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It is time for a new one!

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BooknBlues (edited)

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I've set up a survey to vote for the time and place challenge...hopefully it works and I can figure it out.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MLKGHGW

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- BookBum
  
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  that was very easy for us, I hope it's as easy for you. No one can see how the votes are going this way which will make the results a surprise.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  They did it in another group and I thought it would be fun to try.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I can't get in. It tells me there is no such site
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I can't figure out how to fix it I just played with it a bunch and it finally let me in. Give it another try and if that doesn't work give me your response here.
  
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- Rina
  
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  What are my choices?
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Future
  20th Century
  Nature, Natural world
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Thanks, BB, I should have thought to do that.
  
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- Rina
  
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  Future
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Thanks, Rina.
  
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- Rina
  
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  Where are we posting reviews for this challenge?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  How forgetful of me! Here you go:
  http://www.shelfari.com/groups/92211/discussions/476595/The-Natural-World-~-Winter-2013-time-or-place-challenge?showall=true#11992593
  
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BooknBlues

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We started a discussion about the anniversary of the Crossroads group in Talk, talk, talk 12 and I wanted to move it over here as we were not quite finished with it. http://www.shelfari.com/groups/92211/discussions/470799/Talk-Talk-Talk-12-%28and-if-youre-new-come-say-hello%29?showall=true#11937165

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- BooknBlues
  
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  I'm going to copy and paste part of the conversation so we can pick up where we left off:
  
  StoryHeart: So...getting back to celebrating. How about we do some kind of traveling letter thing. Person one could start it and mail it to person two who would add to it and mail it on to person three... kind of like this:
  http://www.sketchtravel.com/
  WordsArtMusic : That's a great idea.
  BookBum : Put me down for the $17,000 copy...oh what the heck, I'm in for $30,000!
  BooknBlues : Story, that sounds like a fun idea.
  BookBum : would we be wrting a story, anecdotes? What would we do with it?
  StoryHeart : Dunno...whatever we wanted, I guess. Anyone have any ideas?
  BookBum : I'll put on my thinking cap. I can't promise I'll come up with anything. I am the least creative person in this group.
  WordsArtMusic :I just thought of another idea. (I want to do the travelling letter thing, too.)
  Everyone give me 5 favorite words.
  Mine are:
  joy
  learning
  dreams
  moonlight
  read
  (If you could list them like that, it will make it easier for me.)
  BookBum:
  books
  Buddha
  home
  whimsical
  Saramago
  
  I hope it was ok to use a person's name, I wrote the words I have a positive response to.
  StoryHeart :
  serendipity
  play
  creativity
  love
  nature
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Gastronomy
  education
  environment
  literature
  children
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  feline
  autumn
  murmur
  cinnamon
  aurora
  
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- Rina
  
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  Lovely
  F&ck
  Red
  Fantastic
  Sweetie pie
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Do you use the ampersand, Verd, or were you just being polite?
  
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- Rina
  
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  Being polite for the blog.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  It is indeed one of my favorite word, a horrible admission for a preschool teacher.....and today I used it a whole bunch...not in front of the kids.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I use it too, and don't mind hearing it from friends, but I cringe when I hear it from my daughter. My boys don't use it as often as we girls n my family. I'd like to use it less, but it does capture emotion so perfectly.
  
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- Michael E
  
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  integration
  epiphany
  diaphanous
  conundrum
  simpatico
  
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- bookkaddict (edited)
  
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  oooh, great word choices Michael
  (Notice the 5 word pattern?)
  LOL
  
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BooknBlues

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I've added discussions of short stories and new to you authors. I have put them in the index and the authors one is listed as authors, new to you.

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- JudithG
  
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  Thank you!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  you're the best BooknBlues!
  
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BooknBlues

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For the crossroads anniversary, I propose two challenges and as in true crossroads style we are not in a race with either. Let me know if you would like to join in either
1. As we have talked about we do influence each other's reading journeys and so for those who are interested in joining in we will choose one book from each of their shelves which they have read to read and review. This should lead to some good discussions.
2. Several years ago I picked a random year out of my life, the one in which I was married to read 12 books. After spending two years doing it I still haven't completed it, but it did get me to thinking about reading my life...
So for the proposal, the challenge is to read, report and provide music for your life with as much and as little as you choose. I think it will be fun and I have already been thinking about the historical events and music which has marked my life.

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- Rina (edited)
  
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  How many shelves? The people that are interested in doing the challenge?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Yes, only the people interested in doing the challenge...so, I think there wouldn't be that many and I have a sneaking suspicion that we all share a fair number of books.
  
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  i like the idea of reading a book from each other's shelves, but I am not clear what you mean by challenge 2. Do you mean read 12 books that were published that year or re-read books we read a certain year?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  BB, for challenge 2. no set number of books, you could re-read books or choose new books about the year or event or a book that was published in the year. For instance, 11/22/63 could work for that year even though it was recently published. I think that you could even put in books that you read at the time, just as long as you include some new to you books.
  I like the idea of setting up that kind of chronicle of our lives and I think it would be fun for us to do here.
  I'm open to further suggestions.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  So if I chose 1981, the year I became a mother, I would look for books published in 1981 or about 1981. I think I kind of do a year by year chronology because I decided to read the Booker winner of every year. Of course I have been sidetracked by coming across a writer I really like then reading more of that body of work and I haven't read them in order of years.
  You said chronicle, not chronology. I guess I'm not sure I get it. We seem to be a group that doesn't only read the newly popular books and read books from various places and periods. Maybe I'm overthinking this....
  I think for me the idea of snooping around in each other's shelves and coming out with some of their favorite books is more fun.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  BB, my idea was not to choose one year, although you can if you choose, but to do your life. For instance, Casino Royale, was published about when I was born and I might add some music from youtube and an article found on the web about the 1950's and maybe some children's books published back then as I remember reading Angus Lost in kindergarten. And do that throughout my life.
  You could call it chronicle or chronology, it doesn't matter.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  ah! Got it. Not just some books from some year, but a fleshed out experience of a special year or period in our life-the literature, music, art, journalism, etc. that would be an interesting project.
  
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- Michael E
  
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  Sounds like fun!
  
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- Rina
  
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  So Casino Royale would be a book you would read now or could I pick out books I remember reading at certain points of time and where I was, how old, where I was?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Rina, I was thinking both. Read some new books and remember some ones you read.
  
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- bookkaddict
  
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  I definitely like the idea of exploring different shelves...the #2 challenge seems somewhat like the Pick A Year challenge over on PBT which is a good one as well, I think. I didn't quite finish it but still hope to complete it this year. Both are good ideas!
  
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- Deborah B (edited)
  
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  I like challenge 1. That gets me to open my mind to new reading....most of the books I've read over the last 6 months have been recommended by Crossroaders.
  
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- Rina
  
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  #1
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  I like both of them - I kinda already do the first one, but very informally.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  So far for Challenge 1 we have BB, Book Addict, Deborah (welcome back , we missed you), Rina and WAM, BNB...Michael are you in?
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Thanks BnB, it's SO good to be back!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Yaya!!! for Deb!
  
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- Michael E
  
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  Good to go. So we will each be picking 7 books so far.
  Glad to have Deborah on board. (You may have had 5 inches of snow, but we got 18 inches. Got stuck in snowbank dropoff edging driveway 3 times. Now sheet of ice)
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Michael, I'll set up a thread this weekend.
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  Sounds fun!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  So we will add you to the list, WS.
  
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- Rina (edited)
  
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  Is this a challenge that will go on for awhile? This is now several books.also do the books need to be a book that is not on my shelf but only on theirs?
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Good question, Verd. I hadn't thought of that. I am happy to get 7 new books, but not all our members have access to inexpensive books.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Rina, it won't be a timed challenge, so it will go on for a while and as several of us have towering tbr's it isn't necessary to have them be books which aren't on your tbr, but they do have to be books that the member has read.
  I'm going to try to pick from favorites and highly ranked.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Micheal, we got two feet of snow the week of Christmas!!! The meteorologists really messed that one up for us. We had crazy 6 foot long icicles from our roof...they are starting to melt now.
  
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  I've was thinking of both you and Michael, Deb when they were talking about Maine on the news last week.
  We've been getting rain and fog.
  
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- bookkaddict
  
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  I am looking forward to this challenge even though I really don't need another one! LOL
  
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BookBum (edited)

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I have exhausted my gift cards, they didn't last the weekend! (Sarah, you can take Snow Flower and the Secret Fan off your wish list and move it to I Own It.)
I got some books I wanted, but was very excited to find a collection of Faulkner that I didnt know was available. I love him and might have to buy nice copies of his books. I have an affection for old, beat up books, but I love him so much I think I might want nicer looking copies for the bookcase Logan made me. (I am always happy to speak of the bookcase my son made me.)

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- BooknBlues
  
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  It didn't take you long to burn through that. :)
  
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- BookBum
  
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  it didn't and I thought of you as I was driving home with my new stack of books! There were books I didn't buy but could have rationalized buying. When you shop at used book stores you have to buy the books you really want when you find them because there is no guarantee they will be there next time. However, there are still bills to pay, familiy to feed, and so on. I bought 2 books for Sarah and one for my son so I don't feel too greedy.
  
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  I'm a used-book fan, myself. However, I have to go into any bookstore with limited cash or gift cards only. Having a well-researched to-read list helps, too. Otherwise, I just buy, and buy and buy. I'm going to try to start using the library more this year.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I have a notebook with all Booker winners and shortlisted books in alphabbetical order by author and a list of Nobel winning authors in alphabetical order, and any other book I hear about. I go in prepared and i also try to use cash. I also hit the $1-$2 clearance shelves first.
  I'm not a good library patron. I don't get the books back on time.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I was a bad girl...when I was shopping for gifts for others at the bookstore, a few just slipped into the bag for me too! Nobody ever buys me books, although everyone knows I love to read.
  I used to be really bad about returning library books on time, but I now get email reminders, and that works.
  
