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Amber wrote: "Anna, I was just talking to my Mom about this the other day. I have always loved reading but I am also dyslexic, so I don't read as much as I would like, since it takes more time and energy for me...."My favorite uncle is dyslexic but he hates to read. It's admirable that you perservere despite the challenge.
Michelle, high five on the Nook! I considered getting a Kindle but ultimately picked Nook since Barnes and Noble has the brick and mortar stores. And I'm stubbornly anti-Apple so the iPad isn't my thing. Congrats on the awesome day btw! :)
Gotta chime in on the e-reader VS real books convo.
I love the quick access of e-readers. They're also a cheap way to read books I'm on the fence about.
I find I read faster on my Nook too. I've discovered some great authors on the Shop page that I may never have encountered otherwise.
BIG however, I will always buy paper books. They're my first love. I enjoy seeing shelves lined with them, makes a house feel like home for me. And the whole new book smell is just sublime. Also, I'm a huge cover art fan, so buying books (and comics for that matter) is kind of like collecting art in my opinion.
Amber wrote: "Michelle, Anna, Jennifer it is a cerebral miracle! I was just sitting watching tv, some adult swim actually, when BAM out of nowhere I remembered. It seriously oozed out of no where and plopped rig..."Wow! That's so cool that you remembered! I'm going to have to look it up now. It sounds so creepy, and I love creepy.
Anna, I bet they are zinnia. I have some of those in my garden, and they do come back at unexpected times. But I always took it for granted that things bloom and die here in Southern California differently than they do in other places. Our summer is when most things die, getting scorched by the heat. And winter is when things come back to life because its when we finally get rain.
In regards to the book vs. e-reader discussion, I like them both. I can't get over my original love affair with actual books- their smell, their feel, their weight. I'm telling you, reading "Gone With the Wind" feels like more of an accomplishment when you've been lugging the thing around for weeks. But my Nook and now my iPad have opened my horizons to new genres and more books, and I find them pretty comfortable to read. And they've led me to Goodreads, so I can't complain about that.
I haven't read more since joining Goodreads, but I really do like being able to keep track of my progress. Reading has always been a two-fold enjoyment for me: the pleasure of the story and the joy of conquering a book. I always look at large books, difficult subjects, and new genres as a personal challenge to meet. And now Goodreads has given me a way of recording and sharing my conquests. =)
I was very pleased to see them again, Jennifer. Where are you from in Cali? My man's from San Diego and he misses the year-round perfect weather.Your GWTW comment made me think of this. If I'm reading a massive book, I'd rather read it in paper. It feels interminable on the e-reader. I'm reading a really long book on the Nook now and it's killing my soul a little.
I'm from the Inland Empire, about an hour inland from Los Angeles. San Diego is an absolutely beautiful city, much prettier than LA and my area, but we do get similar weather. Where I am is more dry, a bit of a brush desert.And I agree with you; I can keep track of my progress easier when I have the book in my hands. I always like to see if I've made it halfway through or three quarters of the way. It inspires me to push through to the end. But the convenience of the e-reader can't be denied. Lighter, easier to pack, and more frequently accessible, I do enjoy its advantages.
I find myself reading different genres in different mediums, you know? Classics in paper and manga/comics in e-reader...don't know if that's the case with everyone. Although I find its a lot cheaper to get a hold of the classics I want to read digitally... and with the economy the way it is, cheaper starts to look really good.
Anna (Bananas!) wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "More like getting back to reading for me. Uni had kept me away from it way too long! Also I've got more ideas for what to read now. :) And I'm discovering more stuff than ever, tha..."
Oh, yeah, sorry, it's short for university. :)
The good thing about e-readers is, that you get some classics for free. For example on Amazon (Germany, at least), you can loads of books by Emile Zola for free and the new printed editions cost about €25.But then there are also those that cost only €1-2 less than the paper edition and I think that's too much usually. :/
I have no idea. I haven't even figured out shelves yet. I need a GR guide like your manga guide.What's the purpose of "owned books?" Ok, dumb question. I guess just to show what you actually own.
When I saw this link of FB this morning I thought you girls might enjoy it. http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php...
