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  • July 1, 2010 at 6:40 pm in reply to: Ted Dekker #45237
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    I think it was the guy they picked to play the main character, he wasn’t anything like my mental picture.
    http://www.facebook.com/teddekker?v=app_11007063052
    ^^I guess this is what Ted does in a given day…

    July 1, 2010 at 6:37 pm in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43912
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    Hallelujah for Medieval clothing! Your costume sounds beautiful, Amanda K.! I used to dress up a lot with Medieval-style clothing, but there’s rarely any time for that nowadays. I do have a black cloak (sloppily made because I did it myself) that I wear a lot in winter.

    July 1, 2010 at 6:34 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45538
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    “When Christ Comes” (Lucado), 207 pages

    “Letters from Egypt” (Whately), 192 pages

    “Up from Slavery” (Washington), 332 pages

    “Nights in Rodanthe” (Sparks), 212 pages

    “Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning” (Wilson), 215 pages

    “The Sun Also Rises” (Hemingway), 247 pages

    “Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?” (Maybury), 191 pages

    “Chasing Fireflies” (Martin), 342 pages
    Total: 11,174 pages.

    June 20, 2010 at 7:32 pm in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43910
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    Ha, loaded question. People ask me that and my mind goes blank.
    Ah…it’s a departure from the “epic” fantasy/spiritual thriller type of things I’ve been doing. It’s sort of a Southern Gothic fiction thing (Southern Gothic is a sub-genre Harper Lee coined with her “To Kill a Mockingbird”, basically revealing stereotypes for what they are with the story set in the South). A blend of that and psychodrama (another sub-genre). I rather break rules with genre in my pieces. :-P
    Happy Father’s Day to you men out working in your garages; you see your kids running down the stairs at breakneck speed, precariously skidding to a halt beside those old bookshelves you put up last year for the overflow of literature, and you watch in open-mouthed wonder as your kids grab books off those dusty shelves, books you bought at flea markets and never figured anyone would read them. Thus is the fate of those fathers whose children are legal bookworms. It is never boring.

    June 20, 2010 at 7:25 pm in reply to: Ted Dekker #45235
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    I watched a commercial for “Thr3e” on YouTube and decided against wasting an hour or so on it; looked rather cheesy, but that’s just me. I’d rather keep my impression of the very excellent book the way it is. In my opinion, from what I’ve read of his, “Showdown”, “Thr3e” and “Adam” are the best.

    June 20, 2010 at 7:19 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45492
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    “Obsessed” (DeKker), 382 pages
    “So Much More” (Botkin), 333 pages
    “Out to Canaan” (Karon), 342 pages
    “Prophet” (Peretti), 416 pages
    “Kiss” (DeKker and Healy), 322 pages
    “Passion and Purity”(Elliot), 192 pages
    “25 Basic Bible Studies” (Schaeffer), 144 pages
    “For the Family’s Sake” (Macaulay), 286 pages
    “The Maker’s Diet” (Rubin), 304 pages
    “Every Young Woman’s Battle” (Ethridge and Arterburn), 226 pages
    “The Lonesome Gods” (L’Armour), 545 pages
    “The Case-Book” (Doyle), 250 pages
    “Saint” (DeKker), 353 pages
    Total: 9,236 pages.

    June 17, 2010 at 2:35 am in reply to: Do you read introductions, prologues, etc? #45873
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    If the author is just sitting there naming off a bunch of people who helped him, I skim it; if it’s an author doing something special for each person, especially if it’s amusing, I’ll read it.
    When it comes to the RAT…I read everything. Meaning indexes and such, down to the publishing house.

    June 17, 2010 at 2:31 am in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43906
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    Notice the diminished length of posts here as people are fanning themselves with those pages. *cackles* I shall adhere.
    Volunteering at the library now. Very fun.
    Discovered Susan Schaeffer Macaulay! *squee*
    Writing again; over 60K in my current book.

    June 14, 2010 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Anyone interested in a book swap? #45841
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    I tried both PBS and BookMooch for the longest time, but most of the books I obtained through them were used and cheesy, or the ones I wanted were already taken ages ago. The shipping costs were becoming immense after a while, so I stopped. I don’t think I ever deleted my accounts officially, either; there are a bunch of book requests and/or deletions sitting in my old email account. >:-)
    Slouchy hats! The prospect is amusing.
    Does anyone have any philosophy/apologetics type of thing that they’d be willing to part with?

    June 14, 2010 at 3:07 pm in reply to: Favorite Detective? #45251
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    Ditto to all and sundry. Except for Nancy Drew, who’s perfect all the time, and Hardy Boys; by the time Nancy had ruined my impression of Those Types Of Mysteries, I was too jaded to try Hardy Boys. My little sister is obsessed with them, though. I’m torn because I “got into” Sherlock Holmes, then discovered Father Brown, then Hercule Poirot. They’re all on about the same intellectual level, the only differences being crimes to solve, location, and idiosyncrasies.
    Much talk of Freddy the Pig…I’ve never read any of those books.

    June 13, 2010 at 3:48 am in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45458
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    “His Last Bow” (Doyle), 204 pages
    Total: 5,141 pages.

    June 10, 2010 at 1:16 am in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45430
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    “At Jesus’ Feet” (Batchelor), 152 pages
    “King Arthur and His Knights” (Knowles), 383 pages
    “Wrapped in Rain” (Martin), 317 pages
    “He Chose The Nails” (Lucado), 215 pages
    Total: 4,937 pages.

    June 9, 2010 at 6:42 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 Enthusiasm, Questions, and Comments #45325
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    I realized a minute ago that I don’t know when the RAT ends. Is it the last day of August? Sooner? Later?

    June 9, 2010 at 6:41 pm in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43903
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    Ditto to random.
    And on the subject of random…I took a walk last night and ended up walking around six miles. It was dark  by the time I got back, and we live in the middle of the woods, so it was deliciously spooky. :-P

    June 8, 2010 at 7:17 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45412
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    “The Thirteenth Tale” (Setterfield), 406 pages
    “The Healing Power of Stories” (Taylor), 182 pages
    “Leaving Home” (Keillor), 244 pages
    “The Protector” (Henderson), 512 pages
    “My Stroke of Insight” (Taylor), 183 pages
    “Persecution” (Limbaugh), 416 pages
    Total: 3,870 pages.

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