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Book Talk » March audiobook thread » The Perks of Being a Wallflower
AllSmiles 10 yrs ago
by Stephen Chbosky. I love the main character in this novel, who is very sensitive, intuitive, naive and also loving and respectful. I care about what happens to Charlie and his friends. Honestly, listening to Charlie…
Book Talk » March audiobook thread » The Poets' Corner: The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]
AllSmiles 10 yrs ago | 1 replies
I haven't read poetry much at all since my college days but I'm truly enjoying this audiobook, which I'm listening to through Overdrive, from the public library. I love the readings and Lithgow's commentary. It's all q…
Book Talk » August audiobook thread » Call the Midwife
AllSmiles 10 yrs ago
One chapter left to listen to...I will miss this book when I am done....I really enjoy it.
Book Talk » July audiobook thread » My Beloved World
AllSmiles 10 yrs ago
by Sonia Sotomayor, narrated by Rita Moreno. I like memoirs and this is the one is no exception. Really enjoying it. I'm also reading Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens. I have the audiobook narrated by Simon …
Book Talk » Rosamunde Pilcher - any fans here? » Winter Solstice
AllSmiles 10 yrs ago
is the only one I've read and I loved it. Read it about five times before I released it...
Book Talk » The July First Sentence Thread » In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year
AllSmiles 10 yrs ago
there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark Bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn eve…
Book Talk » What are you reading-7th/8th March? » Moby Dick by Herman Melville
AllSmiles 12 yrs ago
Tackling this classic after being convinced by Nathaniel Philbrick upon reading his book:"Why Read Moby Dick?"
Chit-Chat » Another independent bookstore closes...
AllSmiles 12 yrs ago | 2 replies
although the owners will continue in a smaller space selling used books and taking special orders. I wish them success in this scaled-down endeavor. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120224…
Chit-Chat » Really? This is how you dress for a job interview? » Ignorance?
AllSmiles 12 yrs ago | 2 replies
Sometimes, I think it's a matter of lack of education. Maybe no one has ever taught these applicants about proper dress for a job interview. I really don't know what my 16-year-old step-daughter would have showed up in…
Book Talk » Trouble with Austen » I recently read
AllSmiles 12 yrs ago
The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and David M. Shapard. Although some may find this a tedious way to read the book (which I'd already read a few times before) I found that this version made revisiting the…
Book Talk » February First Sentence Thread » "Most days I wish I was a British pound
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago
coin instead of an African girl. From Little Bee by Chris Cleave.
Book Talk » Favorite childhood literary heroines and/or heroes? » Childhood favorites
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago
I liked Sarah Crewe from "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Remi from "Nobody's Boy" by H. Malot. Also liked Huck Finn.
Book Talk » Books that make you cry » Oh, yes,
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago
I think the first time I ever cried when reading a book was when I read "A Little Princess" by Francis Hodgson Burnett. I was probably about ten years old. More recently, I found myself weeping on an airplane as I go…
Book Talk » 19 to 21 November: What are you reading this weekend? » Just Finished Blind Your Ponies
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago
by Stanley Gordon West. A fairytale, I would say, but an excellent one....I wept, I laughed, my heart pounded....great story!
Book Talk » Nov 15th & 16th - What are you reading? » An old favorite....
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago
Currently re-reading The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. I read this book in high school when a good friend of mine introduced me to books by this author. I found this book along with the next two in the series at my loc…
Book Talk » Please share what were your best reads for May? » A couple I really liked were...
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright and The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner.
Book Talk » 1st & 2nd June. What are you reading? » The Angel's Game by Carl Ruiz Zafon..
AllSmiles 13 yrs ago | 1 replies
I have not yet read The Shadow of the Wind, for which the The Angel's Game is a prequel.
Site Questions: Basic and Advanced » Two problems with releasing books today.. » Re: Re deleting the release notes: you can make new release notes, but...
AllSmiles 14 yrs ago
Thanks so much for your reply, Gory. I now realize that I did not adjust the time zone box at all...I somehow didn't see it when I was filling in the blanks. This time I re-checked each box more carefully before ente…
Site Watch » a very happy finder who loves to read.....
AllSmiles 14 yrs ago | 2 replies
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7858700
Site Questions: Basic and Advanced » Two problems with releasing books today.. » correction....
AllSmiles 14 yrs ago
The first book I mentioned does show on my bookshelf but my release notes were of course deleted and I can't put any back in...oh well, I hope the finder will journal it! Still confused about the release time problem …

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