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suebooks 14 yrs ago
This is our pick for the First Thursday Book Club. I read it on board ship in Norway and snagged the paperback to finish on my flight back to the US--I left three others in the library on the ship and released WFE in Dal…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Having worked many years in public libraries in Oregon and having loved books all my life (73 years), I know it is frustrating to see book destroyed, but a big problem is over-printing of major authors--the ones that can…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Having worked many years in public libraries in Oregon and having loved books all my life (73 years), I know it is frustrating to see book destroyed, but a big problem is over-printing of major authors--the ones that can…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Having adopted an infant many years ago in 1965, I know that rearing an adopted child isn't always easy, but neither is rearing your own biological one (did that also in 1968 when now US Coast Guard son arrived)...oh, lo…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
See my reeply about the legal question. My comments referred to new books, but is it the same for donated ones as well?

suebooks 14 yrs ago | 6 replies
We need to get the law changed concerning unsold books. If I am correct, the sellers must tear off the front cover of paperbacks and dump them. That said, the law has resulted in the growth of print on demand books (POD…


suebooks 14 yrs ago
Give your releases to charity in my name, pleae--or your name. Congratuation on you BX anniversary.

suebooks 14 yrs ago
They are my life...What else can a "retired" English teacher (teacher of English???) and a library circulation clerk (1979-1997+)say? My first library card obtained from the big downtown library (Multnomah County Libr…


suebooks 14 yrs ago
Agree, I can always look for my neighbor who reads a lot and still works outside the home (20 years younger than I am).


suebooks 14 yrs ago
Magazines and newspapers intervene as does my bathroom novel, BUTTERFLY, a real "trashy" love story--perfect reading in the tub. I'm 1/2 way through it, 500 pages approximately total--not for your maiden aunt unless she …

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Lots easier when one is retired--I can go back to bed again and snuggle with my pooches, Lady and Mac. All those years I spent getting educated and teaching are paying off. That said, this economy is awful for a lot of w…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Lots easier when one is retired--I can go back to bed again and snuggle with my pooches, Lady and Mac. All those years I spent getting educated and teaching are paying off. That said, this economy is awful for a lot of w…

suebooks 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
Dry in Oregon now, but soon the rains will come. We have had one of the hottest summers on record here--lots of 90 degree weather which is unusual for Oregon. I passed through Georgia years ago when I was visiting my …

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Gardening and cooking have taken my time...weather has been lovely, and there won;t be much summer left as it is officially fall now, so I get more reading done in the winter months

suebooks 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
That's the comment I say aloud to my Boston terriers when they watch me making coffee in the morning (Oh those brown eyes!). My two stock shout-outs in the AM are: "Pea time!"(to head'em out) and "Treat time!" (to bring'…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
The College of Hard Knocks [:-)] is the best school around. Your passions are books and community service. Keep focused on those two, and you will eventually be rewarded. I am 73 and still learning. What fun to read and …

suebooks 14 yrs ago | 2 replies
I just couldn't bear to put him down. He is pain free and so loving that I cancelled the appointments and will take one week at a time, as my next door neighbor (a veterinarian) suggested. So prayers for my pooch AND …

suebooks 14 yrs ago
Keep the faith; my prayers are with you all.... I am putting down my beloved Mac, my Boston terrier, on September 11 because of inoperable cancer (one operation already completed).I know that a pet's life is not thoug…

suebooks 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
I read that book years ago, if it is the same that won an Academy Award...or was it a series on TV?It has been a lot of years.

suebooks 14 yrs ago
The one I am reading now, RAIN GODS, by James Lee Burke, but he never writes a bad book. Tahat said, his books are not for the squeamish

suebooks 14 yrs ago
The mood I am in colors what I readas well. I also believe that we enjoy different types of literature at different phases of our lives. Growing up, I read comic books, Nancy Drew, dog stories, etc. My favorite type…

suebooks 14 yrs ago
I favor word of mouth, too. I have to be simpatico with the critic. I often rely on reading favorite authors, but if the writer is new to me, I will read the blurb inside. Of course, you should know that the back cover …

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