Comments on: Melbourne Cup readers’ sweep

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:29 +0000

Hi all,
I’d just like to thank the following people for their ‘Melbourne Cup’ Sweep books – for which I was the lucky winner…

Suzi, Suebt, Edie and M. Preston (not sure which ‘M’ you are…but you went ‘overboard’ with the books – lol)

Thanks all – and after I’ve finished with reading them – the books will be donated to my local retirement village.

By: Fiona Robyn

Fiona Robyn — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:40:10 +0000

Hello Kat – I hope you don’t mind me popping in! I’m a British author and a fellow Bookblogs member and my next novel, Thaw, will be published online next year after its physical publication. I wanted to invite you (and your readers) to participate in my Blogsplash - there’s more information at http://www.fionarobyn.com/thawblogsplash.htm. Thanks for listening!

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:27:24 +0000

Hehe, no worries. Marg gave me the idea on Twitter. I had no idea we’d get so many people playing. I just wish we could’ve handed out champers and cheese through the Internet.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:22:07 +0000

I’d just like to thank Kat for all her hard work putting together this bit of fun for all of us to celebrate the running of the Melbourne Cup.

It was a sweep with a difference…tailor-made for romance readers…

THANKS KAT!!

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:55:09 +0000

I’ve sent an email/DM to everyone who was on the list, with Jill’s mailing details. Please let me know if for some reason the Internet has lost it!

Also, since I didn’t officially join the sweep, I’d like to give out books to the 2nd, 3rd and last placers!

So…Jacq, SueBT and Nikki, please email/DM me your mailing address and preferred genre/category, and I’ll hunt around for a suitable book.

By: Jacq

Jacq — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:27:59 +0000

LOL the one I was thinking of passing on heads more towards BDSM than vanilla…. lets just say I couldnt see my own grandmother approving… ;-p

By: Jacq

Jacq — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:25:48 +0000

haha I picked up one of her red covered M&B when i was about 10… quite shocked, as she is very religious… It was a bit of a revelation at the time…

The funny thing, is I was in hospital last year, and she came to sydney to look after me while i recovered… went to go through my shelves for something to read….. she had picked up a Laurell K Hamilton book and I had to snatch it away from her… And then ban her from the top half of my bookshelf poor thing, i dont think she likes knowing her daughter reads books with sex in them LMAO She went bright red..

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:20:34 +0000

I wouldn’t call Christine Feehan too raunchy – not these days. Ellora’s Cave, Nexus & Black Lace springs to mind when I think of raunchy ones…

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:18:52 +0000

I haven't forgotten about sending out Jill's details. Just have to duck out for a bit, so I'll email everyone tonight.

Jacq, my mum loved Jean Auel, and when I read her books, I was like, OMG, why is my mother reading this?!? LOL

By: Jacq

Jacq — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:15:37 +0000

LOL My mum used to be addicted to Mills & Boon… which is why she now frowns upon my reading paranormal romance and my nora roberts etc… and hates how much I read Ironically, she used to have a swapping ring through church..

I’ll try and make sure my book isnt too raunchy… I was going to give you one of my christine feehan LOL