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  If nobody buys you books, then you were a very good girl for buying yourself some, Deb.
  I could get library books through my over 65 yr old mother because the seniors don't have due dates, but I like to underline and sometimes, rarely in novels, write notes in the margin.
  
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  I'm a devoted library user. You can search for books online, place a hold on them and then zip by in a few days to pick them up. Our library doesn't have fines. They send you an email when books are overdue at which point they can be renewed online if needed or returned. What's not to love?
  
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- BookBum
  
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  That is a lot to love! I think we are a mix of purist bibliophiles and e-reader readers, compulsive book buyers and sensible buyers and borrowers. The one thing we all have in common is that we are all avid readers, however we access the words.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Deb, welcome back, we have missed seeing you recently.
  
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- Sarah B
  
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  Thanks for the books! I'm excited to read Kindred! Next time you hit up half price books let me know. I still have the rest of that Panera gift card...coffee and pastry!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  sounds good to me. One of my resolutions is to buy a book a month. We can use our HP coupons and go every month.
  
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- TheLibrarian
  
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  BookBum - I have more than half a dozen supersized bookcases full of books I've bought. I could probably sell a book a month and not make a dent. :-) Love your resolution.
  
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  I tend to do most of my books shopping this time of year because I get gift cards and books for Christmas. During the year if there is a book I want to read I use abebooks, but I rarely just wander through a bookstore. I love bookstores and I have a little 2nd job, so I am going to treat myself to trips to the bookstore every month. Safe to say you are both a bibliophile and avid reader, Librarian.
  (I would like to be a librarian. My dream job is to work in a bookstore when I retire.)
  
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- TheLibrarian
  
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  Very much so BookBum (love the explanation for your name :-D )
  Another favorite place for me to shop is library friends' book sale (where ever I can find them!) I've found some amazing treasures - for example, a complete set of The Metropolitan Art Museum's seminars in art.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Library sales are the best! I'm also fortunate to live within 30 minutes of 4 HalfPrice books and every Christmas I get at least 2 calenders from them with %15 off coupons for every month! I'm also a huge fan of abebooks.com
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  BB, you turned me on to Abe Books....thanks so much!!
  
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- Rina
  
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  Yes, thanks
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I'm glad to I helped you. I heard about abebooks from another Shelfari member, Jim Henderson. He has over 3700 books on his shelf and runs the frugalchariot blog, which is really good.
  
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BooknBlues

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Anyone interested Poisonwood Bible is part of the Kindle Daily Deal today for $1.99.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Poisonwood-Bible-ebook/dp/B000QTE9WU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1357572278&sr=1-1&keywords=poisonwood+bible

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- BookBum
  
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  I enjoyed that book a long time ago.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Me too, it is one of my all time favorites.
  
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- JudithG
  
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  sigh.... O.K. I'll go order that one too.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Lol! Aren't you glad you have no responsibilities and can spend all your time reading the books you are buying?
  
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- JudithG
  
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  in my next life
  
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Rina

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I can't find where the posting of the five words is at. *sigh*

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  It is 5 conversations up from here - the one that begins with BooknBlues saying "We started a discussion about the anniversary..."
  I will do something with them on Friday, I think, so if anyone has not listed theirs, please try to by then.
  
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WordsArtMusic

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I don't know how many of you are on Facebook, but this page has some really interesting, beautiful, fun pictures for readers:
Biblioteca Municipal de Beja - José Saramago
This is the one they had today:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zixtyq404f2erpk/Biblioteca%20on%20Facebook%202013-1-7.jpg
And I loved this one:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9dspd9mn8u20oyw/Biblioteca%20on%20Facebook%202013-1-5.jpg

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Wow...lovely! Thank you.
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  Now, why did I think you might like this?!?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  :-D
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  WAM those are really cool.
  
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- JudithG
  
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  Beautiful.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Those are wonderful! What site or page is it and why is Jose Saramago's name in the title? Do you know?
  
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  It is a library. I cannot remember how I found it. (Somehow, I knew you would be interested in the name!)
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I know there is a statue of him in his hometown. He used to draw, I wonder if he started a site for artists?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Judith, tell me the truth did you think of how you could use those in your classroom?
  
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- JudithG
  
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  of course
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I do know teacher's mentality...:)
  
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WordsArtMusic

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This is cool, too.
http://www.itsamessage.com/holiday2011/
It works on Chrome or Firefox - not sure about Internet Explorer.

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  I love it!
  
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StoryHeart

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Penguin's "Most Anticipated" releases of 2013:
http://www.themillions.com/2013/01/most-anticipated-the-great-2013-book-preview.html
I'm looking forward to The City of Devi , How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Life After Life, & Carnival ...and you?

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- BooknBlues
  
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  I've really become into preordering....of those I did preorder All that is. I was interested in MiddleC, city of Devi sounds really good.. and now I have others to consider.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I posted this link again somewhere else. Oh bother. I found several that I've already preordered.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I have a hard time choosing a book based on a review of the story. Often what sounds like a interesting story falls flat (Swamplandia!), while something that sounds like it wouldn't be an engaging story turns out to be a great book. I would like Tenth of December by G Saunders, Hanging Gardens by P White!, Mary Coin by Marisa Silver because I love that photo and that era, and The City of Devi by Manil Suri. There were a few that I will be interested to see what others thought of them. Claire Messaud interests me, but the story of New York socialites did not so I will probably check her out.
  
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  I am really excited to see that Khaled Hosseini's third book is coming out. Loved his first two books. I'm also very interested in Americanah by Adichie (Half a Yellow Sun) and Night Film by Marisha Pessl (Special Topics in Calamity Physics).
  
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- Michael E
  
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  Thanks for sharing. Mostly I would wait for Shelfari friends to pioneer these books and run with the ones that get good reviews from you.
  But I could probably count on the Haruf and Hosseini.
  
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  I'd like to read another Haruf, but I didn't want to read the sequel to Plainsong. I liked Plainsong, but I read some of what happens in Eventide so don't want to read it.
  
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- bookkaddict
  
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  This is a wonderful link! Many thanks, Story!
  
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JudithG (edited)

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This is fun. Especially for people who have lots of free time.
There is an advantage to being able to make a paper snow flake without making a mess of tiny paper scraps.

SnowDays - It's Always Snowing Here
snowdays.me/

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  I love it!
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  That's cool!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Fun!
  
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An interesting article on a condition I know several of us share: Research Rapture!
A state of enthusiasm or exaltation arising from the exhaustive study of a topic or period of history; the delightful but dangerous condition of becoming repeatedly sidetracked in following intriguing threads of information, or constantly searching for one more elusive fact.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/rapturous-research/?hp
(the comments are quite fun too... for example: "My own word for it is "epistemophila" -- the love of knowledge of any kind -- though at times perhaps "epistomania" would be more accurate..." )
WAM...I see you nodding your head knowingly :-D

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- BooknBlues
  
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  the delightful but dangerous condition of becoming repeatedly sidetracked in following intriguing threads of information....
  I think that is a bit what Crossroads is all about.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  yes!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  yes, I often find that posts of blogs and websites on this forum lead me to other very interesting insights....it's funny how you can click and click and find so much more interesting stuff!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  We are fortunate to live in the Internet age where loads of information are at our fingertips.
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  Love it!
  
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- WordsArtMusic (edited)
  
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  um... yes! That's it! I already knew I had the condition of Bibliophilia. Now I can add Research Rapture-holic!
  We were talking about that in class yesterday. One of my 4th graders said he wished that on your birthday you just automatically knew all the stuff you should learn for that year. The other kids agreed at first, but then decided they really liked that "aha" moment of figuring something out.
  Oh, it is so distracting sometimes! I started to say that my house is not nearly as clean as it was before we had internet, but that is not really true - I just looked up stuff in my encyclopedia or other books, before.
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  That sounds like my job. I am a librarian /research assistant and can reach states of nirvan whilst researching camu caum or sea cucumbers
  
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- JudithG
  
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  You do realize, Elizabeth that now I will have to spend at least part of my day researching both of those topics.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  While you're researching,please try to find out what chemical processes cause that wondrous euphoric state ;-)
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  Hmmh.. that sounds a bit too difficult, I will pass it on to someone else;-) Now if you want some rare south american fruit researched Im your girl!
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  This was on Facebook today from Reader's Nook. I so resemble this person! (I know some of you do, too!)
  https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10152586663220001&set=a.10150375471270001.442698.378213930000&type=1&theater
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Oh too, true! Had to like it.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I would agree with that except I, I am compleletly confident, will one day read every book I own, every book on my wishlist, and every book on my TBR. ☺
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  oohhh interesting, it can bring on a eureka moment....love this kinda thing! Thx Story :-)
  
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Rina

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It's raining
It's pouring
The old man is snoring
When to bed
And covered his head
And didn't get up 'til the morning

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- BooknBlues
  
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  Interesting I learned a slightly different version and less nice, by the way
  It's raining
  It's pouring
  The old man is snoring
  He bumped his head
  And went to bed
  And didn't get up 'til the morning
  
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- Rina (edited)
  
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  Ah, yes. I have another that I'll post tomorrow.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  That's the one I knew BnB. That must be from pre-gentler, kinder fairy tales and rhymes.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  The version I know is the BnB one....
  A few years ago I bought a Mother Goose book for my son, and realized I didn't know even a quarter of them. When reading them aloud, I would trip up, wondering whether I was reading them in the correct rhythm and cadence. My husband knew a few of those that I didn't.
  Oral histories, poems, skills, and pastimes always fascinate me....like how do girls know how to play Cat's Cradle, and who teaches them all the jump rope rhymes? They seem to pass from girl to girl, without any adult intervention....where did it start? I'm guessing it all started with wonderful preschool teachers like you, BnB!
  
