Creative Reviews Book Club discussion
August Book(s)
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The book for August!!
I already have a copy that I won, and it's next on my TBR list, believe it or not!
Dale wrote: "I already have a copy that I won, and it's next on my TBR list, believe it or not!"I had signed up to win it, and have it on my "buy-me" list ... LOL Guess a lot of us were interested in it anyway! X-D
Well, it was 4th on my TBR (I won it in the last giveaway you guys hosted). Guess I'll finally get around to it. Woohoo!
No lie, my mother-in-law stole the copy that I won. I will get it back from her and read it for this month's book!In an Australian accent, of course.
Splitter
C.S. Splitter wrote: "No lie, my mother-in-law stole the copy that I won. I will get it back from her and read it for this month's book!In an Australian accent, of course.
Splitter"
Oi, Mate - throw some shrimp on the barbie while you're at it! (is that how it is spelled? "barbie"? Goddess knows I wouldn't want to be called an atrocious speller ...)
I'd never heard of this one, but I'm game :)
Hey Splitter, when I was in 5th grade we almost moved to Australia! My mother put her foot down though and refused...we ended up in Washington state instead. But I've always wondered, "What if?"
Australia is one of those places I wan to go. The only problem is that they have a lots of creepy crawlies...like snakes and snakes make me jump and sceam like a little girl lol. Splitter
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If anyone wants to put anything in an Australian accent on my blog, PLEASE!!!! LOL
*sigh* We have a trick modem that periodically drops us off the server. It decided to do that whilst I was trying to open the post to get Imperial Hostage. The password only gives one chance - I can't get back in and haven't been able to download the book :-( Help!!
Katy, I know how you feel. We recently changed to Comcast, and now I spend half my time trying to connect. Aargh!
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I'm not worried about my email being private. With a little sleuthing, if someone wants it, they can get it anyway. So here's mine: sthwnd@comcast.netLisa
Amy wrote: "Anyone interested?? (Cambria and I love hosting contests...I think we have a need to give things away to people! LOL)"I used to have a pretty decent Aussie accent, based upon Paul Hogan's. Dunno how good it is anymore - I tend to slip into cockney nowadays ... Anyway, can't really figure out how to record my voice anyway ...
Cassie wrote: "I can do a southern accent! :-P"Oh, I used to have a whole range of them - southern, Minnesotan, British, Australian, Speedy Gonzales - they've all sort of ... merged now. I can sound really weird and no one can figure out from where I came ... I like to do that to people who come to my door trying to sell stuff ... confuses them. LOL I can even do a sort of Irish accent, but Scots is beyond me, except for a word or two ... I figured when I moved here to Georgia I'd be picking up an accent right away, but the Georgia accent is a weird one and I just can't do it, even if I try.
I live in Alabama, so southern is my accent...LOL...
Cassie wrote: "I live in Alabama, so southern is my accent...LOL..."Howdy, neighbor. Anyway, I grew up in Montana and it is part of the whole "we ain't go no dad-blamed accent" mid-western area, the type of lack of accent that everyone in the media tries to emulate. Ho-hum - so boring!
Some of my family has that accent, but it drives me insane that the media always exaggerates it so much!!!
I'm with Katy...my aussie accent always goes cockney!
Southern girls unite! I'm KY born and bred. And I write about elves. Audio books are probably not in my future :)
Mysti wrote: "Southern girls unite! I'm KY born and bred. And I write about elves. Audio books are probably not in my future :)"Ah, another neighbor ... only to the north ... *snicker* OK, yeah, I'm a damn Yankee who transported down here, but still ... LOL
Amy wrote: "Hey everyone! JournalStone has been kind and generous enough to provide the Creative Reviews Book Club with our very first book free of charge to all it's members!!We will be reading Imperial ..."
Awesome! Thanks, Amy.
C.S. Splitter wrote: "No lie, my mother-in-law stole the copy that I won. I will get it back from her and read it for this month's book!In an Australian accent, of course.
