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As you can see from the title of this post I’m not at home. Today’s question on BTT is:
I’ve seen this series of questions floating around the ‘net the last few days, and thought it looked like a good one for us!
What was the last book you bought?
 Actually I bought two. One is The Secret [...]

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Today’s Booking through Thursday’s question is: What, in your opinion, is the best book that you haven’t liked? Mind you, I don’t mean your most-hated book–oh, no. I mean the most accomplished, skilled, well-written, impressive book that you just simply didn’t like.
I find this question quite hard to answer, mainly because if I don’t like [...]

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Suggested by JM:
I was looking through books yesterday at the shops and saw all the Twilight books, which I know basically nothing about. What I do know is that I’m beginning to feel like I’m the *only* person who knows nothing about them.
Despite being almost broke and trying to save money, I almost bought the [...]

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Today’s BTT question is:

If you’re anything like me, one of your favorite reasons to read is for the story. Not for the character development and interaction. Not because of the descriptive, emotive powers of the writer. Not because of deep, literary meaning hidden beneath layers of metaphor. (Even though those are all good things.) No [...]

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It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote a Booking Through Thursday post and I was wondering what today’s question would be. It was quite a surprise to see that it was one I’d suggested!
What is your earliest memory of a library? Who took you? Do you have you any funny/odd memories of the library?
Deb [...]

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Do you buy books while on vacation/holiday?
Do you have favorite bookstores that you only get to visit while away on a trip?
What/Where are they?
I always buy books on holiday. It’s one of the things I look forward to - finding a local bookshop and any secondhand bookshops to browse in and pick up [...]

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Today’s BTT question is: It’s a holiday weekend in the U.S., so let’s keep today’s question simple–What are you reading? Anything special? Any particularly juicy summer reading?
It’s not a holiday here in the UK, but July 4 is a memorable day for me as it was my father’s birthday.
I have several books listed on the side [...]

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This week’s Booking Through Thursday’s question is:
What, in your opinion, is the definition of a “reader.” A person who indiscriminately reads everything in sight? A person who reads BOOKS? A person who reads, period, no matter what it is?  … Or, more specific? Like the specific person who’s reading something you wrote?
The word “reader” can [...]

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Today’s Booking Through Thursday’s question is a combo of two suggestions by: Heidi and by litlove
Have you ever been a member of a book club? How did your group choose (or, if you haven’t been, what do you think is the best way to choose) the next book and who would lead discussion?
Do you feel more or less likely [...]

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Today’s question from BTT is - Have your book-tastes changed over the years? More fiction? Less? Books that are darker and more serious? Lighter and more frivolous? Challenging? Easy? How-to books over novels? Mysteries over Romance?
I’ve always liked reading a wide range of books, so the quick answer to this question is “No”. 
However, my reading does [...]

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