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- Rina
  
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  Misty, moisty, was the morn
  And chilly was the weather
  There I met an old man dressed all in leather
  Dressed all in leather
  Against the cold and rain
  With a 'How do you do'
  And a How do you do
  And a How do you do again
  
  Teddy bear, Teddy bear
  Touch the ground
  Teddy bear, Teddy bear
  Turn around
  Teddy bear, teddy bear
  Climb the stairs
  Teddy bear, teddy bear
  Say your prayers
  Teddy bear, teddy bear
  Turn off the light
  Teddy bear, teddy bear
  Spell good night
  G O O D N I G H T
  
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- Aarti
  
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  I knew only the second stanza of this one.
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  BooknBlues - thats the version that I know too, but yes, Rina's is the nice version hahaa
  I found out that some of the rhymes that I know as a wee one when in the U.K are slightly altered here in Canada - such as the rhyme about the black plague, well, we were told it was always the sign of when someone was going to fall down with the sickness, it started with the sneezes and that the wealthy would keep scented dry flowers in their pocket hankerchiefs to sniff because the smell of death and decay was strong....I don't know whether that is a true depiction, just what I was taught at school. I am surprised my family have survived, the U.K had the plague I think 7 times!
  Ring-a-Ring o' Roses,
  A pocket full of Posies
  A-tishoo, A-tishoo,
  We all full down
  The Canadian version:
  Ring-a-Ring o' Roses,
  A pocket full of Posies
  Hush-a, Hush-a
  We all full down
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  the version in the USA
  Ring around the Rosies
  A pocket full of Posies
  Ashes, Ashes
  We all full down
  
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- Rina
  
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  @ Aarti. Those were two different things, sorry for not being clear. The first was a song that's a poem I knew as a child; has anyone else ever heard it? The second is a jumprope rhyme.
  @WS that is so interesting about Ring around the Rosie
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Didn't poems like Ring Around the Rosie and the earlier, more frightening versions of fairy tales emerge out of a need to deal with a really frightening and mysterious world? (Consider that Research-Rapture foreplay.)
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  Yes the Grimm Tales is all about the murky world of folks. The Medieval rhymes were used on the streets of London as well as in the country by the poor kids who were in the thick of it, they made it into a game, so they could cope with the austere mood and the stench of life and death, if it wasn't disease that was going to kill them, it was conflict, many conquering kings took it upon themselves to murder and pillage vast communities of law-abiding, religious poor people. I mean look at Henry VIII, he murdered monks and desecrated their lands so that he could play being God, amongst so many other disastrous things he did. I tell you reading British history from the neolithic period onwards, is like reading a mafia soap opera, they were all hysterical, reactionary and murderous, yet very religious ha!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  yeah, what she said...!
  
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Rina

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Have any of you heard of birchbox.com? Or use it?

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- BooknBlues
  
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  Never, but thanks. I'm always looking for new stuff.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I've never heard of it, but it looks like fun! I love trying samples...I might join.
  BTW, I have found the best mascara on Earth. It's called blinc....never smudges, doesn't run, is truly waterproof, and doing come off until you wash it off.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I'm going to try it also and see what it like
  
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BooknBlues

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A friend wrote a critique of The Hobbit
"The Hobbit film thus perpetuates the Hollywood definition of fantasy as ruggedly handsome men with British accents waving swords and shouting about courage and hope. I guess this is what the entertainment industry thinks Americans want their fantasies to look like. And perhaps they are right."
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/03/has_hollywood_ruined_tolkien/

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- Deborah B
  
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  I tend to agree with your friend's assessment....Americans love British accents, they don't even have to be what's considered a "posh" accent....any accent will do.
  On the flip side, Britons seem to love American accents, even ones that are (at least to me) grating on the ears...
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  I like the idea of rugged men waving their swords about bwahahahaha
  Do Britons like U.S accents....really...now really hahahaha ;-))
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I don't know about the rest of the US, but that is this girl's favorite Hollywood fantasy! I love Aragon!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Everytime I go to England, I'm asked to "say something."
  My in-laws really love New York accents....I hate them!
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  Really Deb, I never felt the urge to say in chorus "say something", I am more like a little Sparrow, will gently listen to a person's accent and remark how lovely it was but that would be it, no fanfare.
  I do know how you feel, I get alot of attention from others and strangers love talking to me about their time in Europe or their time in Australia, which I am not from but they insist I am. I can handle it usually, crack a few jokes, give them a broad wee smile and sometimes, I wish the pavement could swallow me hahahaha It can be rather embarrassing especially if their is a group talking at you. But humans are curious beasts and it's pleasant enough, you never know who are going to meet!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Oh, I wish my husband would talk to you, Sparrow...when I first met him I literally had to translate what he said about 90 percent of the time.....I don't know why I could understnand him so much better than the general public, but I could....we are still absolutely confounded when people think I'm Engllish, and he's from Austraulia, or Ireland, no one ever thinks he's from England....it really, really amazes me...especially after people hear my husband talk, and then me talk, and they still ask me if I'm English!!! It really, really amazes me that people think I'm English....
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  Very interesting Deb, people still think I have just come off the boat ha! And I do have people having a hard time understanding me, especially at coffee shops, you should see what I get for my coffee sometimes! I have been told that I am South African, Scottish, Irish, Aussie, German.....next I am hoping to go across the waters and be named Brazilian ha!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Deb, you must have picked up some of your husband's accent. My older kids grandfather was from Scotland and he had the most beautiful brogue.
  
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BooknBlues

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I found a review of books that are coming out soon....not necessarily good as I seem to have acquired the habit of pre-ordering.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/Turning+page+2013/7753582/story.html

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StoryHeart

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Remember when we did the 6 word memoir challenge. Take a look at these ones, written by students:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/09/six-word-memoirs-students/
I love the alarm clock one :-)

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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  Great minds, Story...
  I just re-worked this into a lesson for my kids. I think they will like doing it.
  I liked the swimming lessons one and the boredom one.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Perfect...they'll love it!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I'll always remember the times pretended....is perfect for a preschool teacher.
  
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TheLibrarian

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Various circumstances over the past year or so have really cut into my reading time (and desire). While I'm used to tackling 2-4 books a week, I have found myself sometimes struggling through that many books in a month. (Very sad face). Recently I've found a reading buddy who experienced a similar slump and we now spend 2 mornings a week sitting together in silence reading. It has helped me get back on track. (Very happy face). I've found that scanning Crossroads discussions (even the older ones) provides a needed spark of interesting books to look for. My thanks to all of you who have commented here. Even though I'm not terribly active, your commentary is very beneficial and it has helped me get over what for me is a unique reading slump.

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- Rina
  
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  What a lovely thing to say. Glad to see you posting again
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I'm sorry to hear you've had a difficult year. Think a few of us here felt that 2013 was just not a good year, but I am confident that 2013 will be a very good year. I bet you will be back on track before too long.
  It is nice to hear from you here.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Librarian, you always provide wonderful ideas for reading. I especially love all of the animal books you read.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Me too.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Librarian, glad we could help! I know my TBR has grown by leaps and bounds since joining this group as well.
  
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BooknBlues

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Checking the Survey Monkey today, the results are in and The Natural World wins by one vote over The Future... so The Natural World is are seasonal time and place challenge.
One could always choose to read a book about The Natural World set in the future, like Jean Hegland's Into the Forest and I see also Altar of Eden and The Windup Girl are included in that category and both are on my TBR. :)

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Two more natural world related future set books are Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake and The Year of The Flood. (The third book of the trilogy comes out this year. Yaay.)
  You don't need to read them in order though.
  
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- bookkaddict
  
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  I loved Into The Forest. I would second that recommendation.
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  I have read The Windup Girl and it was great, loved it and Oryx & Crake, Year of the Flood are brill too - oooohhh the third (clapping of hands)
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I'm going to have to do some research, I don't have a single book about the natural world. I'm open to suggestions. If anyone knows of a book about the natural world that includes a ruggedly handsome Brit swinging a sword while shouting words of encouragement that would be perfect. :)
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Do you want fiction or non, BB?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  you can look here:
  http://www.shelfari.com/books/tags/nature
  or here
  http://www.shelfari.com/books/tags/natural%20world
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Thanks Story and BnB. I have Guns, Germs, and Steel so I will read that.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  BB, I tried that book, and it's one of the very, very few that I have not finished. It surprises me, because I thought I would love it.
  
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  I think I have heard that from other people. I think I read a critique of the science behind the author's theories.
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  Read Guns, Germs, and Steel, I really enjoyed the topics but at times it was like wading through mud, I had to put the book down for a while and then go back to it.
  
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  Guns, Germs, & Steel isn't a natural history book so much as it is an detailed and comprehensive of what Diamond believes are factors that contribute to the rise and fall of civilizations. Agreed that it's not an easy or fast read, but it is very thought-provoking and enlightening. It's actually one of my favorites.
  
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  I agree Librarian, I found myself putting down the book and pondering for a while and having discussions about the topics I read, then I would go back to the book and carry on, it was a really great way to read it actually, to get people to discuss there ideas too.
  
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WordsArtMusic

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For all of you historical fiction fans - this site offers art and music by time period. 14th - 19th centuries.
http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Fun!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Research rapture!
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  Oh, yeah!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  that's awesome! i bookmarked it so I can refer to it when I read. Thank you, WAM.
  
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- Bee F
  
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  Such a good site. Thanks.
  
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StoryHeart

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Famous old photographs (some disturbing) restored in colour:
http://www.boredpanda.org/famous-old-photographs-restored-in-color/
Funny how much more "real" and knowable they look with colour. Che looks like a guy I was in love with in Quebec when I see the colourized guy and Lincoln suddenly looks like a professor I despised.

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- Deborah B
  
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  Somehow, the color really makes them come alive. I really liked the one of TR with his baby.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Very cool!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  that is something!
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  Its most odd that somehow something like colour can really change a person's persona in a photo...weird! That was cool!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Wasn't it. I was quite taken by that close-up of Churchill's eyes.
  
