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Well done! I love my kindle, but haven't used anything else:)
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That's awesome customer service Rita!
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still reading my pharmacy journals this morning when I come across a review of One Life: My Mother's Story written by..... me!!Because Nance Gee (the subject of the book) was a pharmacist, I sent my review to a few pharmacy journals saying they should let readers know about the book. They did get back to me to ask who I was, where I worked, how long I'd been a pharmacist. And then I saw nothing more, so thought it had ended up on the cutting room floor, so to speak. Nice surprise when I turned the page. :))
@Marianne What a great surprise to receive. Congrats:)@Rita I've been puzzling, what does 'DP' stand for? Darling Partner?
Marianne wrote: "still reading my pharmacy journals this morning when I come across a review of One Life: My Mother's Story written by..... me!!Because Nance Gee (the subject of the book) was a pha..."
That's a nice surprise Marianne.
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Because Nance Gee (the subject of the book) was a pha..."
Wow! Congratulations Marianne..you're famous :)
for all of five seconds, yeah, LOL
Marianne wrote: "still reading my pharmacy journals this morning when I come across a review of One Life: My Mother's Story written by..... me!!Because Nance Gee (the subject of the book) was a pha..."
That's excellent Marianne! You should send them your review of Silent Shock: The Men Behind the Thalidomide Scandal and an Australian Family's Long Road to Justice as well. A lot of pharmacists would be interested in that.
Good for you Marianne! ...and what Caroline said, maybe they could make book reviews a regular feature with you as their reviewer :)
I think they do have a regular book review section, but you're right, I should send them Silent Shock too.
Well done, Marianne! How funny that they didn't notify you!
I got a bit of a chuckle over this [it is sort of true for me] ....
Melissa wrote: "I got a bit of a chuckle over this [it is sort of true for me] ...."
Love it Melissa!
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Brenda wrote: "Perfect Melissa!!!"
I think it is pretty accurate haha :)
I think it is pretty accurate haha :)
Kathryn wrote: "Well done, Marianne! How funny that they didn't notify you!"Oh Kathryn, I went back to the email he sent me, I realise he said he wanted to put it in the June issue: senior moment, I forgot about it (well, that WAS April) so it was a nice surprise!
Melissa wrote: "I got a bit of a chuckle over this [it is sort of true for me] ...."
I think my DH wishes this was the truck TAKING AWAY all my books.....
One good thing about Monday Public Holidays for me:even though I NEVER work Mondays, when it's a public holiday, I bizarrely get half a day's pay. So between 8 and 12, I say to DH, I'm being paid right now, for being at home!!!
Public Hol on a Friday, even better, I get a full day's pay!
Very windy here today.After I have braved the wind on my walk (which sadly will not net any books as the PO is closed) I am going to make some Pumpkin soup in the Slow Cooker and Spaghetti, Bacon & Oysters sauce in a (non-slow-cooking) pan. That should fill up the freezers a bit...
Marianne wrote: "One good thing about Monday Public Holidays for me:even though I NEVER work Mondays, when it's a public holiday, I bizarrely get half a day's pay. So between 8 and 12, I say to DH, I'm being paid ..."
Lol...I hope you enjoy doing whatever it is you are being paid for doing Marianne! ;)
Marianne, did you get the news you'd won the Murder in Common giveaway of Benefit of the Doubt? I didn't see any mention here, but then I may be blind. :)
Melissa wrote: "I finally gave in and invested in a Kindle after years of reading with a kobo - now I have to wait for the mailman to bring me my kindle [waiting ever so patiently ... of course]."Wahoo! What one did you buy? I have a Paperwhite and love it.
Vicki wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I finally gave in and invested in a Kindle after years of reading with a kobo - now I have to wait for the mailman to bring me my kindle [waiting ever so patiently ... of course]."..."
Vicki - I went with the Kindle Paperwhite. The backlight is a feature I need in an ereader.
