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Forum: Games and Tabs 02-26-10
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Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See 4.5/5 ...

Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See 4.5/5

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Haiku by Andrew Vachss 4.25/5
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Forum: Games and Tabs 01-22-10
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Well for me, at three months in, with my first child, I was just about dead not to mention going insane. That wasn't because she was sleeping with us but because she wasn't sleeping hardly any at...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-10-10
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 4.25/5. I finally got through it. I tried to read it several times. Finally it was a BOTM in one of the book clubs I run so I worked really hard at...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-10-10
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I researched parenting a great deal. I read or skimmed just about every book and magazine article I could get my hands on.

My fav books on expecting and parenting were:

What To Expect When...
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-04-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
Were there drawings of the characters throughout...

Were there drawings of the characters throughout that book? I seem to remember a series that she did with that feature.

I love good fantasy. Robin Hobb's The Farseer Trilogy and Jaqueline Carey's...
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-04-09
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Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer was really good. Better, of course, than the TV show. The span of the time flash is 21 years or so, vrs six months. We, the readers, and the lead characters too,...
Forum: Games and Tabs 10-14-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
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Beauty by Sherri Tepper

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n1/n6836.jpg

It was not what I expected. I really enjoyed parts of it. I liked the overall message. In parts I was thinking,...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-18-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
LOL Yep, I know that most people agree with...

LOL

Yep, I know that most people agree with you!

:)
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-18-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
Not much, no. I thought the movie was funny...

Not much, no. I thought the movie was funny though.
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-17-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
I know so many who enjoy Pratchet but I just...

I know so many who enjoy Pratchet but I just can't get into his works. One of my reading groups choice his first Discworld novel this month. I tried, I really did but I couldn't read it. It just...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-17-09
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By bleacheddecay
They have an interesting web site with current...

They have an interesting web site with current events added everyday too. This book and web site turned out to be my daughter's fav economic resources when she studied economics in high school.
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-08-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
While on Jury Duty some years ago, I sat beside...

While on Jury Duty some years ago, I sat beside an honors high school history teacher. He wrote out a list of books that he uses in his history course. This particular book intrigued me the most.
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Forum: Games and Tabs 09-03-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
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I like time travel ideas. For me the story was therefore more interesting than most of his books. The Crichton formula has gotten tiresome for me to read. I read this one years ago. The movie isn't...
Forum: Games and Tabs 08-28-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
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Zedlen

You probably know this already but the movie is very enjoyable too.
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-28-09
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The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers...

The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell is simply great. If more teachers were like that, what a world we'd have! This book made me cry a lot but that's not a bad thing.
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Forum: Games and Tabs 06-24-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
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OMG! I so loved Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden and even, The Hardy Boys! I remember one summer I had a broken arm, no parents or any other adults were around me mostly. I went to a local church on my...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-23-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
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It's so true that reading can do great things for one's education.

Yes, we homeschool, it was my kids idea, not mine. At first I was very into them having the "normal" childhood and going to...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-22-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
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I've always seen reading as a form of education but also, and very importantly, as a much needed a form of escapism. Books, films and movies gave me safe worlds to retreat to as a child (although for...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-21-09
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Sounds great! I'm going to see if my library has it! Thanks!
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-21-09
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I really love those Sookie Stackhouse books. I...

I really love those Sookie Stackhouse books. I eat em up like cotton candy!

:D
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-21-09
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Posted By bleacheddecay
This is a particular favorite reading interest of...

This is a particular favorite reading interest of mine, (one of three).

The books mentioned above are good but my favs by far are by Mary Stewart and begin with The Crystal Cave. Beware however,...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-14-09
Replies: 2,527
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Emperor: The Gates of Rome by Conn Igguldden was very interesting. It's tells a fictional account of Julius Ceaser and Brutus from childhood on to young adulthood. It's before they did the historical...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-04-09
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Spelling Mississippi by Marnie Woodrow was okay. It was supposed to be a lesbian love story but the two main characters didn't even meet until more than halfway through the book. If found that to be...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-03-09
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The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives
by Cheryl Jarvis, was a really interesting read. I think it would be great for a book club. It was non fiction. I think...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-25-09
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By bleacheddecay
Me too on the raising new people thing! And...

Me too on the raising new people thing!

And Tango Makes Three is a very cute children's picture book!

Tipping the Velvet was okay although I'm not very into Victorian style lit myself.

I'll...

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