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Groovy's Great Christmas Giveaway!
That's right. I'm giving away things. Some are because I have two copies or don't want to let go to waste. I've decided to do a draw so everyone has an equal chance of getting the item they want. This draw closes on the 9th of December.
CLOSED! All gifts will be sent on the 10th.
All these are an assorted of old and new. Notebooks have some torn out pages. Some are ex-library books so they'll be extrememly raggedy and/or have the library stamps and barcodes on them still.
E.g.
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1.
3.
A band of child pickpockets leads Angel and co-horts to Jusef, a wealthy Indonesian businessman with a mild crush on Cordelia and a passionate love for Megawati, a beautiful woman with a terminal illness. "Meg" and Jusef perform together in a musical band, but it's not long before Angel uncovers Jusef's more covert sources of revenue--illegal sweatshops, where he employs( and exploits) a host of immigrants.
4.
During a routine slaying, Buffy encounters a vampire named Veronique who knows the Slayer's name and can anticipate her attack. One who doesn't have the proper respect for Mr. Pointy. One who cannot die. If slain, she will reincarnate in a new body. An invincible demon is the last thing Buffy needs right now.
5.
A trunk full of beautiful old dresses and hats sets Carla on a buried treasure hunt. The only clue is a poem stuck between the brittle pages of an old diary, but it's definitely a mission for the Bubble Gum Gang--three junior high school misfits who know how to solve mysteries--but where do they start, and, even more important, what will they find when they're done?
6.
LOL MILLS AND BOON. I got these when I was what 13? so ~dramatic~
7.
9.
Junior Blossom has finally created the ultimate invention--the Green Phantom. It's big, black, Day-Glo green, and it's beautiful! All it needs is the secret ingredient. The whole family makes a promise to ensure that Junior's invention will be a success, a Blossom promise that can never be broken. Family and friends gather to launch the Green Phantom, but where are Pap and his dog, Mud? They wouldn't break a Blossom promise unless they were in serious trouble....
13.
Set 3
15.
A shard of mirror for a broken reflection
A pocket watch with a cracked face
A cache of herbs to burn for protection
All will send me to another time and place.
Phoebe Halliwell is having a very bad day: A demon has pulled her centuries into the past. She has no way to tell her sisters she's alive, no way to get back to her own time -- and the demon is trying to kill her.
Back in the present, Prue and Piper are devastated at losing their sister. But that isn't their only problem. Something is wrong with them, too. Somehow, they're turning...evil.
But why? And how can they stop it -- without the Power of Three?
16.
An earnest young dog, Prince strives hard to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact: “Duty Over All” - that duty being to serve and protect their Family at any cost. Other dogs, led by the Springer Spaniels, have revolted. (Their slogans are “Dogs for Dogs, not for Humans” and “Pleasure not Duty.”) Prince takes his responsibilities seriously, but as things begin to go awry in the Hunter family, they threaten to overwhelm him. It all starts when a new couple moves into the house overlooking the park. Soon Adam is besotted with Emily, while her husband Simon seems to have played a significant part in Kate’s past. Young Hal is tripping on acid with his rowdy friends, while Charlotte is having boyfriend problems and tries to end it all with an overdose. And down in the park, it’s even worse: Henry the elderly Lab has disappeared; Emily’s dog Falstaff wants to lead Prince astray; has Lear the Rottweiler killed Joyce the Irish Wolfhound? In the end, Prince is forced to break the Labrador Pact and take desperate action to save his Family.
19.
Gary Charlton Cheese, abused child, serial killer, amateur necromancer, rabid fan of deceased writer P.P. "Charles" Penrose and bulb boy at the local telephone exchange, decides to "change things" in his boring life. Then he discovers, with the assistance of another employee, that the telephone exchange harbors a secret: FLATLINE, a phone line to the dead. "You dial in the full name of the deceased and the date of their departure. Then times the figure that comes up on the screen by the age of the person when they died and take away the year they were born and, wallah, you have your dialing code," explains a developmental services employee to Cheese. And voil , Cheese finds himself in communication with the dead. Subsequently, a whole new world opens up for the put-upon hero, whose wife, Sandra, has been shagging other guys, including his "bestest friend" in the whole world, Dave. Now he can talk to his dead dad or, say, Elvis but more importantly, he can dial up Penrose. The convoluted plot invariably leads to the question all fans must ask their favorite author "Where do you get your ideas from?" and the answer is revealed in the inimitable, roundabout Rankin way. Happily ridiculous and relentlessly funny, this is just the ticket for those who like dark British farce.
21.
