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moraelyn
17 yrs ago
arrived a while ago, just been very busy! I was excited to see it was an author that I'd just recently liked.
The line - "She was in darkness, floating on a black sea, a starless sky above."
The book - The Narrows…
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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probably about 80% success in the fiction category and 95% in the non-fiction. I also came across Bill Bryson through this site, and one of my new fav non-fiction, "The Sex Lives of Cannibals" by J. Maarten Troost. I w…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Reading Lolita in Tehran Int'l bookring ATTENTION ALL WHO SIGNED UP
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any room left for me?
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
I've heard so much about this book, and really want to read it. Been on my list for awhile now. I'm in CA, USA, would prefer to be later in the ring, just because I have a few headed my way in the next couple of weeks.
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First Sentences Mystery Virtual Bookbox
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Reposting choices with new and last first sentence...
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
I've chosen:
"Except for the Marabar Caves- and they are twenty miles off- the city
of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary."
" You better not never tell nobody but God."
"Imagine a young man on his way …
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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I was forgetting to check the forum!! So I like the replacement sentence as well, and will just take that book instead.
Of course starrdust, if you're willing to send me the other book once you're done with it, I'd lo…
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
by J. Maarten Troost
and A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
I'm enjoying them both. Cannibals is hilarious!! recommend it immensely. I'm pretty much laughing non-stop. And MLP is good, whether it is true or n…
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Amazon.com - 50 best books of 2006. How many have you read - recommendations?
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Re: none...
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
same here. I tend not to buy hardcover books anymore, and rarely even a new paperback release. Like icekween01, I wait until they are the used bookstore, or even the library sales.
And like bureaucrat was saying, …
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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but I managed. The hardest part was finding enough books to replace the ones I am taking.
I've chosen:
"Except for the Marabar Caves - and they are twenty miles off - the city
of Chandrapore presents nothing extrao…
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
And even in America there are double periods, we don't call them that though. We generally refer to it as block scheduling. But as a teacher, I love it.
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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June 7, 2007 is the rumor I've heard, just before the movie on June 13
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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When I was in college there was a book store on almost every block between home and the university. I probably spent more on books a month than I did on food, and I didn't have time to read nearly half of them. I broug…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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(Winner posted) "My New Job!" RABCK drawing ...
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Congratulations!!
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
Good luck with the new job. It is so exciting to be a teacher. I'm a long-term sub and have been for over a year. I'm just so happy to get up every morning and go to work, and see all their little faces staring back a…
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Book Talk
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Help with my alphabet reading challenge - 8 letters to go!
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paperbackswap.com lets you search subject, then author by letter
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
I,N,Q,U,V,W,X,Y AND Z
I- John Irving (A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Widow for One Year), Susan Isaacs
N- Katherine Neville (The Eight), Sharan Newman, Barbara Neely
Q- Ellery Queen,
U-
V- Jules Verne, Elaine Viets,…
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
The first book of Kings that I picked up. I was in 6th or 7th grade. I absolutely loved it, and couldn't believe everyone else hadn't read it. Although, by the time I get to the last 75-50 pgs of a book, I can't put i…
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Grammar School English Teachers: I *know* it's summer, but I need to PLAN!)
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I subbed for 6th grade last year.
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
In the elective we read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was fun.
Our 6th graders have also read- Indian in the Cupboard, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie…
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Halfway Through-How Are you doing towards your reading goals?
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Doing well with my goals.
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
My goal for the year is 12,000 pgs. and 50 bks.
Currently, I've read 25 bks, and 6,917 pgs. So I'm doing well!
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy (readalong - I'm soo behind)
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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It definitely picked up in quick order. And I agree with inkognitoh about the contrast. And it makes a lot more sense at the end. I am glad I stuck with it. I really enjoyed a lot of the lyrical passages, and the desc…
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
In fact I just made it myself a week ago. I've been hearing about it for years, and I saw Giada make it on Food Network, and it looked sooo easy. It was easy, and it is yummy. And 10 lemons!! Could be given as a gift…
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BOOKRAY --- Reading Lolita in Tehran - *** a must read!!
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pm'ing you
moraelyn
17 yrs ago
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