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Cruise ship said they have a library. So one book each. Turns out it's a reading room with fake books on the shelves. GrrrrrrI’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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How disappointing!Brie said:Cruise ship said they have a library. So one book each. Turns out it's a reading room with fake books on the shelves. Grrrrrr"Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'
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If not wait until people fall asleep or are distracted and steal their books.PipneyJane said:Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin3 -
@redofromstart I've ordered some thru' the library and have picked up 3 Miss Silver from a 2nd hand book dealer in our local market. I've gleaned that, whilst there is some repeat of characters, the books don't have to be read in any set order.
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Brie said:Cruise ship said they have a library. So one book each. Turns out it's a reading room with fake books on the shelves. Grrrrrr
@Brie - this is the library on my ship, all real books...sorry!2021 Decluttering Awards: ⭐⭐🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 2022 Decluttering Awards: 🥇
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No set order, and they do turn up regularly second hand and in charity shops. May be worth having a look on awesome books too. I have them all on kindle when they are 99palicef said:@redofromstart I've ordered some thru' the library and have picked up 3 Miss Silver from a 2nd hand book dealer in our local market. I've gleaned that, whilst there is some repeat of characters, the books don't have to be read in any set order.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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I would have tried to throw the Captain overboard if I had found out they had nothing but fake books or only one book each.5
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Brian Boitano won the Men's Singles Figure Skating gold medal at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. Since then, he did the usual professional skating stuff, appeared in a skating-based movie (and won an Emmy), and did a few TV shows, appearing in Hell's Kitchen USA with Gordon Ramsay, as a judge on Masterchef in USA, and as a restaurant critic in California. He went to Liguria, Italy and found the ancestral village and lots of Boitano relies. Bought a derelict house which his great-grandfather had lived in, and his relies helped him completely restore it in six months.
So then he did a series on the village life and was cooking local recipes. I watched all the episodes I could find on YouTube. He's pretty good at the cooking lark.
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Took me years to build up my complete set of Miss Silver novels. Some I bought new-I even found some in The Works- the rest were from charity shops. I got the very last one from the Oxfam shop in Rochester about 10 years ago.5
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Turns out I'm wrong about our ship not having books to borrow. Including an extensive collection of "Everyman" editions. Looks complete whereas the Harry Potters are well thumbed and missing a few... Nothing of real interest spotted.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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