Do you use any of the online book-cataloguing sites, like Library Thing or Shelfari ? Why or why not? (Or . . . do you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking to?? (grin)) If not an online catalog, do you use any other method to catalog your book collection? Excel spreadsheets, index cards, a […]
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Read of the Armchair Traveler’s Reading Challenge. This book follows the author’s journey westward from Shanghai along the old Silk Road. There are many interesting glimpses of Chinese and other minority cultures along the way. I’d not realized that the Chinese had long considered a trip along the Silk Road a form of exile. Xinjiang,
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ETA: View my final list here. Even though I can’t sign up until the 15th of December, I’ve decided to post my choices for the 2008 TBR Challenge, because it’s pretty easy to do. I already have a TBR list going (I’ll be moving it up the page a bit into my list of challenges),
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This book is a novelization of the movie starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley that came out four or so years ago. It’s a movie that didn’t received overly great reviews, though from what I’ve seen in my DVD extra viewing, and from the differences in the theatrical version and the director’s cut DVD version,
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I came to read A.S. Byatt by way of her novel Possession, a book I very much enjoyed. I was extremely intrigued to note that she also writes fairy tales, five of which are featured in this book. The first two are actually in Possession, which initially gave me an incredible sense of déjà vu
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I admit to being intrigued by a number of Laurell K. Hamilton’s books, but somewhat off-put by how they seemed to be mostly marketed for the sex content, more than the story. (It’s not that I’m a prude, I just like a certain amount of, hmm, plot in the books I read.) However, some of
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I do enjoy Christopher Moore’s books. He comes up with the most random assemblage of characters and somehow manages to weave them into a cohesive story that actually makes whatever crack-brained idea he’s dealing with in the current book work. This book is about whales. He captured a pretty decent picture of the whale scene
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I have one and 2/3rds pair of socks! Which leads into the fact that my Nanowrimo novel is pretty much dead in the water. I decided to start with this story idea because I’d finally refined it to the point where I figured it was focused enough to pound out. Turns out I’ve focused it
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The Book to Movie Reading Challenge is done! I read the following: I had a good time reading these books. They were a nice counterpoint the RIP II challenge, where I’d chosen to read some much larger tomes. My only slight regret is that two of my choices were books where I had not seen
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Read for the Books to Movie Reading Challenge. Watership Down follows the journey of a few male rabbits from the warren where they were born, as they set out to found a new warren, following the lead of two brothers. I have to say, I’m not sure how it is that I haven’t read this
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