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Wandering Sparrow

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I was pondering, like one does and was thinking about lineage and wondered if any of you lovely Roaders know anything about your family history. For some it is incredibly important to know and be hopeful for some honour or title, for some just a personal journey of discovery and for others a true depiction of why some family members did the things they did or how they survived in an era of poverty, no social justice or mercy.
I just thought it was interesting, as I was chatting to a chap who was saying how the Civil War completely bypassed his family, they were farmers and basket weavers. I thought that was great and said that they probably were feeding a community and had a strong link to the land and the area in which they lived and basket weaving was and is a highly developed skill.

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- Deborah B (edited)
  
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  I have researched my family on ancestry.com....warning! It's addictive. It is fascinating what you can find out; for instance as a toddler I lived on a street called Valentine Lane in Yonkers, New York. It turned out that the street was named after a Dutch settler whose farm occupied the hill in the 17th century. It also turned out that I was related to that farmer.
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  When I was in 9th grade I learned that a nearby town, Hindsville (population 75!) was named after my great-great grandfather. I have never understood why nobody in my family had told me that.
  Anyway, that started a lifetime interest in researching my family history. Just for the journey - I have no illusions of nobility in the family! I have not been able to spend as much time as I would like - saving it for later.
  
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- Michael E
  
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  My grandfather came to Oklahoma for the great Land Rush rip off of the Indian Territory at the turn of the century, lived in a sod house while he studied law, and eventually became a judge. A great uncle was a lieutenant clerk to Civil War General Jo Shelby and was known to read Shakespeare while riding his mule. He accompanied Shelby to Mexico after the war to establish a Confederacy-in-Exile. The group fought as mercenaries for Bonaparte's Governor Maximilian against Juarez. Wrong choice.
  
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- Rina
  
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  My grandmother was very forward thinking as I look back on her words now. I asked about your history as her was getting close to dying - her words, 'You don't want to know about those people.' *small shake of head and wrinkling of nose*
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  My parents are Mormons and have done an exhaustive search of our geneology. I've got lots of stories but this might be the most interesting to this group and people who like shortbread cookies. I am a relative of the real Lorna Doone. The story of Loran Doone was based on Mary Whidon who was shot and killed by a former suitor as she left the church on her wedding day. She was buried in her wedding dress and to this day brides pay their respect to her at her grave before they get married.
  I also desend directly from Seth Hulbert (great-great-great-great grandfather) who fought in the Revolutionary War with his son-in-law. For years my mother did not know where they were buried, then on a Memorial Day I saw in the newspaper that an old cemetery on private property was discovered to have Revolutionary War soldiers buried and one of the Veterans group was planning a memorial, right there in black and white was Seth Hulbert! Buried about 20 miles from us. We went for the memorial and my mother found more information she didn't know. A baby boy that was buried there, but somehow didn't make it into the records.
  One of the signers of the Declaration of Indepence, Thomas McKean is an ancestor, but not a direct line, some sort of uncle.
  Michael, my great, great grandparents left Ohio to homestead in OK, but I think they died in a flu epidemic and the survivors came back to Ohio.
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  All wonderfully interesting! I love hearing about peoples history!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  I don't know much about my recent family history but my dad did one of those DNA testing kits and we found out we're members of Haplogroup R1a which originated "10,000 years ago in the Eurasian steppes north of the Black and Caspian Seas. It is associated with Kurgan culture and reflects an early Indo-European ethnicity. Kurgans were characteristic of Bronze Age nomadic peoples of the steppes, from the Altay Mountains to the Caucasus and Romania. Haplogroup R1a is directly linked to the spread of Indo-European languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, several Indian languages such as Bengali and Hindi."
  It was quite interesting to get the results as, with his black hair, black eyes and dark skin, my dad would fit in anywhere in Central Europe, Turkey, the Middle East or north India. (He's Austrian by birth.)
  
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- Rina
  
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  That is awesome!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  You can get the kits from National Geographic.
  http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=2001246&gsk
  ( We used a kit from a different company that was a lot cheaper than this one but I can't remember the name.)
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  That is so interesting, Story!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I'd really like one of those kits. I watched the special on family roots with Lewis Gates jr. It was fascinating. Yo Yo Man had a really interesting story. He was named 1000 years ago by a family chronicler who chose the syllable names for the next 20 generations. He found out that he should have given his child a different name!
  Louise Erdrich must have been told that she wasn't as Native American as she thought because she declined to have her roots made public.
  
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- Aarti
  
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  I know the Indian side of my ancestry quite well as my grandfather (father's father) researched it and wrote a book on it. We originally come from what is now Bangladesh and 6 generations back we earned out living as river pirates. The most bloodthirsty of whom was a woman!
  Later years the family became landowners and even later there was a big split due to religious differences. Some aligning with the ruling muslims of that time while the others left and set up elsewhere. My grandfathers father moved to west Bengal before partition took place thus avoiding bloodshed and loss of property. Smart man!
  On my mothers side I don't know much. She is English and I was born in Manchester. All I know is that they were in the navy.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Aarti, did your parents both move back to India? Does your mother not like to discuss family or have you not asked yet?
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Aarti, my husband is from Manchester!!!
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  Two distant cousins did research on both side of my family but none of it was particularly interesting. They seem to have been peasant farmers on both my English side and my Irish side. On the English side there is actually a tiny tiny village with our name in a beatiful part of Northumberland (My Dad's family are from Sunderland). One lady did send me some lovely old photos of my Dad's family.! My Argentinian husband however is descended from Spanish conquistadors and apparently one of his ancestors was married to an illegitimate daughter of Edward III and they have the plantagenat lions on their family crest! They also must have some native south american blood which came out quite clearly, due probably to a receissive gene, in my nephew. One of the great grandfathers was from Tucaman in the North of Argentina where there is still an Indian population
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Wow, Elizabeth, your children are truly citizens of the world!
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  Actually were I live (in France next to Geneva) everyone is like that! And I work in the UN as well so we're a mixed up bunch
  
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- Wandering Sparrow
  
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  ooohhhhh love it! See! Isnt it amazing the things you find out, brilliant!
  
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- Aarti
  
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  My parents divorced and my mother moved back to England. We were not in touch for a long time and I have only recently started building my relationship with her. But now thanks to this conversation I will ask her about my english ancestry.
  Special thanks to WS for sparking this off. :-))
  Deborah, small world !!
  I was born there and left when I was two and unfortunately have never been back. It is one of my travelling wishes to go there. I lived at a place called Tranby Close - so I have been told!
  This whole converation has been amazing. We all have such amazing histories.
  Someone could write a book on how lives of such diverse people crossed :-))
  
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  When people would discuss the castles owned by their ancestors, my father would tell people that he was descended from Atilla the Hun (He was first generation Hungarian) just for effect. I loved it. It's one of my favorite memories of him.
  
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Wandering Sparrow

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.....and on a completely different note....I am reading Geek Love by Katherine Dunne, kindly given to me by Story.
The novel is the story of a traveling carnival run by Aloysius "Al" Binewski and his wife "Crystal" Lil. When the business begins to fail, the couple devise an idea to breed their own freak show, using various drugs and radioactive material to alter the genes of their children. The results are Arturo ("Arty"), a boy with flippers for hands and feet; Electra ("Elly") and Iphigenia ("Iphy"), Siamese Twins; Olympia ("Oly"), a hunchbacked albino dwarf; and Fortunato ("Chick"), the normal-looking baby of the family who has telekinetic powers. Oly tells the story of her family in the form of a novel written for her daughter Miranda.
It is quite a fascinating read and branches out to follow the past when they were children & when they grow up to the present day. I am really enjoying the book so far, at first I wasn't sure what I got myself into, but as the story developed and more of an understanding of the characters, it had me interested.

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- Deborah B
  
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  I remember reading about this book, and I thought it might be a little disturbing....or is it more entertaining?
  
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- bookkaddict
  
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  Deborah B...I've read Geek Love too, and I actually think it is a bit of both.
  
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- Denizen
  
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  I read it when it was released in 1989 - fascinating book. It may be the oddest book I have ever read. I remember reading it in bed and saying to my husband, "listen to this" and reading a passage that just struck at the heart of life, and then reading another 2 pages and going "listen to this!" because it was so out there and socially unacceptable.
  I did give it to my son's girlfriend to read over the Christmas holiday and another fan was born.
  It holds a fond place in my heart - BUT - I read it in the late 80's and life and opinions can change.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I'm intrigued by this
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I loved that book! It's been close to 20 years since I read it. I remember it being both very slightly disturbing, but also about love and strength.
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  It sounds fascinating, thanks for the tip I think I will read it!
  
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WordsArtMusic

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Whaddya think? Is this accurate?
http://bookriot.com/2013/01/11/reading-styles-posh-edition/
It is fun, anyway...

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- BookBum
  
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  I don't know what to say to that! :)
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I don't seem to fit into any of those!!!
  
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- Rina (edited)
  
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  Oh I could be a hipster with a touch of posh
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  This was fun!
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  I could, too, Rina!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  The bum in BookBum partly refers to my love of sittin on my bum reading and partly my lazy attitude towards clothes.
  
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- Rina
  
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  @ kat :)
  
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WordsArtMusic

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Back to the anniversary thread - I DID make something with all of your favorite words, but the filter @ school was messed up today, and I could not post it. I will try over the weekend, but it may be Monday before I can get it finished.

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- BookBum
  
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  Thanks for taking time to do this, WAM.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I can't wait to see what you did!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Me too, I'm very intrigued..
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Can't wait!
  
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- WordsArtMusic (edited)
  
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  OK - the filter is still not working correctly @ school, (So frustrating!!!) but I was able to post one of the pictures on Posterous.
  I know all of you are not on there, so tonight I will post them here, too. It will be late, because I have to go to a School Board meeting.
  Rina - sorry - your "special" word came out only as "ck".
  
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  That's really lovely, WordsArtMusic!! I wish I could put it on my wall at home....
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  Thank you - #2 is up now.
  
