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That picture of me is 13 years old, but I think I'll keep it since I look so young...and blonde! LOL :o)

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I am happy in having learned to distinguish between ownership and possession. Books, pictures, and all the beauty of the world belong to those who love and understand them- not usually to those who possess them. All of those things that I am entitled to have I have- I own by divine right. So I care not a bit who possesses them.- James Kehler

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.... You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. - Angela Carter

SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME!!! I'm throwing out my local library card because I now have a huge, international library that, except for the price of postage, doesn't charge any late fees and I get to communicate with the people who read the book before and after me!

I discovered Bookcrossing through flylady.net (and my house has been a mess ever since!) Call me a BC nerd, but there's no thrill like anonymously releasing books in public and then sneaking away!hehe!

My birthday RABCK buddy is dutchbooky - September 28

My only surviving book ring (the rest have all stalled long ago): Reading Lolita in Tehran


Thanks to Cliff1976 for my wish list (which shows only a tiny portion of the books I really wish for!)

My wish list

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Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart. - My So-Called Life


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Flannery O'Connor wrote your book. Not much escapes
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You're the color blue. You have the three c's in
life--you're cool, caring and confident.
Trustworthy and honest, people are naturally
attracted to you. You're unusually optimistic,
but that makes life all the better. You're an
imaginative person who loves sleeping and
dreaming. Hard-working and determined, you
excel in school. You're everybody's favorite,
and this is because you have this undefined
richness in your personality and attitude.
Mild-tempered and stable. Not to mention very
intelligent. Along with the fact that you're
conservative, you're worried about the
environment. So basically, you're generous,
dependable and devoted--just the kind of person
everybody needs. Wouldn't it be great if
everybody in the world were like you?


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COUNTRIES I HAVE VISITED:



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You Belong in Rome

images.yournewromance.com/---/rome.jpg" height="100" width="100"> You're a big city girl with a small town heart Which is why you're attracted to the romance of Rome Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand And gorgeous Italian men - could life get any better?