I love winning things; and when I do, I love receiving the parcels in the mail that says I've won! And this book is one of those things I've won; a second prize in fact. I entered a competition on Bookcrossing for on of the members on there whose birthday is on St Patrick's Day and came 2nd! Now, I love it when there's more than one prize; as I sometimes do draws where there's more than one prize. And it's even more exciting when the prize winners don't know who's getting what.
Today, this 2nd prize came in the mail for me. I'm so happy that it's the book I wanted too! Yay! Thank you so much goofbunny for sending me 'Getting There' by Sue Williams. Travel books are the next best thing to actually go there... and seeing I don't travel as much as I used to, I love to read about it. I'll be getting my nose into this in the next year or so.
I've had a common problem in recent weeks and it's getting worse. I'll start a book, get a few chapters in and then put it down because it'll be good, but not great. But then today, I collected the mail to find two wonderful Douglas Adams books waiting for me! And what's more, they're both bookrings - so I have to read them! What a great thing to get me going again in the reading arena!
Well, I have anathema-device to thank for this... you wonderful bookring of 'The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul' and 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'. I'll be getting my nose into the first one today; and breaking my lack of commitment to reading. Thank you again for setting this up... and another thank you goes out to VampireQueen because this parcel came from her.
Today, I had an average day in the city. I went on a blind date off the internet, then looked around a second-hand bookstore next door to the place we met up at and bought piano music - jazz & blues, not soundtrack stuff. Then, I talked to a lovely uni student on the bus on the way home who has the best attitude towards life; he's a wheelie and hasn't let it stand in his way to study what he wants.
Once off the bus, I remembered I needed to get to the post office and purchase some envelopes and check my mail. In the box was a blue parcel pick-up card. So, I did just that and picked up a cool Tolkien book from South Africa! Thank you so much klaradyn for sending this to me! I'll add it to my collection of JRR Tolkien books here in the office. And I'll have a read of it once I get myself in 'The Silmirilion' (I think that's how it's spelt).
Today, I woke to a dull morning. Before 8am, it was drizzling with rain and I knew it wasn't going to get any better than this; and I had to go out. So, I ate breakfast and took the walk to the chemist, checked out the thrift shop for a book that was falling apart (and I found one perfect for my collage I have in mind) and found another really nice book by Stephen Fry. Then, I headed to the post office. Inside the PO Box, I found a blue pick-up card and so I went inside and did just that. I was handed a 3kg Australia Post satchel. At first, I thought it was my book baggie I had going around Australia; and thought it had returned kinda light and really quick (because goofbunny is the last person on that list). Then, when I got it home, I got Stevie out of her cage, sat her on my shoulder and opened the parcel. Inside was another parcel which I opened carefully. Once I got it opened, the bird and I found three beautifully wrapped books with an envelope that had been sealed with wax! We slipped out from between the wrapped parcels two sheets of books labels with Stevie's cute little face on it from my Bookcrossing bookshelf! How wonderfully cute is that?
Goofbunny! I gotta say, thank you very much for this! I wasn't expecting all this from you. Not only were there three books: 'Parrot and Olivier in America' by Peter Carey, 'Psycho House' by Robert Bloch and 'I Sing The Body Electric' by Ray Bradbury; but there was a pair of watermelon ear rings, two magnets, a bookmark with a carrot reading a book in an easy-chair, some gift tags and a strip of Ballycumber stickers. What a parcel! I love it! And two of the books are hard covers! Thank you again!
I love winning things; and when I do, I love receiving the parcels in the mail that says I've won! And this book is one of those things I've won; a second prize in fact. I entered a competition on Bookcrossing for on of the members on there whose birthday is on St Patrick's Day and came 2nd! Now, I love it when there's more than one prize; as I sometimes do draws where there's more than one prize. And it's even more exciting when the prize winners don't know who's getting what. 
