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Recent content by snowbourne

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    What do you do with a book you've read?

    Well I'd love to keep them all, however, my space is very limited so I keep those that were difficult to find, expensive, have sentimental value, of a particularly favorite subject or author, or are of a reference type. If I can only obtain a very tattered copy of a book I've wanted to read I...
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    Reading more than one book at the same time

    Since there are so many books and so little time I always read 2-3 books at a time. One of them is usually nonfiction. I take a book with me wherever I go. There are a lot of opportunities to read...at the theater before the play, waiting rooms, lunch breaks, traffic jams...you name it. I'm...
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    Where Do You Buy Books?

    I buy 75% of my books in local used bookstores and from the ongoing used book sale at the public library. Most of the rest are bought online at places like Alibris, Amazon, LabyrinthBooks, etc. I would say I only buy about 1% of my purchases at new real world stores, i.e., Barnes & Noble and...
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    Do you read non-fiction?

    Hi! I think any book lover should try to to broaden their interests by balancing fiction and nonfiction. I probably average 2/3 fiction to 1/3 nonfiction. This year I've read the following in nonfiction: The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Wm.Laird McKinlay In The Land of White Death by...
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