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nope, totally different stories, there's some similar threads like and sexual abuse (not giving anything away there am i?).

I love my library, I'm rather obsessive about it actually. My city library is one of the best in the country, they have freaking everything. I hate the main downtown branch though, the librarians are grumpy, and it's too big. I go to a small branch that has almost nothing in it's stacks, but...

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. I can't put my finger on it exactely, but that book changed me.

Lolita. Nothing will ever surpass the opening paragraph of Lolita. Lo. Lee. Ta

Welcome aboard. Grab a life preserver and dive right in!

I've not only never read anything by him, I've never heard of him. I feel stupid now.

um....no it's not. They're totally seperate books, the only thing they really share is an author. I'm secondly The Way the Crow Flies. I'd like to read it again actually.

I loved the two Bryson America books, Lost Continent and I'm a Stranger here Myself but HATED Sunburnt Country

it's Bill Bryson's African Diary. My wife read it and she REALLY enjoyed it.

I've been naughty lately, too busy working and volunteering to post or read.

I read it on a greyhound bus once almost three years ago. I loved loved loved it. Though it's not as good as Prodigal Summer (which is being systematically leant out to everyone I know that reads) It was my first Kingsolver, and I genuinely enjoyed it. The father frustrated the HELL out of...

Has anyone heard anything about Alice Sebold releasing a new book? I really hope she's planning on a third book. I've googled it, and can't find anything online. Oh well, I just ordered Lucky and Lovely Bones from the library. Rereading these ones will just have to doo!

I tried to read this last winter, and could not for the life of me get involved in it. I think that may have had more to do w/ the fact that the only place I had to read at the time was on a crowded bus, and in a busy busy mall food court during Christmas (I was an AM at a retail store, and...

I kept meaning to post in this thread, and always forgetting. First of all, I'd like to thank all of you. If I hadn't read the first page or two of this thread, I don't think I would have read Lolita. I'd tried a few times, and never been able to get through it. Now...wow. I loved it...

Duffy, have you seen the musical/heard the sountrack? I found I actually enjoyed it more the second time around after having seen the musical.

The brownies were indeed delicious. They're fudgey cream cheese swirl choclate brownies, and I"ve already eaten two. And now my sugars are sky hi, and I'm eating protein and complex carbs to level me off so I can freaking sleep.

I'm a personal banker for a major canadian bank. I love my work. hahahaha. sorry, I read that this morning while I was still finishing it. I thought you were giving me hell! The fact was, I tried to go back in and redo it right away, and I almost put my foot through the screen. Alls...

I'm a dedicated non smoker. I hate the smell of cigarette smoke, especially when I'm at the hospital and there's people smoking in front of the entrance. THAT annoys me.

Because it was 2 am, and I was pissed off. Maybe becuase I needed to vent a little bit? If my procrastinating somehow affected you, I'm sorry.

So let me tell you a story. Last weekend I speant two hours working on my Professional Development Planner. Which is something that I was scheduled to review w/ my team leader tomorrow. It focused quite extensively on getting full time hours, and being what we call a 9 rating. Well. I got a...