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joebee


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Whose books would appeal to all in here as she as in the following description, like those in here on the road. Her name is Sue henry and the 4 book series is called "Maxie and Stretch series" Also a good site to look up authors is http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/


"From an author whose "twists and turns keep you turning the pages" (Denver Post) comes a brand-new mystery series starring Maxie McNabb-an independent retiree whose adventures across the country in her motor home are destined for murderous roadblocks.

At 63, Maxie is cruising down the Alaska Highway in her brand-new Winnebago. She's always been a gypsy at heart-and with her mini-dachshund at her side, and the open road ahead, she's never been happier. But before her exploration of the Lower Forty-eight gets underway, Maxie needs to figure out who burglarized her friend's Colorado home-and why. But the closer Maxie gets to solving the puzzle, the more it becomes chillingly clear that her friend's life isn't the only one on the line...


About the Author:
Sue Henry's first Jessie Arnold mystery, Murder on the Iditarod Trail, won both the Anthony and Macavity Awards for Best First Novel. Since then, the critically acclaimed series has extended to ten books. The Serpents Trail is the first in a new spinoff series starring retiree and avid RVer Maxie McNabb. Henry is a former college administrator who has lived in Alaska for 30 years.

If anyone wants any ebooks (and I have 1000's) including Sue Henry's, I can put them on cd's and post to those who want them.

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yep I'm gonna write me up one of them thar thingys one day! might even sell one!

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I only wish we had some people who write books about around in OZ, then I would gladly support them by buying their books.

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Thanks for the info joebee, I have passed the info onto my wife, she is into books.

I am reposting your link here;   http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
as the one in your post could not be clicked on to open.

For anyone that isn't aware of it, when you post a link (or put one in a pm), click your mouse cursor behind the links last letter/symbol (in this case the /) and move the space bar one space, the link will then light up and people will be able to open it.  Only the author of the post or pm can do it to the link they have posted, in the one here I have copied and pasted the link to my post, then did the steps I just mentioned, and now it can be opened.
You can also do the same to your own post if you go back and edit the post as described above.

Edit:  Just found with a link I posted on another thread that I still had to go back and edit the post, then carried out the steps above, so sounds like you need to go back and edit to make the link active.   I think Rolly had another method, but I can't recall what that was.

-- Edited by Vic41 on Sunday 3rd of January 2010 11:48:33 AM

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joebee wrote:

I only wish we had some people who write books about around in OZ, then I would gladly support them by buying their books.



Do you want fiction, or non-fiction, recent, or not-so-recent Authors?

Cheers,
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A few caravan parks have a "book exchange" in the laundry. I found a book by Di Morrisey, liked it so much I actually paid for another and am enjoying that too. She writes what you might call "chick-lit" but her novels are set in various places of Australia, and cover some of the local history. Interesting if thats your kind of fiction.smile

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Have read ALL the Di Morrissey books Rosie, can't wait for the next one

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Ma wrote:

Have read ALL the Di Morrissey books Rosie, can't wait for the next one


Finished "the Silent Country" already Ma? Just received my copy 4 Christmas, saving it up for a nice little trip down to the coast.... sitting on the edge of the beach under a banksia tree at Tathra  reading is my idea of heaven... Ahhh, the Serenity! (Got "the Castle" for Christmas too)smile

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I told a porky Rosie, I haven't read the Silent Country yet.....but will obtain a copy at the first available opportunity.

Reading is so good, especially if you are going through a rough patch.  It's like you can just "loose" yourself in a good story and forget your problems for a while.  Very theraputic.



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How do you hold the book steady enough to read when you are going through this rough patch Ma??

Damn......I'm flat out just seeing the road.......let alone reading while I'm driving!!

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It is an acquired knack DD.......not for everyone that's for sure........maybe it's the eyes in the back of the head thing.    LOL

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            Anyone who wants a good laugh, there is an excellent series by Janet Evanovich - "The Stephanie Plum series" there are about 20 novels in the series, every page is a chuckle about a female bounty hunter nonono



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I was recently told about the Di Morrissey books. Can't wait to finish my current pile of reading so I can start on hers.    reading.gif

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I've got Kimberley Sun in a .txt file.

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Any really Xina, I collect any genre. I have about 40 full cd's of ebooks. I have a library at my fingertips, and will probably never read them all in this lifetime.

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Robyn stop reading your piles and go and get them seen to, it will be much more comfortable!!

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oh stephanie is so cool, have read all the series. one of my favorites, also love j.d.robb(norah roberts) the in death books are great also

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I have to get an ebook reader...........

Then I have to get eyes in the back of my head.........

Then I can read while I'm driving.........

Gonna be a hoot driving to work.............as long as I don't let my hair down :)

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Hi Bindi.............welcome to the forums. Hope you will like it here

I tend to go more for the technical books..............are they available as ebooks joebee??

I have quite a few in my collection such as :

Advanced Budgie Plucking for Seniors

Padlock Painting and Buffalo De-Horning

Wood Carving   (How to get the Perfect Wooden Leg)........actually thought that one might interest seonau??

Self Touching for Novices

Schizophrenics Guide to Just Being Yourself

They are just to name a few!!

-- Edited by Disco Duck on Monday 4th of January 2010 12:36:30 PM

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Welcome to the madhouse Bindi!

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Yes they are Ducky, you can get them as torrents here http://www.ebookshare.net/

I download torrents with uTorrent from here http://www.utorrent.com/


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But most come from mIRC

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Thanks joebee

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joebee wrote:

Any really Xina, I collect any genre. I have about 40 full cd's of ebooks. I have a library at my fingertips, and will probably never read them all in this lifetime.


Probably a silly question, but have you read  XAVIER HERBERT,  ION IDRIESS,  BILL HARNEY,  DOUGLAS LOCKWOOD,  GLENVILLE PIKE, or HECTOR HOLTHOUSE ? 

If you like,  I can organise a list of Titles and Authors for you.  Others, besides the above-mentioned.
Cheers,
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Thanks Joebee

Think I'd be better in paper form. Takes me a while to get through a book.  Rather be doing some netsurfing alot of the time. But might get back to you.

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no You're a sad case Dave,

I must be starting to get to know you because when I was writing the post I thought of you   nirvana.gif      and changed my wording to 'pile of books'.    LOL   laughing.gif    

-- Edited by pricey43 on Tuesday 5th of January 2010 12:46:45 PM

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Yeah thanks xina, Herbert's Poor fellow Mt Country I bought when it first came out, I only wish I kept it. Anyway free Australiana ebooks can be downloaded at http://gutenberg.net.au/ which might interest you, there are a lot of books on there on authors who have died before 1955, have a squiz. The others I haven't read but vcan probably find out on the internet after some digging around, which I like doing anyway. Anything can be found if you stick to it and have patience.

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         Another great author Kathy Reichs, her character is Temperence Brennan a forensic anthropoligist, this is the series of books that the TV show Bones is based on.

Bloody good read  awwaww

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The reason I go for ebooks as you can carry hundreds on a pda, which I have about 6 of at the moment and can carry almost all of them on either memory stick or just on cds, If I carried them as paper version I would need a trailer. I went over seas in 2002 and carried a few books with me so I could read when ever had bad weather and could not do anything else and also to read on the plane. Also on pda's you can have games and applications, a good pda is a Palm TungstenE and can be had on eBay pretty easy, as that is where I got my other 5 pda's (mainly for spares) as the Franklin eBookman is not made anymore.

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Thanks JoeBee,

Might look into it. Would give me more cupboard space for other important things!!!!!

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