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- Rina
  
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  Those are great!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  i said I wished I could print it and make bookmarks,
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  Here are the links:
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/pshgm7ytdk6275u/2013-1%20Crossroads%20Anniversary%20Wordle.png
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1dn0rsd0a7vnap/2013-1%20Crossroads%20Anniversary%20Tagxedo.png
  These are fun to make - I am glad you like them. You should be able to print them.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Thanks for that, WAM!
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  You are welcome!
  
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- Rina
  
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  These are so beautiful.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Thanks so much, WAM....they are really very nice!
  
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- Denizen
  
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  Interesting!
  
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- Michael E
  
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  Great! I feel the crossroads in number one. In two, I get the love pile, the fertile earth of friends and ideas.
  Home we are.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Well said, Michael.
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  I made a bookmark -
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/oqxdvd7qo00ohoc/bookmark.png
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Very cool! Thank you!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Love it!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! WAM. That was so thoughtful. These are the types of objects that I value the most. I have a friend at work who has a laminator!
  
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  That's so nice! Thank you, WAM! Michael, you described them so nicely.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  The book mark is gone! I wanted to print it so my friend could laminate it, but it is gone!
  
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BookBum

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I have no desire to travel. I am stick in the mud, routine loving, lazy, procrastinist. However, the one place I want to see before I die is Istanbul. I want to spend 3--4 weeks there and walk the entire city, see the beautiful old mosques, see the golden horn, shop in the bazaars.

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  I am a very frustrated world traveler....I used to go everywhere, any time I wanted....but since children and the economic downturn, I have to satisfy myself with walking the beautiful woods behind my house and visiting the most photographed lighthouse in the world, which is 2 miles from my house.....not a bad compromise, really.
  BB, I would love to go to Istanbul with you!!! I love envisioning us visiting the Hagia Sophia and buying all sorts of neat stuff in the bazaars. And, I've never been to Asia. Let's do it!!!
  
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  Well you better go before Syria decides to bomb it
  
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  That would be awesome, Deb! We can read all the Istanbul books, then stay off the touristy places and explore!
  Those kinds of attacks, are assaults on humanity, some say the fire bombing of the beautiful city of Dresden was an attack on the people of Germany, not a military action. I had a lost somewhere of the major destructions of world treasure-burning the medieval library at Univ of Louvaine, bombing of Reems (sp?) cathedral, sinking of Loucitania, and I would add the bombing of the giant 1000 year old statues of Buddha by Taliban in Afghanistan.
  
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  I think i read that The French removed a lot of the glass in the Reams cathedral before all the bombing started
  
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  i hope so, but that those acts demonstate not only hatred of the enemy of hatred of self I think.
  
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  On a school trip when I was 15 we visited Istanbul by ship from Italy after stays in Greece. The harbor and mosques were something to see from the water. Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace were especially wonderful. Took a bus trip to Greek ruins at Ephesus, which was also very memorable. Hope you get there BB!
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  Thanks, Michael. I think I must have been a Muslim from that part of the world in a precious life because the art, the mosques, the call to prayer all resonate with me. I settle very comfortably into books set in the Middle East and India, while I feel like a curious, excited visitor in other far away settings.
  
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  Istanbul is a beautiful place but I find as a woman, get harassed a-lot!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Eh, I'm not very attractive so they won't notice me.
  
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  Don't be silly, Wendy! I think you're lovely....although it would be kind of fun to disappear behind some kind of diaphenous veil, to add to the feeling of mystery...everyone would be so enamoured of our vast knowledge of literature, clamoring to know the women of mystery behind the veil!
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  That would really be fun, just for an afternoon, to walk around wearing the face veil. I would like to experience that. Not the burka, but a veil. I don't think our sparkling intellect would be well received in all quarters would it?
  I think you're lovely too, Deb!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I agree, not a burka, a symbol of female opression, but a lovely veil. We may not be received well in all quarters, only among those who accept intellectual women of learning and wisdom! They do actually exist...
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I'm a big fan of intellectual women of learning and wisdom, and strenght. I have no patience for a whiner!
  
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- punxsygal
  
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  I spent 18 hours there on a cruise and it was not enough time--just enough to make me want to go back and see it properly!! Gliding in at 6:00a.m. in the dark with the call to prayer going out from the mosques on the hillsides was amazing--probably my fondest memory of the trip. And I can assure you two hours is not enough time to see Topkapi Palace.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  The Topkapi Palalce, Hagia Sofia, the able Mosue, or the Suleyma??? Mosque. I so want to go there. I spend too much time gazing at Google Images of the city and the mosques.
  
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The true king of the beasts:
http://storyhearts-journey.tumblr.com/post/40379035871/an-african-elephant-towers-above-herds-of-antelope

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  I love it!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  That's an awesome photo! I can't wait to see the series.
  A long time ago I went on a safari in Kenya and Tanzania. I loved the elephants, but then, I loved all the animals..
  
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I've started a discussion for our challenge of reading a book from each other's shelves and called it Wandering the shelf challenge. I also started a thread for each who said they would participate, much like our around the world challenge.
I've posted it in the index and you can find it here: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/92211/discussions/476440/Wandering-the-Shelves-Challenge?showall=true#11987409

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StoryHeart

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Just saw this on tumblr:

Different Kinds of Readers.
The Devourer: Each book is a snack for this kind of reader--but it doesn't mean that s/he won't enjoy each book just as much.
The Lover: Books read by this kind of reader are read in hidden, stolen moments at the most unexpected times.
The Slow Dancer: Books are a treat that this kind of reader savors. Slow and steady wins this reader's race, as his/her eyes take in and taste each and every word.
The Addict: Books are a conquest to this kind of reader. S/he will buy more books than s/he can read, but s/he will ALWAYS have something to read.
The Classic: Books of the past are a gift to this reader. Prose in the style of early contemporary authors, or stories written long ago, are favorites for this reader.
The Die-Hard: Genres are a way of life for this reader. S/he finds a niche and sticks to it--veering from what s/he knows for short bursts of time.
The Advocate: This reader is a lover of books. S/he is not just a reader, but an advocate of reading--hoping that the future will contain more readers.
What kind of reader are you? Add on if you wish!

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  I'm not clear what the Devourer does. I am a Lover-I always have a book with me no matter where I go so I can read while standing in line, on breaks at work, etc. I'm definitely an Addict and Advocate.
  
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  I'm definitely an Advocate. I will always give people books as gifts, tailored to their interests. If they don't read them, that's OK, I just wanted to plant a seed. I've also made it a treat for my children to go to the library or the bookstore....and whenever I can, I mention books I'm reading to people, or have my current read on my desk at work, hoping someone will ask about it. I totally love being this kind of reader, because I know I have turned others on to reading and books, and discovered the reader in acquaintances that I didn't think read. I have also recommended Shelfari to fellow readers.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I might be A Devourer. I devour books of most any genre and author. I like them all
  
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- Aarti
  
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  Definitely an Addict and an Advocate.
  Also an Ex-Bore - I have been known to launch into raptures over a book or author or just the act of reading and seeing the person's eyes glazing over or a look of polite interest when you know they are thinking of something else - probably how to get away from this 'biblunatic' -LOL!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  I'm a Devourer and Advocate. Also increasingly a (new category) Re-Visitor because I love to re-read books. And I've been known to be a Bore too, but my husband (main victim) tolerates it amicably enough.
  Aarti...love bibluntatic...great word!
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  I am a devorer and an advocate as well. I did a speed reading course when I was 14 and my son, who is also a reader, tells me I read too quickly and can't remember the stories. But I have told him it is just old age! I initially joined Shelfari in order to keep a record of my reading as i couple of times I bought books I had already read and thought "hmm this is strangely familiar". I only have books on from the date I joined because I really can't remember much from before then!
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  How are you all interpreting Devourer?
  I agree Story. I struggle to not re--read books I love because I want to read my next new book. I feel Beloved and One Hundrerd Years of Solitude calling to me.
  I not as much of a bore as I used to be because of my friends here at CR. Would it show an appealing lack of humility to call ourselves Prophets or Sirens? I have people who aren't normally readers excitedly tell me about a book they are reading. Usually young women with whom I work. One is reading Sherlock Holmes and the other Birds Without Wings.
  
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- StoryHeart (edited)
  
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  Devour: gobble up hungrily, consume wantonly, take in greedily with the senses or intellect.
  @Elizabeth..I've done that too! Gotten 1/3 of the way through a book and thought, "My, this sounds familiar..." Mostly back when I was working long hours and only able to cope with reading mysteries.
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  I am a Dancing, Devouring, Re-visiting Lover and Addict of the Classics and many Moderns who Advocates books in most of my conversations. Not a slow dancer, although I savor every tasty word.
  One of my favorite things to hear is "I loved that book you told me about."
  
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- bookkaddict
  
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  I am an Addict, which is why I am called Bookkaddict. I have bought more books than I can ever, ever read...how sad is that?
  
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- Rina
  
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  Not sad at all, regifting and sending books on at work are good things to go when needing some space
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I've recently become an Addict...as I have so many more books physically in my house and on my virtual TBR than I can possibly read this year, based on my pace of 6 books a month from last year...I'm also a serial re-read, which isn't on the original list.....I think I have a problem...someone, please help me!!!! Just kidding, I'm quite happy in my addiction, just leave me alone with my books and Crossroads....if someone would just let me go on vacation, on my own, with all of the books on my TBR, maybe I'll be happy at last....pathetic, but true....
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I am in complete agreement, women. Some women can't have too many shoes, we women of substance can't have too many books.
  Why can't don't we plan Reading vacations? Men go on golf outings, fishing trips, etc. we should be treating ourselves to Reading Get Aways. Drive an hour away to a hotel room, bring your bag of books and settle in.
  My lives long friend in NJ and I do that once or twice a year, we each drive 4 hours, meet in PA and spend the weekend away from family and phones with a book or two. We gab, nap, read, hot tub, it's very relaxing,
  
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  I just went on one of those in Argentina... sighhh! The village we go to has NOTHING TO DO in it except go to the river and read. Even my dyslexic non reader son read 2 whole books and Myself and my other son go with a whole suitcase of them.. even my husband who only reads about music read A NOVEL. I must say though all of you read SO FAST. 6 a month Deborah, wow! I read 2 a month and I did a speed reading course when I was 14. I bow to thee!!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Yes, Elizabeth....I was amazed I read that many as well, especially since I have three kids at home. It's really due to my Shelfari membership though....I now have SO many books on my TBR that there is always something waiting to be read. I also insist on "recharge" time on the weekends when I close my door to everything and read undisturbed.
  I took a speed reading course when I was 10 at my school, and I think at that time I got up to 600 words a minute. I'm probably faster now.
  
