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07-25-2012, 07:13 AM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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For $175 I'd want better boxes than those around my collection. they tend to wear down
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07-25-2012, 10:31 AM
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That's not too crazy really. If you're a big fan of the series--which I assume you are--then I doubt it'll be a waste. If I had the money, I'd do it.
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07-25-2012, 11:40 AM
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You guys were supposed to talk me out of it.
Oh well. 
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07-25-2012, 11:43 AM
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No way!
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07-25-2012, 12:17 PM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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For $175 I want them in a nice wooden box
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07-25-2012, 06:42 PM
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**** all of you!
Ebooks are quality. I don't carry my iPad everywhere with me so the fact I can be reading a book at home on the iPad bookmark a page, Go get the bus to work and open iBooks On my iPhone which will take me automatically to the page I bookmarked on the iPad and read a chapter to kill off an uninspiring public trAnsport journey is beyond genius! |
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07-26-2012, 10:01 AM
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yea you are doing it wrong. anything other than e-ink is useless and detrimental to your eye sight. sure go ahead and say 'i feel fine' but science says different.
e ink is the only way to go with e books, ipads and iphones are just foolish to read on.
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07-26-2012, 10:17 AM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Would you buy a book made with disappearing ink?
VIDEO-CLick to Watch!:
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07-26-2012, 11:19 AM
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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07-26-2012, 11:56 AM
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07-26-2012, 03:39 PM
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When the Machines take over and the e-books come to life, shained will be one of the first to go.
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07-26-2012, 09:14 PM
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I think secretly, we all want to let others know what we are reading. That's what we hate e-books.
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07-27-2012, 04:01 PM
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Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
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07-29-2012, 12:02 PM
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It took me awhile, but I've finished Watership Down by Richard Adams. I did not expect myself to like this book as much as I did. I'm not usually a fan of talking animals, but this one was definitely the best out of the ones that I've read. I picked the book off a shelf because I felt like buying something, and what a wonderful buy indeed! I love the style of writing, the pacing was great, and, dare I say, ACTION-PACKED? I never knew that a story about rabbits could be this exciting.
Anyway, I'm moving on to Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
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07-29-2012, 08:39 PM
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Rama's awesome.
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07-30-2012, 11:27 AM
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Just read 50 pages of Rendezvous with Rama. Holy ****, this story is sucking me in. I cannot stop reading this.
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07-30-2012, 11:42 AM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Woah, the Olympics are going to cut into my book listening time - and my current book (Geo.Washington's bio) is 41 hrs and 57 mins long.
 (That's like a week at a regular job with overtime )
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07-30-2012, 09:44 PM
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Just had a rather intense debate with a colleague about the validity of 50 Shades of Grey. Apparently, I have to have read the books in order to hate on it. I hate it when defenders pull that card, because it's stupid. Besides, I don't think a person who often claims that she doesn't like/read books knows anything about what makes a good book good.
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Cloud Atlas... WTF IS GOING ON!!!
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rama is such a great book... just remember, there are no sequels.
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I loved the sequels as a kid.
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