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emac52
14 yrs ago
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I need to finish the last couple of chapters of Atonement (Ian McEwan) & Sepulchre (Kate Mosse), and I'm just about to start Son of a Witch.
emac52
14 yrs ago
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so far so good, just made it to the 'Dunkirk' section...
emac52
14 yrs ago
Will post anywhere, (UK/Europe preferred)
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September 12 and 13 -- Share with us what you are reading
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
emac52
14 yrs ago
for the umpteenth time - there's something comforting about returning to a book that you know so well... plus you get to spot the 'howlers' that you missed the first time when the series wasn't completed!
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What is the first sentence of the second paragraph in the book you are reading?
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The Last Witchfinder, James Morrow.
emac52
14 yrs ago
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Unlike you humans, a book always remembers its moment of conception.
emac52
14 yrs ago
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plus I really liked Michael J Fox's autobiographies (both of them) and Alan Alda's never have your dog stuffed.
emac52
15 yrs ago
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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Closing May 4th; Intl bookring; Story of O (1001 book)
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I'm interested
emac52
15 yrs ago
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Please add me. I will post worldwide (though prefer Europe!)
emac52
15 yrs ago
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Debbie's Idea, Book army also feature but BookCrossing is still my favourite.
emac52
15 yrs ago
Wow - I saw it coming, but at the same time, I'm sure that the girl who 'likes lists' has probably got one a mile long with potential victims. I suppose the question is whether or not she is on the list too?
emac52
15 yrs ago
I think, that as long as the SPOILER is identified in the header, then it's not a problem - but as a first time reader of the book (loving it so far for all the questions that it's posing), I don't want these 'questions'…
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The Poison That Fascinates - Readalong thread
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Re: Chapter 9: When ‘The Japanese’ Become Echoes
emac52
15 yrs ago
> Yes...the thought that Santi could be her
> brother..crossed my mind as well...
I did wonder that - is that, perhaps, why no-one talks about her mother's disappearance?
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The Poison That Fascinates - Readalong thread
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Re: Chapter 17: Well, She's Walking Through the Clouds
emac52
15 yrs ago
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And still the 'wierd and wonderful' facts about murderesses keep on coming... I particularly like the brutally honest way the 'Onion Dish' ingredients are mentioned - such a throw away reference to poison and its effects…
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The Poison That Fascinates - Readalong thread
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Re: Chapter 12: Emily is Not Submissive. This is a ‘Terrifying Love’.
emac52
15 yrs ago
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What's most 'terrifying' is the ease with which she accepts Santiago into her life - from the things he tells her, he definitely comes across as a bit of a creep/control freak.
emac52
15 yrs ago
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Or is it another poison - after all it's fairly common knowledge that arsenic smells a little like almonds - perhaps there's another poison out there with the exotic scent of melons... or am I just reading too much into …
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The Poison That Fascinates - Readalong thread
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Re: Chapter 3: The Rosa of Lima Orphanage
emac52
15 yrs ago
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Still more questions raised that are yet to be answered... how the 'Japanese' came to be there, the corruption that abounds in Mexico, and is Emily's penchant for lists an inherited trait from her father who also appears…
emac52
15 yrs ago
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a strange beginning, but then again, from the title alone, it promises to be a 'strange' story.
emac52
15 yrs ago
lark rise to candleford (the trilogy omnibus version)
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the gargoyle (stuck about half way through cause 'tis too heavy to carry in my work bag)
plus there's another one to be started in a couple of weeks as part o…
emac52
15 yrs ago
I have to admit that I did find it a bit hard going at first, and that it did sit on my TBR pile for a good 2-3 years before I finally bit the bullet. And it was only when picking a book for a holiday that it 'won' as i…
emac52
15 yrs ago
got my copy and i'm itching to start it... going to rush through all my 'half-read' items so that I can start fresh on 22 Jan!
emac52
15 yrs ago
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Willing to post to Europe (but will consider worldwide via slowpost)!
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Canongate Books giveaway and readalong! - The Poison That Fascinates
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Sending a PM - if it's not too late
emac52
15 yrs ago
would like to join in the readalong.
emac52
15 yrs ago
Elphaba's has just returned to the family home of the Eminent Thropp to re-acquaint herself with her sister, Nessarose, and her papa.
