What are you reading right now? - Page 18

ontheEdgeof17 · #**256** 07-12-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

BUT - if I don't finish it by Friday at midnight -it'll get tossed aside for the new Harry Potter!!!

If you lived in Canada, you'd already have the book!

GardenStateGirlie · #**257** 07-12-2005, 04:55 PM

I've been reading Anita Shreve's All He Ever Wanted (she's the author of The Pilots Wife which I'm fairly certain was on Oprah's book club). It was an incredibly slow starting book but her narrative is impressive and i'm nearly through now. I have to find a new book...

GardenStateGirlie · #**258** 07-12-2005, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

If you lived in Canada, you'd already have the book!

Oh man, I just heard about that

I'm sure it was a "mistake" on the part of one of the staff members.

DrummerDeanna · #**259** 07-12-2005, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

Oh man, I just heard about that

I'm sure it was a "mistake" on the part of one of the staff members.

Wha Happan?? I haven't heard anything -did one get leaked???

Geez - if so I bet that person gets a visit from the men in black - security has been CRAZY for this book...

GardenStateGirlie · #**260** 07-12-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Wha Happan?? I haven't heard anything -did one get leaked???

Geez - if so I bet that person gets a visit from the men in black - security has been CRAZY for this book...

Harry Potter Books Sold By Accident

COQUITLAM, British Columbia - A handful of people in Canada got a sneak peak of the latest Harry Potter book, but a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ordered them to keep it a secret.

The book was sold to 14 people who snagged a copy of J.K. Rowlings' much anticipated "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," when it landed on shelves last Thursday at a local grocery store.

The book, officially set for release this coming Saturday, has been shrouded in secrecy and its debut has been highly orchestrated to enable everyone — readers, reviewers, even publishers — to crack it open all at once. It's the sixth in Rowling's seven-book fantasy series on the young wizard.

But the store slipped up and sold 14 copies before realizing its mistake.

"It was an inadvertent error on behalf of one of our staff," said Geoff Wilson, a spokesman for the Real Canadian Superstore. He said the books were quickly removed.

Justice Kristi Gill last Saturday ordered customers not to talk about the book, copy it, sell it or even read it before it is officially released at 12:01 a.m. July 16.

The order also compels them to return the novel to the publisher, Raincoast Book Distribution Ltd., until the official release. At that time it will be returned to them.

As an added incentive, Raincoast will include Rowling's autograph and a gift pack.

Wild_Heart03 · #**261** 07-12-2005, 05:07 PM

It's probably incredibly typical of me, but I'm reading "Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix".... I've been re-reading the books to prepare for when I get the new one on Saturday.

CreepingDeath · #**262** 07-12-2005, 05:08 PM

Lehninger's Principles of Biochemistry. zzzzzzzzz

Damn college anyway.

Bring on the Half Blood Prince!

DrummerDeanna · #**263** 07-12-2005, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

Harry Potter Books Sold By Accident

COQUITLAM, British Columbia - A handful of people in Canada got a sneak peak of the latest Harry Potter book, but a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ordered them to keep it a secret.

The book was sold to 14 people who snagged a copy of J.K. Rowlings' much anticipated "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," when it landed on shelves last Thursday at a local grocery store.

The book, officially set for release this coming Saturday, has been shrouded in secrecy and its debut has been highly orchestrated to enable everyone — readers, reviewers, even publishers — to crack it open all at once. It's the sixth in Rowling's seven-book fantasy series on the young wizard.

But the store slipped up and sold 14 copies before realizing its mistake.

"It was an inadvertent error on behalf of one of our staff," said Geoff Wilson, a spokesman for the Real Canadian Superstore. He said the books were quickly removed.

Justice Kristi Gill last Saturday ordered customers not to talk about the book, copy it, sell it or even read it before it is officially released at 12:01 a.m. July 16.

The order also compels them to return the novel to the publisher, Raincoast Book Distribution Ltd., until the official release. At that time it will be returned to them.

As an added incentive, Raincoast will include Rowling's autograph and a gift pack.

whoa!! That would kick ass....finding that in a store early.

The only thing I've ever been lucky enough to find early was Little House on the Prairie SEason 8 on DVD - lol..I got it a week early

GardenStateGirlie · #**264** 07-12-2005, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

whoa!! That would kick ass....finding that in a store early.

The only thing I've ever been lucky enough to find early was Little House on the Prairie SEason 8 on DVD - lol..I got it a week early

See, I could never get into the show as much as I loved the books

Every once in a while I will watch, though.

Wild_Heart03 · #**265** 07-13-2005, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

whoa!! That would kick ass....finding that in a store early.

Damn, no kidding!

I think I would freak out getting the chance to see the book that early.

macmar71 · #**266** 07-14-2005, 07:18 PM

Suzanne Brockmann Flashpoint

Moony · #**267** 10-07-2005, 11:35 PM

A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle. Its a weird little fantasy about a man who lives in a cemetary and converses with the recently deceased. Oh yeah, there's a talking Raven as well. I'm enjoying it.

Also, Ulysses by James Joyce. I'm not enjoying it.

DavidMn · #**268** 10-07-2005, 11:43 PM

The Summer Game-Roger Angell

Moony · #**269** 10-07-2005, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Weird. I should read that.
uh..."Voices of the Winds - Native American Legends" and I just started "Mortal Love" by Elizabeth Hand, who is one of my favorite authors.

Yeah it's definitely a strange little story, but it's really well written and provocative. It's been out of print for years now, I had to check my copy out from a Library in a whole nother city.

Whoops, forgot to add I'm also reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, and re-reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Yeah I'm reading four books at a time. I'm a freak.