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Wylchild
17 yrs ago
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Just wanted to let everyone know that I've set up a new OBCZ on the West Campus at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
located at:
Department of Religion
Graduate Lounge
Gray Building (Room 200)
West Camp…
Wylchild
17 yrs ago
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is nearly 700 pages of early-to-mid 20th century history, with a very liberal sprinkling of 14th-15th century European and Middle Eastern history from the areas where Dracula was rumore…
Wylchild
17 yrs ago
I'm going with June 8, 2007. That woulda been my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary if they both hadn't passed away last year.
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Gosh, all sorts of ways with the most popular being book clubs. Between me and my kids, we order from 4 different ones. We do a lot of ordering through Amazon.com too, usually kids books that they just HAVE to have as so…
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PLEASE POST YOUR # REGISTERED AS OF APRIL 17TH: Gather 'round, boys and girls
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+32.......565 books as of April 17
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
Add 32 more for me. I'm at 565 as of April 17. :-)
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
I'm not a stickler for page limits. It really depends on the plot. There are some stories that can be told in a couple hundred pages, but then others that seem to be missing something and it's usually one of two things.
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[Speculation] Would limiting number of PMs per (day?) help fight spam?
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Re: Good points, counterpoints, and suggestions so far, thanks!
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Stone, you're exactly right. This is like gun control. No amount of legislation will stop the bad guys from obtaining what they want. The same goes for this little spammer problem. Like computers in general, they're here…
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[Speculation] Would limiting number of PMs per (day?) help fight spam?
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Re: Your point?
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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I give up. I wasn't trying to suggest a worse solution. I was merely pointing out that the only real solution would be MORE problematic for more people who DON'T abuse the system, and of course voicing my displeasure at …
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[Speculation] Would limiting number of PMs per (day?) help fight spam?
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Re: I dunno about that
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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My point exactly...I just plain don't like the idea of limiting PMs.
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[Speculation] Would limiting number of PMs per (day?) help fight spam?
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Re: Good points, counterpoints, and suggestions so far, thanks!
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Another thought...you mentioned spammers doing their evil deeds manually...I'm thinking a lot of this is probably done through the ole cut-and-paste method. That way they don't have to type message after message. They ju…
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[Speculation] Would limiting number of PMs per (day?) help fight spam?
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I dunno about that
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Speaking from a victim's POV (yes, I got hit by AstroAquarius when I first joined BC), I don't like this idea. I think it's safe to say that we'll all get hit by a spammer at some point, whether it's at BookCrossing or i…
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
I'll probably have nightmares tonight about my high school English/American Lit class now. :-(
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Okay, don't slam me for mentioning the "competition's" name, but I recently ran across PaperBackSwap.com. I never heard of them until about a month ago, but being a book lover, I had to check them out. Now honestly, I do…
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
I read this book in 2 days and LOVED it!
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
I'm trying really hard to get through "Final Scream" by Lisa Jackson. Normally, I like her books, but this one...it's killing me. The first half was all history and the POV keeps jumping back and forth from an unidentifi…
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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What book(s) really scared you while you were reading it/them, kept you awake at night, or gave you nightmares? Who wrote it? Was if fiction or non-fiction? What genre was it (horror, thriller, true crime, etc.)? Did you…
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Re: 38 more books registered! Current total is 471!
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
I'm pulling them out of the woodwork now...LOL! It's pretty amazing how many books you can find just by going through the kids rooms for Spring cleaning. I had no idea they had so many unregistered books.
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PLEASE POST YOUR # REGISTERED AS OF APRIL 17TH: Gather 'round, boys and girls
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oops forgot to update...105 more books registered! Current total is 433!
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Well, I started moving into my new house right after I dropped my hat in...registered dozens of books from the back of my family bookshelves as I packed and then forgot to update after every 25. LOL! So now I have a tota…
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
Well gee, let's see...if I have to reread "How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?", "How I Became a Pirate", or "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" again, I think I'll go insane. LOL! Those are my son's (current) favorite bedti…
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What's the first line of the book you're currently reading?
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Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley / The Passion by Geza Vermes
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
from Desire After Dark
"It wasn't easy, destroying a vampire. Even when you found one tucked into his coffin at high noon, he didn't always go down without a fight."
from The Passion
"No attentive reader of the Gosp…
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PLEASE POST YOUR # REGISTERED AS OF APRIL 17TH: Gather 'round, boys and girls
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328 registered
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
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Nuts! I just registered #328 5 minutes before I read the post, but count me in from here on.
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
2005
Desire After Dark
by Amanda Ashley
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
Like so many folks, I like some of everything, but the one aisle that I ALWAYS hit in the book stores is the mystery/suspense aisle. Although I will admit to leaning toward the sub-genre of romantic/erotic suspense.
Wylchild
18 yrs ago
I'm with Moraelyn. I can easily come up with a dozen...probably more if I sit and think about it for a minute...but I'll stick with three that didn't disappoint me in either movie or book form. ;-)
Salem's Lot by Step…
