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Book Talk » What book or author do you want us to convince you to read? » How about D.H. Lawrence?
maprem 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
I have Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow on my TBR shelf and somehow I keep avoiding them.
Book Talk » Looking for a place to start studying Paganism and Wicca » I started with Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler
maprem 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
It's a good overview of all sorts of traditions and practices. I would also second the recommendations for The Spiral Dance and the Scott Cunningham books.
Book Talk » Writers who switch POV all the time... » I'm reading My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult -
maprem 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
it has several characters POV but I'm finding it easy to keep track because they are all quite different. An interesting thing is that each character has their own font so each chapter looks a little bit different.
BookCrossing Site Announcements » Gesture of support for Jill Carroll
maprem 18 yrs ago
I found this and thought it would be of interest to BookCrossers.... Jill Carroll is the American reporter who was kidnapped and is being held captive in Iraq. Writer Abby Frucht is trying to organize readers and wri…
Book Talk » Need book titles about immigrants' difficulties in America » Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
maprem 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
and if you're considering non-fiction, Tearing the Silence: Being German in America by Ursula Hegi.
Book Talk » What is the saddest book you've read? » Beloved, by Toni Morrison
maprem 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
absolutely devastating.
Book Talk » Which books did you get for Christmas? » Good Poems for Hard Times
maprem 18 yrs ago
- selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor. Looks good.
BookCrossing Site Announcements » An Associated Press article about BookCrossing » Same article, in the Seattle Times
maprem 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002506654_books20.html
Fun and Games » In my pants » Re: in my pants
maprem 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
Sparks - I Predict in my pants The Roches - Angels We Have Heard On High in my pants Raffi - Sambalele in my pants m-pact - Rain in my pants Nena - Kino in my pants Five's enough - mine aren't very funny.
Book Talk » Over 1/2 way through the year now. What have been your standout books for the year? » My winners and losers....
maprem 18 yrs ago
Best Fiction I hadn't read before - The Time Traveler's Wife Favorite Re-Read - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin Best Non-Fiction - The Dancing Wu-Li Masters by Gary Zukav Best Spiritual/Inspirational - The …
Book Talk » 7/7 and 7/8: What are you reading now? » Sustainable Community: Learning from the cohousing model, by Graham Meltzer
maprem 18 yrs ago
The place where I live has its own chapter - no pictures of me though.... and for fiction - Maybe the Moon, by Armistead Maupin
Book Talk » What is behind your screen name? Is there a story behind it? » maprem is part of my "spiritual" name -
maprem 18 yrs ago
Ma (generic term of respect for a woman) Prem (love) Sadhana (spiritual practice or discipline) - it's Sanskrit. I go by Sadhana in large parts of my real-world life.
Book Talk » What was the last book you read that had been translated into English... » The Sexual Life of Catherine M
maprem 18 yrs ago
translated from French, La Vie Sexuelle de Catherine M. It was a very strange book, can't say I'd really recommend it. I'd say the translation is good; the language is very intellectual and philosophical, so maybe the …
Book Talk » who is your favourite cookbook writer » Mollie Katzen
maprem 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
Hope I got the name right - Vegetable Heaven is my current favorite and my creations are getting rave reviews.
Book Talk » Summer reading suggestions for 6th grade girl » Re: Tamora Pearce: The Song of the Lioness (4 books)
maprem 18 yrs ago
My daughter (13) and I received a set of these from another bookcrosser and they are her most favorite books ever too! I liked them a lot myself. And another classic - last summer (post 6th-grade) she was really into…

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