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Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored! Though I did ..."Maybe the negative vibes coming off Elaine regarding photos scrambled your thoughts, Brenda, and made you forget!!!
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LOL! Could be;) Or it could be that we didn't stop talking!
Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must..."Oh well, that's another possibility!!!
Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Ha,ha!!! I'm so glad you forgot to take photos Brenda!!! Although we did all forget about it being so caught up in trying to talk about everything!!! It was lovely meeting you all to..."Awww. Thank you Brenda. It was in response to meeting another beautiful soul and Mish and Sharon are gorgeous too. I feel like I met up with old friends. And yay to Thursday. What a bonus for me!!!
Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored! Though I did hear them talkin..."Thanks Kathryn. It was great. And yes we were having such a good time that there was no time to stop for photos. And as Brenda says I wasn't all that keen but I would have taken a photo if she wanted to. So when are you coming to Melbourne, did you say? :)
Elaine wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored! Though I did ..."Oh, Elaine, I wish!! Maybe it will have to be next year - I have (and have had) so many expenses this year... But I promise I'll still keep an eye out for cheap airfares!
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Go Kathryn!!!
Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored! Though I did hear them talking cars!) laught..."Just sounds like you were having too much fun and that's good.
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Definitely were Dale:) Actually Sharon's hubby said "you can tell who's talking a lot" - the plates weren't very empty;)
Kathryn wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored..."I understand Kathryn but will live in hope. I'm thinking the same about Perth in July. Airfares and accommodation are just so expensive.
Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored! Though I did hear them talking cars!) laught..."Yes it really was a wonderful afternoon. It was great meeting you all and don't worry about the boys from what I hear they got quite a bit of talking done too :)
Sounds like a good time was had by all :)Envious much!
Michael and Sally it was great and yes it would have been lovely if more of us could have got together. Maybe one day we can organise something like this on a larger scale. Michael you'll be seeing Brenda soon too. :)
Hey guys that's great you had a fun get together and had a terrific afternoon! Now I'm wondering, was there any book swapping?! It's good organising to get you all in the one spot.. Well done ;)
Sally906 wrote: "Sounds like a good time was had by all :)Envious much!"
I know!! I agree ;)
Brenda wrote: "What a wonderful few hours I have just had! Hubby and I had lunch with Elaine, Mish, Sharon and her hubby - lots of talk (the boys must have been bored! Though I did hear them talking cars!) laught..."Yes, You will just have to come back again. I have been talking to you ladies online for years and I was so happy to have finally met you all in the flesh. lol! I had a such a fabulous time. Thank you so much for organising it.
Let's just say Suzanne no one walked away empty handed. There were lots of books on the table at one point. :D
Sounds like you all had a great time! I'll be in Perth for Swancon at Easter, so if anyone else is there, let me know!
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Yes they did Sharon:)
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Haha! You know us well;) Yes there was!
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Brenda wrote: "Thanks everyone! We had such a lovely time, and we would definitely love to do it again - sooner rather than later!"Absolutely agree Brenda.
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Absolutely agree Brenda."
Might have to keep an eye out for cheap flights;)
Everyone, I wanted to let you know that tonight on Abc radio 10pm on the Nightlife programme, they are discussing the importance of libraries in Australia. I'm in Sydney and it is 702am radio. Catch it online or on digital etc, iPhone apps too. I'm very much looking forward to it, after increasing my visits to my local branches recently. I know my smaller one will almost certainly close in the future.
Suzanne wrote: "Everyone, I wanted to let you know that tonight on Abc radio 10pm on the Nightlife programme, they are discussing the importance of libraries in Australia. I'm in Sydney and it is 702am radio. Catc..."This is very timely, as one of our local secondary colleges has closed their library, and I fear some of our local libraries may be in danger of closure too! Thanks will try to listen.
More importantly the word was 'relevance'. The grab mentioned 'the digital age'. It's an interesting topic isn't it..
Has anyone who uses Netgalley been approved for a book only to find that it's already been archived? I requested Clade ages ago and just got an email today to say it's been approved, but it's already been archived. Weird, eh?
Carolyn wrote: "Has anyone who uses Netgalley been approved for a book only to find that it's already been archived? I requested Clade ages ago and just got an email today to say it's been approved..."Yes, that happened to me with The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy...it was archived on the day that they approved it! I emailed them but got no response. I ended up applying for it again when the UK version was listed and they approved it, even though they don't normally approve residents outside of the UK. So maybe try that?
