tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post4631814226602111142..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Books, Books everywhereKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-43606656085264830322009-03-29T09:49:00.000+10:302009-03-29T09:49:00.000+10:30Now you remind me, I think you wrote something abo...Now you remind me, I think you wrote something about the postage some time ago. It is expensive enough to post from Denmark, but nothing compared to what you mentioned. <BR/>For the time being I am not interested in writing ´professional´ reviews, however. I like being able to write whatever I think without feeling I owe something to the publisher or writer. <BR/><BR/>But then I´ll just have to win some of your books, and you can win some of mine ;)Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-41395930743529870372009-03-29T08:43:00.000+10:302009-03-29T08:43:00.000+10:30Now that's called "calling my bluff" over here Dor...Now that's called "calling my bluff" over here Dorte. Postage is hideously expensive, but let me think about whether I can get some Australian crime fiction titles to you somehow. Sometimes publishers are willing to send to people world wide. Perhaps you could email me an address in readiness. Mine is kerrie.smith@esc.net.auKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-58461103894789328542009-03-29T08:30:00.000+10:302009-03-29T08:30:00.000+10:30Kerrie, if you really mean it I would certainly ap...Kerrie, if you really mean it I would certainly appreciate it. I am ready to love anyone´s crime novels, and should I get too many, I´ll give some more away (when I have read and enjoyed them, of course).Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-30039222834509726742009-03-29T08:11:00.000+10:302009-03-29T08:11:00.000+10:30I hate the possibility of being without a book. No...I hate the possibility of being without a book. Norman you were very restrained in taking only one book, but you don't get many brownie points for buying another. And when you have friends who send, lend, or give you books... how can you refuse to give them a nice home?<BR/><BR/>Dorte you are doing wonderfully well, but if you'd like me to send you a box of pre-loved books, just say so.<BR/><BR/>Semi-Dweller. I like the idea of a loft conversion but we don't do that so much here in Australia. I'm not so much worried by the fact that they are lying everywhere, as much as by their tendency to multiply, and remain unread for such a long time.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-75536125908165692102009-03-28T21:35:00.000+10:302009-03-28T21:35:00.000+10:30This I can identify with! Back in my old apartment...This I can identify with! Back in my old apartment I had a one-in one-out policy simply for reasons of space and worries about overloading floorboards! When I moved to a bigger house I thought all that was behind be, especially once I found the good local library.<BR/><BR/>Now I find myself looking around the study, seeing piles of books on the floor, and knowing all the bookshelves are approaching being properly full - time for a loft conversion?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420235913245821752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-89902360591199257192009-03-28T21:09:00.000+10:302009-03-28T21:09:00.000+10:30"stop work and devote my time to reading"..."stop work and devote my time to reading" - Oh, I think that sounds like a really good solution! After one week with a flu I can see that makes quite a difference. I have read three times as many books as in an ordinary week. And if I was well and didn´t have to cough all the time ... <BR/><BR/>Actually, I feel very good compared to you two ;) I only own c 15 books I haven´t read. That is probably because my husband and I agree every month that we shouldn´t buy books. So he only buys one, and I limit myself to 100 kroner per month (£ 12.50). That sounds like quite a lot if you buy used books via Amazon & Abebooks, but with the shipping to Denmark it is 2-3 books per month. Therefore I sometimes wait two months, buy more books and save on the shipping, thus I can get 7-8 books. (As you can see, for someone who is not addicted, I spend quite a lot of time on getting the next fix) :DDorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-80591779535901734972009-03-28T19:43:00.000+10:302009-03-28T19:43:00.000+10:30My name is Norman and I am a bookaddict. My bloggi...My name is Norman and I am a bookaddict. My blogging pseudonym is Uriah and I am a total book aholic. <BR/>This is getting to be a serious problem as I was halfway through The Redeemer when we went away for a few days. I decided to take a smaller book [The Man who liked Slow tomatoes by KC Constantine] read that and actually bought The Polish Officer Alan Furst to start on the last day of our break.<BR/>I returned home to find Karen at Eurocrime had sent me two books and Harper Collins had sent The Ignorance of Blood by Robert Wilson. I don't need a twelve step program I need emergency treatment.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-60084226171072406792009-03-28T17:24:00.000+10:302009-03-28T17:24:00.000+10:30I like the idea of a 12 step programme Bernadette....I like the idea of a 12 step programme Bernadette. "How to deal with Book addiction!"Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-44711069136515769052009-03-28T16:53:00.000+10:302009-03-28T16:53:00.000+10:30The vaguely good news Kerrie is that someone is bo...The vaguely good news Kerrie is that someone is bound to stop by who has a bigger "problem" than you. It won't be me - I've only got a respectable 160 or so in my TBR pile :) Perhaps there's a 12-step program for us all. My name is Bernadette and I'm a book addict. <BR/><BR/>I have imposed a 3-month book buying ban on myself though due to my uneasiness about my own TBR pile. So far I haven't bought a single book during March but I have still managed to acquire 18 books (mostly mooched and a couple of review books). Plus I joined another library so that I could get THE WRITING CLASS for book club and then found that library to be far superior to my own local one and started putting my name down for all sorts of new releases they had available. I have a swag of long service leave up my sleeve and I keep fantasizing about taking a month of it during winter when there'll be nothing worth doing but sitting in my reading nook with a blanket and my TBR pile.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.com