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Book Talk » Most disappointing reads of 2006? » The End by Lemony Snicket
beatrice-s 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
I hate to say it, since I loved the whole series, but I wanted ANSWERS, dammit! You can't just build up a mystery over 12 books and 2 companion volumes and then just walk away! There just bloody well better be a four…
Site Watch » Book has been sold! » A bookseller was just one link in a great journey for one of my books!
beatrice-s 17 yrs ago
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1137955/J_1259063 And the person who bought it journalled and is gifting the book to a friend. I'm happy the book is getting around by any means! edit: In fact, now that I look c…
Book Talk » What's a good, scary book to read for Halloween? » The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis and
beatrice-s 17 yrs ago
The Bloody Chamber (short stories) by Angela Carter
Book Talk » Amelia Peabody/Elizabeth Peters » I like them too!
beatrice-s 17 yrs ago | 2 replies
I've read Crocodile on the Sandbank and two of the later ones: He Shall Thunder in the Sky, and The Serpent on the Crown. Those are the ones my library has on audio :), the latter two fabulously narrated by Barbara Rosen…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Int'l shipping-interesting converstation with postal worker » All books I've sent or received from overseas have made it...
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
although I once had to pay a fairly hefty duty on a package sent from Greece for some reason, and a book I sent to Brazil took four months to get there! The most irritating experience for me was when I bought a mint c…
Chit-Chat » Is he too good to be true? What George Clooney donated to charity. » He could raise more money by
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 6 replies
auctioning off photos of himself wearing the kimono and pearl necklace...
Book Talk » LOTR Question... » Re: LOTR Question...
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
I really enjoyed The Silmarillion, more so than The Hobbit, in fact. Plus it's a pretty slim volume so if you make a book box you might as well throw it in there for anyone who's interested.
Book Talk » Name a book that has to date proved almost impossible to find » I've been trying to get my hands on Dorrie the Witch books by Patricia Coombs...
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
here, at paperbackswap.com, in UBSs and library booksales. So far I only have two :( They're out of print and while there's usually a few available through ebay and other sites, good quality copies cost more than I c…
Book Talk » Retellings of fairy tales, myths, folk tales, classic stories, legends, etc. » If anyone's interested... [taken]
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
I just put up a copy of Gail Carson Levine's 'Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep' - a cheeky retelling of Sleeping Beauty for the 7-12 age range - on the Never Never Relay at the bookrelay site. If you want it and have a…
Book Talk » Terry Pratchett's Hogfather TV show » :o
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
That better be coming out on DVD at some point!!!
BookCrossing Site Announcements » West Vancouver Memorial Library booksale this weekend (Feb. 25/26)
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
Friends of the Library Booksale Saturday, February 25 and Sunday February 26, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Friends Preview, Fri. Feb.24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Memberships ($10) will be available at the door. www.westvanlib.org
Book Talk » Middlemarch Readalong - Thread No. 1 Prelude, Chapters 1 to 6 » Oooh....
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 4 replies
I haven't been here for a while so this is the first I've heard of this readalong, but as Middlemarch has been languishing on my TBR stack for many months now and I haven't been able to bring myself to crack it open, thi…
Book Talk » Is A Clockwork Orange worth it? » I enjoyed it!
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 7 replies
But if you are having great difficulty wading through the "nadsat" slang or are repulsed by the violence, it may not be worth it. There were a few things I found thought-provoking: the idea of the social and cultural …
Book Talk » I read Neil Gaiman's Coraline yesterday. If I liked it, will I like » Re: I read Neil Gaiman's Coraline yesterday. If I liked it, will I like
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
I've noticed that books by popular authors often appear in stores some time before they become available through Amazon (at least where I live). I flipped through Mirromask at Chapters a few weeks ago. Very Alice in Wond…
Book Talk » Will "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" get better? » Re: Will "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" get better?
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
I loved this book! I guess you just have to be in a frame of mind where you can derive something meaningful from it, as it is quite ambiguous. For me, the story represented how people open up to and derive hope from a ma…
Book Talk » I read Neil Gaiman's Coraline yesterday. If I liked it, will I like » Re: I read Neil Gaiman's Coraline yesterday. If I liked it, will I like
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
I enjoyed Neverwhere quite a bit. I started out being unimpressed with Coraline but then I really liked it after the second read, especially after studying it in a children's lit course. Good Omens (with Pratchett) was a…
Chit-Chat » Canadians! Will you vote? » Re: Canadians! Will you vote?
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
Does anyone know of an impartial website that briefly outlines the views/proposals of each party? I know a lot of reasons why I *don't* want to vote for each party, but I know of fewer things that can be said to be in th…
Chit-Chat » Just me being petty - What words grate on you? » Re: Just me being petty - What words grate on you?
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
Overuse of the word 'like' is the biggie for me, particularly since it has become ingrained in my vocabulary as well... argh! I'm also guilty of using 'aggravate' instead of 'irritate' even though I know that it's wro…
Chit-Chat » Canadians! Will you vote? » Re: Canadians! Will you vote?
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
Yes, but all I know now is that I won't be voting for either the conservatives or the liberals as the former scares me and the latter seriously rankles me. NDP and greens both seem fairly idealistic and inept (the greens…
Book Talk » [OT] Why does nobody you meet from Canada ever live in Saskatchewan? » LOL...
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
I was really excited to meet my first ever person from the Yukon Territory whilst travelling in NZ a couple of years ago. Haven't met anyone from the territories since... I know someone in Sask, though. I swear Saskat…
Book Talk » [OT] Am I being rude? » That's exactly the kind of PM I send...
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago
and sometimes it takes a while, or another PM, but most of the time the person will follow through eventually.
Book Talk » First Bad Read of 2006? » LOL... I was just going to say The Mermaid Chair, but you beat me to it :D
beatrice-s 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
I was going to give a fairly similar review, as well! I really enjoyed Secret Life of Bees but this book scarcely held my interest at all. The only bits I liked where the beginning and end in which the narrator's mother …

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