false 46 1331 1084 true 5631594 read 0 true 1123540 currently-reading 247 true 1123539 to-read 0 false 4707057 the-diaries-of-a-dead-african http://apps.facebook.com/good_reads/ check it out » ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/136.Recommended_Reads Jeannie voted on the book list Recommended Reads ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1924043-t-greenwood Jeannie made a comment on T. Greenwood's profile:

Just a note to let you know that your novel "Two Rivers", has just been stashed into my backpack. Tomorrow morning the book will be on it's way to Mexico. I chose your book for my "traveling read", it will be getting a fair amount of "face time" :>)

I've noticed, when I travel, that there are two groups of readers. There are those who hunch. They lay their books face down on their laps and tend to cover the areas of the book that they are not immediately engaged in. It is clear that they feel that what they are reading is their own business. THEN, there are the "rubber neckers" (a group to which I count myself among). Those who try to see which book someone else is reading. I've been known to do some strange contortions and/or I have resorted to outright stareing, just to see what the stranger across from me is reading.
The fact that I am a "rubber necker" and that I like to think of myself as somewhat of a thoughtful person, leads me to openly display what I am reading. I hold the book upwards, I make sure the title and the cover art are visible. I've been known to comment on the book if I catch a fellow "rubber necker" sneeking a peek or doing some outright stareing. I guess I've never given up the "hand sell" urge (use to work in a small independant bookstore)
SO...........Two Rivers will be getting face time in the airport (leaving from Wisconsin's insane cold temps), aboard an airplane and on a bus in Mexico's balmy sunshine. The book will probably get some poolside time as well.

Thank you for the stories.....without them, what would life be ? Even traveling would be somewhat less exciting :>)

Jeannie
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/14551-tv-show-lost Jeannie made a comment in the Daily Diary group:

I love watching "Lost" but since I didn't start at the beginning....I am lost. I am waiting for the cost of the DVDs to come down and then will watch from the beginning.
Of all of the seasonal shows, Lost is still one of the most expensive DVDs to buy :>0

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