Book Swap

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Zelalem
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:21 pm
Zelalem says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:21 pm
This is more of a reading activity than a writing activity, but I didn't really know where else to put this topic.

Anyways, here's the activity:
Book Swap
Here's something I used to do on another forum.
-To find good new books to read when your bored...
-You can make someone read a book of your choice, if you read a book of their choice.

If you guys like this idea, then we could probably do NO new releases, so that people don't have to buy the books to read.

Good idea?
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:41 pm
Poor Imp says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:41 pm
Very fun idea - only it might fit better in fiction discussion.
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:46 pm
-KayJuran- says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:46 pm
Well, I'd be interested... Anyone else..? :P
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:38 pm
Poor Imp says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:38 pm
Well, it doesn't look as if the topic's going to be moved promptly...

Should someone start?

Here are three books - see if anyone wants to make a swap of it -

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Mimus by Lilli Thal

Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:54 pm
Firestarter says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:54 pm
Cheap dig, Imp? :wink: You only gave me three hours ...

*moved*
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Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:43 am
Myth says... · Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:43 am
Poor_Imp wrote:
Silas Marner by George Eliot


This is the only book from your list that's in the library and I've sent a request for it.

My list is:

Fire and Hemlock -- Diana Wynne Jones

The Memory Palace -- Gill Alderman

or

Codex -- Lev Grossman
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:08 am
Jiggity says... · Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:08 am
Poor Imp, I read Mimus, by Lili Thal and I think its bloody well awesome. The way the prince was brought down to such a very low level was fantastic.

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There are no words to describe the awesomeness of this book and the series to which it belongs: The Prince of Nothing.
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:29 am
Torpid says... · Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:29 am
Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra, very very good.
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:31 am
Poor Imp says... · Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:31 am
Doe wrote:
Poor_Imp wrote:
Silas Marner by George Eliot


This is the only book from your list that's in the library and I've sent a request for it.

My list is:

Fire and Hemlock -- Diana Wynne Jones

The Memory Palace -- Gill Alderman

or

Codex -- Lev Grossman


I'll read Fire and Hemlock, Doe. For all the Diana Wynne Jones books I've read, I haven't read that one - and the library has it.

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Jigsaw - Mimus was rather good, wasn't it? At least, certainly it was intriguing. The court fool side of it was all amazingly detailed - good medieval history. ^_^ (What's the "Prince of Nothing" about?)
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