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Post by arkadia on Apr 1, 2008 5:40:50 GMT -5
Best site ever for book lovers, well one of them.. www.bookmooch.com/since i have been a member ive got some really great (mostly horror:P) books from all over the world. its like book christmas when the postman comes.... ofc you have to send stuff too, has a really neat points system. brilliant.
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Post by Synthinator on Apr 1, 2008 7:49:26 GMT -5
The only books I have read lately were books about Elmo, Dora, etc... ;D
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Post by Webby on Apr 1, 2008 19:37:36 GMT -5
Those are for download?? Sorry, I still prefer having it in my hands
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Post by DKS on Apr 1, 2008 23:01:18 GMT -5
Err, look at the site first next time? It has nothing to do with downloading, it's a book trading site. You post what books you have to get rid of, and people pay you forum "points" for the books instead of cash. Then in turn, you can use the forum points you get to buy books from other people. I know how it works, cause a lot of PC game item trading sites(D2jsp.org for example) use the same system, with "forum gold". As for me, it's still a waste of time-I'd rather just go to Amazon or whatever, order the book I want, and be done with it, rather than taking the time to go mail books to person A to get points to buy books from person B. Beyond that, forum points have no value if you can't find someone on the site getting rid of the book you want, and if that situation comes up, you're fucked, because you've already given your books away for points(and mailed them with real money out of your own pocket), which you yourself can't use. Besides, if I buy a book, I don't WANT to get rid of it...so I have nothing to really send, anyway.
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Post by arkadia on Apr 4, 2008 5:40:37 GMT -5
guess it wouldnt suit everyone, didnt know you could do the same with games, i usually prefer to keep my books, but i have so many at this stage it dosent seem so bad letting a few go, there are a few books i have on my wish list im specifically looking for but i mostly just browse around for something available id like. makes me happy anyway
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Post by Marty on Apr 5, 2008 22:53:08 GMT -5
The library is my source of books. But I end up paying anyways cause it seems I've acquired expertise in late returns.
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Post by DKS on Apr 6, 2008 5:20:42 GMT -5
guess it wouldnt suit everyone, didnt know you could do the same with games, Not games themselves, but in game "virtual items". Essentially, let's say player A has some badass sword on his character that he wants to sell, and some badass axe he wants to buy. Now, you could spend hours online in trade games trying to trade sword for axe or whatever, and not actually accomplish anything. Whereas with D2JSP, you can post your sword(complete with screenshot of it's stats and mods) and say you're selling it for 20 forum gold, eventually someone will buy it, then you and him arrange a time to meet in game, you give his character the sword, and he sends you the forum gold. Then, you can check the forums, and look for people selling the axe you want, purchase it from them, arrange a time to meet in game, they give you the axe, and in turn you send them the forum gold.
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Post by josh1982004 on Apr 13, 2008 2:05:45 GMT -5
Ive been reading alot of Stephen King lately,love his stuff
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Post by arkadia on Apr 15, 2008 11:42:51 GMT -5
yeah me too, his number one fan, with a sledgehammer and all.
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Post by juli on Apr 20, 2008 2:30:44 GMT -5
Ive been reading alot of Stephen King lately,love his stuff i ve only read everything eventual, compilation of his 14 short stories, quite okay i guess just read out by natsuo kirino, a great thriller novel, the mutilation part reminds me of very bad thing story about 4 women trapped in low life in japan, when one of them (yayoi) killed her husband, the others willing to help her by mutilating his bodies..the story goes further when police found out the pieces of the bodies in a park. and somehow the police arrest the wrong person, a former yakuza who own a nightclub/gambling spot. after he got release for a lack of proof he decided to make a revenge..
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Post by HaiBaNe on Apr 20, 2008 6:30:07 GMT -5
I am not reading any fiction at the moment. I am currently reading 2 books:
Mozart's Letters Mozart's Life - Robert Spaethling. This book is simply what it says on the cover, translations of Mozart's letters. For me Mozart was the greatest musical genius who has ever lived, and I guess reading is the letter is the closests you can get to finding out the person he was.
Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali. This book is about Hirsi Ali herself who was raised as an Isalmist and after almost being forced into a marriage managed to win her independence and leave the relgion. However, she has been threatened with murder by extremeists as she speaks out for Muslim women's rights.
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Post by Vampyricon on May 16, 2008 9:55:30 GMT -5
In general i just love to read, books, magazines, you name it.
I have periods where i read ALOT of books in short time and then some periods where i don't read any books at all.
Right now i am reading a Black Sabbath biography called "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".
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Post by lp on May 21, 2008 11:06:26 GMT -5
I love books ;D OMG I can't live without books! Right now I read the trilogy of "Bartimäus" (fantasy)
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Post by ivy on May 22, 2008 0:30:42 GMT -5
I just finished the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test...a Tom Wolfe book. I love journalism books, like Hunter Thompson and such. Also like Neil Gaiman and some Terry Pratchett. And Stephen King.
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Post by metalqueen on May 25, 2008 16:39:26 GMT -5
Depends on what books ;D i can enjoy a comic book from time to time or a interesting book about witchcraft or angels etc As for novels etc i dont read i am loosing my interest in it after 2 pages For now i am reading a book about the bearded dragon, cause i want to learn all info about this animal cause i want to have one as pet in the next year ;D
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