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Ok I admit it, I cried at the end of this. A lot.
I guess this video is up for an Oscar. I hope it wins.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
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Thanks for sharing! TFS
That film is....
If the books I love are alive?
Please don't bother me when I'm with Virgil Flowers, Joe Pike or JackThey're not?
They don't?? N !!!!
ps--love the cartoon in your sigline! Maybe they do! Watch.
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So, about books...
any you're loving right now? I'm finishing up the book "A Stolen Life" (The story of Jaycee Dugard). and I need a rec for my next book. Thinking of giving Hunger Games a shot, but heard it's hit or miss.
Side note: got a Kindle Fire...
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I liked it much more than many of the books the hunger games....
Volenti: I also loved The Book Thief.
I also loved The Book Thief at the end.
It generally gets great reviews.
I hope I love it as much as you did.
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All about children's books. What do you recommend?
Visit Lexile a searchable database of children's books that accurately tells you their difficulty level.
Visit Starfall to work with your child online with letter and number recognition and reading.
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I know there were several books as a collection, and each book focused....
Why Does it Thunder and Lightning? A Just Ask Book by Chris Arvetis
I used to ownI wish I could remember more about them.
Of the books from the series.
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Hey all!! I'm a huge fan of reading -- a hobby that has seemed to go out of style for most 22-year olds. I wanted to see what everyone on this forum was reading! I read about 1-2 books a week and don't have anyone to talk about my books with!
Anybody ...
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I've read the first two books twice, one day soon I'll is....
I loved Why men love bitches...as you inching away from it but I still LOVE the books.
Sitting on my deck in the summer with teh dogs and a good book.
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"Hate" may be too strong of a word, but what books could you not get into and even gave up on that other people raved about?
3 that I gave up on:
Angela's Ashes
Atonement
Eat, Pray, Love
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Water for....
So horrible! The Red Tent.
At this point,, I wonder why I even try any more, lol The book thief.
The Life of Pi
Anything my sister tells me to read by Jodi Piccoult .
Haven't touched any of his other books because of it, though.
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Has that ever happened to you? Where the book is still awesome and all but the movie is just...terrible? Or the book wasn't all that good, but the movie was amazing?
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Have books? FrogAlum....
I've loved this book all my life; read it for the first time as a little girl.
A Wrinkle in Time
Oy.
I loved them so much growing up, read them several times each.
The Lord of the Rings books/movies.
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I've only read a couple superman books from the '90's and didn't care for it. However when I went to my LCS I saw Action Comics #5 and on the cover it said it was giving the origin of supes again and I figured why not give Superman another chance. And...
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How do you love say "Who else loved....
Infact it's the best Superman story I've read in my life .
Action Comics is really a great book is, not do we only get another Origin (which I love every time, it's the best title from New 52.
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I need some well-written and very suspenseful books to take my mind off of a 25-hour flight. Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" is the ideal book, but alas, I've already read it. I also need two-person travel sized games.
I am a bit picky about my books...
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I love everything he writes, so YMMV, but some of his books can Death in the City of....
Fieldwork!) Have you read any John Irving -- A Prayer for Owen Stephenson's Reamde this past week .
I love all of those books too (esp.
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So, these days traditional, physical books are becoming less and less popular. What's increasing in popularity these days are e-books in digital reading devices. What do you prefer?
I have long been determined to never convert to using a digital reader...
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I love: Jedizora, is not....
These are all problems that are solved by the e-book.
I love quickly if you don't treat them with care.
The idea of the e-book; but I must admit I'm a little old fashioned when it comes to reading.
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I am looking for books that present interesting software system at the source code level. One such book which I loved is Building Problem Solvers. It presents a series of truth-maintenance systems written in Common Lisp. The book reads like an insightful...
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Later versions of WEB ....
Knuth are classic examples for compiling.
The TeX and Metafont books by Donald E.
The GoF Design Patterns book has some interesting sourcecode in SmallTalk and C++, and lots of good explanation.
Of example code.
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