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Bard of Mangled Songs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila
Posts: 2,679
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Argh! I went out for lunch to pay my cellphone bills and found myself packing 5 vols. of HoME. I'm still looking for volumes 1 and 6 and am saving up for vol. 12. 10 and 11 are arriving in 2 weeks from amazon along with the M-E atlas and Letters.
I'm under the power of the dreaded One Credit Card. Gollum, gollum...
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#542 |
Viggoholic
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,749
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I hate my library. It's only go 1 copy of Dune and will be out for the next few weeks. And I'm too cheap to fork out the two dollars to put it on hold.
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The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas).
Posts: 1,345
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You have to pay to put books on hold??
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Viggoholic
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,749
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Quote:
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Oxford, MS
Posts: 274
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Quote: If someone else has borrowed a book and you want that copy reserved, yes you must pay.
I work at a library and I must say that is just ridiculous. |
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the Shrike
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA <3
Posts: 10,647
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We pay to put a book on hold as well. $1 per book, IIRC.
I've finished HoME 5, and now I'm starting on HoME 6... so excited! ![]()
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#547 |
Bard of Mangled Songs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila
Posts: 2,679
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I think, in general, you have to pay for book reservations if either copies are limited, or the library has problems with funds.
Anyway, I jumped to The End of the Third Age (The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four) (The History of Middle-Earth - Volume 9). It gives an account, among others, of Sam telling stories from the Red Book to his kids. (Soooo cute) Elanor's only 15 then. No more details. ![]()
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An enigma in a conundrum
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 6,476
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I just finished the last installment of the "Area-51" series entitled "The Truth". Somewhat disappointing but a must if you've started the whole series.
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#549 |
Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Kiel,Wisconsi
Posts: 102
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the hobbit
i'm reading the hobbit right now, it's a cool bok!
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#550 |
Marshal of the Eastmark
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,412
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Heinlein's "future histories". I started with Time Enough For Love but realized I had skipped Methusalah's Children. I guess next will be To Sail Beyond the Sunset.
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#551 |
The Buddy Rabbit
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Trapped in the headlights..
Posts: 3,372
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*kicks Charlotte Bronte in her ethereal shins*
That was like watching paint dry on the shell of a tortoise ![]() Currently reading, or about to start:Hidden Lives by Margaret Forster. |
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: 2nd star to the left.....
Posts: 566
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Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!
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#553 |
Elf Lord
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: 2nd star to the left.....
Posts: 566
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Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!
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The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas).
Posts: 1,345
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Lemony Snicket is great! I read teh first one this fall...haven't had time to pick up the rest, but I'll get around to it...
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#555 |
Enting
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 93
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just finished reading Dracula, and now im reading LOTR:FOTR (for the first time) and im also reading Harry Potter and Philosophers Stone
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA
Posts: 10,820
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Have switched, and am now reading the Letters of JRR Tolkien, since it came into the library (putting books on hold is free here
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The Quite Querulous Quendi
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Oxon, UK
Posts: 638
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Just finished The Sopranos by Alan Warner (no relation to the TV series). Tip-top, anarchic stuff. He seems to be able write really well from a woman's perspective (or so I think, but I'm not a woman so who knows)
Any other Warner fans out there? He also wrote Morvern Callar. |
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA
Posts: 10,820
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You mean Eilene Warner?
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#559 |
Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Israel
Posts: 6,975
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I'm reading now "Forbidden Spell"
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#560 |
Elven Warrior
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Wherever I may roam
Posts: 207
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Just finished From a Buick 8 by Stephen King.
I will start Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton soon. It's been on my list and I've put it off for way too long. |
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