Kylie

I'd probably cry a lot if I watched RSPCA. I'm such a softy. But yes, it's nice to see people being kind to other things. Sometimes I despair for the lack of kindness in the world, so I'm always glad to be proven wrong.

I think you're referring to the Melbourne bushfires of last year. It was really terrible. So many people died and their communities are only just beginning to be rebuilt. There was a lovely photo that was widely published at the time where a firefighter was holding a bottle of water out to a koala. It was really touching.

The size of TCPatW put me off for a while too. That's the great thing about reading books from the Rory list with others. I have already knocked two huge books of my TBR pile so far this year. I'm pretty sure you'll read TCPatW fairly quickly once you get started. It really sucks you in. I can't wait to hear what you think of it!

It was wonderful, thanks Inver! I bought about 60 books, but there were quite a lot of non-fiction books, so I don't add those to my TBR pile.

How have you been?

Happy Birthday Ernie! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday Nienna! I hope you have a lovely day.

Hi Frankie! Have you started reading The Crimson Petal and the White yet? I really think you will love this one.

Hi Frankie,

I'm sorry you've been feeling so poorly. I was getting a bit worried when you hadn't posted in so long (not that I'm stalking you or anything, but I miss you when you're not around! ). I really hope you're doing better now and that the streets have been washed for you.

I don't watch that RSPCA show because it looks so sad when there are trapped or hurt or unhappy animals. I guess they would have happy endings though?

Hi Abby! As you've read by now, yes, I had a great time at the bookfair!

Ooh, I'll keep an eye on the mailbox.

How are you doing? You've had so many big changes in your life lately. Are you all settled into your job now? How have you been going in the last few days since you found out about the diabetes?

I'm doing OK. I have good days and bad days too. Here are some to keep you going during the bad days.

Hi Mia! I don't see you around much these days. I hope you're well.

Hi Frankie!

I haven't chatted to you in a while. I hope you're doing well and enjoying all your reading. Have you started The Crimson Petal and the White yet?

I hope you have a lovely birthday, Purple Princess!

Maybe you subconsciously think he looks like a girl?

I love long hair on guys, but not quite that long. It looks a little too feminine for my liking.

Happy Birthday Laura! I hope you have a lovely day.

Happy Birthday Nici! Are you doing anything special today?

Thanks Echo , it did improve towards the end. And yes, I do deserve better!

I hope you're doing better. It really is terrible that that guy should get off for what he has done. There's just no excuse.

That's an honour for me to hear, Mac, because you have such a terrific sense of humour yourself that I'm forever laughing at your posts (including quite a few tonight alone). I'm glad I could give you a laugh for a change

Happy Birthday Vladd! I hope you have a lovely day.

I'm going with my book-loving friend. We always go to the Canberra bookfair together, and although I love books more than him, he is perfectly happy to spend hours upon hours at the bookfair with me. I think I'm being a bad influence on him though, because he's starting to buy loads of books like me that he'll be a long time getting around to

And he's interested in seeing the exhibition too. I'm going to kick off my book-buying weekend by heading to my favourite (huge) bookshop in Sydney after work today, where they are having a good sale on a couple of YA books I want.

I know what you mean. Even if I'm the middle of a really great series, I can't read them one after another (with the exception of Harry Potter, for some reason). This is a little frustrating because it means that I'm in the middle of about a dozen series and I never seem to get any closer to finishing any of them!

Oh! I could have sworn you'd already read that book. Oops.

Well at any rate I'm sure you'll love it. It has very similar humour and loveable, clumsy characters getting themselves into funny situations.

Absolutely not! It reminds me much more of Diary of a Nobody, which I also adored.

Congratulations on winning the photo comp Janet!

You'll be pleased to know that I'm absolutely loving Three Men in a Boat. It takes a lot to make me laugh out loud, but I've done that at least several times today

Happy Birthday Stephanie! I hope you have a lovely day

I don't mind sad romantic movies. I love The Notebook but don't watch it often because it makes me cry too much. Isn't PS I Love You another one by Nicholas Sparks?

I love romcoms like When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle etc. I love a lot of old movies as well. Today I watched The Greatest Show on Earth and I bought The Grapes of Wrath the other day which I can't wait to watch (I read the book last year).