That "1" was a user going on a down-rating binge for no good reason on very old swaps. Questionable Swapper has her own thread.

Hi Caly! Thanks for finding me on here! I sooo know what you mean about this being a time-whirlpool that really sucks you down into it! I'm a victim of that, myself. I got a little carried away in my first month (which I'm still in the middle of, lol.) But it's such fun, how can I say no? :-)

Anyway, I'm just waiting to become eligible to join you in Carpe Librum. I'm really excited about it and hope that July 13 gets here fast! :-)

Well, it was suppose to be smaller... Ups. I just started reading long awaited sequel to Jennifer Foehner Wells Confluence series - Remanence. If you like nice Space opera with interesting female scientist lead and a little romantic element - you should try it. Also it has great cover art.

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Interesting Book Facts:

• The Japanese word ‘tsundoku’ means ‘buying a load of books and then not getting round to reading them’.
• SF writer Isaac Asimov is the only author to have published a book in 9 out of the 10 Dewey library categories.
• The first book bought on Amazon was called Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.
• In order to feel close to it, Joan Didion often sleeps in the same room as the book she is working on.
• The earliest known written instance of the word ‘book’ is in a book by Alfred the Great.

What KateKintail is currently reading (a strange variety):

• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir by Felicia Day
• Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol 16: Deadpool by Brian Michael Bendis, others
• Othello by William Shakespeare
• The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood by Kathryn Aalto

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I don't read much Historical Fiction or Fantasy. It's not that I don't like either, it's just that I like other stuff more. :) My favorite HF is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Have you read it? It's one of my all time favorite books. It's a mystery about books and I really enjoyed it. I don't know that I've read just a regular fantasy, now that I've thinking about it. I've read some Urban Fantasy and enjoy the Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka, but that's all I can think of at the moment.

I hope you've been enjoying some good books lately!

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Hello! I love books and reading (as I'm sure all of us in the group do)! I hope you like the pictures that I have chosen. I recently started my master's in library science degree, so I've focused my pictures on libraries and librarians.

Hello! Smadronia here for the CL: Book Related Profile Comment.

I'm surprised to find someone else who doesn't really care for the romance genre. I thought I was mostly alone in my not being fond of them. I can't say it's an active dislike, but I'm not a fan.

I am fond of fantasy novels, although I prefer the ones with magic or fantastic creatures, and less on the politics. If you're in the mood for a good, quick read, The Last Dragonlord by Joanne Bertin is one of my favorite fantasy novels. The next two books aren't great, but the first is a fun read about were dragons.

Happy birthdayyy!!!:)

Caly, Thank you so much for the birthday card! Your little guy is adorable. I have a little 5 yr old dachshund Gracie, what a character she is.

Thank you so much for the birthday card. I hope you have a wonderful birthday as well....hugs.