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[Vicki]

Suzanne, I use the iPhone app with no problems (using it now). Is it because the Done button looks greyed out? If so, that's how it is on mine, too. Just click it and see what happens.

[Vicki]

Good morning to the Early Birdies! Here's to a wonderful weekend.

[Valerie]

Good morning all! I'm an Early Bird today thanks to a rooster cockadoodle dooing at 4.20am. Angry face.

[B the BookAddict]

I'm a very late Early Bird this morning; got back from Melbourne at nearly midnight and a wee bit tired from a very long Friday.

[Vicki]

Good that you were able to sleep in, Bette. I hope you have a relaxing weekend planned.

[Vicki]

Morning, Valerie. Roosters have no consideration. :)

[Sharon]

Vicki, that was early for such a cold morning.

[Veronica ⭐️]

Off to a full day of netball now. One daughter coaching the under 12's then both daughters playing after lunch

[Vicki]

Sharon wrote: "Vicki, that was early for such a cold morning."

I'm often up that early, rugged up in layers against the cold. For me, it's the most productive part of the day.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Veronica wrote: "Off to a full day of netball now. One daughter coaching the under 12's then both daughters playing after lunch"

Stay warm Veronica :)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Morning Early Birds! I'm not so early this morning either..late night.
It's a beautiful day here today so I plan to do some work in the garden...after a trip to one of those Huge stores that sell everything from plants to white goods!
Lol, I could be gone a while:)

[Leonie]

Morning all! Yet another subzero night here, but looking pretty decent at 10am, despite being only 13 degrees at the moment.

[Carolyn]

Suzanne wrote: "I don't know if this is the correct spot to ask, but this one looked current compared to some of the other places here.. I can't use my iPhone or iPad app to place comments here in the group. I gav..."

Not sure if this was the case last night, but my iPad app seems to be behaving today and will let me place comments.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

I always use my iPad to make comments on GR, as I am now, but I don't use the app as I've always just entered via the email links, or from the GR app which I have saved in my Favourites. Ive never had any trouble posting this way.
The only time I use the "downloaded" iPad app is when I want to use the scan feature & etc.

However, I am still having some problems with email notifications, and have had for some time...on and off...as many others also consistently report.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Am trying out my iPad app for GR now and just had a look under 'Topic Notifications Settings' on here, and noticed one box was unchecked regarding email notifications, so I have turned it on to see if that makes a difference...maybe there was a conflict between these settings and my GR app settings?? :{

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Bright blue sky after a freezing night! Gale force winds rattling the blinds overnight but calm now! That's winter for you!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Interesting information about Harper Lee

Nelle Harper Lee, born in 1926 in Alabama, wrote only one book in her lifetime and it was published on this day in 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was translated into 10 languages. It’s never gone out of print and has sold 30 million copies. It’s a book that you would rank up there with the works of Charles Dickens and Shakespeare for moral guidance. Some critics have classified it as southern Gothic but I think that’s wrong – its apparent grotesque figures are based on actual characters and events. Atticus Finch was based on Lee’s father, a lawyer. And Truman Capote, Lee’s childhood friend and the model for Dill, remembered the original Boo Radley who, he said, lived in a boarded-up house and left little gifts for children in the knothole of a tree.

Stylistically, the narrative is told in the first person through the medium of an adult vocabulary, yet maintaining the strategic naivety of child’s vantage point. The book always reminded me a little of What Maisie Knew. One of the reasons for the book’s appeal was the timing. From the mid-50s with Supreme Court decisions against segregation in southern schools and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, the early 60s with the freedom rides and voter registration, the civil rights movement was gathering momentum and the book talked to that. And then there was the trial. Americans love courtroom drama because I think it takes them back to the pure image of their country’s founding ideals. As Atticus tells the jury in his summing up: "Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal…in this country, the courts are the great levellers, and in our courts all men are created equal."

The book was made into a movie. The American Film Institute ranked the movie number one on their list of courtroom dramas and Atticus Finch, as played by Gregory Peck, the top screen hero of the past 100 years. Even the Monroe County courthouse has achieved iconic status. Now the original building is a museum, devoted to the book, the movie, to Harper Lee and the historical people behind her fictional characters.

[Sally906]

Suzanne wrote: "I don't know if this is the correct spot to ask, but this one looked current compared to some of the other places here.. I can't use my iPhone or iPad app to place comments here in the group. I gav..."

I can leave comments through the Goodreads app but can't reply to specific comments. You have to scroll ALL the way to the bottom of the messages.

[Marianne]

Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"

Wow! That's awesome Marianne!! You'll have to remind her when you see her:)

[Vicki]

Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"

w00t! :)

[Suz]

Thank you everyone for suggestions, I think it's better for me to use the desktop, out in the cold office in the garage... I tried using the laptop but have issues scrolling, why!!!! Maybe this is why I don't get much reading done..

[Vicki]

Sally906 wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I don't know if this is the correct spot to ask, but this one looked current compared to some of the other places here.. I can't use my iPhone or iPad app to place comments here in ..."

Mine goes straight to the first unread message, which is great. The comment box is at the end of the new messages.

[Marianne]

Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"

Wow! That's awesome Marianne!! You'll have to ..."