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- punxsygal
  
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  Addict and Advocate. Too many unread books around the house, 10 stacks in my bedroom, 7 library books on my dresser, 3 started on my nightstand and one in the bathroom. Yes, it is an addiction. And I'm trying to resist the offer of a "free to a good home" book from a friend. I believe my daughter-in-law is afraid I will die and leave all the books for her to deal with in the aftermath. We won't discuss my TBR list and my Kindle. And I love to discuss books with people, making recommendations, matching titles and authors, picking up books for my granddaughters, tucking books into bookcrossing zones and little free libraries.
  
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Hey Roaders - my shelf of books have disappeared, all of them!! Where did they go!!! You know, I wonder how one goes about creating their own online website

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  WS I just looked at your shelf. 320 books, right? I don't doubt that they are missing for you. But I did get to look at them.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  WS, try using a different browser. I'm having the same problem with Ff but IE works.
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  Sparrow, I mentioned in another thread that my Shelfari wasn't running like I wanted so I deleted and reinstalled my internet server (I use Dolphin for iPad) and now it works great. Aarti re-installed her Internet and she reported its working better too. Good luck!
  
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StoryHeart

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Any Murakami fans here?
Murakami Diary app for iPhone
Description: A stylish calendar app for 2013 that enables you to inhabit Murakami’s beguiling fictional universe all year round....Cats slink through the days; the seasons are marked by cherry blossom and Japanese maple...
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/murakami-diary/id584881937?mt=8

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- Rina
  
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  Story, I tried to access this, but for once its not available to those of us in the States.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Too bad!
  
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- Rina
  
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  I know, but once you have access and we don't
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Now you know how we feel!
  
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- Rina
  
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  Ha!
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  It sounds lovely...
  
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- BookBum
  
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  So, wait? The US is not the center of the universe?
  
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Elizabeth M

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Hello campers. Can I please ask a technical question. How do I mark my books as favorites, with a little heart?

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- Rina (edited)
  
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  If your not writing a review under edit, the easiest way is to touch or click the cover. A green edit drop down box appears. To the right is the down arrow. Click or touch it. A menu appears. At the bottom is a heart-favorite, present-wish list, safe- ?
  
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Elizabeth M (edited)

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Thank you! I am able to do it now with a few glitches. BTW I still cannot join the file sharing site StoryHeart posted a link to (Posterous?)

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- BookBum
  
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  Story put out an offer for anyone who thinks they have found a better site to suggest it. I love the idea of Posterous, but I'm still not sure how to use it and for some reason it has nice sharp photos for phone size, but fuzzy edged photos on my iPad.
  
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- Rina
  
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  That's because it's really an iPhone app and stays a small rectangle on the iPad. They have not adapted it for iPad.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I know, why when we are on iPad3 have they not updated it? I can choose 2x, but then the picture is less clear. I honestly tried to learn it, but I haven't found a link that explains it well. Maybe it functions different on a phone than iPad??
  
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- Rina
  
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  No, the directions show up the first time one uses an app. Have you asked your geek son for help yet?
  
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- StoryHeart (edited)
  
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  Can't help you as I'm using it from a laptop. Sorry :-(
  It's frustrating that so many are having trouble. I chose Posterous after a lot of research. It was recommended as the best site for beginning bloggers and groups.
  Someone else suggested a wikisite but I couldn't log into it and am not sure it would allow threaded conversation anyway.
  If we're going to change, someone else will have to take responsibility for setting it up, collecting emails and issuing invites. This is my busiest time of year and work.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I like Posterous. Found it very easy to use
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Me too.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I like it as well...found it very easy to upload my photo...
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Maybe I should get off my couch and use the computer instead of my laptop.
  
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- Aarti
  
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  I can't get on to it either. I tried every thing with it - login, sign up follow link Story sent but it just comes up with a message something like 'oh noes! something went wrong...'. I have decided to let it be for now. I still get emails about whats been put up and comments people have left..
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Regina offered another choice. But it seems whatever choice we come up with somebody has problems.
  We have put a certain amount of stuff on Posterous and would be starting over from scratch.
  What should we do? Try something new, go with Regina's choice or try to work out the glitches in Posterous?
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Did we give Regina's a try? I'd be willing to try it.
  
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- Michael E
  
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  Some of you have a toe in Goodreads. There is a Shelfari group there that is not used for anything but a help and welcome station. BnB could start a Crossroads group there with a limited membership. All the categories for posting reviews could be replicated, albeit with a fresh start with selected repostings. The easy access to book links is a boon for the group. Being able to post links to your own reviews or the in-house review is an advantage, as is ability to post Youtube or other links and (with a learnable skill) images.
  Although the groups are not as warm and personal because of their size, limiting membership can solve that. The best advantage to me is the Facebook like feed on your friends activities (including access to "like" button) and the fully accepted practice of commenting on your friends' reviews. Its just not done enough on Shelfari and you have to dig to find Shelfari friends' reviews unless in the context of a group thread. I believe when the time comes to bail, Crossroads could thrive there. No reason to jump until Shelfari really does fail. In the meantime, maybe once a week make a csv output file of your shelves (which is readable by Excel).
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I would do the work to go to Goodreads if we had to. As long as I have all of you I'll go anywhere.
  
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- TheLibrarian
  
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  I've migrated some thing to Goodreads as well (my name there is Monkey Business - with a photo to two baboons grooming each other; feel free to friend me there). However, while Goodreads doesn't crash and get quirky like Shelfari does, it is not as easy to use or follow. There groups are not set up like Shelfari making them more a change of comments under topics. If you've been on Shelfari for any length of time, Goodread is less "comfortable." That being said, regardless of which site used, a wise person doesn't rely on either to keep track of their books. I keep an excel spreadsheet for backup.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I've tentatively set up a group on goodreads. I prefer to use the shelfari. But perhaps we could use this one for pictures etc. I set it up as a private group. So I think that I will have to approve members.
  I invited those that are on my friends list there. Let me know who you are on goodreads and if you want and invite.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Librarian, I couldn't find you on goodreads. If you can find me, same pic and name, I'll follow you back.
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  I remember reading Regina's idea, but I can't find it or remember what it was. Can someone help?
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I think we are looking at starting a group at Goodreads as a back up to here and for photos, WAM.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  When you join, I would love it if you would post that you have made it in. Because I made it private I do need a request from you or for you to friend me so I can send you an invite.
  Michael is the Wiz at goodreads, who knows how everything works.
  Crossroads at goodreads
  http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/89978-crossroads
  Booknblues at goodreads
  http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4280875-booknblues
  
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- TheLibrarian
  
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  BooknBlues - I just friended you on GoodReads (as MonkeyBusiness) and I requested to join Crossroads there
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  YOu should be in now. I think I kept putting a space in MonkeyBusiness.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I joined Goodreads and asked to join CR. this morning I found your invitation in my Junk Mail, (my email filters too much) so I'm ready. I wonder if you should start a Goodread Discussion announcing the group there since this is buried in a thread about glitches. I couldn't find this thread last night when I wanted to tell you I requested to join. Then you won't have to invitee each and every member here. Just a thought.
  
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StoryHeart

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10 Literary Board Games for Book Nerds. Who knew?
http://www.flavorwire.com/363897/10-literary-board-games-for-book-nerds/view-all
Anyone want to play The Name of the Rose with me?

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- Deborah B
  
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  I'm in Story! Perhaps I should do a re-read of the book first....read it a long, long time ago....I think in addition to an Advocate, I'm a Re-reader as well!!
  I also really like the idea of A Christmas Carol at yuletide and The Shining around Haloween...
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  and Pride and Prejudice, but only if I get to be Lydia and cause mayhem.
  But The Shining....eeeeeeeek!
  
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- Rina
  
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  The Shining was great and The Name of the Rose would be great fun
  
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TheLibrarian

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FOR THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT GLITCHES AND PROBLEMS WITH SHELFARI (pardon my shouting - just wanted your attention)
http://www.shelfari.com/groups/10000/about
If you follow even the discussion topics, you will see that shelfari has been riddled with significant problems since at least early last summer, and they are only getting worse. When something goes haywire with your shelves, searches etc., just drop in on this official shelfari group and you'll see you're not alone.

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- BooknBlues
  
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  Thanks, I'm hoping either Firefox or Shelfari gets a fix in soon. I don't like using IE as much.
  
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WordsArtMusic

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My library is an archive of longings. - Susan Sontag

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Ooooh...lovely!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Soo true.
  
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- punxsygal
  
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  Oh, yes!
  
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WordsArtMusic

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http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/best-bookshop-arrangement-ever/
Some people are so clever.

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Heehee....I love it! The world needs more wacky thinkers like this.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Hmmm...that does show you how important the title and the author are. How inclined would we be to pull out a book when we can't see those.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  very funny!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  There was a comment that this practice of turning the binding to the back of the shelf was very common when taking inventory....mystery solved? Personally, when I go to my local (which is funny in itself. as in England your "local" is the pub you usually go to) which is called Nonesuch Books, which I love because it bears the name of one of Henry VIII's palaces, as well as a river here in Maine....I always look at the bindings only (on the used shelf, of course) for the books I'm interested in...they have a fantastic program where if you buy 3 used books, the 4th is free, and if you are a member of their club, you get 15% off after buying a certain amount of books...my TBR has reached tipping over proportions due to that!! Sorry for the long post...I've had a few glasses of vino...
  
