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date: 2016-10-31 02:21

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Find New Booklikes Blogs To Follow discussion: Shout-out for Newbies and "Underfollowed" (but Active) Blogs

I followed a couple interesting ones too. Thanks for the shout out, folks. more »

date: 2016-09-04 04:55

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Buddy Reads by genre of Public Domain and Project Gutenberg books discussion: Main Discussion Thread

That is an interesting idea. I joined, though I don't know if I'm going to participate in many of these reads. A few titles I find intriguing, and they are free too - an additional bonus. more »

date: 2016-06-30 05:57

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Find New Booklikes Blogs To Follow discussion: Shout-out for Newbies and "Underfollowed" (but Active) Blogs

I followed quite a few new blogs mentioned on this discussion. Thanks, friends, for pointing me towards more interesting people. I'm confused though. I looked at my blog. It has 823 followers, but I usually get about 12 to 15 likes on my reviews. Does it mean that the other 800+ followers don't lik... more »

date: 2015-07-03 05:05

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Sock Poppet's 2015 Read-By-the-Month Reading Challenge discussion: June's Reading Challenge ~ Six It Is

I read 2 books in June fitting the month's parameters: #2 ~ whose author has six letters in first or last name. Dorothy Sayers - Unnatural Death. The review is here. #3 ~ that was published in a six year (ex. 1776, 1868, 1967, 2006). Mary Stewart - Wildfire at Midnight. Published in 1956. The rev... more »

date: 2015-06-23 06:56

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Find New Booklikes Blogs To Follow discussion: Active Author and Publisher Bloggers

I'm active here but mostly as a reader. Occasionally, I post some important news of my writer's life, but there could be a 6-month interval between such posts. Most of my posts are book reviews. more »

date: 2015-06-23 06:40

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Find New Booklikes Blogs To Follow discussion: Active Reviewer Bloggers

I'm pretty active here. I try to visit BL at least every couple days and see what my friends read. I read their reviews and participate in discussions that picked my interest. I don't post every day. Mostly my posts are reviews of the books I've read, but sometimes I post interesting links or pictur... more »

date: 2015-05-30 01:33

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Sock Poppet's 2015 Read-By-the-Month Reading Challenge discussion: May's Reading Challenge ~ You May, But Should You?

Prompt 1 ~ book with a character who does something wild. Jojo Moyes – One Plus One - a wonderful 4.5 stars novel about poverty, choices, and love. Review Prompt 3 ~ book with a character who dares to be different. Moira Shearer – BalletMaster - a non-fiction book about ballet, a biography of Georg... more »

date: 2015-05-05 19:14

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Time Travel discussion: Time travel: to when would you go? (just for fun)

Thanks, RedTHaws, for posting the link. To where in the past would you travel?: Middle of the 19th century, England. It was a time of prosperity and an explosion of the arts there. Call me boring, but I don't want to go anywhere/anywhen with wars or revolutions. Give me peace and quiet any time.... more »

date: 2015-04-24 01:08

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The Jane Austen Book Club discussion: 2015-03-05 - 2015-12-31: Pride and Prejudice - Anna Quindlen, Jane Austen

I finished the book. Contrary to my expectations, I wasn't enraptured but I did like it, especially the last two thirds. The beginning was slow, but as far as I know, it's customary for novels of that time. My review is here. more »