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Wesley Stace's Misfortune follows the rise, fall, and triumphant return of Rose Old, a foundling rescued from a London garbage heap in 1820 by the richest man in Britain. Lord Geoffroy Loveall, whose character has been shaped by perpetual mourning for a sister who died in childhood, seizes on the infant as a replacement for his beloved sister. With the help of trusted servants, he arranges for the child to be lovingly brought up at his ancestral mansion, Loveall Hall--to all appearances, his biological daughter and unhoped-for heir. No matter that the baby is not a girl.
The story thus far is so engaging, and the details of Rose's childhood so playfully rendered (when she was first brought to Loveall Hall, the staff of 250 included a servant whose sole responsibility was to iron newspapers before their second reading), that it is with reluctance that the reader meets the inevitable rude, scheming relatives whose plotting will lead to the "misfortune" of the title. Luckily, Stace (the given name of the musician John Wesley Harding) takes too much delight in Rose to dump her back on the garbage heap, or at least not for long. The cross-dressing love child of Great Expectations and A. S. Byatt's Possession, Misfortune will find you breathlessly tracking the movements of its principal players, and applauding the most ridiculous twists of fate.
23.
In the 18th-century African kingdom of Zimindo, a Zimindian named Zike is abducted by complicated magical/erotic means and eventually ends up on the slave market in New Orleans. There Zike disappears from history. A descendant, however, blows his way, if not into history, at least into legend. Fortis "Lick" Holden from Mount Marter, La., is a cornet player of the same generation as Louis Armstrong. Lick learns his licks in reform school. His mentor, Professor Hoop, keys him into the secret of the whole musician, which entails using all four parts of the body. Lick progresses from his chops to his head to his heart, but he doesn't get the fourth part down the groin until he meets back up with his adopted sister, Sylvie, who is pale enough to pass for white. After Lick returns from New Orleans to his native town, he discovers Sylvie living as the quadroon mistress of a white plantation owner. Lick's affair with her spells disaster in the racially charged atmosphere of the South, but Sylvie escapes to New York City, passes for white and marries an Italian man. Her skin color skips a generation, but expresses itself luxuriously in her granddaughter, Sylvia Di Napoli, who thereby arouses the wrath of her racist father. The novel waltzes between Lick's woes and Sylvie's genealogical quest, with a subplot involving the return to Africa of another of Zike's descendants, Coretta Pink, aka "Olurunbunmi Durowoju."
ETA:
25.
Dolphin ring.
26.
Ring with faux diamonds. As you can see the biggest diamond in the middle is missing.
28.
Choker necklace with a kangaroo.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT. MORE TO COME AS I CLEAN MORE OF MY ROOM.
That's right. I'm giving away things. Some are because I have two copies or don't want to let go to waste. I've decided to do a draw so everyone has an equal chance of getting the item they want. This draw closes on the 9th of December.
CLOSED! All gifts will be sent on the 10th.
All these are an assorted of old and new. Notebooks have some torn out pages. Some are ex-library books so they'll be extrememly raggedy and/or have the library stamps and barcodes on them still.
E.g.
----------------------
1.
3.
A band of child pickpockets leads Angel and co-horts to Jusef, a wealthy Indonesian businessman with a mild crush on Cordelia and a passionate love for Megawati, a beautiful woman with a terminal illness. "Meg" and Jusef perform together in a musical band, but it's not long before Angel uncovers Jusef's more covert sources of revenue--illegal sweatshops, where he employs( and exploits) a host of immigrants.
4.
During a routine slaying, Buffy encounters a vampire named Veronique who knows the Slayer's name and can anticipate her attack. One who doesn't have the proper respect for Mr. Pointy. One who cannot die. If slain, she will reincarnate in a new body. An invincible demon is the last thing Buffy needs right now.
5.
A trunk full of beautiful old dresses and hats sets Carla on a buried treasure hunt. The only clue is a poem stuck between the brittle pages of an old diary, but it's definitely a mission for the Bubble Gum Gang--three junior high school misfits who know how to solve mysteries--but where do they start, and, even more important, what will they find when they're done?
6.
LOL MILLS AND BOON. I got these when I was what 13? so ~dramatic~
7.
9.
Junior Blossom has finally created the ultimate invention--the Green Phantom. It's big, black, Day-Glo green, and it's beautiful! All it needs is the secret ingredient. The whole family makes a promise to ensure that Junior's invention will be a success, a Blossom promise that can never be broken. Family and friends gather to launch the Green Phantom, but where are Pap and his dog, Mud? They wouldn't break a Blossom promise unless they were in serious trouble....
13.
Set 3
15.
A shard of mirror for a broken reflection
A pocket watch with a cracked face
A cache of herbs to burn for protection
All will send me to another time and place.
Phoebe Halliwell is having a very bad day: A demon has pulled her centuries into the past. She has no way to tell her sisters she's alive, no way to get back to her own time -- and the demon is trying to kill her.
Back in the present, Prue and Piper are devastated at losing their sister. But that isn't their only problem. Something is wrong with them, too. Somehow, they're turning...evil.
