false 0 8 7 true 6222037 read 1 true 2958367 currently-reading 0 true 2958366 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/147104-announcement-feel-free-to-create-your-own-topic Bobbi made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

Helen, I love the quote! Do you know who wrote it? Or do you remember where you found it? (I've gathered quotes for years and years, and often lose attribution as the bits of paper somehow separate themselves from one another...you know, like socks in the washer!) ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/45420-what-are-you-currently-reading Bobbi made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

I've just finished "Beat the Reaper," "Songs for the Butcher's Daughter," and James Patterson's "Cross Country." Now I'm 100 pages into "Moscow Rules." Enjoyed all of them and liked the way Butcher's Daughter was set up, with the "translator" chapters interspersed with the diary.

BTW, has anyone else wondered how Josh Bazell had the time to write a novel while doing his internship?!?!? Did the man not sleep AT ALL?

When I finish my current read, I'll finally get to "Moby Dick" for the Beowolf challenge. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/178575-love-of-reading Bobbi made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

I found it interesting that those interviewed in the article all seemed to be in their 50s and 60s - this does not bode well for the future of books.

I enjoy many activities, but I cannot imagine a life without reading. It's an important, integral part of my life...and I've got the books to prove it!

I know information is available instantly via digital devices and the internet, but absent from those is the "getting lost in a good book." Traveling to far-off places, or places that never were. Getting into the mind of a genius...or a madman. Kicking back on the sand with a good "beach read." Learning bits of history presented in an exciting novel. Seeing characters develop page by page.

It's great to be among people who share this addiction! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/66653-what-do-you-want-us-to-talk-write-about Bobbi made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

There's a quote by someone famous that goes something like, "I have always believed Heaven to be a kind of library." Would that it is so... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/176433-tbr-list Bobbi made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

Like Ann, I also have stacks of books everywhere: on my nightstand (love the "nightbrary" term, Michael, although mine is technically a nighstand, even though it's piled high with books on the surface and one drawer is crammed full of books), beside the nightstand between it and the wall, and stacked in several piles under our king-sized bed. Our bedroom armoire holds a TV, which is surrounded with books stacked precariously on either side. It's probably a fire hazard, but we don't use the TV much, so I don't worry about it. Then there are the overflowing bookshelves scattered all over the house. I try to keep them separated into "already read" and TBR, but that doesn't always work.

I keep a small notebook in which I record books I want to buy/books I want to read and, I must say, since finding BOTN, the pages have filled MUCH more rapidly, thanks to Ann & Michael's excellent recommendations. It really comes in handy when I'm at the library or a bookstore, although unexpected treasures always seem to find their way to me.

My Goodreads list hasn't been updated in...oh...months? A year? Who has time? I'm too busy reading! :-} ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/5915.One_Book_a_Week_Club Bobbi joined the One Book a Week Club group. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32633280 to: Nights of Rain and Stars (Paperback) by Maeve Binchy
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