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- BookBum
  
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  The closest used book store to me has a buy 4 get 3rd free deal, but they never have 4 books I want.
  What are you drinking, Deb? I've been hearing my Reisling whisper to me all evening, but I don't want to get sleepy yet.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I was imbibing my usual poison....Barefoot Pinot Grigio. When I had money in another life, I used to drink more sophisticated things, like Premier Cru from Burgundy, but those days are long gone.
  
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- Denizen
  
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  Barefoot is a fine wine. I'm partial to the merlot. Life is full of choices - wouldn't you rather have an inexpensive bottle of wine + a book? Or, drink Barefoot for a couple of years and that special vacation is a little closer? Choices make you appreciate things more, assuming you're not choosing between wine and food on your plate....
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Almost all my favourite wines are cheap ones. My current fave is a very light, super cheap Gazela vinho verde that's so delicious and refreshing you could drink it for breakfast like juice. Not that I do. But on bad days, it has crossed my mind.
  
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- Denizen
  
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  I never consider it before brunch!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I totally agree with your viewpoints, Denizen and Story....I would so much rather enjoy an affordable wine, and indulge my NEED for books!!!!
  It's so funny, when my husband and I put the addition over our garage, we painted our bedroom bright yellow...after the fact, we realized it's the same color as the label on Barefoot Pinot Grigio! They should pay us or something.....
  
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- Denizen
  
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  I like Yellowtail Shiraz but absolutely refuse to paint any room that color
  
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BookBum (edited)

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We all have our TBR and Wishlist, but what books have you heard of or read about and just had to buy, order, or check out that day?
I listened to a podcast with Will Self, who was just shortlisted for Umbrella about his book, How the Dead Live and had to have it asap. As soon as I got home I ordered a copy for myself and my BFF in NJ.
I same day ordered Year of the Hare when Story told me about it, of course the most recently released Saramagos, and The Storyteller of Marakesh when I read BnB's review.
What books have moved past Wishlist to Have within hours of hearing about them?

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- BooknBlues
  
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  Well, Umbrella is one that I had to have.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Have you read it yet? Have you heard of How the Dead Live? Will Self is a very interesting speaker.
  
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- Rina (edited)
  
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  TWO COWS AND A VAN FUL OF SMOKE by Peter Bensen
  MY BRILLIANT FRIEND by Elena Ferrante - famous Italian author
  THE TRANSLATION OF THE BONES by Francesca Kay
  CAPTAIN PANTOJA AND THE SPECIAL SERVICE by Llosa
  THE PROOF OF THE HONEY by Salwa Neimi (erotica)
  SHOGGOTHS IN BLOOM by Elizabeth Berg (SF)
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  No, I'm hoping to find the time soon.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  you know I'm not a brave reader so I thought Umbrella sounded intimidating. I'm happy that I heard of a book by Self that sounds like my kind of book because I have read good things about him.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Umbrella is on my TBR as well. I haven't read anything by this author.
  
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BookBum (edited)

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Book fabric on Pinterest

http://pinterest.com/pin/115052965451227667/.

Fabric starts at $15 per yard and there is no minimum order.

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Fun.
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  Definitely important to know!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Good!
  
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StoryHeart

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So, my new hair dryer comes with the instructions: NEVER USE WHILE SLEEPING.
Thank heavens they warned me!

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- Rina
  
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  Did it tell you not to use it in the bathtub?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Probably...I only glanced at it and saw the napping one. After that news, I was too shocked to read on.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I thought maybe they dropped that one in favor of napping
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Wow. The most unusual warning I read was when I was pregnant 30 years ago: Do not blow air into the vagina. That raised many questions for me. Why would one blow air into the vagina even if one wasn't pregnant? How does one blow air into the vagina? And am I missing out on something?
  
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- Rina
  
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  Now the question is- What happens when you do this? Never mind…
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Seriously! I would really like to know how prevalent vagina inflation is and for what reason it is done.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  okay, I'm snorting now...those two words together are priceless 1)vagina 2)inflation.
  Just too many really bad mental images involved.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  do we have Crossroaders who are in the medical profession? Or one willing to admit some salacious tidbit about their personal life?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Someone write Savage Love quick and get us the answer!
  
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- Aarti
  
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  This is the most hilarious thing I have read in a long time! I am totally in splits here, husband wants to know whats making me laugh so much. Going to refer him to BB's comment about genitals in outlet especially Rina's response!!!!
  
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- punxsygal
  
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  I think I need bleach to erase the image.
  
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- Rina
  
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  Bwahahaha
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  One would think that your vagina (and other parts of your nether regions and otherwise) were undergoing enough inflation during pregnancy.....I'll have to admit I've never considered the possibility of what I'm sure are the myriad benefits to blowing air into one's wedding bits.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Excellent for emergency hot air ballooning, perhaps?
  
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BooknBlues

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A new topic because it is desparately needed.

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- BookBum
  
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  I read somewhere that men are not to poke their genitals into electric outlets. What's that about? ☺
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  How electrifyingly thrilling.
  
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- Rina
  
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  They would fit?!?!?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Rina!!!! Can you hear me laughing?
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  My thought as well, Rina.
  
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- Rina
  
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  Well, you know… the pictures in my mind
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  BnB - I am not sure this is exactly what you meant!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Definitely not.
  
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- JudithG
  
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  If laughter is the best medicine, I can thank you all for curing my head cold. a good thing, I was laughing so hard I almost forgot to breath.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  And we do it free of charge. :)
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  What about us women???? Should we keep our genitalia from electrical outlets?? Just wondering.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Yes, silly, battery operated is much safer!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  OK, this is funny....my in-laws were visiting from England, and my daughter was doing some unsupervised rummaging in my dresser. She found this "Hello Kitty" vibrator that my husband bought for me, and proudly showed it to her Nan and Grandad!!! They didn't know what it was, until she oh so conveniently turned it on for them!!!! I almost died laughing when they told me about this!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  How purrfect a "Hello Kitty" vibrator....that is funny on so many levels.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Don't u love when kids find your buried treasures! That they shared with your in-laws is too funny!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Here's another funny one, and if your are squeamish, or easily offended, stop reading NOW, and if you keep reading, and are offended, please accept my apologies.
  
  I had just gotten out of the shower, and it was that time of the month, so I was both naked, and a certain string was dangling. My daughter was about 18 months old....I was bent over the sink, brushing my teeth, when little Miss B decided to pull on that certain string....talk about an immediate wake up call!!!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  No!! I love those kind of stories. This isn't quite as funny, but my friend's 3rd grade son had to make a hygiene poster by cutting out ads of soap, toothpaste etc. he made it with his grandfather while she was at work, when he brought it home from school at the end of the year she saw they had included an ad for Vagisil! Apparently Grandpa didn't know what that was either, just that the user will feel fresh and clean!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  That's fantastic!!! Love it BB!! Another time, my hubby, my parents, and I were at the supermarket, and my Mom put a BIG tube of KY jelly at the register....my Dad said to my hubby....UhOh, the pressure's on tonight!! Too funny!!
  
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- Michael E
  
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  You guys are so wicked!
  You need a man's perspective and what can go where. You will never think about vegetables the same after this clip of Beniigni's confession to a priest in a Rome taxi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKxro6s7e8
  The whoe Rome segment is also on YouTube if you want to follow the progression even further.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  That's hilarious! Thanks Michael.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Pumpkins!
  
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- punxsygal
  
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  I have tears streaming from my eyes from laughing so hard while reading this thread!
  
  posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
- BookBum
  
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  the look on that poor priest's face was hilarious!
  
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WordsArtMusic

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For those of you with iPods/Pads/Phones: (from appadvice.com)
https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id577723863?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
See the most beautiful places on the planet without ever leaving your home with this travel app. It features more than 2,000 professional quality photos of some of the most fascinating locations in the world. You’re able to discover places at random, look for them on a map, or search by name. Your favorite places can be bookmarked and shared via Facebook. The app also includes filters to help you narrow down your search, more than 1,000 descriptions, and visa information.
It is free "for a limited time" - that usually means one day. It is usually $2.00.

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- BookBum
  
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  Thank you, it even has sound!
  
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- Rina
  
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  Thanks
  
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Deborah B

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DANCE PARTY AT MY HOUSE!!!
Right now, we are boogying down to Donna Summer's "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" any suggestions on what to queue up next?

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- BookBum
  
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  Gangnam Style!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Really????? That is just tooooooo silly for me.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJjI6SXFFPc
  of course.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I don't know many dance songs, but it is hugely popular at weddings now. We all do it!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  WOW, Story thanks so much for that!!!!!!!!!!
  I had that on 8-track....love it!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  I was so in love with Stuart and his big blue eyes...
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  I love how they used tartans in the font for their name....too bad they were kind of one hit wonders...
  
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StoryHeart

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From todays Guardian: " Edinburgh's secret sculptor has struck again, creating five magical paper models in honour of Book Week Scotland, left in unexpected places across the country. Have a look at her handiwork"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2012/nov/30/scotland-secret-book-sculptures-in-pictures?intcmp=239#/?picture=400318100&index=0

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- Deborah B
  
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  I absolutely love this...if only this would happen in the US....it's inspiring!! So beautiful...
  
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- Rina
  
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  Oh my goodness, I want to find one
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  These sculptures are amazing!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I wonder how long those take?
  
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- Rina
  
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  If I was doing it, a very long time
  
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- BookBum
  
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  If I was doing it it would simply being a desecrated book. I have no talent for art.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I love those and the little sayings attached "A bridge too far" try poetry because reading matters.
  And we need such inventiveness because in the US reading scores are declining.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  even with works of genius like Fifty Shades of Grey?
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  eww...let's not go there, BB....can't even fathom ever wanting to read those books.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Those are absolutely mind blowing...the thought, the craftsmanship, the love of literature....it's just so wonderful!!! If I had that level of talent, I would do this too...being an Advocate, of course.
  
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  Amazing!
  