Also, Goodreads used to have a feature for trading books (pretty sure they shut that down, though), and the "owned books" feature was related to that.
Anita wrote: "When I saw this link of FB this morning I thought you girls might enjoy it. http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php..."
Oh god, how I love Kate Beaton. Also very lovely person to meet. I she signed a copy of 2 of her books for me at Calgary Expo this year.
Anita wrote: "When I saw this link of FB this morning I thought you girls might enjoy it. "Thanks for this. =)
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I haven't seen Skyfall yet, I need to get that sorted as soon as! I'm loving Daniel Craig almost as much as I love Sean Connery.
The winter is beginning to get to me, I've got a cold and I'm finding it hard to leave the house without a really good reason, which is practically never!
I loved Wreck-It Ralph. :) I was glad that the real video game references were minimal, and it was fun on its own merit. Also, Jack McBrayer is effing hysterical!
Stefani wrote: "Wreck it Ralph isn't out over here yet :( I haven't seen Skyfall yet, I need to get that sorted as soon as! I'm loving Daniel Craig almost as much as I love Sean Connery.
The winter is beginning..."
Ohh! I think Daniel Craig is the best 007 they've come up with since Sean Connery, although I didn't like Quantum of Solace as much as Casino Royale. Skyfall, however, was very enjoyable! Still not as good as Casino Royale in my opinion, but definitely worth the price of the ticket! I hope you do get the chance to go out and see it.
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Has anyone gotten around to buying Xmas presents? I'm trying to get some done just now, I'm choosing to do them all thought the computer so I don't have to leave the house.
Nope, not me anyways. But I think online buying is definitely the way to go. You get better prices that way, too.
You Americans are a bit late to the party - everybody knows Thanksgiving was over a month ago ;).
No, no, Kelly -- we're actually eleven months ahead of you. :PI had a lovely Thanksgiving. Kids spent most of the day in the swimming pool, got to see my brother and his husband who I haven't seen in ages, and found out that my grandmother and my husband actually have something in common: Irish whiskey! :)
I was a little sad that my oldest two were with their mom, but they're coming home today! Yay!
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Michelle wrote: "No, no, Kelly -- we're actually eleven months ahead of you. :P"Hah! That's what I call early!
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I could wrap your presents. ;) Though, actually I'd rather not have someone else wrap my presents. I love choosing the paper and carefully wrapping everything. :3 Think it's more important to wrap stuff yourself cause that's also part of the present.Still, I worked at a bookstore last year wrapping presents for customers. heh.
(This year they didn't take me cause I have too much university seminars in the last week before Christmas. :( meh. Staying poor.)
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Does anyone else have any traditions they have each year? For a while my mum got quite down around the holidays so we would try to have alternative Christmases, the best ones were when we didn't have Xmas dinner but for three or four years we had a vegetarian curry and then chocolate fudge cake for dessert. Reading that back I realise just how crazy my family is!
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Lela - I don't think decorations are huge in Britain (possibly because i live in the city) so I've never really gotten to drive round laughing at them. My Nanny took me to a house one year that was covered in lights, it was the craziest I've seen over here.
Chimney wrote: "Our tree fell over tonight, probably broke about have of the ornaments."Happened to us one Christmas, probably the cat deciding to climb up there... Luckily not much was lost cause the tree landed on the dinner table and most ornaments didn't even touch the ground.
My family's traditions are very different from the average US family. We're Swiss so we open presents Christmas Eve (I was confused for many years as a child why all the commericials or movies had presents being opened on Christmas morning), Christmas Eve dinner is cold cuts and rolls, and family recipe christmas cookies (which are delicious), sing carols in English and German, hang fruit as well as ornaments on the tree, and use candles on the tree not lights. The only issue with the candles is we have to make sure the tree does not catch fire.Granted that Christmas is spent with my mom's extended family. When I lived at home we had Christmas about a week before with my immediate family, which was much more informal. I remember one year we went out to eat and sang carols in the car on the way home to save time because the Survivior finale was on that night and we wanted to watch it (this was before tivo).
