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  • in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #42061
    Jordan
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    This is the end of the Read-a-Thon. I’m locking the thread. Results coming soon!

    in reply to: Read-a-Thon ’08 Questions and Comments #42133
    Jordan
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    The Read-a-Thon ends at midnight tonight. Midnight where you live, wherever that is. I’ll be locking the thread when I get up tomorrow morning.

    in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #42050
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    Last of the Nephilim, by Bryan Davis. 435 pages.

    Great! Obviously sets up the next one, and I can’t wait for it!

    Running Total: 5,127 pages. (Yes! I beat my score from last year!)

    in reply to: Motiv8 Author Interviews #43313
    Jordan
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    You guys have some great questions! I can’t wait to hear the answers to some of them. Keep it coming!

    in reply to: Libraries #43284
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    Alyosha – 1 hour ago  » 

    I get a lot of books from the kids’ section, get mostly nonfiction from the adults’ section (or order the books beforehand) and go into the teen section only when I need a particular book, rushing back out as quickly as possible in hopes of escaping detection. (The contents [in general] of those shelves are another thing that causes despair.)

    *hopes she doesn’t sound too snobbish*

    *applauds uproariously at Alyosha’s statements concerning the teen section, then decides that if she’s a snob, he must be, too* :D

    My library doesn’t have any Wii or any such thing. Maybe they have one in the mysterious B. :-) They do tend to have very outdated computer games of the worst in their genre.

    in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #42041
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    America’s Christian Heritage, by Gary DeMar. 85 pages.

    Yet another attempt from a Christian to show how America was founded as a Christian nation. Very lame, poorly reasoned arguments. Don’t take me wrong, I’m not an atheist or anything. I’ve just studied the history enough to know that many of the founders of America were definitely not Christians in a Biblical sense. /rant

    (I’m enjoying Last of the Nephilim much more… :P )

    Running Total: 4,692

    in reply to: Libraries #43273
    Jordan
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    I have a card that allows me to use two libraries in the same branch. The nearest one (I can ride a bike to it) is small, and has no upstairs. They recently added a larger wing to expand the children’s section, though.

    The other one has an upstairs where all the children’s books reside, and then the teen and adult books end up on the ground floor. There’s also a mysterious “B” level on the elevator, but of course, that button requires a key… :D

    in reply to: Motiv8 Author Interviews #43304
    Jordan
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    I’m liking that one myself.

    in reply to: Motiv8 Author Interviews #43302
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    Alassiel – 2 hours ago  » 

    Cool! Are you going to be doing interviews in person? Let me see if I can think of any good questions.

    We’re doing e-mail interviews. They’ll e-mail us the answers to the questions.

    in reply to: RUNNING OUT OF BOOKS!!! #42196
    Jordan
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    LoL @ Alyosha! What’s with setting books on fire? *is curious* This thread is getting WAY off-topic. When you answer, why don’t you start a new thread about library fines and such?

    in reply to: Classics :) #42463
    Jordan
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    Really?!? I thought Frankenstein was b-o-r-i-n-g and just plain weird. While I enjoyed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Go figure. (disclaimer: I had to read them for school)

    in reply to: RUNNING OUT OF BOOKS!!! #42193
    Jordan
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    I’ve never had to pay a fine on a book, but I came awfully close on one that my dad checked out on my card. He didn’t return it until last minute, so the library had me listed as owing a fine, but I guess they changed it when they saw the book in the drop box. *whew*

    in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #42024
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    MelodyJM,

    I’m not familiar with the number of words per page in Manga as compared to a regular book. We used the page count because the word count on those is pretty consistent. I’d say that the one you’ve got is okay, but I think the rest of us would prefer that you not use them in the Read-a-Thon.

    If somebody can give me an idea of the number of words per page and it equals out more or less, or has some ratio, I’ll be happy to either “lift the ban” so to speak, or come up with a proportion of pages in Manga to pages in novels that you can use a guide for posting them. Sound good?

    in reply to: RUNNING OUT OF BOOKS!!! #42189
    Jordan
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    Yup yup. Pip, you sound like my library trips. I currently have eight or nine books out, most on ILL, and they all go back at different dates, some have been renewed, etc.

    in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40733
    Jordan
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    The next four are much better. I have problems re-reading the first one now, ’cause I know what happens.

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