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The Love Curse of th... 08/12 Jackie is currently reading:
The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs (Hardcover)
by Jack Gantos
bookshelves: currently-reading, gothic, horror, humor, youngadult
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Jackie Jackie said: "This is the book the teen book group chose to read next, which means I get to read it, too. Looks like a laugh riot! "
The Mysterious Bened... 08/10 Jackie is currently reading:
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Hardcover)
by Trenton Lee Stewart
bookshelves: childrensbooks, currently-reading, mysteries, thriller
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September 03
Leaves Jackie gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Leaves (Hardcover)
by David Ezra Stein
bookshelves: animal-stories, childrensbooks, humor, picturebooks
my rating:
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recommended for: preschoolers
read in October, 2007

Jackie Jackie said: "Joyful tale of a young bear discovering the seasons. Very cute - I love the concern the bear has for the leaves! Why are they falling off the trees? Should he put them back?
Get this book to read to your kids in the fall, when they can look at the...more
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741896 New comment on Jackie's review of Salt Hands (Picture Puffins)
289556 Jackie wrote: "Thanks, Lisa! I really love this book, too. "

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744602 Jackie made a comment on Lori's profile:
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Uglies Jackie gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Uglies (Uglies, Book 1)
by Scott Westerfeld
bookshelves: sciencefiction, youngadult
my rating:
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recommended for: teens
read in January, 2006

Jackie Jackie said: "Uglies is teen SF, where everyone gets plastic surgery when they are 16 to become perfectly beautiful. Oh, and dumb as rocks. It's the perfect book for teens - addresing the importance of appearance, and how it trumps everything else.

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41an71q60pl New comment on brian's review of Twilight (Twilight Series, Book 1)
289556 Jackie wrote: "Uglies is teen SF, where everyone gets plastic surgery when they are 16 to become perfectly b...more "

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44353 New comment on brian's review of Weetzie Bat
289556 Jackie wrote: "Read it, Sarah! It's amazing, an acid-dream of L.A., and so much happens in so few pages, it'll make...more "

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August 30
The King with Six Fr... Jackie gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The King with Six Friends (Hardcover)
by Jay Williams
bookshelves: childrensbooks, fantasy, magic, picturebooks
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recommended for: kids ages 4 and up
read in January, 1971

Jackie Jackie said: "A king without a country seeks his fortune, and along the way befriends some very interesting folks.
He hears a small voice crying out from an axe in a log, and when he frees it, the axe becomes a man named Edge. He removes a mouse from a t...more
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August 29
Companions of the Ni... Jackie gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Companions of the Night (Library Binding)
by Vivian Vande Velde
bookshelves: blood-sucking-fiends, favorites, teen-books-adults-can-enjoy, youngadult
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recommended for: teen vampire fans
read in January, 1997

Jackie Jackie said: "You want to read a GREAT teen vampire story? Forget Twilight. Well, try to, anyway. This is the one you should be reading. It's got a smart heroine who isn't particularly klutsy, vampires, danger, AND (bonus!) you get the whole story in...more "
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Jackie's favorite quotes

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
Oscar Wilde

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"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. "
Groucho Marx

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"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
Dorothy Parker

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"Eighty percent of success is showing up. "
Woody Allen

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"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: Frequently there must be a beverage."
Woody Allen (The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose)




Jackie's groups (recent posts)

2766 The Haters Club — 374 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
Sorry Kids! The Haters Club is 18+ now.

It's tragic that in today's day and age that hate is so grossly undervalued. If hate is truly love reflecte...more

3113 Axis Mundi — 188 members — last activity 4 minutes ago
What turns your world today? Who turns your head? Where turns you off or on? Music, books, film, the person in front of you in the check out line, ...more
6369 True North — 124 members — last activity 10 minutes ago
To discuss important issues, book-related and not. To talk about the things that matter most to us, the things that get us up in the morning, the thin...more
185 What's The Name of That Book??? — 782 members — last activity 52 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read a while back? Come post a description on our message board and we can try to help each other out.

