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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome back to Australia Jess!!! Bet you have loads of good stuff to share....we'll be waiting:)

[Zen]

HI all,
Sounds like a great trip Jess :)

Just wanted to share my op shop finds yesterday ... gotta love a bargain book :)
- Irvine Welsh, The Acid House
- Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffanys
Li Cunxin, Mao's Last Dancer
- Oliver Sacks, The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
- Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island
- Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping
- Tim Winton, That Eye, The Sky
- Phil Brown, Any Guru will Do
- John Irving, The World According to Garp

$7! Adding them to my TBR list. Slow reading here though - kids off, school hols :)
Cheers :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Zenmoon wrote: "HI all,
Sounds like a great trip Jess :)

Just wanted to share my op shop finds yesterday ... gotta love a bargain book :)
- Irvine Welsh, The Acid House
[bookcove..."

Awesome pick-ups Zenmoon, maybe you could pop your bargain buy over in the http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4... thread:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Rofl we are so alike Brenda haha. :D"

:):)

[Zen]

Cheers Brenda & Michael - glad it gave you a chance for a laugh :-))

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

How's this for an absolutely beautiful sunset at our front door last night!!

[Tracey]

I don't know what it is but red skies make me nervous. It's obviously a stunning sunset but it just gives me the queasiest feeling when I look at it... It's probably some kind of hangover from my dad, who was a fisherman. He always used to recite the old rhyme 'red sky in the morning, sailor take warning' - perhaps I've forgotten everything except the red sky/warning reference???

Welcome back Jess - can't wait to hear about your adventures :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracey wrote: "I don't know what it is but red skies make me nervous. It's obviously a stunning sunset but it just gives me the queasiest feeling when I look at it... It's probably some kind of hangover from my d..."

The rest is 'red sky at night, sailors' delight' Tracey:)

[Ian]

Lovely sunset, Brenda. I have enjoyed some gorgeous crimson colours in the sky when the sun’s gone down over the last couple of weeks, looking out from my balcony. I find beautiful sunsets wonderfully calming. My most memorable sunsets were the ones my wife and I watched from our apartment at Repulse Bay in Hong Kong soon after we were married. Often, a long line of fishing junks heading back to Aberdeen were silhouetted against the red skyline.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ian wrote: "Lovely sunset, Brenda. I have enjoyed some gorgeous crimson colours in the sky when the sun’s gone down over the last couple of weeks, looking out from my balcony. I find beautiful sunsets wonderfu..."

That sounds beautiful Ian! Lots of photo material there.... unusual name for a Bay though!

[Ian]

I seem to recall it was named after a British warship, HMS Repulse. And yes, I took dozens of photos which are somewhere among the vast quantity of boxes containing material from my travels!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ian wrote: "I seem to recall it was named after a British warship, HMS Repulse. And yes, I took dozens of photos which are somewhere among the vast quantity of boxes containing material from my travels!"

You should put a book together containing a lot of your best (and I'm sure there would be heaps) photos...I'm sure it'd sell very well. Travel photos are great to look at:)

[Ian]

My eldest son is the family photographer. He produced an excellent picture book on Indonesia some years ago. I think I'll stick to text. :-)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ian wrote: "My eldest son is the family photographer. He produced an excellent picture book on Indonesia some years ago. I think I'll stick to text. :-)"

Haha! OK then Ian:) Is your son's book here on GR?

[Ian]

Doesn't come up on a search. Available in many bookstores in Australia and Asia still although published in the 1980s. Also selling on Amazon, where the author (Ian Charles Stewart) rates a biog. It's called Indonesians - Portraits from an Archipelago.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Ian, there you go... Indonesians: Portraits from an Archipelago by Ian Charles Stewart

[Ian]

You must have a magic touch! My search didn't work. Thank you for that.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ian wrote: "You must have a magic touch! My search didn't work. Thank you for that."

I found it by going to World Cat first, getting the ISBN from there, then doing a GR search. Once I found it, I had to add extra data, plus the cover pic, as it was just a generic book, without any information:)

[Ian]

Impressive! I know who to come to when I want any information about books. :-)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

:) Thanks Ian!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Hmmm i think i am going to have to refer to you as The Book Magician Brenda. :D"

:):)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Just a friendly reminder to all the (participating) Aussies out there...wind your clocks forward an hour...daylight savings starts overnight!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Accept if your in WA, QLD or NT who dont participate in daylight savings."

I said 'participating' Michael! ;P

[★ Jess]

MY LIFE IS SO HARD MY MAC, IPHONE AND IPOD HAVE ALL RUN OUT OF SPACE BRB CRYING

[Tracey]

Brenda wrote: "Tracey wrote: "I don't know what it is but red skies make me nervous. It's obviously a stunning sunset but it just gives me the queasiest feeling when I look at it... It's probably some kind of han..."

