Seriously. $1 for all CDs, DVD, paperbacks and audiobooks. Hardbacks were $2.

I bought tons of stuff. Here's just some of it.


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I've been thinking about the novels written in the 19th century and have been trying to decide which are the most iconic. Which novels (American or European) symbolize the era? And which are famous enough that people associate them readily with the era ( Read more... )

This year I read 53 book. I have narrowed them down to pick my five favorites. These are the books that I most enjoyed reading, this list doesn't necessarily factor in artistic merit or lack there of.

Here are my favorites in no particular order:


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Total for the two months: 7 audiobooks (still have not had time for much physical reading)
All ratings are on how much I enjoyed the book, and don't necessarily factor in artistic merit or lack there of ;-).

Ratings (5 star rating will only be given rarely):

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This is a follow up to my post of my favorite period films/musicals. I narrowed that list down to just nine. Here are 21 other titles that didn't make that list. No photos this time and not as many links.

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I've done this many times off and on for the last week with many different texts (both complete texts and sections of text). And my most common result was ...


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I've indulged at Hollywood Video (Movie Gallery)'s going out of business sale. Most of these movies I got for between $2.50 and $3.33 U.S. (About 6 of these I got for about $5). I bought them over time in the last two months. I got several titles I love and many I'm curious to see ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well, let's see ( Read more... )

Les Mis: le tour
I want to travel around France and see everything connected with Les Misérables. I'll have to wait until 10littlebullets finishes her Les Mis geek's guide to France ( Read more... )

I've been watching "Bleak House" Oh my WORD! That thing is like crack I can't stop! I recorded the whole thing off PBS without watching it and I'm glad I did. No having to wait a week between installments is good. I just started viewing it yesterday and I'm totally hooked! I've got another 2 hours to go! Total thing runs around 8 hours ( Read more... )