It was archived two days ago. I actually wasn't expecting to hear because it was weeks ago that I asked for it so I'm not too bothered about missing out. But now it will sit in my not reviewed list so that's a bit annoying.
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Email them Carolyn. I actually did that and they "un-archived" it again for a week so I could download it:) It's worth a try...I replied to the email which approved it and received a response pretty well straight away:)
Thanks Brenda. I have emailed them. Will let you know if it works!
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Suzanne, I just read your post about library closures, I for one will be devastated if that happens, and I'm sure many others of my local community would be also, the closest book store, or anywhere that sells physical books is over an hours drive away. Do you know what areas they are targeting?
Check out these 2 covers: I noticed it when Sally906 wishlisted one 
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almost identical!!
Looks like the same dress, same model, bangles missing from one......
Well spotted Marianne! The books could be similar but the top book is exactly the same. And if you look at the model's left arm, there is exactly the same frilly thing hanging down from her elbow.
Marianne wrote: "Check out these 2 covers: I noticed it when Sally906 wishlisted one and almost identical!!
Looks like t..."
There are quite a few like this, Marianne. I remember seeing a link in another group to a range of books with the same covers, but with slight tweaks in colour or cropping... I can't remember where I saw it now... Will post if it comes to me.
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and almost identic..."
Go to Listopia and type in Same Covers. There are heaps of examples there.
Legs are killing me from quads and core workout. I squatted down to put some books on a low shelf at work and fell over. :(
Phrynne wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Check out these 2 covers: I noticed it when Sally906 wishlisted one and [bookcover:First Impressions: A Novel|23450011..."Good idea! Better than me trying to remember where that link was!!
Liam wrote: "Legs are killing me from quads and core workout. I squatted down to put some books on a low shelf at work and fell over. :("You know you need to keep using those muscles, Liam, or it will feel even worse!
Liam wrote: "Legs are killing me from quads and core workout. I squatted down to put some books on a low shelf at work and fell over. :("I've just started the slow process of getting fit enough for skiing. I feel your pain...
Leonie wrote: "Liam wrote: "Legs are killing me from quads and core workout. I squatted down to put some books on a low shelf at work and fell over. :("I've just started the slow process of getting fit enough f..."
I'm doing that too, Leonie!! However, even before I started my current program to get me ski-ready, I was already much fitter than the last time I went skiing 9 years ago, so am hoping that will be beneficial - not sure exactly how hard I need to work, but I guess I'll find out middle of the year when I'm on the ski fields whether my level of fitness is sufficient!! I'll probably spend 3/4 of the time on my butt in the snow anyway - I did the last time!
Leonie wrote: "Liam wrote: "Legs are killing me from quads and core workout. I squatted down to put some books on a low shelf at work and fell over. :("I've just started the slow process of getting fit enough f..."
Where are you going? Have you skied before?
Carolyn wrote: "It was archived two days ago. I actually wasn't expecting to hear because it was weeks ago that I asked for it so I'm not too bothered about missing out. But now it will sit in my not reviewed list..."Carolyn, it looks like it's happened to a few people in the past.
Have a look at this link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If you don't get a response to your email soon, I would do what Angela said in the 2nd post, so it's not sitting in your unread/unreviewed list.
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Brenda wrote: "Thanks Mish, that's an interesting topic and just goes to show it happens to a lot of people!"Yes I was very surprised how often it happens. Luckily there's away around it though, so it doesn't affect your percentage.
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Yes I was very surprised how often it happens. Luckily there's away around it though, ..."
I have one from a very long time ago that I couldn't read (the layout made it unreadable) but when I made the comment about it, it was just left on my profile so I'll never get 100% :(
Jenni wrote: "Suzanne, I just read your post about library closures, I for one will be devastated if that happens, and I'm sure many others of my local community would be also, the closest book store, or anywher..."Hi Jenny, I ended up taping it on my iPhone as I knew I wouldn't be able to listen to it uninterrupted, so I will listen to it and message you. I didn't know how to program it so I taped 11 hrs in total!
Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Mish, that's an interesting topic and just goes to show it happens to a lot of people!"Yes I was very surprised how often it happens. Luckily there's away aroun..."
Oh that's not good at all. They (publishers) should test/view it first before they put it on netgalley.
Did you make a comment in the feedback section? If not, try it so it's counted towards your percentage.
I had one where the font was so tiny. When I enlarged the font on the e-reader I'd lose some of the text...it was really weird. I managed to finish it, with some difficulty and sore eyes.
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So annoyed with myself - but laughed too as I knew Elaine didn't want me to take any;)