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    Alice Sebold: The Lovely Bones *spoilers*

    I didn't think I'd like this book, but I'm having a hard time putting it down. It begins with a girl (12yo, I think) in heaven. She's been murdered, but is not upset by it. She's more interested in watching her family and murderer afterwards, and in understanding her heaven, in which she's...
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    Yankee Women: Gender Battles in the Civil War by E D Leonard

    This book was an interesting reflection. Before the war, we were living with Victorian ideas of gender. Women were frail, emotional, self-sacrificing, and nurturing. They were seen as adept at managing the home sphere, but inept in the larger business or world sphere. When the war came...
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    Mark Forum Read

    When I click "mark forum read" here, what does that do for me? I know in EZboard, if I click that, then whenever I come back to that forum, posts made since I marked it read will have an extra icon on the side, so I can see what's new. I don't see that here, and am confused! Thanks!
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    The Cat in the Dryer: and 222 Other Urban Legends

    We're planning to read The Cat in the Dryer: and 222 Other Urban Legends by Thomas J. Craughwell soon at my book site. I'm hoping it'll prevent maybe at least a few goofy urban legend emails from being passed along!
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    Password Selection

    Got this in an email at work. Something to think about! ท Passwords should be a minimum of 8 characters in length ท Use a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters (#$%@!) in the password ท Use upper and lower case letters ท Do not use common...
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    An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter

    I'm about 2/3 through this childhood auto-biography of our former president and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner. (I'm reading it with the book club at my site.) It really makes you feel like you're sitting with a nice old man from a small town, hearing about his childhood. I've learned a lot of...
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    Carl Hiaasen: Hoot

    This is Carl Hiaasen's first "teen" book. My husband read it and liked it. He gave it to our teenaged sons, then it was my turn! It is the same basic formula as any Hiaasen book, pro-environmental and such, but it's set in a middle school with no gore. It was a quick read. from...
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    Tamora Pierce: Alanna

    My teenaged sons loved this series, and convinced me to read it too... and it was GREAT! From amazon.com... Call it fate, call it intuition, or just call it common sense, but somehow young Alanna knows she isn't meant to become some proper lady cloistered in a convent. Instead, she wants to...
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    Sheri S. Tepper: The Gate To Women's Country

    We're going to read this book in June over at my site. Anyone read it yet? Since the falmes died three hundred years ago, human civilisation has evolved into a dual siciety: Women's Country, where walled towers enclose what's left of past civilisation, nutured by women and a few nonviolent...
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    Robert Ludlum: The Bourne Identity

    The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum I'm going to start reading this mystery soon, with the book club at my site. from Amazon.com... He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with...
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    Library

    What percent of the books you read come from the library?
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    Art Spiegelman: Maus: A Survivor's Tale

    In May, I'll be reading the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman (historical fiction). I hear it's a really classic graphic novel! Have you read it? If so, what did you think? Maybe you can read it with us in May (at IAMR)... or if you've already read it, discuss it...
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    Hey from Atlanta

    Hey Darren! How's it going? I'm Alicia, near Atlanta with my husband of (almost) 21 years, and our two teenaged sons. I love to read, but can't manage to find as much time to do it as I'd like!
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