Vicki - I went with the Kindle Paperwhite. The backlight is a feature I need in an ereader.
Suzanne wrote: "What do you think about fixing screens? I do have an IT guy to ask but haven't gotten around to it. I'm thinking excess etc isn't worth it at all. "That depends on your excess. Also, the cost to replace a screen varies widely:
http://laptopscreenman.com.au/faqs/la...
Melissa wrote: "Vicki - I went with the Kindle Paperwhite. The backlight is a feature I need in an ereader."Excellent. You'll love it. :)
Vicki wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Vicki - I went with the Kindle Paperwhite. The backlight is a feature I need in an ereader."
Excellent. You'll love it. :)"
Now I have to wait for Canada Post to bring me my Kindle :D haha
Excellent. You'll love it. :)"
Now I have to wait for Canada Post to bring me my Kindle :D haha
Melissa wrote: "Now I have to wait for Canada Post to bring me my Kindle :D haha"The anticipation is all part of it. :)
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Haha! Well done Phrynne:)
The only slightly bad side effect of the readathon is that now we have all those pesky book reviews to write!
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Haha! Yes I was just thinking the same thing Carolyn:) I have 3 to write and I really don't feel like it!!! LOL
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No, not me:) I wrote mine as I went along. I hate writing them later, I can never think of anything to say!
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Ain't that the truth. I stayed up to some ungodly hour Saturday night..."
The good and the bad;) Never mind! Benefits outweigh the negatives:)
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Ahhhh so that was the big order Brenda got from Amazon. :D"
No, not me Michael...never me;P
Vicki wrote: "Marianne, did you get the news you'd won the Murder in Common giveaway of Benefit of the Doubt? I didn't see any mention here, but then I may be blind. :)"Oh, Vicki, I did, but I'm still waiting on the .mobi to be emailed to me. Then I was going to post it under newly acquired books.
But yes, I won the Murder in Common giveaway of Benefit of the Doubt !!! woo hoo, my Kindle on my tablet is really filling up!!
Well, I never actually FINISHED any books during the challenge, so no reviews to write. But I will have one to do soon, although this book has taken me a week to read!
Marianne wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Marianne, did you get the news you'd won the Murder in Common giveaway of Benefit of the Doubt? I didn't see any mention here, but then I may be blind. :)"Oh, Vicki,..."
It sounds like a goodie Marianne :)
17 degrees Celsius right now and it is too hot to sleep lol. oh how I miss Canadian winter
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Have you had it in the 30+'s overnight Melissa? Plus humidity?
Brenda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "17 degrees Celsius right now and it is too hot to sleep lol. oh how I miss Canadian winter"
Have you had it in the 30+'s overnight Melissa? Plus humidity?"
That sounds not nice -- 17 overnight is warm for us in ood ol Vancouver counting down until we get back to winter and the -17 weather
Have you had it in the 30+'s overnight Melissa? Plus humidity?"
That sounds not nice -- 17 overnight is warm for us in ood ol Vancouver counting down until we get back to winter and the -17 weather
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Have you had it in the 30+'s overnight Melissa? Plus humidity?"I've been away from Australia for almost 10 years now and the one thing I don't miss even a little bit is those crazy hot summer nights!
Matthew wrote: "Have you had it in the 30+'s overnight Melissa? Plus humidity?"
I've been away from Australia for almost 10 years now and the one thing I don't miss even a little bit is those crazy hot summer nig..."
I can't even Imagine
I've been away from Australia for almost 10 years now and the one thing I don't miss even a little bit is those crazy hot summer nig..."
I can't even Imagine
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I've been away from Australia for almost 10 years now and the one thing I don't miss even a little bit is those crazy hot summer nig..."
I wouldn't miss them either Matthew!
I feel bad for my two dogs though - they are both black labs and they can't do the heat poor guys.
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No way would I read this guy after these comments!! Oh my goodness...
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