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[Deanne]

Need to suck that gut in Ian.

[Helen]

I'm getting men's winter coats!

[Jennifer]

A couple of months back I got a rash of dating adverts - could have had my pick of men, women, different ethnic groups, people in uniform,... I was getting quite worried for a while! If it is supposed to be targetted marketing, I'm not quite sure who they think they are targetting.

[Ian, Moderator]

Deanne wrote: "Need to suck that gut in Ian."

Must stop watching Downton Abbey....only link to corsets in my life......and gave up sucking my gut in a long time ago Deanne lol.

[Ian, Moderator]

Just won £60 in my Fantasy Footy league...wonder what to spend it on??? That Amazon 1 click button is looking very tempting.

[Stephen]

Ian wrote: "Just won £60 in my Fantasy Footy league...wonder what to spend it on??? That Amazon 1 click button is looking very tempting."

if you go via nectar site if you got a nectar card you earn points too Ian

[Deanne]

Trying to stay awake, been up since 6am yesterday, busy night doing emergencies, shouldn't have taken An Ice-cream war to work to read. Trying to work out where it's set, and if I've been there already in my around the world challenge.

[Ian, Moderator]

Tough one Deanne. Haven't read but wiki says set in British East Africa which was Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zanzibar....just depends where you think is best. Wish it was on kindle as haven't been to any of them.

[Michael]

Just how clever is the Goodreads website? I had a novel published in 2007 titled HELL'S GATE. It has been available on Amazon since then and now as an e-book and a paperback (two months) It is also available on Amazon in large print. As far as Goodreads is concerned, the book doesn't exist. When I tried to give away copies in the Goodreads giveaway, it rejected the ISBN number (Amazon's), and today when I tried to add my book I am told it doesn't exist. Anybody out there have any clues as to why?

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Michael wrote: "Just how clever is the Goodreads website? I had a novel published in 2007 titled HELL'S GATE. It has been available on Amazon since then and now as an e-book and a paperback (two months) It is also..."

Try the goodreads librarians group they should put it right for you.

[Helen]

Michael, if you are a librarian you can add it. Otherwise ask in the librarians group. In Jan a lot of books were taken off due to leaglities with Amazon.

[Deanne]

Ian
Should be able to get at the library, that's where mine came from, have to take it back as someonelse wants it.

[Nikks]

Ian wrote: "Just won £60 in my Fantasy Footy league...wonder what to spend it on??? That Amazon 1 click button is looking very tempting."

Ian, did you click buy on the Britney spears album ?

[Ian, Moderator]

Now there's a thought Nikks.......but no on so many levels lol

[Nikks]

Ian wrote: "Now there's a thought Nikks.......but no on so many levels lol"

Hahaha

[Michael]

Helen, all sorted now thanks. Bit of finger trouble on my part.

[Helen]

cool

[Nikks]

I just found out that Someone bought a lotto ticket from my local store on Monday, $7.9 million win. I was there, why didn't I buy it !!! One of life's missed opportunities I guess :(

[Ian, Moderator]

And there's me still wondering what to spend my £60 winnings on lol

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

I won £25 on the premium bonds I have in Sept and that's only the 2nd win in five years but the money I have invested I am getting a better return than an issa!

Put it all away for my gap year whenever I get to have it!

[Nikks]

I have won 25 pounds a few times on the premium bonds. Wish next time they could add on a few more 000's ! Lol

[Nikks]

Ian wrote: "And there's me still wondering what to spend my £60 winnings on lol"

Is that your fantasy football winnings ? Still not spent it Ian ?

[Ian, Moderator]

Yep - will no doubt spend on kindles but trying to resist at the mo.

[Deanne]

Just noticed that the replica of the HMS Bounty was sank by hurricane Sandy, bad enough that it's killed 16 that we know of.
Just think they should stop giving them such benign names, just encourages us to treat them less seriously.

[Dave]

I Muched preferred the Nima e the Us news networks gave it as it appeared so close to Halloween - Frankenstorm!!

[Helen]

Fireworks are pounding outside, third night. Guess they'll be loud tomorrow too.

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Helen wrote: "Fireworks are pounding outside, third night. Guess they'll be loud tomorrow too."

Been going on here now too for three nights - drives you mad! Especially when some people let them off late at night like last night!

[Helen]

Gone 12 last night! Cats grumpy, me too.

[Dave]

Same here had them going of at least once a night since last Saturday. Whilst I love the light shows the noise of the dratted things drives me mad.

(Thats my moaning old man post out of the way for this week then!!)

[Ian, Moderator]

Totally random thought......am considering becoming a Mormon if the horrendous Romney wins the US election so I also can get closer to god by wearing my special Mormon underpants.

[Helen]

Well I fell off my chair laughing!

[Ian, Moderator]

No magical underpants for me then....wonder if M & S would have started selling them if Obama had lost?

[Deanne]

Have to admit I'm relieved Obama was re-elected.

[Helen]

Is there a way of finding authors under a surname letter? Must finish my a-z.

[Susan]

Have a look on the Fantastic Fiction site, Helen.
They have a way of searching for author's alphabetically.

I found it was a huge help with the more difficult letters to visit my local Library....it actually got me started using it again, and I've found some great author's which are new to me.
I love how I can order books online, and they inform me by email when they are ready to be picked up....I can even renew them online too....I'm sure everyone else knows this already, but not having used the library for years, I hadn't kept up with it.
They even sent me an email to tell mi I'd left a bookmark in a book, and that it was waiting for me to collect....I call that good service!

[Helen]

That is good service. I used to go every week for my daughter to choose books. I should go or they'll close.

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

My local library are brilliant too, they will always email when the books are due back and today they looked on there system for authors beginning with X for and ordered a couple for me.

They email when they come in as well. Even with all the books I have I still use the library.

[Nick]

I use the library every other week these days, my two little ones love their books and we just let them crawl around in the childrens area, and we have already made them members. we take lots a childrens books out for the mand normally one each for ourselves.

[Sue]

This was interesting http://bit.ly/UYQ8Xb I didn't do too well and had to guess a lot!!!

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Sue wrote: "This was interesting http://bit.ly/UYQ8Xb I didn't do too well and had to guess a lot!!!"

I got 4 right but a couple I was swinging between two answers and went for the wrong one!

[Nick]

I managed to score 5 but one was a lucky guess

[Sue]

I got 6 but 3 were lucky guesses!

[Helen]

Ha! 8/10. Although I guessed almost every answer.

[Tim]

I got 4 right. Absolutely all of them were guesses.

[Angela]

I got 6 right, mostly guessed!

[Ian, Moderator]

I'm suitably last - 3 out of 10 out of 10 guesses.

[Deanne]

5 but most were guesses.

[Susan]

Helen wrote: "Ha! 8/10. Although I guessed almost every answer."

Me too, Helen, but I was only sure of 2.... The others were a mixture of elimination and guessing!

[Helen]

Snap. I'd read some so knew they couldn't be the answer but then pure guess work.

[Susan]

Wishing everyone here at UK Book Club a very Merry Christmas.