Recently Purchased/Acquired book/s - part 2 Showing 3,801-3,850 of 6,891

[Veronica ⭐️]

Couldn’t wait until the weekend so I went out tonight and bought Water Under the Bridge by Lily Malone

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Good for you Veronica :)

[Marianne]

In the mail today from Harper Collins, my GR win:
A Place to Remember
collected my reserve of London Rules from the library: so looking forward to this!
and I dropped in some books to my former colleagues at the hospital and was given The Bone Collection: Four Novellas by a dear friend who borrows lots from me, which was very sweet of her.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Woot! Good book Marianne :) It's still fresh in my mind..

[Trevor]

Picked up Faction Man: Bill Shorten’s Pursuit of Power by David Marr at the Book Grocer in Ballarat for $6, not everyone's cup of tea, but looks an interesting read.

[Chyina]

Well, actually, most recent are the books I bought for the March Challenge.

A Fortunate Life

The Shadow Queen

The Bear and the Nightingale

[Marianne]

Collected a reserve from the library: Three Things About Elsie. I really enjoyed Joanna Cannon's The Trouble with Goats and Sheep so I'm looking forward to this one.

And in the mail from Text, Census by Jesse Ball

[Marianne]

In the mail from Bonnier/Echo, Egyptian Enigma I like this cover , it goes nicely with my copies of the first two in the series.

[Heather]

March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in April and the ebook is $30

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done! I have it from NG to read :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in April and the ebook is $30"

The kindle is $12.50 Heather which is a fairly normal price these days for a new book. The paperback came out last October in Australia. It is very difficult to sort out new book publications world wide.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in April and the ebook is $30"

Perhaps you could get it at your library Heather?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I received from the publisher today - Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald :)

[Dale]

Brenda wrote: "I received from the publisher today - Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald :)"

Lucky you. Looks like it should be good Brenda.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Dale - I hope so, but I suspect it will be! Loved her last one :)

[Krystal]

Finally received The Year that Changed Everything by Cathy Kelly a month after I won it ... I've been getting anxious! Where's the fun in reading a proof copy after it's been released?!

Not that I'm complaining about free books! Haha

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It's always a shame when that happens - but then it's not your fault that the review is "late"! lol

[Diana]

Op shop purchases today
The Cows by Dawn O'Porter $3.99
Basket of Deplorables by Tom Rachman $1.99

[Krystal]

Brenda wrote: "It's always a shame when that happens - but then it's not your fault that the review is "late"! lol"

Exactly! I've got it down for my Autumn Challenge now so at least it turned up before that started. :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Krystal wrote: "Brenda wrote: "It's always a shame when that happens - but then it's not your fault that the review is "late"! lol"

Exactly! I've got it down for my Autumn Challenge now so at least it turned up b..."

Hope you enjoy it now! lol

[Li'l Owl]

Just got The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden


With my monthly Audible credit. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Marianne]

In the mail today, three wishlist books:
from Text,
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted and
The Italian Teacher
and from Transworld in the UK (Penguin Random House) an ARC of American By Day, which features Sigrid Odegard from Norwegian by Night
I am thrilled to bits about this one!!!

[Mish]

Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in April and the ebook is $30"

Heather, I just downloaded my copy - Under the Cold Bright Lights - from OverDrive. I'll be starting it very soon!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mish wrote: "Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in April and the e..."

1st March Mish :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

My postie delivered to me Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh and Widows by Lynda La Plante both from their publishers :)

And this morning I picked up 17th Suspect by James Patterson

[Mish]

Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in Ap..."

Sorry Brenda, aree we meant to start reading the book for our group reads on the first of every month? I just thought I'll make a head start as I've got another book to read for a different group.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Not until the 1st - so anytime in March Mish :) Just having a joke with you as it's only a day until March now anyway!!! Where has February gone!

[Li'l Owl]

Recently received books I'd pre-ordered!

Bring Me Flowers by D.K. Hood

The Lying Kind by Alison James (aka The Missing Child)

The One by John Marrs

Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan

The Fire Child by S.K. Tremayne

[Li'l Owl]

Mish wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being..."

Nice try there, Mish!

[Mish]

Brenda wrote: "Haha! Not until the 1st - so anytime in March Mish :) Just having a joke with you as it's only a day until March now anyway!!! Where has February gone!"

That's okay Brenda. I'll start it on the 1st. I'm half way through The Good People so I'll continue along with that one :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh that's a good read Mish! Hope you're enjoying it :)

[Heather]

Mish wrote: "Heather wrote: "March discussion read - Under the Cold Bright Lights has anyone found this book at a decent price?
Internationally the paperback is being released in April and the e..."
thanks Mish - I checked with my Melbourne library card and they don't have it as an ebook and Singapore library service don't have it. I'll just keep on checking maybe next month something will change.

[Marianne]

the book whisperer supported the Smith Family today and got a wishlist book (well, all the Patrick Gale books I don't own are wishlist books :) )
Friendly Fire for 50c (their books are REALLY cheap!!)

[Marianne]

From the free book swap locker in Thirroul, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife because I think DH might be interested.

And in the mail from Text, but in a parcel looking very battered (took 3 weeks from Melbourne), the movie tie-in of The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Picked up The Firemaker by Peter May from my library :) March challenges!

[Marianne]

Uniting Church shop:
an ARC of The Lucky Galah $2

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh my goodness! You lucky thing! Did that even get read by whomever?? I've been expecting a copy of it to arrive for awhile :)

Marianne I wonder if you could look out for a copy of Look For Me by Lisa Gardner which was released on 6th February? I can't find it anywhere (except online at exorbitant prices!) and just wondered....

[Marianne]

Sure, Brenda, I can look.

For those who like Derek B. Miller's books, I see in a fb message that American By Day is on netgalley.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Marianne 😊

[Marianne]

Definitely been read.

[Krystal]

Marianne I'm curious - do you end up re-donating the books you find after you've read them or do you just have a massive collection?? I'm so impressed by how many you acquire!

[Marianne]

Keep some, give some away, sell some
but yes, I do have a massive collection

[Marianne]

the book whisperer was at Vinnies yesterday:
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow $2.50 because of something mentioned in the last book I read
Friend Request $2.50

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Happily just opened a parcel from Pan Macmillan AU - The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen

Looking forward to this one very much - and I love the cover!

[Marianne]

Collected a reserve from the library:
Should You Ask Me, I do like Marianne Kavanagh's books

[Andrea]

I made an exciting acquisition today - a work of translated Mauritian fiction that I’ve been wanting to read but was finding impossible to get hold of in Australia - Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi. Here in Pokhara I managed to pick up a brand new, for-sale-in-South-Asia-only copy for just under $6.

[Krystal]

Andrea wrote: "I made an exciting acquisition today - a work of translated Mauritian fiction that I’ve been wanting to read but was finding impossible to get hold of in Australia - [book:Eve out of Her Ruins|3206..."

Wow that sounds like an excellent find! Enjoy!

[Li'l Owl]

Pre-ordered
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan


Sacrifice by Sharon J. Bolton

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Andrea wrote: "I made an exciting acquisition today - a work of translated Mauritian fiction that I’ve been wanting to read but was finding impossible to get hold of in Australia - [book:Eve out of Her Ruins|3206..."

Wow! Well done Andrea :)

[Marianne]

Now that my DH is on his way out on his bike for a while, I can go and retrieve the bag of books from the car. I spent $58 at the Lifeline Book Fair this morning.
Some were for Aussie Readers...
Watch this space