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VauxhallCrosser
12 yrs ago
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Having had a book sale last weekend the library at which I work now has many books still available. They are mostly fiction and althogh not absolutely current, most are only a year or two old. I am happy to take requests…
VauxhallCrosser
13 yrs ago
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Is there a list anywhere of those unscrupulous individuals who target kind bookcrossers asking for books, only for us to find out later that they are hoarding and/or selling the books, rather than participating in a just…
Release Challenges
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CLOSED THREAD, USE NEW THREAD * Reduce Mount TBR Challenge 2010 ~March~
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Modest goal as I'm so busy. The top 4 from my TBR pile, includes "Mostly Harmless"
VauxhallCrosser
14 yrs ago
How I haven't yet read this is beyond me.
VauxhallCrosser
14 yrs ago
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I saw the strapline "800 books released in one day" and thought, that's not all that great :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/default.stm
VauxhallCrosser
14 yrs ago
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I know the place, I have been a few times. It's not my idea of heaven as it's really better if there's a book you're specifically looking for, I prefer to browse and see what takes my interest. My bookcrossing heaven was…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Offered. "OF FIRE AND NIGHT" Sorry if this isn't the place, suggestions welcome.
VauxhallCrosser
14 yrs ago
I just picked up this fifth book in a series by Kevin J. Anderson.
The series is called "the saga of seven suns".
Not to be confused with turquoisefloyd's "seven worlds" series, the first book of which is inspired.
If…
VauxhallCrosser
14 yrs ago
weak I know, but hey :-)
Conventions and Meetings
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Reading, Berkshire meetup - Great Expectations - Thurs May 7th from 19.00h
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Can't make it sadly....
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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... but all the best. I like Reading (there's a good games shop) so I hope to get to a meet there one day. Have fun.
Book Talk
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What is the first line of your current read?
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Re: "'Men half your age and double your weight have been slain on these wastes by...
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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> Extremity of Cold,' said the Earl of
> Lostwithiel, Lord Warden of the Stannaries
> and Rider of the Forest and Chase of
> Dartmoor, to one of his two fellow-
> travelers."
> From The System of the World, b…
Book Talk
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Which book characters do you hate? (heated debate alert!)
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Gollum from LOTR (Spoiler for those who watched Titanic hoping for a happy ending)
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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But the whole point is that he redeems himself at the end
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
> We read this in a Scifi/fantasy book group
> I belonged to and my friends said it
> perfectly when he said "If this can get
> published then anything can."
If you already have two or three bestselling series, …
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
If this is only for books I have actually finished, the first Stephanie Plum, which had been recommended by people whose views are usually good, was my worst ever. It amazes me that people like these characters.
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
I thought "Stream of Conciousness" sounds interesting, but I really couldn't get more than about ten pages in before I had to stop. Maybe it was my mindset at the time and I'd enjoy it now about 10 years later, but as on…
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
I agree with both messages above, the main reason I thought HDM was compared with HP was that they were both purportedly written for children, but enjoyed in huge numbers by adults.
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
Before you put down an author, or a set of works, it would be best to read them all, ok maybe you don't have to read all Dickens or Shakespeare to know whether you like them or not, but in the case of "His Dark Materials…
Book Talk
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My Bookshelf Is EMPTY! Finally~
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Who are you and what have you done with the real ChubsieWubsie
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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No-one ever empties their shelves, surely, it's a fundamental law of the universe isn't it ?????
Seriously, congratulations, most of us can only aspire to such devotion.
Enjoy them whilst you can.
Book Talk
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If I really don't like a book, should I still release it?
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Yes, but journal it with your impressions...
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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... that way if someone finds it and visits here, they will be forewarned.
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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Working in a Library has few perks, but when it comes time for shelf clearing; staff get books that would be sold, for free. Such an time has just occurred and so I have a few hundred (mostly recent) books from which to …
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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I haven't seen the newer film, but it may be worth hunting down a film called "The Omega Man" with Charlton Heston, I believe it's based on the same story and may be a truer telling than the Will Smith version.
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
After I finished Sphere for the first time, I found myself thinking about how I'd film it. I think I'd done all the work in my head when I found out that they'd actually made the film, what a huge disappointment, only ma…
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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Nice to see someone rather old in there. Interesting news about the T-shirt, I have seen similar, but not actually the one they mention.
I agree with many respondants that Harkonnen fron Dune rates a mention, maybe no…
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
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I recently picked up the first two books in this series, and was wondering if anyone here had read them, I beleive there are 13 or so books now. Have you read them all, or maybe a substantial number of them, did you give…
VauxhallCrosser
15 yrs ago
Reading this due to being asked for the latest in the series by a young lady in the library, although I had to disappoint her by telling her we would probably not stock it until the paperback version comes out, she enthu…
Bugs and Broken Bits Reporting
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Quick Menu and Wishlist ** NOT fully operational yet! **
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How do we grant these wishes ?
VauxhallCrosser
16 yrs ago
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I already have a book on a certain person's wishlist: I don't want to purchase it through any of the available websites. Maybe it is in the pipeline, but will there be a way to flag that you have sent a book to them so t…
Conventions and Meetings
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Thank the London organisers thread
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Re: sorry I seem to have 'p'd' all over this thread
VauxhallCrosser
16 yrs ago
Ouch, L, I hope that didn't cost you too much in messaging costs, after spending all my sponduliks at the weekend I know I wouldn't like a huge comms bill this month. I have already thanked everyone in another thread, bu…
