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Title: Perking the Pansies
Post by: Julesp on December 20, 2011, 20:51:14 PM

Just downloaded to kindle and read the first few chapters of this. Looks good!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/dp/B006MI991U

Title: Perking the Pansies
Post by: KKOB on December 20, 2011, 20:58:56 PM

You can read Jack Scott's blog at http://perkingthepansies.com/

Title: Perking the Pansies
Post by: SteveJ on December 27, 2011, 13:16:56 PM

I'll add it to the ebook catalogue but until the updated list gets uploaded on the CBF server you can PM me if you want a copy.

Title: Perking the Pansies
Post by: JohnF on December 27, 2011, 14:14:39 PM

I'm sure Jack will be thrilled about that...

JF

Title: Perking the Pansies
Post by: SteveJ on December 27, 2011, 17:06:51 PM

Quite right John and thanks for the reminder, what was I thinking? All email requests will be politely declined. The book will not be freely available for some time yet (when the DRM expires)so I'll put it on the list then.

Apologies to the Author.  :)

Title: Perking the Pansies
Post by: Julesp on December 27, 2011, 20:19:49 PM

I bought it and downloaded it to my Kindle application on my computer, I think I have to wait until the summer until someone brings me an actual  kindle out!
But I sat at my desktop for a day and read the book and thought it was brilliant, funny and easy to relate to too

Hope its a best seller for next summer! It deserves to be,

Title: Re: Perking the Pansies
Post by: Cavfan on September 15, 2012, 12:49:53 PM

Just read this , so enjoyable! Laugh out loud funny and touching in parts too! Some very likeable and some not so likeable characters that we can all recognise! Loved the acronyms  'VOMIT'- Victim of men in turkey and MAD ' my Ahmed's different' plus some of the ex pat characters. One who particularly resonated when our friends who we were having brekky in the Eroz were talked at by one for half an hour about how dreadful the UK is now with all the immigrants- failing to see the irony of them living in Turkey- however having tucked into a full english brekky said that he shouldnt really eat that as he has to go back to the UK 4 times a year for heart surgery- all on the NHS no doubt! Anyway the book is fab well worth a read!

Title: Re: Perking the Pansies
Post by: tinkerman on September 15, 2012, 13:08:16 PM

I got bored with 3/4 the way through

Title: Re: Perking the Pansies
Post by: Rindaloo on September 15, 2012, 13:53:34 PM

I just finished it and there was a lot in it I could relate to.  Jack's book has humour and sharp observations of expat life.  I think it a good, light read

Title: Re: Perking the Pansies
Post by: poppy50 on September 15, 2012, 16:40:16 PM

Read the book and enjoyed some of it, however, became bored towards the end.   I have a hard copy if anybody interested.

Title: Re: Perking the Pansies
Post by: Lotty on September 16, 2012, 16:33:29 PM

I loved it! They have left Turkey now I think. Came across as really likeable guys too. It's not War and Peace just lovely light reading perfect for holidays (preferably in Turkey!)