I read this book for book club awhile back and thought that it was an alright book. It was a little hard to get through. Because I read it for a YA book club I'm going to put it in the YA Bookbox that I am going to send out.

Going to send off this Bookbox tomorrow hopefully, enjoy!

Couldn't resist taking this out of from z3CarGaragez's YA Crossover Bookbox: I read this in the 7th grade and I think we had to act out a scene from it in English class...or something like that.

Other copies on my BookCrossing shelf: 11330732 • 11553646 • 14378549

Edit December 2012: oops, where did I put this one?

Found it!

It's been many years since I actually read this, so I decided to give it a whirl..and enjoyed it.

I remembered the bit about buttoning a shirt, but when I first read this, I hadn't encountered Heinlein's Notebooks of Lazarus Long so the concept of therbligs didn't make much of an impression.

I read the Notebooks a few years later and encountered this Heinlein/Long quote: "Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime -- and thereby gives you time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows." At that time therblig was a mystery word to me, but re-reading the Galbraith's adventures all these years later, I've finally made the connection and realized that Heinlein must have been familiar with the work of the Galbraiths - he uses the "lazy man" concept in one of his books as well.

Since much of this book takes place in and around the Galbraith home in Montclair, New Jersey, I'll count it as book 5/59 for NancyNova's 2013-2014 US states & territories reading challenge.

Left at a bus stop on Waialae Avenue, near the Napa store. I'll count this release for msrubble's 2013 movie challenge. This is also a themed read & release for NancyNova's Ultimate Challenge (January).

(Larger photo here.)

This book was set free to find a new reader; I'm so glad you've found it!

This is now your book and you may do whatever you like with it, but I'm hoping you will read and enjoy it. You're welcome to keep it for as long as you wish, and you can even mark it for your "permanent collection" if you'd like...but you don't have to.

In fact, there are no requirements: it's really a free book - no strings. On the other hand, if you do make a journal entry to let the book's previous readers know that it's safely in your hands (anonymously if you wish), that would be super. :D

If you're new to BookCrossing, I hope you will take some time to explore this wonderful free and anonymous community of book lovers and learn about what it has to offer. If you decide to sign up, you may use me (hyphen8) as your referring member if you like.

When you're done with the book, please do feel free to make a journal entry saying what you thought of it or what you plan to do with it next. If you decide to pass it this book to another reader or leave it for someone else to find, joining BookCrossing will allow you to follow the book's future travels whenever another reader makes a journal entry...who knows where it will turn up next?

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