Ha, yeah, I couldn't wait for the morning for "Bescherung". :) hehe
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That's so sad. Is it ok?
Good to hear the tree is fine. :)It really only happened once that the tree fell, guess the cat learnt his lesson. ;) I'm a bit sad that our flat here is to small for a tree. But I hope my mum will get a big one again this year. Since the rooms at her place are almost 4 metres high we always had really large trees. And we also used candles, but the last years, my mum also added some lights so that you don't have to worry about the candles so much and can have the tree look festively lit, even if you're out of the room for a while.
Aaaah, you make me wanna bake some cookies now, too. >.<
When I was a kid, we used to have a huge Christmas party every year (about a week before Christmas) with our huge extended family. My grandmother was one of 8 kids, and my mom has 36 cousins on that side of the family, and by then most of them were grown and married with kids, so it was a huge party. Eventually it just got too big, and the family got too spread out, and we couldn't do it anymore. We're going to have a reunion this summer, which should be HUGE considering that my generation is already having kids.My husband and I are trying to create our own traditions for our kids. My family still has Christmas dinner every year, and we go to that, but they've stopped doing most of the cool traditions from when I was a kid, and it's just a laid back dinner and presents, and not everybody is able to show up every year. My husband's family quit doing holidays sometime before I met him, which really sucks. Sometimes we can get his parents to come for a holiday dinner, but they won't stay long. :/
So we've been trying to come up with little things that make the holidays specially ours. We've set aside December 5th as the day we always decorate for Christmas (the day after my youngest daughter's birthday, so that Christmas never overshadows her birthday). I have several large boxes of decorations, and I let the kids decorate the living room however they like. We have special decorations, like my snowy village collection, my oldest daughter's snowglobes, and stockings with our names on them. This year will be the third year that we've gone Christmas caroling in the neighborhood. My oldest daughter arranges that all on her own: picking the date, inviting friends, preparing snacks for afterwards. On Christmas Eve the kids will each open one present (new pajamas), and then we'll have presents from Santa in the morning.
And maybe one day we'll have a giant Christmas party with all 7 of our kids and their spouses and kids. And grandkids. :)
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This entire comment made no sense to me. What is Goya soda? I'll pretend I have a clue though. RAGE! That must have sucked. I'm at my most annoyed in a supermarket when they run out of decent peanut butter.
Sick, sore. I'm chronically ill so neither is unusual. I'm looking at getting more L5R cards. Does anybody play?
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Those Squishables! So cute. :D It's a good thing they are so expensive, otherwise I might have been tempted to import one. *_*
Chimney, once you're chronically ill it's par for the course.L5R or Legend of the five rings is a collectable card game with an Asian inspired fantasy theme. Yes, there are battles.
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You should definitely make a gaming den, I'm glad uni is over for the break because I'm not leaving my den until after the New Year!
I like that idea. I generally hate movie book covers but I picked up Silver Linings Playbook recently with the Bradley Cooper/Jennifer Lawrence cover and I don't hate it. Book and movie were really good also.
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happy new year everyone. :) now bed time. the cat needs to calm down as well. still sounds like war outside, though.
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Amber wrote: "Lol I'm telling you in was an insane book. Now I really wish my brain would click so I could share it with you all :)"Are there any Mind Readers in this group? I have to know who wrote this as well as just the description of what it was about got me interested in it.
Bob wrote: "Amber wrote: "Lol I'm telling you in was an insane book. Now I really wish my brain would click so I could share it with you all :)"Are there any Mind Readers in this group? I have to know who w..."
See message 51.
Jennifer wrote: "Bob wrote: "Amber wrote: "Lol I'm telling you in was an insane book. Now I really wish my brain would click so I could share it with you all :)"Are there any Mind Readers in this group? I have t..."
Thank you so much. I guess that's what I get for just skimming through the messages. Thanks again. :)
Bob wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Bob wrote: "Amber wrote: "Lol I'm telling you in was an insane book. Now I really wish my brain would click so I could share it with you all :)"Are there any Mind Readers in this..."
No problem. Anytime.
Also I've got more ideas for what to read now. :) And I'm discovering more stuff than ever, that's for sure!"
What's Uni?