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I've never ever tried an audiobook
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My kids loved Shel Silverstien reading his poetry. He sounds like Winnie-the-Pooh.
llippitz
14 yrs ago
Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up. . . I still like poetry read by an excellent reader (yeah the Brits are good at this). Or I have to read it out loud. Otherwise, it just becomes a bunch of words…
llippitz
14 yrs ago
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Once we were delayed on an interstate for three hours within a mile of the exit to my in-laws (after driving for 18 hours over 2 days). Luckily, we had a couple of audio-books we had been listening to, so the time seeme…
Book Talk
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23rd and 24th March - what are you reading and are you enjoying it?
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Let me know if you still love it.
llippitz
15 yrs ago
Sometimes I reread books and don't remember why I liked them in the first place. This is one I would like to revisit.
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Can a book be too used to BookCross?
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Well, if it smells musty, my allergies won't let me near it.
llippitz
15 yrs ago
So, if it is that old, (and often they are crumbly if they smell musty), I don't even touch them myself and assume others wouldn't want to either.
Otherwise, if it is readable and tape-able, I will fix it, read it, an…
llippitz
15 yrs ago
Book Talk
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So why don't you just use the library?
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I DO use the library. BCed 100's books and stopped buying new.
llippitz
15 yrs ago
Can't afford to buy new, but I do buy used at library sales (supports the library, and I can BC them when I finish reading them.) Used to buy new for decades, but realized how much money I was wasting on books I only re…
Activists, Enthusiasts, Hobbyists and Wannabees
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I am Waaaay confused about everything.
llippitz
15 yrs ago
I think I will just stay away from bookcrossing for awhile.
I have always given away books--many hundreds before I ever even heard of bookcrossing. Then many hundreds after. And I have only had a few people who "cau…
llippitz
15 yrs ago
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BookCrossing Site Announcements
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Message to membership
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I'm confused. Where do I get current info?
llippitz
15 yrs ago
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I just got on and found all this anger and apology and explanation. Where do I just find the info about how to do things and what costs that didn't used to, etc.! Does it cost to register and get a bookcrossing number …
Book Talk
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Are you ever accused of being a snob just because you read?
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About not knowing celebrities...
llippitz
15 yrs ago
I'm not into TV either, and some years ago I asked about a recipe that was being passed around the teacher's lounge and was told, "That's Martha Stewart's." And I asked, "Oh, is she the new substitute?"
And some snick…
llippitz
15 yrs ago
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(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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CLOSED:How bad is your bookmark RABCK!
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What did you make it out of?
llippitz
15 yrs ago
We made one in Brownies out of a leather strip. We sewed rawhide around the edges. I drew an Indian chief head on mine and painted the feathers green and yellow. I still have it (for 47 years) but don't use it because…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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CLOSED:How bad is your bookmark RABCK!
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Bookmark's fine, but library books are abused!!!
llippitz
15 yrs ago
I don't have one special bookmark, but have been noticing lately that even the NEW books I check out of the library have been eaten over, spilled on, are full of cat (or some kind of) hair, have unidentifiable particles …
llippitz
15 yrs ago
I even have my name, address and phone number on them. A lady I worked with swore to me that she did not borrow ALL my Shakespeare DVD's (some of which were actually my daughter's) when I approached her after she had ha…
llippitz
15 yrs ago
I was over 50 with grown kids when I decided I HAD to break the book-buying habit. I had thousands of books and nowhere to put any more. Too many of them were moldering in boxes in closets and some even (heaven forbid)…
llippitz
15 yrs ago
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Your local library is probably hooked up to the Internet. Sign up with them and when you get the urge to buy, check out the books online from your library. They will call you when they come in. Pick them up and drop t…