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Books purchased at US thrift stores todayAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 99c
When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald 99c
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner $2.99
Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon is ready for me to pick up at the Library today.
I am looking forward to reading this book and a change of pace from my more recent reading.
Odette wrote: "Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon is ready for me to pick up at the Library today.I am looking forward to reading this book ..."
It's a great read, Odette! Enjoy.
In the mail today from the author:The Big Rort
Now as soon as I get hold of The Long Con, the first book in the series, I'm set to read and review.
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Brenda wrote: "I finally picked up Raven Black by Ann Cleeves from the library today!"That's a good one Brenda!
Marianne wrote: "Odette wrote: "Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon is ready for me to pick up at the Library today.I am looking forward to rea..."
Thanks, Marianne. Looks good, just have to finish what I am reading and then on to it.
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That's a good one Brenda!"
Good to hear Carolyn!
Odette wrote: "Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon is ready for me to pick up at the Library today.I am looking forward to reading this book ..."
I loved it - I am in the process of writing my review. Even if you like it HALF as much as me then you're in for a good time!
Carolyn wrote: "I bought this book at a market stall on the weekend for the cat book in this month's challenge. 
[book:Making..."I have this tbr as well, Carolyn! Should be excellent!
I'm now a Netgalley member and received my first requested books Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima excited about this one!
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan
For my birthday!
I Found You by Lisa Jewell
I See You by Clare Mackintosh
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy for my buddy read in May!
Completely on impulse I purchased online
My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran.It is an “Interactive” Romance Novel – like the old pick an adventure books I read as a child :)
Here is the blurb: Lets you pick your path, follow your heart, and find happily ever after. You are the plucky but penniless heroine in the centre of eighteenth-century society, courtship season has begun, and your future is at hand. Will you flip forward fetchingly to find love with the bantering baronet Sir Benedict Granville? Or turn the page to true love with the hardworking, horse-loving highlander Captain Angus McTaggart? Or perhaps race through the chapters chasing a good (and arousing) man gone mad, bad, and scandalous to know, Lord Garraway Craven? Or read on recklessly and take to the Continent as the “travelling companion” of the spirited and adventuresome Lady Evangeline? Or yet some other intriguing fate? Make choices, turn pages, and discover all the daring delights of the multiple (and intertwining!) story-lines. And in every path you pick, beguiling illustrations bring all the lust and love to life.
Doesn’t that sound intriguing? Get to the bottom of the page and basically you are asked to pick - go to ball? - go to page 67; stay at home - go to page 15; and so on.
I couldn’t see this working as an eBook – so have purchased the physical one. Looking forwards to it arriving in the mail.
Carolyn wrote: "I bought this book at a market stall on the weekend for the cat book in this month's challenge. [book:Making..."I read this one a few years ago. It is a touching book.
My last four purchases:In the post Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore by Kent Hoffman, new
Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert, second hand from Winnipeg public library!
Seeing Red by Sandra Brown, new from Kmart
and Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky from QBD. All my online purchases are done through Book.com.au, the easiest way to go.
In the mail today from the author:The Long Con (now I can start reading this series)
Mission Australia were having a sale so the book whisperer got these 6 books for $4, effectively 67c each:
Never Never
Chasing Odysseus
Trying War
The Blood of Wolves
Paving the New Road
A Murder Unmentioned
At Vinnies:
A Few Right Thinking Men $3
Rubbernecker $2
and then collected a reserve from the library
The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
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Brenda wrote: "Wow you're having a Sulari Gentill binge Marianne :) I've read #1 and have #8 of the Rowland Sinclair series... Great pick ups!"whether I ever actually get to them....
Li'l Owl wrote: "I'm now a Netgalley member and received my first requested books Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima excited about this one!
Jar of Hearts by [aut..."
Congratulations and have fun with Netgalley. It’s hard to resist the urge to request more and more books. :)
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Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima excited about this one!
[book:Jar of Hearts|..."
Isn't it though!!!
Pleased to borrow The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas from work today. It is one of our new additions. I saw this author at the Writers Festival last year.
Got home from work and found a small parcel of books - all Aussie writers I got:
Mallee Boys by Charlie Archbold - a debut YA novel that won the Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award and was recently shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year for Older Readers - so looking forwards to this one
Anzac Biscuits by Allison Reynolds - I love social history so this caught my eye. 
Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries by Barbara Santich - a memoir of two years in France
Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "I'm now a Netgalley member and received my first requested books Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima excited about this one!
[book:Jar of Hearts|..."
Ditto to this, it’s very hard to resist...but I love seeing what’s coming out.
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Marianne wrote: "On the strength of Veronica's review, I collected this You Wish from the library today."I hope you love it Marianne.
Marianne wrote: "In the mail today from Text:Find You In The Dark"
This one sounds good. Mixed reviews though. I’m looking forward to seeing what you think.
Me too Brenda :)Really excited about this one !
Sally906 wrote: "Got home from work and found a small parcel of books - all Aussie writers I got:
Mallee Boys by Charlie Archbold - a debut YA no..."Wow must find the ANZAC biscuits book! Interested to read it and it will make a great gift for my international friends.
Oh my, there's nothing quite like a brand new hardback, is there?In the mail today from Hachette:
A People's History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. Villareal it's an uncorrected bound proof so doesn't have all that writing on the cover, just the eye in an expanse of red
Also from Hachette an ARC of The Key
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Canada is the next country I want to visit so ordered Canada by Mike Myers today. Not a cheap book but almost impossible to find on Trove. A library in Brisbane had it but for all the trouble its worth organising an inter library loan I thought I might as well purchase it.
Marianne wrote: "Oh my, there's nothing quite like a brand new hardback, is there?In the mail today from Hachette:
A People's History of the Vampire Uprising by [author:Raymond A. Villareal|8117769..."
No vampires for me but The Key looks interesting.
My preordered ebooks downloaded today - I got
Bloodtree River by Sarah Barrie and
The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
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I popped into my local Salvos today and scored The Whole Bright Year and And Fire Came Down; both from my TBR.
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I am going to try and wait a bit before I read it though. There are such long gaps between his books!
Andrea wrote: "I popped into my local Salvos today and scored The Whole Bright Year and And Fire Came Down; both from my TBR."Well done, Andrea, jealous of that Debra Oswald find!
Phrynne wrote: "Good thing I didn’t want to buy it in QBD. They still don’t have it on their shelves. I am going to try and wait a bit before I read it though. There are such long gaps between his books!"
The anticipation of reading it is half the fun.. How long do you think you will hold out ? 😀
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then on the way home from seeing Mum, at Salvos
Norse Mythology for $6, looks unread with a Book Depository bookmark at p6