Member: babemuffin

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- TT

posted by TheTortoise at 12:22 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2009

Hi babemuffin. I'm good thank you :-) Hope you are well too and that you had a great Australia Day yesterday. I spent the day at the beach and got a bit sunburnt. Whoops! Both yesterday and today the weather's been a little sporadic around Brisbane - really hot, then it rains for a bit, then gets hot again, then rains again.

I'm doing the 999 challenge this year for fun, and so far I've read "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility" both by Jane Austen (for my Classics category), and "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson (for my random picks category). At the moment I'm reading the graphic novel "Watchmen" by Alan Moore (for my graphic novels category). I think "The Thirteenth Tale" by Dianne Setterfield will be up next. I've heard very good things about "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society". It's definitely on my list of books I'd like to read, so thank you for giving me a little nudge in it's direction :-)

posted by Elee at 1:29 am (EST) on Jan 27, 2009

Welcome to The Highly Rated Book Group!

We are so glad you could join us again for some amazing book reads!

vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 2:42 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2008

I had really good luck today. Just got an email both accepting and saying she's mailing the book tonight! I'll let you know when I get Reflections and list it reserved for you.

Clara (booknutzz)

posted by booknutzz at 8:05 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2008

Ahoy me Hearty!

The “Pirate Riddles of the Seven Seas” and “Who Wants to Be a Buccaneer?” Quizzes start this Sunday 2nd November at 8.00pm (GMT).

Be sure to check in every day if you want to win at:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/47884

- Yer First Mate, The Piratical Tortoise

posted by TheTortoise at 3:31 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2008

I thanks ye for signin' up and markin' your spot to be on me Pirate crew. Since we have a vast, big ship, we ain't got 'nough crew to man her across the seven seas and me thinks that the seas be rough this time o' year. We needs many more hands to sail and not much time 'fore we launch.

I be's invitin' you to looks at the new PRE-CONTEST over in ye's Pirate Book Thread. Its be open until November 2, so ye wants to look soon.

Yer Captain

posted by vintage_books at 1:23 am (EST) on Oct 20, 2008

Hi babemuffin! I was happy to accept your friend invitation - thanks for sending it :-)

Your dog is gorgeous!!!! I want to reach through the screen and give it a cuddle.

I'm actually an Aussie (from Brisbane originally) but lived in London in 2006, just for the year. I loved it and still miss it sometimes, but I missed my family more so came home.

I visited Sydney a couple of years ago and had the same kind of reaction - it was like Brisbane, but different at the same time. I think you just get used to wherever you are and after awhile anything else seems different.

Hope you have a good weekend too :-)

posted by Elee at 9:10 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2008

Hey babemuffin, thanks for the nice note! And I *adore* your dog's name - mind if I steal it for my next pooch? I've heard about shelfari and goodreads, how are they? I don't know anything about them.

Maybe you want to volunteer at your local library book sale? That will get your book juices flowing while you still can afford your mortgage and paying the bills.

But yeah, I know what you mean. I'd love to work in a bookshop all day, but there is no way possible to work for those type of wages and make a living too.

Is your full library listed elsewhere?

vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 1:06 am (EST) on Sep 23, 2008

So babemuffin, thanks for the friend request! I see you are on BookMooch too and have an adorable dog.

When do I get to read something about your library or interests? :) You are very mysterious.

vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 2:17 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2008