Thanks Brenda... as soon as I read it I remembered hearing it. Weird how certain things stick in your brain while others are completely forgotten. I remembered the 'warning' but forgot completely about the 'delight'... odd.

I had completely forgotten about daylight savings time but my computer, phone etc are all tuned to NSW time for some reason so I woke this morning feeling slightly confused... nothing too unusual there :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Happy Birthday to Ozzie author Thomas Keneally who is 77 today."

I can't believe he's that age Michael...when I saw him recently he's just full of vitality! An amazing man...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracey wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Tracey wrote: "I don't know what it is but red skies make me nervous. It's obviously a stunning sunset but it just gives me the queasiest feeling when I look at it... It's probably s..."

Yes daylight savings confuses a lot of us Tracey!! Especially the animals and the children;)

[★ Jess]

Brenda wrote: "Yes daylight savings confuses a lot of us Tracey!! Especially the animals and the children;) "

& Jess.
Jess is messed up

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

★ Jess wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Yes daylight savings confuses a lot of us Tracey!! Especially the animals and the children;) "

& Jess.
Jess is messed up"

Ha! Poor Jess...back to school tomorrow, so best not be messed up then!! ;P

[Margaret]

Brenda wrote: "How's this for an absolutely beautiful sunset at our front door last night!!



"
Wonderful picture! Love sunsets!

[Tahlia]

I agree with everyone on the sunset. It's always nice to have some visuals in the group too.

I thought you might enjoy this video taken in my back yard, with the native animals that wander around it. It's called 'Why authors have spikes'. http://youtu.be/WOtN9PjxKJw

[Tracey]

That's a great book trailer Tahlia. I wouldn't mind having an echidna wandering around in my backyard - although I don't know that my dogs would enjoy it as much as I would :)

[Tahlia]

Tracey wrote: "That's a great book trailer Tahlia. I wouldn't mind having an echidna wandering around in my backyard - although I don't know that my dogs would enjoy it as much as I would :)"

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I only added the bit about the book at the end. The actual book trailer is different.

I don't have dogs. If I did, I suspect the echidnas and wallabys wouldn't come to visit.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Today is World Post Day. Celebrate the joy of writing a letter by sending one as a suprise to a friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Po..."

Pre texts and emails Michael;P

[Tracey]

Ahhh, I'll stick with my dogs then. I don't think an echidna would want to curl up in my lap to watch TV :)

Do you know Michael I honestly cannot remember the last time I wrote an actual letter. Obviously we sent out invitations to our engagement party, wedding etc but an actual letter? It's practically a dying art, if not already dead. I'm going to take the hint and write a letter to my best friend... it'll give her a shock if nothing else lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ha Tracey, yes she will get a shock!! I think a 'real' letter is lovely, but with the invention of email, it's much easier and quicker:)

[Margaret]

I don't remember the last time I wrote: or received: a 'real' letter. E-mails have taken written communication to another level.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I received my last 'real' letter about 2 years ago! But I don't remember when I last actually wrote one!

[★ Jess]

Interesting social observation: Girls compliment girls they hate.
Guys pay out guys they like.

[Tracey]

★ Jess wrote: "Interesting social observation: Girls compliment girls they hate.
Guys pay out guys they like."

I'd never thought about it before Jess - I do know that men seem to communicate with their friends completely differently than women do. My husband is an identical twin and when he's with his brother I'm honestly not sure they even hear each other speak... they seem to just keep talking! In my, limited, experience however, that seems to be the exception and not the rule ;)

And yes, I did send my friend a letter... now all I have to do is wait for the inevitable phone call or text message saying 'what the heck?' lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracey wrote: "And yes, I did send my friend a letter... now all I have to do is wait for the inevitable phone call or text message saying 'what the heck?' lol ..."

Let us know what she says Tracey:) lol

[Margaret]

Brenda wrote: "Tracey wrote: "And yes, I did send my friend a letter... now all I have to do is wait for the inevitable phone call or text message saying 'what the heck?' lol ..."

Let us know what she says Trace..."

How times change!

[Jessy]

I have commenced a huge re-readathon lol I seem to get like this whenever my training exhausts me I am not really sure why. Pre-season training has started up for next athletics season and it's a hard slog!! So I am going back rereading things!!! Crazy I know lol

[Peter]

Where did you get that photo of my daughter from Jessy?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha!! Great pic Jessy, and great comment Peter;)

[Jessy]

hehehe Peter lol

[Zoey]

Public Holiday down here today (Launceston Show Day)and it is a beautiful sunny day. Have got to be happy with that :)

[Margaret]

Cloudy and wet, here in Sydney. The gardens need it.:)

[Mish]

Zoey wrote: "Public Holiday down here today (Launceston Show Day)and it is a beautiful sunny day. Have got to be happy with that :)"

You are very lucky Zoey. Take advantage of the weather while it lasts.

It's freezing in Melbourne today :(

[Jacqui]

Where is the sun today ? It's like winter in Melbourne.