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It's older than dirt

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:35:39 -0700

A few weeks ago the QotD asked us about the oldest book on our shelf. At the time I said it was my copy of the "Little House on the Prairie" series from the 70s. However, last night I was looking at some of the books in our computer room when I ...

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QotD: The Oldest Book on the Shelf

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:38:13 -0700

What's the oldest book you own? Submitted by Lies. That would be my copy of "The Little House on the Prairie" series. (Not the copies pictured.) They were printed in 1971 but are reprints of the 1953 printing. I think we got them used from o...

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Culture QotD: What I'm Reading Now...

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:51:37 -0800

Book, magazine, catalog, nutritional information, billboard, website, newspaper... What are you currently reading and would you recommend it to others? I'm actually reading two books right now. (Well, technically 3 but I haven't picked one up s...

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Would you like some manga?

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:39:36 -0800

I was getting ready to shut everything down on my computer and I happened to scroll down to the bottom of my Vox and came across an ad for Cliff Notes. Except, it wasn't any ordinary ad for Cliff Notes. It was an ad for Shakespeare: The Manga Ed...

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Awed Ninja Kiosk

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:52:49 -0800

Over winter break I read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (which I loved). I read it for the math aspect (don't worry, the main plot is non-math related) but, as I was reading it, I became intrigued by the anagramming the main character d...

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Book review: "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:34:02 -0800

Even though the book has been around for 35 years and the movie for 21 (and at one point I was watching the movie close to once a month), before these past few weeks I had never actually read The Princess Bride. And now, looking back, I think th...

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QotD: Best Book of '07

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:13:13 -0800

What's the best book you read this year? I finished this book 4 days ago and I already want to read it again. Too bad I had to return it to the library.

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Vox Hunt: Just Can't Get Enough

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:39:50 -0800

Book: Show us a book you've read more than once. At this point, I think I've read every book in the series at least twice. I might even do another read through at some point if I get the time.

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Go read a book

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:25:19 -0700

Way back in May there was a Vox Hunt that asked about a summer reading list. Since summer is officially over for me today I thought I'd take a look back and see which books from my summer reading list I actually read. Out of the 6 books I mentio...

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Vox Hunt: Writing - I Wish I'd Written This

nobody@vox.com(iRead) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:04:25 -0700

Show us a book you wish you had written. Mainly just for all the fricking money I would have right now if I had written the series. ;-) I would have no problem dealing with all the crazy fans. Not to mention that they are well-written, intere...

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