
If you want to jump right into pastry making you could bring some along to the Sydney meet up this weekend ;)

[Carolyn]

Just arrived from BD, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly.

I didn't know this was being released as a movie when I ordered it, but I guess that's why it was being advertised! The movie has been getting great reviews.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

[book:Patisserie: Master the Art of F..."

Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

[book:Patisserie: Master the Art of F..."

Lol! I wouldn't trust this oven at our rental house Carolyn...toast maybe ;)
So it looks like I will be busy in the new kitchen making plans for my visiting book buddies...might be a little while yet :))

[Carolyn]

☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

[book:Patisserie: Mas..."

OoooH! That would be lovely! Something to look forward to :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo! Delivered today, the two beautiful cookbooks that I recently won in a competition...glad I didn't have to pay postage they are huge!

[bo..."

:)

[Li'l Owl]

Phrynne wrote: "I am in a good mood because I just acquired Echoes in Death. Glad we get the edition here with the nice cover. This is MUCH nicer than this [boo..."

Wow! The 44th in the series? That's impressive! Guess I'd better get to reading the first one!

[Li'l Owl]

Due to more great reviews from my friends, I've added more to my TBR shelves! I really wish you all would stop liking your books so much! =o) haha!
I've got 975 books in all and was thinking that I might have 1000 by the end of the year! I'm thinking it's going to be a lot sooner than the end!

Found this paperback for $0.01
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

And this for $1.00
Only Daughter byAnna Snoekstra Yea! Another Aussie author!

[Li'l Owl]

You are so right, Michael! Considering I just added a few more since the last post!! We do manage to pick good ones most of the time, don't we!

Fractured by Catherine McKenzie

The Last Winter of Dani Lancing P.D. Viner

Until You're Mine by Samantha Hayes

Dark Horse by Tami Hoag (haven't read one of hers in a long time, but I'll give it a whirl since I liked them before as memory serves. 'Course, this could be questionable!

I really DO have some self control, UNLESS we're talking about books! Seems a bit obsessive. I always come up with some doosie excuses! Such as... It's not as if they're perishable, they aren't fattening, it's a cheaper way to travel the world, takes my mind off bad pain days (and every other day), reading expands knowledge and makes one wiser, it's cold out, it's hot out, it's too windy, and my favorite, books make me a happy clam!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I try not to look at NetGalley BUT four new titles have been approved!!


Finding Hannah by Fiona McCallum
Promise of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie
Troubadour by Isolde Martyn
One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline

The first three are Aussie authors!

[Marianne]

the book whisperer went out on the usual charity shop trawl today: all at Salvos this time
The Ice Child $3 completes my collection of that series (now I just have to get around to reading them, LOL)
a lovely HB with DJ is almost pristine condition of The Birdman's Wife $2
and, for Veronica (?) Apprentice in Death $3

[marlin1]

Lovely books there Brenda.

I'm so excited because I was granted Promise of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie as well.
Holding off on requesting Finding Hannah till I read a few more from Netgalley.

[Veronica ⭐️]

Marianne wrote: "the book whisperer went out on the usual charity shop trawl today: all at Salvos this time
The Ice Child $3 completes my collection of that series (now I just have to get around to ..."

Thank you Marianne.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

marlin1 wrote: "Lovely books there Brenda.

I'm so excited because I was granted Promise of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie as well.
Holding off on requesting [book:Finding Hannah|33..."

Thanks and congrats on yours too! Can't wait to read it :)

[Carolyn]

Marianne wrote: "the book whisperer went out on the usual charity shop trawl today: all at Salvos this time
The Ice Child $3 completes my collection of that series (now I just have to get around to ..."

Nice Marianne! I have some of the Lackbergs (some of them so old they're Kobo!) but haven't started reading them yet either. They are meant to be very good!

[Carolyn]

Brenda wrote: "I try not to look at NetGalley BUT four new titles have been approved!!


Finding Hannah by Fiona McCallum
[bookcover:Promise of..."

I looked at the Scottoline Brenda - but you have to wish for it so I didn't. So far I've been good with NetGalley this year and am restraining myself to four per month. The ones I've had have all been good so far!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've been good too (so far) Carolyn - until suddenly there were four there that I didn't want to miss out on! lol I was actually surprised to get the Scottoline... St Martin's Press which is US or UK... Didn't really expect to be approved for that one :)

[Li'l Owl]

I, on the other hand, have not been good! To my credit, I haven't purchased anything very expensive but....

I did find One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline at the library!

I'm rapidly approaching 1,000 books in my library! Seems I'm keen on reaching it. I do realize I'm supposed to be reading them!! You all are helping me add books, you know!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

:) Happy reading Owl :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Woohoo, I must be on a roll! Just won this The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty from Carol Seeley :D

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo, I must be on a roll! Just won this The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty from Carol Seeley :D"

Lucky you Julie!!! I have just started reading her books and she is as talented as her two sisters:)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Phrynne wrote: "☼♄Jülie  wrote: "Woohoo, I must be on a roll! Just won this The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty from Carol Seeley :D"

Lucky you Julie!!! I have just started readi..."

I'm really chuffed Phrynne as I fancied this book :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Congrats Jools!!

[Dale]

Congrats Julie.