i kind of wish that before booklender folded up (i canceled before that date) i had copied the list of books i had gotten from them, just to see how many that was. i did the 2-per order thing since 2010 & got 30-40 books a year, so that's anywhere from 420 to 560. but the problem is that when they dropped a title because they couldn't get new (or ( Read more... )

these are ones i suggested a few weeks ago. this is like the 5th(?) a set of mine was used.
if you want to suggest a set of questions, go here.

1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid?the painted queen, the last of the amleia peabody series. sg-1 novel the power behind the throne by ( Read more... )

from amazon;
She needs an assistant ( Read more... )

In 1986, 26-year old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices that the door to one of the hospital rooms is painted red. She witnesses nurses drawing straws to see who would tend to the patient inside, all of them reluctant to enter the room. Out of impulse, Ruth herself enters the quarantined space and immediately begins to care for ( Read more... )

found via DW user kuwdora. on their post it says to tag people, but if you're reading this & want to do it, go ahead.

1) The Last book I read: The Incense Game by Laura Joh Rowland.

2) A book I recommend: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson.

3) A book that I couldn’t put down: The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre.

4) A book I’ve read twice (or ( Read more... )

i decided to see if that library in the east (sounds like something in a fantasy story) has any star trek novels, because it's been awhile since i read any. they have like 37 in ebook form, which is surprising. i think of ST novels as kind of not very popular in libraries (don't know why ( Read more... )

i started reading my first ebook yesterday via that library in the big city in the eastern part of the state. it's the incense game by laura joh rowland, a title that has been on my booklender list for ages ( Read more... )

i sent an email to booklender asking if they had a closing timeline yet & what were they going to do with all of the books ( Read more... )

the site booklender (formally booksfree) sent me an e-mail saying they're going to shut down "in the next few weeks." because of rising costs & lower membership ( Read more... )

subtitle; The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived

We think we know the story of the Titanic-the once majestic and supposedly unsinkable ship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America-but very little has been written about the vessel's 705 survivors. How did the events of that horrific night in the icy waters of ( Read more... )