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  • July 2, 2008 at 3:19 am in reply to: Lemony Snicket #42784
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    Hahahaha! I agree.

    July 2, 2008 at 3:18 am in reply to: Wayne Thomas Batson #40402
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    Oooooh, yeah! Robby’s dad rocked. I loved his sinister-ness. Creepy!

    Merewen was boring. She didn’t do anything except have a cool name! :)

    July 2, 2008 at 3:16 am in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #41814
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    Surprised by Joy: The shape of my early Life (Lewis), 238 pages

    Running Total: 8,059

    Yeah, I like William Tell, too; I like fiery people who rebel against injustice.

    July 1, 2008 at 4:25 am in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #41807
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    Three Men in a Boat…to say nothing of the Dog (Jerome), 135 pages. This book was crazy, jumping from one strange topic to another, leaving the reader dazzled and scratching his head. But I liked it. :)

    Running Total: 7,821 pages

    July 1, 2008 at 2:18 am in reply to: Are you a bit forceful about reading? #41616
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    I have two friends who are both avid readers, and we share opinions and pros & cons about the books we’re reading; it’s quite nice.

    Several times, I’ve had someone read a book I’ve suggested to them, and we lend books out to each other. With the exception that I hate it or the writing’s poor (I can’t STAND bad writing!), or I’m just drowning in books of my own, I read every book I’ve borrowed.

    Yeah, I’d haveta say I’m a bit pushy!

    July 1, 2008 at 2:12 am in reply to: Meloncholy Books #42475
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    Great! We can sob together. What are some parts that really stood out for you in those books, R.?

    July 1, 2008 at 2:11 am in reply to: Wayne Thomas Batson #40397
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    Ya think? That’s funny! I tend to stay awake jumping after every sound after I’ve watched a scary movie, but books don’t bother me.

    Except The Dark is Rising books, esp. the one by the same name. That did make me want to sleep with the lights on!

    What are y’all’s favorite characters? I like Robby and Aidan’s fine, the girl drives me nuts, tho’. Robby’s Glimpse is also quite nice, and Paragor is lovely and villainous.

    July 1, 2008 at 2:08 am in reply to: Lemony Snicket #42782
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    Hmm.

    What is it with us and getting off-topic!!!???

    July 1, 2008 at 2:06 am in reply to: Plowing through Dickens #41524
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    Not about Christmas????!!!! *gasps run through the crowd!*

    July 1, 2008 at 2:03 am in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #41804
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    The Illiad (Homer), 297 pages

    I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Harris), 228 pages

    All I need to Know I Learned from my Cat (and then some) (Becker), 147 pages

    Greenwitch (Cooper), 147 pages

    The Martyr of the Catacombs (?), 153 pages

    How to Stay Christian in High School (Gerali), 127 pages. In my case, I read this for college…

    The Sloper of War (Perez), 202 pages

    Paddington :) Abroad (Bond), 126 pages

    A Week in the Woods (Clements), 190 pages

    The King of Attolia (Turner), 387 pages.

    Running Total: 7,686 pages.

    June 30, 2008 at 2:17 am in reply to: Susan Cooper! Books, movies, rambling… #42518
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    Pip here again; Greenwitch was fine, leaving me feeling wild as a usual emotion after reading one of her books! The descriptions are vivid and loverly, the characters are neat-o, so I liked it enough to plan on getting the last two in the series from the library.

    Bad things: God’s name is used questionably twice, and the Greenwitch is a ceremony for women in…Wales, I think, where they build a big “offering” to the elemental queen of the sea and after making wishes on it, cast it into the waves. The offering is portrayed as real and talks to the children, and is supposedly part of the Wild Magic, a sect different form the Light (the good guys), the Dark (the baddies) and men. If I were rating this, I’d give it four stars.

    June 30, 2008 at 2:08 am in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40638
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    Anyone eevr read Lost Horizon? I’m eyeing it suspiciously.

    June 30, 2008 at 2:07 am in reply to: Plowing through Dickens #41520
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    I’ve seen a pretty good movie of Great Expectations (I read a book and then watch the movie a lot) and it was very good; there’s also a little cartoon about Cricket on the Hearth. That’s a Christmas story, I think, so I can’t read it until December!

    Nicolas Nickleby looks doable. Our library has a lot of Dicken’s stuffins, so I’m just gathering courage to jump in. *gasping and widening of eyes*

    June 30, 2008 at 1:59 am in reply to: Rereads #42787
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    We mainly read books aloud and then I go back and reread it years later. That’s always nice, the sense of day-sha-voo ( :lol:) ya get. :)

    June 30, 2008 at 1:58 am in reply to: Lemony Snicket #42777
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    Off-topic: I wonder if Wikipedia is safe? I heard of some online dictionary that had a thing where nuts can write in anything fool thang they want and post it as true. I can’t remember if it was Wikipedia, but I stear clear of that just in case!

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