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StoryHeart

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More book art here:
http://storyhearts-journey.tumblr.com/post/41014192687/sosuperawesome-the-fairytale-princess-seven
(love the princess in the bath one)

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- BooknBlues
  
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  I love them.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  WOW...those are so beautiful!! I can't imagine the pacience involved with creating such detailed and intricate work....
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  Or the patience! ☺
  Speaking of typos... If I want to write "it is a good book " is its or it's? If I mean "It's a nice dog, it's bark is worse than its bite". It's or its ?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  It's = it is
  Its = possession.... "The book has lost its cover."
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  Were we speaaking of typos?...I left one in for good measure.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I thought that was it, then I thought it was wrong and was doing the exact opposite all weekend. Thanks, Starry! teehee
  
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BookBum

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Today is an important day in the US. Martin Luther King Jr Day. Although, I guess not every state recognizes or honors MLK. I'm watching a show about Rev King on the history channel. I picked a good weekend to start Small Island about racism in post WWII London.

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- Rina
  
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  And here I thought you were going to say the inauguration. But BB. Not for everyone. Just in the States is MLK day on the calendar.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I said in the US, I made that mistake in July, I think.
  I wonder when my 5 year old granddaughter will realize that her brown skin and crazy hair are differences that will make her life different than her sisters? Hopefully not hugely different, but we aren't naïve, it will be different.
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  I loved Small Island.. the BBC also did a very good serialisation of it. Its great to know today is MLK day!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I just started the first few chapters last night, but so far, so good.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I stand corrected. I read right over that.
  
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- BookBum (edited)
  
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  Does TX honor MLK day? Schools, govt offices are closed in OH.
  I'd like to read Condeleeza Rice's autobiography. She grew up in Birmingham aka Bombingham and went to kindergarten with one of the little girls killed in the church bombing that killed 4 tiny girls.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  For those interested today While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement by Carolyn Maull McKinstry is the kindle daily deal at $1.99
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JZYB20/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0JN2KC6B13REA7XSQ4Z5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846
  
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- katrina E.
  
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  In our Texas city, we do honor MLK day. Governmental offices are closed, and the school districts are either closed , or only teachers have to report to school for in-service.
  
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BookBum

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I'm such a fickle reader, I watched MLK show and was happy to be reading about racism in war torn London, now I'm watching the inauguration and want to read about our Founding Fathers or some very American novel.

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  That's the researchaholic gene in many of us.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  The founding fathers is a theme I find myself going back to now and again. I currently have Desperate Sons on the top level of my TBR and a bio of James Madison hanging around at a lower level. Looking through my shelf, I find two bios of George Washington (so embarrassing.)
  http://www.shelfari.com/books/11654669/Desperate-Sons
  http://www.shelfari.com/books/24436510/James-Madison-and-the-Making-of-America
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I often tell myself I will read from the founding period and read forward, but I find myself reading a founding father book again. I have books from several eras, but I know I'm not in loop enough to know who are the best biographers for which president or historians for each era. I know a out Dk Goodwin, McCullough, Ellis and Winik, and the man who wrote a recent bio of Geo Washington, Cher??, but that's all.
  
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- katrina E. (edited)
  
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  I have been fascinated with American history as a result of my favorite American Literature class in college. Teaching American literature
  for 30 years myself has helped to fuel that fascination. The fact that one point of research leads to another is a never-ending learning experience for me.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Started writing this, and then clicked somewhere that didn't save it....
  Does anyone remember Schoolhouse Rock....I can still recite the Preamble to the Constitution because of that...I used to love the scene where the colonially costumed couple was chasing after each other when they said "the pursuit of happiness...." I love the fact that our country was partly founded on the pursuit of happiness....what could be better than that?
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I remember Schoolhouse Rock! I can't recite the preamble, but I can sing the preamble.
  I wonder what made Jefferson change it from right to own property to right to pursue happiness? I'm glad he did, whatever his reason.
  I've had the inauguration on all day. I love this stuff. I love that he was sworn in on Rev King's Bible, that Myrlie Evers gave the invocation, and that this is all tied in with 150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation, the completion if the Capitol Builindg dome, and since Lincoln was President. I also liked the Sonia Sotomayor swore in Joe Biden.
  I heard the Justice Sotomayor had to really study and practice English, because although it was her 2nd language she used Spanish rules of grammar. Now look at her! ( Funny aside-more little girls have grown up to marry a prince than have become Supreme Court judges! Not a fact that we want to share with our young daughters when pointing to role models.)
  
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  Burr has a lot of great indirect coverage of Jefferson and Hamilton.
  1776 was a satisfying read too.
  Isaccson's biography Benjamin Franklin was a great read, with a good slant on Adams.
  For earlier history, Mayflower was a great history of the first 100 years of the Plymouth Colony.
  For an odd slant, I loved McPhee's Founding Fish, a history of shad in America (e.g. mayby they saved Washington's army from starving at Valley Forge.
  A friend recently gave a rave review of Fischer's Washington's Crossing.
  Cornwell has a Revolutionary War series of historical fiction I am curious about.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Thank you, Michael. It took me awhile to figure out that bios focus on different aspects of the life of an historical figure.
  
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BookBum

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The Costa winners have been announced...I'm not even writing them down, because my Wish List, TBR, and challenges and new books are too much now to even look at another book! I will check them out next week. ☺

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BookBum

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New favorite book store

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/20/baldwin-book-barn-in-west-chester_n_2507200.html

I think I need to go to West Chester PA,

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- StoryHeart
  
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  Nice!
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  There was a book barn near where I used to live in Connecticut, but this one is just so much more beautiful and lovely!
  Is Chitty gassed up and ready to go to PA?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Certainly. But we're going to need to hire a chauffeur if we're going to be traveling this much!
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  It would be a bit of a drive for you, BB. It is beautiful.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I have criss crossed PA many times. I would happily cross it again for a day in that book barn, especially if some of my Crossroad friends will be there as well!
  
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WordsArtMusic

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This addresses the problem with the Posterous account: (It is more about how to save your pictures, but also tells what is going on)
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/01/what-to-do-before-posterous-shuts-down.html#.UP6aeh08DTp

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  Well that explains it. Twitter bought it
  
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- StoryHeart (edited)
  
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  Well, that's too bad. Thanks for this WAM.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  That is the reason Regina couldn't register!
  
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StoryHeart

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An excellent question...which door would you choose?
http://storyhearts-journey.tumblr.com/post/41195767130

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- BookBum
  
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  No question for me! I go to Middle Earth, directly to the Shire so I can find a home in Hobbittown, after second breakfast I start off for the kingdom of the Elves.
  
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  I would choose Camelot, due to my love of historical fiction, kings, queens, and knights. Hopefully I could pass myself off as a member of the nobility.
  
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- BookBum
  
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  I'm home because of weather today, I'm torn between reading or watching Lord of the Rings...
  
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- Rina
  
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  Hogwarts. I find I have magical powers and am no longer a Muggle. I am sorted into Ravensclaw, and sent to pick out a wand and my animal. I can't wait to get my hands on that Mauraders Map and The Cloak of Invisibility
  
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  I'm torn between Hogwarts and Middle Earth. I would very much like to live in a Hobbit Hole, but I also want to ride the Hogwarts Express and have tea with Hagrid.
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Two breakfasts a day has to win out for me. I'm for the Shire.
  
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- BooknBlues
  
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  I'm going to Camelot with Deb.
  
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- Denizen
  
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  Middle Earth but something elvish. I like trees. Lothlorien I think.
  
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  Two breakfasts is certainly a draw, but there's also that team of house elves in the kitchens and the golden plates that magically fill themselves at a word from the diner. It's a tough choice.
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  An excellent question. Having spent my entire childhood trying to get into Narnia I would have to go for that door. But I am also a bit tempted by Neverland. To be quite honest Im not really sure why I wanted to go to Narnia.. its full of white witches and we have enough snow here... Neverland would be much more fun, living in a tree and fighting with pirates.. children never think these things through!
  
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- JudithG
  
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  How did i miss Narnia on this list !!! I want to sail on the Dawn Treader and talk to a sword bearing mouse.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  Just wondering, what is Westeros?
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  I was wondering that too. Maybe we should go there instead?
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  I looked it up...it's from GAME OF THRONES.
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  Oh dear.. well I certainly DONT want to go there
  
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- WordsArtMusic
  
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  All of them?!
  Westeros - http://www.westeros.org/
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  Thanks WAM!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Oh, yes, Westeros is far too violent. The beauty of all these literary doors to other worlds is that we readers can go in and out off all of them whenever we wish!
  
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- Rina (edited)
  
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  I've gone as far as to create an account at Pottermore. Ill let you know how the sorting hat goes
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  A lot of members of the historical fiction group are there too.
  
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- Rina
  
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  I can't believe that I'm the only one that want to go to Hoggworts
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  I'll come with you, but I need a promise of 2 breakfasts a day.
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  It was a really hard choice between Hogwarts and Camelot for me...I finally just picked one.
  
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- Rina (edited)
  
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  I can see the allure of Camelot. But I'd want to go be a priestess of The Lady of the Lake.
  @ Story you could conjure up a breakfast any time you wanted.
  
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BooknBlues

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Speaking of inflation...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2244972/So-thats-babies-come-Couple-think-imaginative-theory-children-brought-world.html

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- BookBum
  
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  That's adorable and clever!
  
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- StoryHeart
  
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  If only it was that easy :-)
  
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- Deborah B
  
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  That was really cute and inventive..StoryHeart is so right...my delivery of my son was horrific!!!
  
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BookBum

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I think we have seen this before, but just in case anyone missed it:
http://bookporn.tumblr.com/

Ahhh, it is an aptly named site.

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  I like them!
  
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- Michael E
  
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  Lovely and sensuous.
  But there are 1,500 pages. It can only be a random lustful mating.
  
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- Rina
  
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  Ooooo, Michael
  
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- Elizabeth M
  
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  I don't dare look!
  
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- BookBum
  
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  Just take a peek, Elizabeth, you know it's too tempting to resist.
  
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