ARRC Brisbane Roundup!

The following is my response to today's ARRC meetup with fellow Brisbane delegates to ARRC 2009. So bear with me! LOL!

Okay, so today I and a few other Brraddicts (Carolyn, Heather and Rose) met up with some fellow ARRC delegates over at Chermside Borders where Christmas present-buying season was in full sway! The hordes of people swarming through Borders and evil eye-ing our large table in the coffee shop area was starting to get a little overwhelming. But I think we did good to hold onto it for 3 hours or so! (And I told you they wouldn't throw us out for bringing in Starbcuks, Carolyn!)

So, there was Amy Andrews and her so delightful arm-cast, which in no way impeded her ability to sign the lovely HAQ Med-romance "Top Notch Surgeon, Pregnant Nurse" that she brought for us all. And Amy even put up with my scoffing of HAQ titles! Thanks Amy! But Oy! the title!! :) Like I said, the Richard Roxburgh-like cover model makes up for it!

And Meg, A.K.A Margaret Leigh handed out some postcards for her release The Heart Divided. Thanks Megs. I hope you enjoy those books you bought. Start with the Nalini Singh. She's fantastic! And make sure you get Dark Lover, JR Ward. I couldn't beleive it wasn't on the shelves! At least they had the Companion, even if it was the Piatkus release. And you definitely can't start any Lora Leigh series with the latest books, though I was pleased to see that Wild Card was there, even though there was no sign of Mercury's War. Sigh! Still, you can't start with Tanner's Scheme.

Here's Meg's picture! Good picture Meg!


And then after was chatted and nattered and dickered and gabbed for three hours, we had a "Browse" of the shelves. And Chermside Borders wasn't too bad. It was pretty good. They certainly had a few more later releases on the shelves, but then I haven't been near a bookstore in a few weeks, mainly because I've been insanely busy at work. (Ok, they've got to start letting me out at lunchtime to get up to Borders, or else something's gonna get broken that can't be fixed pretty!) And yes, I convinced Meg to get Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks, Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh and Witch Blood by Anya Bast. I also talked Evelyn into getting that one too. Even though it isn't the first book (which they didn't have I might add)

I think you can enjoy the second book without knowing what happened in the first book. If you disagree send your postcards to 131 I'mpreparedtofightthisout@brraddicts.org .. (This isn't a real address , but I'm happy for you to try it! Heh Heh Heh)

Okay, and to round me up for the night, because I'm getting a little punchy already, I've started reading the Kim Harrison series that Kate-chan lent me sooooooo long ago, and I'm really enjoying the first book. So, you'll get them back soon Kate. Thanks for the long lend. I also read the second and third Sharon Page's in her Regency Erotica series that started with Sin. Black Silk and Hot Silk were fabulous, so I look forward to more Regencies from Ms Page. Yummy Yummy.

Alrighty then ... last Brraddicts meeting for the year is this coming Friday(28th) at 7pm-ish at Borders in the City where hopefully we can re-shelve some books, drink some coffee and chatter a bit more about readerings!