But why? And how can they stop it -- without the Power of Three?
16.
An earnest young dog, Prince strives hard to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact: “Duty Over All” - that duty being to serve and protect their Family at any cost. Other dogs, led by the Springer Spaniels, have revolted. (Their slogans are “Dogs for Dogs, not for Humans” and “Pleasure not Duty.”) Prince takes his responsibilities seriously, but as things begin to go awry in the Hunter family, they threaten to overwhelm him. It all starts when a new couple moves into the house overlooking the park. Soon Adam is besotted with Emily, while her husband Simon seems to have played a significant part in Kate’s past. Young Hal is tripping on acid with his rowdy friends, while Charlotte is having boyfriend problems and tries to end it all with an overdose. And down in the park, it’s even worse: Henry the elderly Lab has disappeared; Emily’s dog Falstaff wants to lead Prince astray; has Lear the Rottweiler killed Joyce the Irish Wolfhound? In the end, Prince is forced to break the Labrador Pact and take desperate action to save his Family.
19.
Gary Charlton Cheese, abused child, serial killer, amateur necromancer, rabid fan of deceased writer P.P. "Charles" Penrose and bulb boy at the local telephone exchange, decides to "change things" in his boring life. Then he discovers, with the assistance of another employee, that the telephone exchange harbors a secret: FLATLINE, a phone line to the dead. "You dial in the full name of the deceased and the date of their departure. Then times the figure that comes up on the screen by the age of the person when they died and take away the year they were born and, wallah, you have your dialing code," explains a developmental services employee to Cheese. And voil , Cheese finds himself in communication with the dead. Subsequently, a whole new world opens up for the put-upon hero, whose wife, Sandra, has been shagging other guys, including his "bestest friend" in the whole world, Dave. Now he can talk to his dead dad or, say, Elvis but more importantly, he can dial up Penrose. The convoluted plot invariably leads to the question all fans must ask their favorite author "Where do you get your ideas from?" and the answer is revealed in the inimitable, roundabout Rankin way. Happily ridiculous and relentlessly funny, this is just the ticket for those who like dark British farce.
21.
<333
Wesley Stace's Misfortune follows the rise, fall, and triumphant return of Rose Old, a foundling rescued from a London garbage heap in 1820 by the richest man in Britain. Lord Geoffroy Loveall, whose character has been shaped by perpetual mourning for a sister who died in childhood, seizes on the infant as a replacement for his beloved sister. With the help of trusted servants, he arranges for the child to be lovingly brought up at his ancestral mansion, Loveall Hall--to all appearances, his biological daughter and unhoped-for heir. No matter that the baby is not a girl.
The story thus far is so engaging, and the details of Rose's childhood so playfully rendered (when she was first brought to Loveall Hall, the staff of 250 included a servant whose sole responsibility was to iron newspapers before their second reading), that it is with reluctance that the reader meets the inevitable rude, scheming relatives whose plotting will lead to the "misfortune" of the title. Luckily, Stace (the given name of the musician John Wesley Harding) takes too much delight in Rose to dump her back on the garbage heap, or at least not for long. The cross-dressing love child of Great Expectations and A. S. Byatt's Possession, Misfortune will find you breathlessly tracking the movements of its principal players, and applauding the most ridiculous twists of fate.
23.
In the 18th-century African kingdom of Zimindo, a Zimindian named Zike is abducted by complicated magical/erotic means and eventually ends up on the slave market in New Orleans. There Zike disappears from history. A descendant, however, blows his way, if not into history, at least into legend. Fortis "Lick" Holden from Mount Marter, La., is a cornet player of the same generation as Louis Armstrong. Lick learns his licks in reform school. His mentor, Professor Hoop, keys him into the secret of the whole musician, which entails using all four parts of the body. Lick progresses from his chops to his head to his heart, but he doesn't get the fourth part down the groin until he meets back up with his adopted sister, Sylvie, who is pale enough to pass for white. After Lick returns from New Orleans to his native town, he discovers Sylvie living as the quadroon mistress of a white plantation owner. Lick's affair with her spells disaster in the racially charged atmosphere of the South, but Sylvie escapes to New York City, passes for white and marries an Italian man. Her skin color skips a generation, but expresses itself luxuriously in her granddaughter, Sylvia Di Napoli, who thereby arouses the wrath of her racist father. The novel waltzes between Lick's woes and Sylvie's genealogical quest, with a subplot involving the return to Africa of another of Zike's descendants, Coretta Pink, aka "Olurunbunmi Durowoju."
ETA:
25.
Dolphin ring.
26.
Ring with faux diamonds. As you can see the biggest diamond in the middle is missing.
28.
Choker necklace with a kangaroo.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT. MORE TO COME AS I CLEAN MORE OF MY ROOM.