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rickydean
4 yrs ago
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Can a book be removed? I know of 1 book on my shelf that was damaged and thrown away but I’ve never figured out if it can be removed. Also, I was going to send someone books from their wishlist but I don’t know how to c…
rickydean
12 yrs ago
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
what a great line!
rickydean
13 yrs ago
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When I make a forum reply or post, I see it is there, but when I check later it is gone. What am I doing wrong?
rickydean
13 yrs ago
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I made some replies on book talk forum and also started a new thread. They were there at first, but then disappeared when I went back. What gives?
rickydean
13 yrs ago
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Have you ever found any thing interesting in a used book. I once found a 7 year old receipt that told where the book was purchased and the price of it and another book that was purchased at the same time. I once heard o…
rickydean
13 yrs ago
definitely bookmark. I also have a collection of them and enjoy picking one out to fit the size of the book I am about to read. I have some that my kids made for me in younger days and that make it special also. Or occ…
rickydean
13 yrs ago
I enjoyed Ethan Frome by Wharton. It is short. I am currently listening to Travels with Charles Kauralt (probably spelled that wrong). I like to listen to non fiction in the car because it is usually a few weeks between…
rickydean
13 yrs ago
I have only read the series once, but really want to read 6 and 7 again since the movies came out because they were so complicated and I have trouble remembering all the details and keeping track of what is different in …
rickydean
13 yrs ago
of the Dog in the Night-time. I loved this book!
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November last sentence thread
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At least on the edge of my town, among the garbage and the
rickydean
14 yrs ago
sunflowers of my town, it's much, much, much too late. From The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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November 2010 -- Which Books Have You Bought
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RE: November 2010 -- Which Books Have You Bought
rickydean
14 yrs ago
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Just bought Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I want to read it sometime, but it is so long. My son is taking it on now. We were at a great little independent book store and it seemed like we should get something.…
rickydean
14 yrs ago
Great on audio because his sister does some voices on it and the short story bits work good when you can't give full attention
rickydean
14 yrs ago
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Did youlike it? It is on my TBR. I guess you did like it since it was a reread! Please give me a short review
rickydean
14 yrs ago
Read it in highschool and loved it. Reread it for a book club as an adult and didn' like it near as much. It really depends where you are in life as to how a certain book affects you. I didn't loathe it though. I do …
rickydean
14 yrs ago
It included Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree and How to Eat FRied Worms. Of course Captain Underpants had to be banned also!!
rickydean
14 yrs ago
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I was so disappointed that no one was journaling on my books, but I have only released 8 or so. I guess you really have to release a lot to get response. I watch for releases in Iowa and don't see many, but hopefully i…
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Yes, it was a really good book. No, I cannot remember what happened.
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must be common with people who read alot
rickydean
14 yrs ago
I also have trouble with remembering the plot or details of many books. Some books I can't even remember the basics about. I'm the same with movies, but if I see it twice, then I remember it alot better. I don't reread…
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September: last sentence of the book you just read
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She looked behind her one last time,
rickydean
14 yrs ago
into the forest and along the way they'd come, and when she was sure all of them were together now and no others would appear, she turned and made her choice and began to cross.
from the Story of Edward Sawtelle, by Dav…
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CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO READ? PLUM IS HERE TO HELP *OCTOBER THREAD*
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a challenge, but I've got one
rickydean
14 yrs ago
It took a few scans of the shelf, but I came up with The Storyteller, by Mario Vargas Llosa. I have to admit I never actually read your themed book (may be someday I will) , but I love checking the shelf and finding one…
rickydean
14 yrs ago
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I finally had a wild released book caught and journaled on! i am so excited...and she took the book to France. What fun!
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Next suggestion - just completed A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
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RE: golly, what mood strikes you?
rickydean
14 yrs ago
i bought a few books at a local book sale....one was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and another was Native Son. I just looked at your top 100 list and saw another as number 1: Metamorphosis. I can't believe I bought like 6 b…
rickydean
14 yrs ago
I saw another post by you (top 5?) and thought we had similar taste. Then I saw this post..... I just bought ATree Grows in Brooklyn at a local booksale and also bought Native Son. I have not read either one yet,but hav…
rickydean
14 yrs ago
I have kept a list of books I have read since 1983. I love it because I can look through and remember a book title or author's name. Also sometimes I can't remember if I've read a certain book. I put the month and yea…
rickydean
14 yrs ago
but I will try. Picking by looking at books that I couldn't part with is a good method:
(not in order)
1.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
2. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
3.Peac…
rickydean
14 yrs ago
by Bret Lott would fit. Has anybody read it?
