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9moons
16 yrs ago
I'll try to stick to two pages ;)
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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All About me Journal - would you like to spill to beans?
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Sure - add me to the list
9moons
16 yrs ago
it's cheaper than therapy...
;)
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Time Traveler's Wife - Bookring - Australia
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I must be crazy -
9moons
16 yrs ago
because Mt TBR is threatening to topple over and crush me in my sleep.
But please add me to the list also :P
I'm in 4121.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Int'l Ring: Cafe Europe: Life After Communism - Slavenka Drakulic
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This sounds like something I might be interested in.
9moons
16 yrs ago
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Please add me to the list Carrie. I don't mind being at the end (I'm in Australia), as I have a mountain of books to climb in the meantime.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Australia only bookring - The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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Please add me also
9moons
17 yrs ago
I am happy to be the last one on the list, as my bedside pile is reaching skywards again!(just when I thought I had it under control...)
Book Talk
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book recommendations for depressed 32 year old architect
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Re: How about Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart?
9moons
18 yrs ago
excellent! have added to the list :)
Book Talk
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book recommendations for depressed 32 year old architect
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Re: Hmm...Strangers on a Train could go either way.
9moons
18 yrs ago
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... an interesting suggestion!
If I ever find it, I might read it myself!!
9moons
18 yrs ago
and have added it to the list of possibilities. Thanks for the tip!
Book Talk
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book recommendations for depressed 32 year old architect
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Re: What sorts of cultures interest her?
9moons
18 yrs ago
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She is religious, but not really 'spiritual' if you know what I mean.
I think I want to get her something cheery, because anything too philosophical or deep may just make her feel more hope-less. That's why, although s…
Book Talk
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book recommendations for depressed 32 year old architect
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Re: Is depression common to Architects?
9moons
18 yrs ago
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It must have something to do with their left-brain thinking! Isn't it a stereotype that artists/creators are prone to manic depression?!
9moons
18 yrs ago
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9moons
18 yrs ago
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My good friend is drowning in a quagmire of family/love/work problems, and I want to buy her a book to uplift her spirits.
I saw in an earlier thread that some recommended "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn, to improve one's o…
Book Talk
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feminist women's self-affirmation books -- recommendations requested
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Women Who Run With the Wolves
9moons
18 yrs ago
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Clarissa Pinkola Estes
(in a nutshell: Estes gives you permission to rage, to cry, to go off with the fairies, to trust your instincts, etc)
9moons
19 yrs ago
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D'oh!
...Thanks!
9moons
19 yrs ago
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Does anyone have a SPANISH version of Don Quixote? I live in Brisbane, Australia and am willing to trade anything from my bookshelf.
(I did do a search of the site for the book, but I'd like to try to get the book from…
9moons
19 yrs ago
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I know they get
> reused by a number of people (my parents
> use them as garbage liners for their
> kitchen bin) but they still end up on the
> landfill and they still don't break down!
I re-use my plastic b…
Chit-Chat
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'EEEEdipus Rex'? Were *all* my English teachers wrong, or is the radio ad?
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I concur with libertine actually
9moons
19 yrs ago
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I've always pronounced it "Eedipus". I can't recall when I first heard the term, but I doubt it was at school or from a teacher. Probably tv or a movie...
9moons
19 yrs ago
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I've been to Melbourne a few times (4 at last count). Once during a heatwave!
I always imagined Adelaide as cool and crisp and green (and I'm sure it is most of the year).
I'm not sure which is worse: hot dry 40 deg…
9moons
19 yrs ago
That's just it! I do want to just stay at home and get the nest ready and spend time with my first-born, and have afternoon siestas, and I have actually said that out loud, in conversation. Somehow, it hasn't made a di…
Chit-Chat
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Need advice re: tricky family/friend situation
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That's a good one to remember for the future
9moons
19 yrs ago
especially when I get the baby home. I feel sure she will be on the phone or at the door offering to 'help' all the time.
Cheers!
9moons
19 yrs ago
Great advice.
9moons
19 yrs ago
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How do you say to someone that you would rather stay at home and do housework than spend time with them?!
I want to handle this diplomatically and inoffensively as possible, as we will see each other often at family ga…
9moons
19 yrs ago
I used to work with a girl who brought a scarf and gloves to work because she claimed the a/c was too cold! At first we thought she was exaggerating for effect, but she continued to wear them...
(Inconceivable in a Br…
9moons
19 yrs ago
thanks! And I really did have a big pile of laundry to put away that I've been avoiding for 2 days! :D
