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istop4books
12 yrs ago
It's a feature that is missed by those who remember it but like many issues raised has disappeared into the black hole of issues to be ignored while cosmetic changes to the site are pushed through.
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istop4books
12 yrs ago
I actually came back to check my posts and had notification of "6" replies. However, other posts to which I know for sure there is at least one reply remain at 0.
In my opinion it's the only way to have a dialog wi…
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RE: Unfortunately we don't get email notices of replies.
istop4books
12 yrs ago
Sorry this took so long, but I was away on vacation.
Email notifications or a notification to our profile page saying "You have 2 replies" with a link to the replies would be wonderful, but not what I actually meant…
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Have I posted this in the wrong section????
istop4books
12 yrs ago
It's been a week and there's no response.
istop4books
12 yrs ago
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I'm now starting The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor which has been TBR forever.I had such mixed feelings about this book, I'd love to hear what you think of it when you're done.
istop4books
12 yrs ago
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I'm not sure if this is particular to me or across the board, but when someone posts a reply to one of my posts it doesn't show up. The only way I would know if this post gets a reply is to remember to come back here and…
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Vintage before new--an idea for a personal reading challenge, any ideas welcome...
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RE: RE: I've been working on this for over a year
istop4books
12 yrs ago
--and this is an odd one--I really want to read the book, but the print is too small and close together and it puts me off enjoying it. Weird, I know, but there's at least one book I can think of offhand that…
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Vintage before new--an idea for a personal reading challenge, any ideas welcome...
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I've been working on this for over a year
istop4books
12 yrs ago
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Between bookcrossing and paperbackswap I somehow accumulated over 250 unread books, which for me is a bit overwhelming. Sometimes I'll look at a book and I can't remember who recommended it or why I bought it or request…
istop4books
12 yrs ago
McCall Smith in paper, and I think I'll start The Kitchen House on audio in addition to working my way through Word Press for Dummies and another book on using photo editing software - both are proving to be challenging …
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Mon 6 and Tues 7 June: What are you reading to start the week?
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On Beauty by Zadie Smith still
istop4books
12 yrs ago
Howard and Kiki are the main characters. Howard, a white British professor working at a university in Boston, and Kiki, his African-American wife and not quite the intellectual, plus their 3 children.
Can I relate to …
istop4books
12 yrs ago
It's on the 1001 book list, and 200 pages into it I'm still not sure why. It's not bad, it's just that I'm not blown away the way I feel I should be.
istop4books
12 yrs ago
a novel of the Cathars by Sophie Burnham. It’s historical fiction set in 13th Century France about the Crusades against the Cathars who opposed much of the Catholic Church dogma and teachings of the times; and their eve…
istop4books
12 yrs ago
The Social Animal by David Brooks. It's definitely a US-centric non-fiction book, so location did play a big part in it.
No clue what I'll be reading next.
istop4books
13 yrs ago
A bit more than half way through and enjoying it.
istop4books
13 yrs ago
by Robert Hellenga and enjoying it very much.
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March 30 - 31, What are you reading as March comes to an end?
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Just starting All the Pretty Horses by
istop4books
13 yrs ago
Cormac McCarthy. I'm only a couple of pages in, so I'm not sure about it yet.
istop4books
13 yrs ago
Just finished Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, and will be starting All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy.
istop4books
13 yrs ago
Yesterday I managed to read for the 11 minutes it took me to watch the pasta while it boiled :-(
Today I'll do better. Today I'll do better. Today I'll do better.
istop4books
13 yrs ago
on audio. I really struggled with this one as each chapter is a different set of characters relating their experience at a newspaper in Rome. It's the kind of thing that would have been clearly evident to me in a text…
istop4books
13 yrs ago
Barbara Kingsolver. So far, interesting.
istop4books
13 yrs ago
So much depends on whether DH and my boys give me some alone time. :-)
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3/21 - 3/22 Waht are you reading and what is it about? Happy spring or autumn!
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In Praise of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa
istop4books
13 yrs ago
Brilliant writing but a bit of a creepy theme as it involves a very young boy and the seduction of his stepmother.
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3/21 - 3/22 Waht are you reading and what is it about? Happy spring or autumn!
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RE: "The inner circle" by T.C. Boyle
istop4books
13 yrs ago
It's on my TBR shelf. Can't wait to get to it.
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3/21 - 3/22 Waht are you reading and what is it about? Happy spring or autumn!
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A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
istop4books
13 yrs ago
for book club. It's a psychological thriller set in Wisconsin in 1907 about a woman who answers an ad to become the wife of a very wealthy man. Both have more issues and hidden agendas than I can shake a hat at - but s…
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Challenge Yourself to read from the 1001 list (2011 Thread)
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Way behind on this challenge
istop4books
13 yrs ago
I've only read one so far this year, The Garden of the Finzi Continis by Giorgio Bassani
Didn't like it very much.
