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    Athena's Reading List 2013

    in Past Book Logs

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    I went past a charity shop today and bought some books:

     

    Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends

    Katie Fforde - Highland Fling

    Laura Lippman - Tess Monaghan 7: The Last Place (didn't know it was part of a series)

    Harry Turtledove - Opening of the World 1: Beyond the Gap

    Nicholas Evans - The Horse Whisperer

     

    I also bought one book that I already had :blush2:, the books were cheap though so it's not a big deal (and it does help charity).

     

    More to come in a while, I plan to buy a Stephen King book among others, the people on this forum have been pretty positive about his books and since I already like some of his books, I thought I should buy another one (or maybe two..). I'm thinking about getting 11/22/63 or The Stand.

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I received my copy of The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings from Amazon yesterday, which is my February book club book. I managed to find an edition without George Clooney on the front cover, so it's all good! :D

    I hope you like it! I thought it was a pretty good book :).

    What's up in January

    in General Chat

    Posted

    My kindle just broke...I think I might cry :(
    :( awwww that's a shame, I hope they will replace it! I presume you can redownload your books through your account?

     

    This is what I did today at lunch time, my friend Sarah decided to film it. This is an accurate representation of my maturity level.

     

    XD this is great!

    Frankie reads 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    By the way, I find it curious that you guys have adult cards and apparently children cards, too. Over here we all have the same card, no matter what our age. :shrug:

    We have adult and children's cards too. The children's one (up to age 17) is free and has different limits than the adult one (for adults they have several different cards with different prices and limits).

    Your Book Activity Jan 2013

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I've read a bit more in Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson - Wheel of Time #13: Towers of Midnight but I'm a little ashamed to admit that in most of my spare time, I rearranged book shelves, went onto book sites etc. and read this forum :blush2:. In short I've been busy with books, but not that much with actually reading them XD. But I'm having fun.

    Frankie reads 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    They told me to check my debit card. That was the problem the last time I tried registering. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong... but then again, when ex signed up he had the same kind of debit card and he got in fine, and he was there when I tried signing and I did it just the same way he did.
    Not nice that they keep declining you :( ><.

     

    @ libraries

    Here if you want to reserve a book from your own library it's free (I had to look it up), that's pretty good. If you want to borrow a book that is very popular though it'll cost you a bit of money, I don't know if other libraries have this. I used to go to libraries all the time when I was younger, then I started to read more and more English books though which our libraries don't have that much of (also, I'd read a lot of the interesting books in the libraries already, for those ages).

    Keeping a record of book passages

    in General Book Discussions

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    These days I don't write in any of my books. When I was younger, I wrote my name in a few that I lend to other people. This may sound odd but I've never thought of keeping a record of book quotes or passages. Is that weird? I've never really needed to I guess. Just recently, I've begun to take notes (on the computer) about books I've read. I guess my reading experience is improving!

    Show your bookshelf

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I don't mind at all! :)

     

    They are:

     

    Mark Valentine - The Werewolf Pack

    H. P. Lovecraft - The Whisperer in Darkness (Collected Short Stories 1)

    H. P. Lovecraft - The Horror at the Museum (Collected Short Stories 2)

    Gaston Leroux - Phantom of the Opera

    James Malcolm Rymer - Varney, the Vampire

     

    I'm ashamed to admit I haven't read any of them yet! So I can't tell you if they're good or not. I bought most of them for cheap on a book fair.

    Book fairs

    in General Chat

    Posted

    I don't know if you have book fairs in other countries, since a few years ago I discovered the Netherlands has one! They're in a different city each month, and every year in the same place (usually..). They're also in Belgium. Inside the building that it's at, there's tables and tables of books (Dutch and English), information books as well as novels. There are also some comics and manga, as well as a bunch of miscellaneous things such as wrapping paper and things for children. Everything has been on display on book shops but they couldn't sell it. Most things are very cheaply priced compared to what you'd pay in a book shop. On occasion a book is damaged (don't buy it in that case, imo), most of the time it's in pretty good condition. It's generally busy, but lots of fun. Anyway, I go to book fairs sometimes and then come home with a load of books :D. It's always a lot of fun for bookwurm me :P. Has anyone else had any experience with a book fair? (I realise it may be completely different from my own, since most of you live in a different country etc)

    Show your bookshelf

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted · Edited by Athena

    I've rearranged my classics, no idea I had so many XD! The books at the top haven't been arranged that nicely, I was on my own and I can hardly reach up there. Anyway, this may be something temporary since I'm hoping to buy a new book case.

     

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    EDIT: I actually bought a lot of these literary books at book fairs, for a cheap price. I saw them and thought they might be interesting to read, since I hadn't read a lot of foreign literature before (mostly Dutch).

    Dan Brown

    in Crime / Mystery / Thriller

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    My parents own a few of them in Dutch. They've been on my TBR list for a while, nowadays though I prefer the original English versions so I might have to go out and buy the originals. My parents liked the books. I've seen The Da Vinci Code the film, I liked it.

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