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faerieye writes "i have read this twice now, really great information."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:21:46 PDT

i have read this twice now, really great information.

faerieye writes "oh cool, i have never heard of a paranormal phychology class, that sounds really..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:19:51 PDT

oh cool, i have never heard of a paranormal phychology class, that sounds really interesting

faerieye writes "thats what i was thinking, anything to make me feel better about my past..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:19:16 PDT

thats what i was thinking, anything to make me feel better about my past relationships! haha

faerieye writes "me too, i love everything about that era: fashion, culture, food/nutrition,..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:18:10 PDT

me too, i love everything about that era: fashion, culture, food/nutrition, sex.... so fascinating!

faerieye writes "i think this was my first book that had a sad element to it..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:16:06 PDT

i think this was my first book that had a sad element to it...

faerieye writes "my one sister simply adores this book, i think she has read it like fifty..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:15:35 PDT

my one sister simply adores this book, i think she has read it like fifty thousand times. i don't know if i like it THAT much, haha, but i did enjoy it.

faerieye writes "i just thought this was a great idea, have not bought it yet though"

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:14:33 PDT

i just thought this was a great idea, have not bought it yet though

albee_d writes "This is great! Full of good suggestions on books to read. And I love that Nancy..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:37:42 PDT

This is great! Full of good suggestions on books to read. And I love that Nancy Pearl (a Seattle librarian) even has an action figure!

jessicachanel writes "I LOOOOVVVEEE your book list. I now have so many new books to look up. I am also..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:37:19 PDT

I LOOOOVVVEEE your book list. I now have so many new books to look up. I am also adding it to my favorites list.

jessicachanel writes "I read this. I thought it was very interesting and gave me allot to think about."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:36:29 PDT

I read this. I thought it was very interesting and gave me allot to think about.

jessicachanel writes "I just loved this one growing up."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:35:36 PDT

I just loved this one growing up.

jessicachanel writes "yay I'm a Diana Vreeland fan too!"

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:33:36 PDT

yay I'm a Diana Vreeland fan too!

jessicachanel writes "I want to steal this. I am obsessed with the 18th century."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:33:12 PDT

I want to steal this. I am obsessed with the 18th century.

jessicachanel writes "wow, I want to steal this one too."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:32:38 PDT

wow, I want to steal this one too.

jessicachanel writes "This looks like it would be a riot"

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:31:50 PDT

This looks like it would be a riot

jessicachanel writes "I read this for a paranormal physchology class. It was interesting and contained..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:30:26 PDT

I read this for a paranormal physchology class. It was interesting and contained info on everything from aliens to bigfoot.

jessicachanel writes "I just read this back in the summer. I agree, all the characters were very..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:28:58 PDT

I just read this back in the summer. I agree, all the characters were very interesting. I really liked Kudra.

jessicachanel writes "wow, this looks awesome! I am so stealing this."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:28:22 PDT

wow, this looks awesome! I am so stealing this.

faerieye writes "you are so awesome!"

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:08:09 PDT

you are so awesome!

parnell writes "Okay, it's actually an excerpt from a book called The Overworked American: The..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:06:55 PDT

Okay, it's actually an excerpt from a book called The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure by Juliet Schor. The chapter is called "The Constancy of Housewives' Hours."

faerieye writes "hey thankx! :)"

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:04:53 PDT

hey thankx! :)

parnell writes "NO kidding! The series was called 1900 House. Here's the link.
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:50:51 PDT
NO kidding! The series was called 1900 House. Here's the link. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/about-series/index.html

parnell writes "I'll go look it up for you. It's really facinating because the author argues we..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:46:47 PDT

I'll go look it up for you. It's really facinating because the author argues we have a cult-of-clean in our society specifically to keep the economy robust and women tied to the domestic.

faerieye writes "the first half of the movie was so intense that i decided to watch the second..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:46:43 PDT

the first half of the movie was so intense that i decided to watch the second half the next day.... but i was left feeling very "whaa?"... but i've heard the book is the same way.

faerieye writes "when i found this i nearly died because i have two or three grocery lists that i..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:45:35 PDT

when i found this i nearly died because i have two or three grocery lists that i have found that i've kept because i found them so funny. who knew someone else was doing the same thing?