Yes, I said I would be at the lunch to get my book signed, she said she looks forward to seeing me there. Not as much as I look forward to going, though!! It's a day I'm meant to work, so I'm taking an annual leave day, going up to Sydney with my sister and 2 friends on the train, nice relaxed day, two course lunch and wine, and listen to one of my all-time favourite authors speak, then get my book signed. Worth every cent!!! About 25 sleeps, I think.......

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"

Wow! That's awesome Marianne!! ..."

Every time you talk about it I get green;) We expect lots of information after you've been, plus some photos!

[Faye]

Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"
Oooh how exciting...I have just started reading her books and so far have enjoyed them was Cop Town good?

[Marianne]

Well, I just watched the 1980 movie of The Shining. OMG!! I'd forgotten how much Kubrick loved all that awful discordant music to ramp up the tension. The sets were amazing, but what a terrible job Shelley Duvall did of Wendy! And quite a lot of departure from the book. If Doctor Sleep is made into a movie, I, for one, will be grateful that Kubrick isn't around to massacre it.
On the plus side, I got all my ironing done while watching it!

[Marianne]

Faye wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"
Oooh how exciting...I have just started reading..."

Cop Town was great!!

[Faye]

Marianne wrote: "Faye wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"
Oooh how exciting...I have just st..."
Thanks Marianne, will put it on my list to read.Too many good books to read!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes you're right...will be great for a lot of people:)

[Marina]

Veronica wrote: "Off to a full day of netball now. One daughter coaching the under 12's then both daughters playing after lunch"

Hey, Veronica, we're twins! One of my daughters also coaches an under 12s teams. Both girls also umpire and play themselves, so we're at netball from 7:30 in the morning till 4:30 in the afternoon. And boy, it was cold out there today!

[Veronica ⭐️]

Always knew readers were more fun

http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/da...

[Suz]

Marianne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"

Wow! That's awesome Marianne!! ..."

What's the event Marianne? Sounds great!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Veronica wrote: "Always knew readers were more fun

http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/da..."

Great story Veronica!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Veronica wrote: "Always knew readers were more fun

http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/da..."

Thanks for sharing that Veronica :) Interesting..

[Marianne]

Faye wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Faye wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"
Oooh how exciting...
Thanks Marianne, will put it on my list to read.Too many good books to read!"

Yes, Faye, here is NOT the place to come if you want to REDUCE your TBR (your To Be Read) list!!!

[Marianne]

Suzanne wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Little thrill: I pointed out a typo in Cop Town to Karin Slaughter and got a personal email reply!!!"

Wow! That's aw..."

Dymocks Literary Lunch on August 6th, sold out, but there is an event at Camden library that evening, don't know about it.

[Marianne]

Hello, Early Birds! Cool out this morning, but will get colder yet, I think. Yesterday, 7.2C outside my coastal kitchen window.

[B the BookAddict]

Late again; I'm letting the side down. Good morning, Early Birds:)

[Marina]

Does 7 am on a Sunday count as an early bird? I reckon that's got to be at least equivalent to 6 am any other day!

[Vicki]

I'm late, too. Frosty morning... brrrrrrrr!

[B the BookAddict]

Marina wrote: "Does 7 am on a Sunday count as an early bird? I reckon that's got to be at least equivalent to 6 am any other day!"

Yep, you're an Early Bird today. We usually meet on weekdays at round 4am:)

[Vicki]

Marina, 7am on a freezing Sunday morning definitely counts.

Good morning, girls! Enjoy your day of rest (isn't that what Sunday is supposed to be?).

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Good Morning EB's, it's Sunday so made my cuppa and brought it back to bed to have a read. :)

[Vicki]

Veronica wrote: "Always knew readers were more fun

http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/da..."

"Finding someone who reads is like dating a thousand souls. It’s gaining the experience they’ve gained from everything they’ve ever read and the wisdom that comes with those experiences. It’s like dating a professor, a romantic and an explorer."

Thanks for sharing, Veronica. Interesting article. :)

[B the BookAddict]

My brain seems to be still recovering from my Melb trip. I'm here in body but my mind is slow as an old poke today.

Vicki, no frost here; actually quite mild. Today's agenda is the dreaded supermarket shopping (yuck), Sanity for some dvds, on to walking the wee doggies and then hopefully some gardening if the weather holds out. I'll try also to get some reading done, I didn't even pick up a book yesterday which is unheard of for me.

[Vicki]

Marianne wrote: "Dymocks Literary Lunch on August 6th, sold out, but there is an event at Camden library that evening, don't know about it."

How exciting! Enjoy. :)

[Marianne]

Bette BookAddict wrote: "Late again; I'm letting the side down. Good morning, Early Birds:)"

If you are late because you were sleeping, then I'd say that's a very good excuse, Bette!!

[Vicki]

Marianne wrote: "If you are late because you were sleeping, then I'd say that's a very good excuse, Bette!!"

Very good excuse!

[Vicki]

Bette BookAddict wrote: "My brain seems to be still recovering from my Melb trip. I'm here in body but my mind is slow as an old poke today.

Vicki, no frost here; actually quite mild. Today's agenda is the dreaded super..."

You have a full day planned, Bette. I hope the weather holds for you, but if it doesn't, it'll be a good excuse to read. :)