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Birthday: July 21 1987

Age: 19

Starsign: Cancer

Single/Married/Other? Single

Children? Nope

Where do you live? Texas

 

Do you work? Sort of. I work full-time over the summer at a daycare near my parents' house and am trying to find part-time work near my apartment during the school year.

 

Favourite author? I love many authors, but I suppose the author who has the highest number of books I've enjoyed is Robin Mickenly.

Favourite book? Again, many. Too many to name or pick.

 

How did you get here? Got fed up with trying to start up decent book discussions elsewhere and, being unable to attend local book club meetings with anything resembling regularity, I finally had the brilliant idea to do a Google search for book club forums and voil

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Birthday: April

Age: 25

Starsign: Aries

 

Single/Married/Other? Engaged - together for nearly 7 years

Children? does my dog count? he's my baby...

 

Where do you live? Ayrshire, sunny Scotland

Do you work? unfortunately

 

Favourite author? too hard! Too many... I like to vary authors as I like a variety of book genres

Favourite book? as above! I guess one that sticks in my mind is Trust me by Lesley Pearse as for months I'd been trying to remember the title so I could read it again. I lent it to a friend a few years ago and haven't seen it since...

Favourite book genre? (I added this one!) Crime Thrillers & some feel-good-fluff when I need a rest after I've overloaded on all the gore and horrors of crime books!

 

How did you get here? I was searching for reviews on the current book I'm reading: Superstition by David Ambrose and found a link to here. Yipee!

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Birthday: 9th July

 

Age: 35

 

Starsign: Cancer (and I'm a typical Cancerian apparently)!

 

Single/Married/Other? Getting married on 12th August, so in about a week and a half!

 

Children? No. Wait...does a crazy 3 year old Labrador count?

 

Where do you live? Stourbridge, West Midlands

 

Do you work? Yes, Director of a Legal Agency

 

Favourite author? Jane Austen, Paullina Simons, Mark Billingham

 

Favourite book? To Kill A Mockingbird

 

How did you get here? Louiseog recommended this forum

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Favourite book? I guess one that sticks in my mind is Trust me by Lesley Pearse as for months I'd been trying to remember the title so I could read it again. I lent it to a friend a few years ago and haven't seen it since...

 

This was the first Lesley pearce book I read, shed a few tears whilst reading it too! I've enjoyed almost everything else she has written as well.

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Birthday: 10 April

Age: Um...26ish. Ok, 28.

Starsign: Aries

Where do you live?: Edinburgh

Do you work?: Yes, I'm working right noe - can't you tell? :)

Favourite author?: Xinran, David Eddings, Banana Yoshimoto, Amy Tan, Adeline Yen Ma, Blake Nelson

Favourite book?: Miss Chopsticks, Girl, The Kitchen God's Wife

 

How did you get here?: I followed the cat

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Birthday: 2nd April (born 12.21 am - PHEW)!!

Age: 31

Starsign: Aries

 

Single/Married/Other? Married for 6 years

Children? None of my own as yet but I have two stepchildren - Samantha is 16 and James is 11

 

Where do you live? Small village near Marlborough, Wiltshire

 

Do you work? As a Contract Administrator for a company that has the maintenance contract for the MOD but am starting studying to be an accountant in September!

 

Favourite author? Dean Koontz, Phillipa Gregory

Favourite book? To hear a nightingale (makes me cry everytime)!

 

How did you get here? Search engine

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Nothing is compulsory!

 

Birthday: October 30th

Age: 23

Starsign: Scorpio

 

Single/Married/Other?: Single

Children?: Nope

 

Where do you live?: Burnley, Manchester

 

Do you work?: I am currently on a gap year but thinking about job hunting very soon.

 

Favourite author? Alexandre Dumas

Favourite book? The Count of Monte Cristo

 

How did you get here? Google

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Birthday: June 1

Age: 24

Starsign: Gemini

 

Single/Married/Other? single

Children? no

 

Where do you live? at the moment, in Finland. Yes, the land of darkness, Lordi, Nokia, Santa Claus and ice hockey. Oh, and suicidal drunks! Got to love the country.

 

Do you work? yes, part time once my school starts again.

 

Favourite author? many. Depending on my mood. Austen, Wharton, Wilde! DRD's (Dead Russian Dudes)... Erlend Loe out of contemporary authors.

Favourite book? Persuasion by Jane Austen or House of Mirth by Wharton.

 

How did you get here? Google.

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Birthday: 2nd February

Age: 30

Starsign: Aquarius

Single/Married/Other? Married

Children? 1 baby (9 months old)

Where do you live? Bandung, Indonesia

 

Do you work? Yes

 

Favourite author?

I don't have one favourite...J.R.R. Tolkien , J.K Rowling and more

Favourite book?

Lots of books I love..The Hobbit , Harry Potter and many more

How did you get here?

through a search engine

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Birthday: November 5, 1989

Age: 17

Starsign: Scorpio

 

Single/Married/Other: Just ended a relationship of five months

Children: Nope :lol:

 

Where do you live: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

 

Do you work: Firefighter/Paramedic in training

 

Favourite author: John Grisham and Mario Puzo

Favourite book: Fools Die - Mario Puzo

 

How did you get here: Yahoo search

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Hello, everyone! I am glad to get started, and proud to be among so many friendly, well-educated people. Enjoy.