faerieye writes "the sub culture of steampunk has been tugging on my interest of late..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:43:54 PDT

the sub culture of steampunk has been tugging on my interest of late...

faerieye writes "you wouldn't happen to remember the title of that article??? you've peaked my..."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:42:30 PDT

you wouldn't happen to remember the title of that article??? you've peaked my curiosity

faerieye writes "interesting! after reading this book, no thanks, i like my modern life"

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:41:39 PDT

interesting! after reading this book, no thanks, i like my modern life

parnell writes "What a great list. Very provocative. Lots to ponder and go back over. Thanks for..."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:50:05 PDT

What a great list. Very provocative. Lots to ponder and go back over. Thanks for sharing.

parnell writes "I would love to read this one, too. It reminds me of an equally facinating..."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:47:24 PDT

I would love to read this one, too. It reminds me of an equally facinating article on why it helps the economy to keep women focused on cleaning, etc.

parnell writes "This looks so interesting."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:46:25 PDT

This looks so interesting.

parnell writes "This reminds of the reality show from England where a family has to live like..."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:45:40 PDT

This reminds of the reality show from England where a family has to live like Victorians. So much hard work!

happie2smile writes "i wanna read this! :)"

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:34:44 PDT

i wanna read this! :)

happie2smile writes "i read part of this in 5th grade..then we stopped for the same reason...it being..."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:34:13 PDT

i read part of this in 5th grade..then we stopped for the same reason...it being boring..lol

mishaa writes "You have some great finds here."

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:21:56 PDT

You have some great finds here.

mishaa writes "I can't decide whether this is really cool, or just creepy."

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:13:07 PDT

I can't decide whether this is really cool, or just creepy.

monket writes "I love this book! The movie too, though the book is always better than the..."

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:01:20 PDT

I love this book! The movie too, though the book is always better than the movie.

faerieye writes "love LOVE this book! i have read it three times now. the humor and extent of the..."

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:27:47 PST

love LOVE this book! i have read it three times now. the humor and extent of the information that is dealt with in this book is amazing.

faerieye writes "i felt that parts of the book seemed rushed, i would have liked more text..."

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:57 PST

i felt that parts of the book seemed rushed, i would have liked more text (coming from me who usually skips!) regarding details... either way, i read this in two days. crazy people! (though the part about the cat made me cry)

faerieye writes "though the ending left me feeling "meh", the journey to the end was..."

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:25:35 PST

though the ending left me feeling "meh", the journey to the end was very informative about advertising and the interesting ways companies try to secretly advertise... the parts about alice's childhood was very interesting too

faerieye writes "i found the characters and the constant change of time and cultures to be very..."

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:23:46 PST

i found the characters and the constant change of time and cultures to be very intriguing...

faerieye writes "this was an interesting read. i never knew that victorian england was so anti of..."

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:21:50 PST

this was an interesting read. i never knew that victorian england was so anti of eating fruit or that women would sew a thick layer like a broom, around the hem of their skirt to sweep aside all the dirt and muck in an attempt to keep cleaner....

faerieye writes "a small part of why i like this one is that its set in the bay area, which is..."

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:54:01 PDT

a small part of why i like this one is that its set in the bay area, which is where i live. i don't know, it makes it more real.

faerieye writes "i forget when i read this first, but i remember not understanding it. i had a..."

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:52:25 PDT

i forget when i read this first, but i remember not understanding it. i had a problem with books flipping from past and present, though now i enjoy that. i needed my story to be linear when i was younger...

faerieye writes "my brother and i share books (even though our tastes are wildly different, his..."

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:50:47 PDT

my brother and i share books (even though our tastes are wildly different, his usually ranging from war... and war) and both of us enjoyed this one so much. my brother wanted to immediatly seek out more of his work, but at this point this is his only adult novel that i know of.

faerieye writes "i had to read this for school and i really enjoyed it. so much i bought the..."

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:48:10 PDT

i had to read this for school and i really enjoyed it. so much i bought the sequel. hell, aliens raping priests, how can you go wrong?