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BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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I recently logged back into Bookcrossing when my husband weeded his book collected and wanted to release them into the numerous Little Free Libraries near us, so I convinced him to register them all. When I did, I saw my…
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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I've never heard of this book, and it sounds like a fascinating piece of history to learn. Thanks for the recommendation!
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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Thanks for introducing me to this author--these are great options!
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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Awesome recommendation! Thanks so much!
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
Echoing JessicaEby that A Night Divided sounds interesting, albeit above my age cutoff! It reminds me of a middle-grade book I read for my curriculum review freelance project called Hitler's Canary about the Danish Resis…
Book Talk
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Children's Literature recs!
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RE: Are there any specific subjects/themes/genres/writing styles/anything you're looking for?
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
Libertad sounds great - I'm definitely covering the We Need Diverse Books movement and how literature responds to contemporary social issues, and it sounds like it covers both of those categories nicely. Thanks for the r…
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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The course is focusing on children's literature as a distinct genre from young adult literature, so I'd say middle-grade (6th/7th) is my cut off. I love Telgemeier--got the opportunity to hear her speak at the National B…
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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Hi! I'm teaching a Children's Literature course at a community college this semester, and I'd like to do the independent reading along with my students. I tend to specialize more in YA, so what are some great children's …
Bugs and Broken Bits Reporting
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[SEE UPDATE] "No book was found in our database. ..."
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Bug still extant
BMVCOE
4 yrs ago
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Got on the site for the first time in months to register books to donate and discovered that none of the searching worked: ISBN and title searches in both Google and US Amazon brought up the "No book found" error. I did …
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
I like the Odd Thomas books more than the other Koontz I've read, but that's because I'm not a big horror/gore fan. Lightning was the first book of his I've read, but I think that's because time travel was an element of…
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
Funny this should come up, I'm taking a class on genre theory and doing my final paper on the construction of female gender roles in banned/challenged young adult books throughout the years. I see these books as sites w…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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[INTL] bookray, classic yaoi manga series I Shall Never Return:
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RE: [US] ray-it-forward, classic yaoi manga series I Shall Never Return:
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
I'd be interested in reading them, and in sending them along if others are interested too; if not, I have some manga-reading friends who might want them.
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
I too was wondering how on earth the movie could be an action-based narrative given the book's reliance on many different characters. Sadly, I think the focus on Brad Pitt's character means that some of the small charac…
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
BookCrossers were incredibly generous about helping me stock my classroom! I'll PM you for your address and send on some of the leftover middle-grade books I have since I left teaching to go back for my PhD.
Another …
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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What's your "oldest" wish?
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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
I think I first heard of Rushdie when I learned that he was threatened with death for writing this book, and I wanted to know what was so horribly transgressive about it. I wished for it on 9/19/2005! It's remained po…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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US/CAN RABCK Help a girl out!!!
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RE: US/CAN RABCK Help a girl out!!!
BMVCOE
11 yrs ago
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I'd love to have Rooftops of Tehran! PM me for my address if you're willing to send it out!
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
Like Gory, I don't watch most competition shows, but I love this one not only because it's what I do, but because I think the judges can and do give quality constructive criticism. You can tell from their comments that …
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
I'm a 10th grade teacher (who loves SF!), so I know that a lot of the adult books are going to be too hard for some of your kids. Some great choices that might be more appropriate:
Maximum Ride series by James Patter…
Based on the Book: Books to Movies
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Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit
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Seen it and would love to read the novels!
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
I loved the series first because of how gorgeous the animation was, and second because it was fun to watch the relationship develop between Balsa and Chagum. I love fantasy novels with women warriors in the first place,…
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
One of my friends (and fellow bibliphile) was so disappointed that there wasn't a bookstore in her neighborhood when she moved to New York City. And then in June, she was pleasantly surprised to discover that one had po…
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
You're spot on about the narrators, miketroll. It's fascinating to see how the father's bullheadedness influenced not only his relationship with the "natives," but also with his family. Another thing I liked about the b…
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
I first learned of Gormenghast when my dad taped the BBC miniseries from PBS for me when I was at college--he said it looked like something I would like. So I watched it, and thought, "This is the weirdest thing ever!" …
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
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The Hunger Games is set to come out in 2012, according to IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/
What do you think of the potential this has for a movie?
We teachers are a bit frustrated because every time …
Based on the Book: Books to Movies
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett is now a
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Not sure about this one, but will probably see it at some point.
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
While reading the book, I loved the way the characters "talked" and interacted in my mind, and I'm afraid that the actresses won't live up to my imagination. (Nothing against the actresses, but it's always disappointing …
BMVCOE
12 yrs ago
A few years ago, my mother decided that since she never gets a chance to make Christmas cookies in December because she's so busy--she works for a school for children with special needs, and they spend most of the month …