Splitter"
Not mandatory, Splitter, but desirable (the accent, not me)
Katy wrote: "C.S. Splitter wrote: "No lie, my mother-in-law stole the copy that I won. I will get it back from her and read it for this month's book!In an Australian accent, of course.
Splitter"
Oi, Mate ..."
You got the barbie right, but in this country they're prawns. "Shrimps" was done by Hogan because he didn't believe Yanks (to an Aussie, all Americans are Yanks, even Southerners) would understand what prawns are.
Phil wrote: You got the barbie right, but in this country they're prawns. "Shrimps" was done by Hogan because he didn't believe Yanks (to an Aussie, all Americans are Yanks, even Southerners) would understand what prawns are. "We know what prawns are - over here the word "prawn" is used to describe the largest-sized shrimp. And a lot of the work calls us Yanks - I think it started way back when we revolted against the Brits - first it was "bloody colonials" and then "Yanks" Heh.
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We will be reading..."
I wanted to make sure the group was reading a GREAT book to start out with!!
I still can't download it! :-( I get into a recursive loop where I keep being sent back to the password page.
Katy wrote: "Phil wrote: You got the barbie right, but in this country they're prawns. "Shrimps" was done by Hogan because he didn't believe Yanks (to an Aussie, all Americans are Yanks, even Southerners) would..."Sorry, Katy. Don't know where the Poms got it from, but as far as I know, in Oz it comes from that old song, "I'm a Yankee-Doodle Dandy..."
Thanks for clearing up any misunderstandings about the difference between prawns and shrimps. We wouldn't barbecue the little ones either -- don't know what Hoges was thinking about!
So all I have to do is send an email to you??
Natshane wrote: "So all I have to do is send an email to you??"PM Amy and provide her w/ your e-mail address - she'll take care of the rest!
Katy wrote: "Natshane wrote: "So all I have to do is send an email to you??"PM Amy and provide her w/ your e-mail address - she's take care of the rest!"
Thanks! :)
Mysti wrote: "Southern girls unite! I'm KY born and bred. And I write about elves. Audio books are probably not in my future :)"A new series! The Southern Elves... Love it!
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My hubby grew uo in Maine, now THATS an accent for ya. LOL
For anyone confused, to get the free book for august's read just email amy at
amy@journalstone.com she will get it to ya!
Atlanta here, now living at the southeastern part of the Georgia coast. Everyone has an accent here. I'll need to email Amy for a book.
Gerrie wrote: "Atlanta here, now living at the southeastern part of the Georgia coast. Everyone has an accent here. I'll need to email Amy for a book."Howdy, neighbor - I'm in Athens! I'm envious - I'd love to live on the coast!
Gerrie wrote: "Atlanta here, now living at the southeastern part of the Georgia coast. Everyone has an accent here. I'll need to email Amy for a book."All those different accents are amazing. We don't seem to have that here, though Adelaide people talk a bit funny -- they sound a bit like Kiwis (i.e. New Zealanders)
Just downloaded my copy can't wait to start. Love reading new books. As for accents...being I'm from Jersey, everyone says my voice sounds funny.
Ivy wrote: "Just downloaded my copy can't wait to start. Love reading new books. As for accents...being I'm from Jersey, everyone says my voice sounds funny."As long as you don't say "youse," everything is cool ... X-D
Katy wrote: "Ivy wrote: "Just downloaded my copy can't wait to start. Love reading new books. As for accents...being I'm from Jersey, everyone says my voice sounds funny."As long as you don't say "youse," eve..."
"Youse" is so yesterday. "Mate" (in a non-sexual sense) is acceptable.
We will be reading Imperial Hostage by Phil Cantrill this month!
Please send me your e-mail address in a private message and I will be sure to send you your way to get your FREE copy of JournalStone's Imperial Hostage for the Month of August! Be sure to stop by Christopher C. Payne's page and tell him a BIG THANK YOU!! And aslo check out their website! :)