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by Jemidar
Thu August 4th, 2011, 6:21 pm
Forum: Feature of the Month
Topic: August 2011 BOTM: Queen by Right by Anne Easter Smith
Replies: 27
Views: 4937

I'm reading this but it's not grabbing me. Way to many modern sensibilities for my liking, plus the same old cardboard stereotypes, York=good Lancaster=bad. If only the politics of the time were that simple! Maybe I to am suffering from reading too many sugary Yorkist novels set in this time period...
by Jemidar
Fri July 8th, 2011, 3:22 pm
Forum: Book Sellers/Traders
Topic: Amazon, Abe books or book depository
Replies: 117
Views: 18759

[quote=""Veronica""]I don't really believe their map- according to the map on my computer there is always someone buying a book in Alice Springs, Australia (and it's not me!) - what about the rest of the country? Just happen to be one buyer?[/quote] They don't differentiate the different parts of Oz...
by Jemidar
Mon July 4th, 2011, 1:45 pm
Forum: Book Sellers/Traders
Topic: Amazon, Abe books or book depository
Replies: 117
Views: 18759

[quote=""Misfit""]Found this and a few other mentions by googling the two.[/quote]

Thanks Misfit.

Figured it was Amazon buying out the competition in their bid to rule the world...lol. Just hope they don't feel the need to fix something that's not broke--BD works just fine how it is!
by Jemidar
Mon July 4th, 2011, 1:17 pm
Forum: Book Sellers/Traders
Topic: Amazon, Abe books or book depository
Replies: 117
Views: 18759

[quote=""Amanda""]Well the options are narrowing now that Amazon are going to buy The Book Depository. Hope they keep their free shipping rates to Australia then.[/quote] NOOOOOOOOO!! That can only be be bad news! Do you know if it's Amazon.com or Amazon UK that's buying it? And is it both the US an...
by Jemidar
Thu June 9th, 2011, 11:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Now?
Replies: 1456
Views: 113294

[quote=""Vanessa""]It must be the author's imagination which leads to wonder what's going in there!! LOL.[/quote]

Which begs the question, what on earth was she thinking?!
by Jemidar
Thu June 9th, 2011, 5:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Now?
Replies: 1456
Views: 113294

[quote=""Vanessa""]It's 1189 and I, Lady Alix of Wanthwaite, am on my way to London disguised as a boy. Soothly, I am accompanied by a cunning Scot, none other than Lord Enoch Angus Boggs of Dingle-Boggs, and being chased by a knight by the name of Magnus Barefoot who wants my head on a spike! Oh wo...
by Jemidar
Sat March 19th, 2011, 4:02 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Forthcoming Books: 2011 Edition
Replies: 826
Views: 75876

[quote=""Tanzanite""]The Traitor's Kiss by Pauline Francis. UK release July 1, 2011. This is the captivating true story of the young Elizabeth I, as she struggles to survive the treacherous world of Tudor England. After the death of her father, Henry VIII, a young Elizabeth journeys to London to liv...
by Jemidar
Sat March 19th, 2011, 8:05 am
Forum: Movies, Television, Radio, and Music
Topic: The Tudors chat
Replies: 204
Views: 16904

I need to get hold of Season 4 too!
by Jemidar
Wed March 16th, 2011, 4:14 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: What Are You Reading? March 2011
Replies: 230
Views: 23076

[quote=""fljustice""]Thanks for the laugh! As they say, a picture is worth.....[/quote] [quote=""Margaret""]Love that pic, Jemidar. You ought to go into designing greeting cards - wouldn't that one be irresistible for certain occasions?[/quote] Glad you both liked it :D . And yes, it would make a go...
by Jemidar
Wed March 16th, 2011, 3:15 am
Forum: Feature of the Month
Topic: November/December 2010: Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
Replies: 22
Views: 4404

It's already on my Wishlist :) .

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