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3660 Miniature Amsterdam — 126 members — last activity 1 hour, 42 min ago
A Club With Legal Stuff

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events Jackie is attending

Childhood Favorites Bookshelf Voting
event: Childhood Favorites Bookshelf Voting
date: September 26, 2008 11:59PM
location: True North, United States
description: Submit your list of childhood favorite books and vote for the final 50 selected.

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from Koeeoaddi
7 hours, 4 min ago

321764 Sorry, Jackie, can't make the image work, so here:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/...

from Dave
12 hours, 45 min ago

26185 description

Evil!!! (and lame.)


from Lori
1 day ago, 09:55PM

744602

from Lori
1 day ago, 06:44PM

744602 Evil? Nah, just misunderstood. :)

from Dave
1 day ago, 05:38PM

26185 description

Evil!!! (but sexy.)



from Jackie
2 days ago, 04:22PM

289556 Cats are so great, they even volunteer to teach dogs how to read!



"Fine, I teach you!"

from Dave
2 days ago, 10:47AM

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from Dave
3 days ago, 11:52AM

26185 description


EVIL!!!

from Mindy
4 days ago, 06:23PM

1069458 Ahhh, Prairie Home Companion... bringing people together for 34 years!

from Dave
4 days ago, 11:02AM

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from Kirk
6 days ago, 09:22PM

667059 I would never dare compete with BMRB when it comes to melons, Jackie.

Your and Dave's running picture battle has had me giggling all day...

from Dave
6 days ago, 07:45PM

26185 description

You really like these things?


from Dave
7 days ago, 05:45PM

26185 I will not give in to your terrorist threats.

7 days ago, 05:33PM

372363 Glad you like the new hoots, Jackie! These are for sure the real thing!
;)

from Dave
7 days ago, 05:31PM

26185 If you think I'm going to say the same thing about your cats, keep dreaming.

from Kirk
7 days ago, 11:46AM

667059 What? .... You don't find me ... tantalizing?

from Dave
8 days ago, 09:35PM

26185 description

Bring it, pussies.

from Dave
8 days ago, 09:17PM

26185 Ewww, gross. My profile's been infected.

8 days ago, 12:37PM

372363 Is that not freakish?!?! and VILE! I am sure they are natural, (anort) and that the areolas are bigger than my dinner plates...

from Amanda
9 days ago, 09:10PM

645979 I'm thinking about starting an entire undergraduate program focusing on the fine art of tree hugging. With tea hugging as a minor. If you're ever looking for a professorship, let me know, ok???? :)

9 days ago, 05:06PM

721021 I officially owe you one avatar, Ms. M.:) Thanks for the pic.

from Kirk
9 days ago, 03:31AM

667059 My favorite part of this pic is that she's wearing her Ugs or whatever they're called.

from Kirk
14 days ago, 11:48AM

667059 About 8 lbs, 9 ounces, I would say! I'm switching to light beer asap...

from Kirk
27 days ago, 04:43AM

667059 Ms. Marquardt!

I'm blushing! Blushing, I say!

from Kirk
29 days ago, 06:17PM

667059 I do seem to be wearing out that motif. Back to the Star Wars poster!

from Michelle
29 days ago, 02:16PM

512643 MoFo Goodreads aged me a day early too! Dicks.

from Heidi
29 days ago, 01:03PM

1002888 Dawww... that's a sweetness avatar. :)

from Kirk
31 days ago, 06:41AM

667059 Such a cute avatar! There's something comforting in knowing that the future was captured in that pic.... Unfortunately, the only yearbook picture I have of me is with two Cheetos up my nostrils from 8th grade. No scans available ... sorry!

from Kirk
08/03/2008 07:13AM

667059 I've discovered that the Force is actually ... Google!

Happy Sunday!

from Sarah
07/25/2008 01:29PM

193255 Happy birthday, Jackie!!!



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