 

Birthday: August 27, 1989

Age: 18 and a couple of months

Starsign: ...I don't believe in astrology. Ooh, but my birthstone is peridot! I wore a peridot dress as a bridesmaid one year and one day ago.

 

Single/Married/Other? Single, not looking right now

Children? None. Coming from a big happy family, I'd like to have four to six someday if Mr. Right agrees.:lol:

 

Where do you live? I live in a nice house in America's lovely (though currently blustery) Pacific Northwest.

 

Do you work? Yes, happily as a server at a nearby retirement center (still haven't been able to check out the library!); and soon part time at McDonald's as well. Both are to raise money for school in January.

 

Favourite author? I'll go by genre, even though that still leaves some out.

- Classical: Jane Austen

- Christian/Romance: Francine Rivers

- Suspense: Ted Dekker

- Non-fiction: C.S. Lewis

- Fantasy: J.K. Rowling

 

Favourite book? (I like how it's spelled with a "u"!) My all-time favorite would be the Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. My current favorite is Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Both have inspiring one inspiring main character each, sweet and humble.

 

How did you get here?

I was browsing ads in my local library, waiting for my sister to pick me up, and there the invitation was!

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Welcome, Child.of.God.1989! Whew, that's a long name! I grew up in the Seattle area, so I must live somewhere sort of near you. Where in the Pacific Northwest do you live?

 

And I agree...it's super windy outside right now!

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Birthday:10 April

Age:28

Starsign:Aries

 

Single/Married/Other?

Children?

Where do you live? Scotland

 

Do you work? Yes, and have done (off and on) since 2nd year at uni

 

Favourite author? Xinran

Favourite book? Constantly changing, but currently "Neptune Noir" and "Miss Chopsticks"

 

How did you get here? I can't remember, but probably a search engine

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Yay! The advertising in Libraries works. I wonder who left the ad there? Anybody...Echo?

Anyway a big welcome Child.of.God.1989.

Pp

 

I sent a flier I made to the Seattle Public Library, and all of the libraries in the Kitsap and Sno-Isle systems. So, if it was one of those, then yep, it was me! :lol:

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Thank you for the affable, sweet welcomes, Echo and Purple Poppy! (Those names are much more succint!:)) I have already learned so much here, be it great movies or authors I forgot to follow through and check out long ago.

 

Yes, your pleasing-to-the-eyes ad worked in at least one Sno-Isle library. Echo, I live in Marysville, a little more than forty-five minutes north of Seattle. I liked your optimistic thoughts on the changes in climate we have seen. I had much fun in the summer, but sometimes I look forward to those days when I can guiltlessly down half a box of hot Mac N

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Thank you for the affable, sweet welcomes, Echo and Purple Poppy! (Those names are much more succint!:)) I have already learned so much here, be it great movies or authors I forgot to follow through and check out long ago.

 

Yes, your pleasing-to-the-eyes ad worked in at least one Sno-Isle library. Echo, I live in Marysville, a little more than forty-five minutes north of Seattle. I liked your optimistic thoughts on the changes in climate we have seen. I had much fun in the summer, but sometimes I look forward to those days when I can guiltlessly down half a box of hot Mac N

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Birthday: 18 June

Age: 33

Starsign: Gemini

Single/Married/Other? Married

Children? One, a very sweet baby boy who will turn one this Januari.

 

Where do you live? The Netherlands

Do you work? I work three days as a secretary in a small city hall.

 

Favourite author? John Connolly, I just love Charlie Parker!

Favourite book? The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The Witching Hour by Anne Rice.

How did you get here? Somebody on a dutch book site mentioned this forum.

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Birthday: in the interests of security I am prohibited from stating my full details 27th July :D

Age: c above ahem

Starsign:Leo

 

Single/Married/Other? Married

Children? Joshua 8years Kaitlyn nearly 2

 

Where do you live? in the middle

 

Do you work? part time

 

Favourite author? Donna Tartt

Favourite book? Life of Pi

 

How did you get here? googled

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Nothing is compulsory!

 

Birthday: Mid September sometime in the 70's

Age: Old enough :roll:

Starsign: Virgo

 

Single/Married/Other? Happily Married (to a non reader :smile2:)

Children? One small boy

 

Where do you live? Yorkshire

 

Do you work? 4 days a week, as a HR Officer

 

Favourite author? Tough question . . . Phillip Pullman? Trudi Canavan? James A. Michener? Cathy Kelly? Paulina Simons?

Favourite book? Tully, Paulina Simons & The Thief of Always, Clive Barker

 

How did you get here? Googled

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Can't remember if I did this and can't be *rsed to go look.... :smile2:

 

Birthday: March 4th

Age: Let's just say I saw the Moon Landings, but only just.

Starsign: Pisces, unless you mean Chinese in which case - Rooster.

 

Single/Married/Other? happily single

Children? 2, noisy

Where do you live? Here, in cyberspace.

 

Do you work? Yes, very hard

 

Favourite author? Robin Hobb.

Favourite book? There isn't just one, but the Robin Hobb 6 Duchies and Liveship books are the ones I'll read over and over.

 

How did you get here? I followed a link that lead to a link, that lead to.... Oh you get the idea. I blame Immi.

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