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Is life too short to read the same book more than once?
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Re: Life is to short to not enjoy great books
MSTie4
18 yrs ago
No, life is not too short to read the same book more than once. There are a number of reasons to re-read a book. I just re-read The Know-it-All (AJ Jacobs) because I had read two books on the Holocaust which hit me dee…
MSTie4
18 yrs ago
And thank you, GoryDetails! I think I'll print out both of your replys and post them on the board above my computer. That way I'll remember how to handle this in the future.
MSTie4
18 yrs ago
That's what I've been doing, but wondered if there was a better way to do it. Thanks so much for the help and the quick reply! :)
MSTie4
18 yrs ago
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I'm not exactly a newbie, but I do have a question about my registered books. Very often a good friend of mind askes to borrow a book I've read (and happens to be one I've registered). I love her like a sister, but - h…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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CLOSED! WINNERS DRAWN!! RABCK draw for those who got conned by Dewung77/AA7/Miranda
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Well... I almost got conned...
MSTie4
18 yrs ago
She PMed me a couple of weeks ago. I agreed to send her three of the five books she asked for, but told her I'd have to wait a couple of weeks. She offered a trade, but I said it wasn't necessary - I'd send them withou…
Book Talk
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What are you using as a bookmark(s) right now?
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A paint sample card from the Sherman Williams paint store
MSTie4
18 yrs ago
They make great book marks, come in hundreds of colors and are free! :)
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
Public schools should be accepting of and open to all people. There is no possible way to teach religion without exclusion of some group or teaching religion without a personal slant - intentional or not. And what are …
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
Lithuanian, English, Scottish (Bruce Clan), Native American and Norwegian. My husband is Pennsylvania Dutch (German)and Canadian. One of my daughters is engaged to a first generation American from Vietnam and another i…
Chit-Chat
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What Nationality are you? (roots)
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My Englis part came in 1636 to Boston, settled in Dedham
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
My Taylor
> lineage (the English part) came to America
> in 1630 and I am 13th generation American.
Where did your family settle?
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
1. Walk
2. Blue
3. Love roller coasters - I like the old wooden one (The Phoenix) at Knoble's Grove in Pa
4. Love the mountains, hate the beach
5. Yep... I'm an Aries
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
and maybe that's the point of it... not necessarily to hit us over the head with a message, but to keep up thinking, wondering, turning it over in our minds. One of my favorite parts was when Pi explained why he had joi…
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
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... so their reading lists are different from the public schools. This year my son had to read In Pharaoh's Army by T. Wolff, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, Iron & Silk by M. Salzman, Grande by J. Gardner and S…
Book Talk
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
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This was my book club book a few months ago
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
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I liked it and have recommeded it to others. When we discussed it at our book club I found it interesting that everyone said they either cried or 'teared up' at some point in the book, but it was a different place in th…
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
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I just finished reading Life of Pi and can't decide how I feel about it. The reviews mention that it will re-new your faith, but other than Pi's strong religious beliefs, I'm not sure how it was supposed to have done th…
Book Talk
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Sept 6: What are you reading, and give a mini review
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Napalm and Silly PUtty by George Carlin
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
It started out OK... the usual rantings of George Calin. He can be very funny at times, but I really started to be put off by some of the things he says. I'm not a prude - it's not the sex or drug references or the fou…
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
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> I make some excellent sandwiches. Need a
> partner? :-)
Maybe Scarlett1968 can do some 'research' for us while she's reading The First Deadly Sin... she could write down all the sandwichs he eats through out the b…
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
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> Great book. Reading that series always
> made me hungry. :-)
I always thought about opening a sandwich shop and calling it the Edward X, but I figured very few people would get it. I love the Deadly Sin series.
Chit-Chat
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Just curious, how long has everyone been married
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MrMstie & I have been married for 27 years as of last May14
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
And I'm still madly in love! :)
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
... I think. I have a lot of old book that have been passed down through both families. But I think my oldest is a hymnal. I collect hymnals and have some without dates that I suspect are older than that.
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
I have three turtles - Gertie and Eddie (red ear sliders) and Buzz (a western painted). Gertie and Buzz are girls and Eddie is a boy. You can tell pretty early on by the length of their fingernails. Boys have long fin…
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
(with someone I had decided I didn't want a fourth date with) a guy told me he could never marry me because my parents were divorced and that I had no chance of holding a marriage together because of that. His parents w…
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
I love the show Mystery Science Theater 3000 - aka MST3K. Fans of the show are called MSTies - pronounced "Misties". My favorite number is 4. :) It's been my screen name for over 10 years.
MSTie4
19 yrs ago
I work with laborers and that seems to be a profession where they don't ask too many questions about your past. We have one guy who spent a year in jail (drunk driving for the fifth time) and came to work every day on w…
