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Enheduanna  | | posted 14-Jun-2002 3:49pm |
Non-fiction, probably. I never go to my local library, though. I use the one at school, and I almost always check out books I need for whatever I'm working on (non-fiction). I buy or borrow the fiction books I read. |
| Jemmy | | posted 14-Jun-2002 3:49pm |
Today? One on biology, to prepare for my exam. Another day, a funny fiction book. |
| spidertea | | posted 14-Jun-2002 3:50pm |
Non-fiction! |
| Biggles | | posted 14-Jun-2002 3:53pm |
A text-book for one of my subjects. |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 14-Jun-2002 3:53pm |
I have a biology exam too, on Monday  Actually I have two, one after the other. I'll feel sorry for you if you feel sorry for me!  |
| dora | | posted 14-Jun-2002 3:55pm |
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Mystery
Comics
Music stuff
Astrology stuff
Psychology stuff
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| Zang | | posted 14-Jun-2002 4:03pm |
I haven't been going to the library as much lately. It used to be just a few blocks away. When I was going more often, I would usually get books on tape, non-fiction (music most of the time), and I was on a John Grisham kick for a while. I think I've read all his books now... |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 14-Jun-2002 4:06pm |
I do feel sorry for you. I had english & history today. Monday I have biology and science 10, which is ecology. On tuesday I have math. The I'm done. (I already wrote 4 spanish exams and a music theory exam last week)  |
TeddyMiller  | | posted 14-Jun-2002 4:28pm |
Hardcover science fiction or fantasy, typical authors would be Piers Anthony and Harry Turtledove, since my local library gets those in long before the paperback editions come out. |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 14-Jun-2002 4:34pm |
It's horrid isn't it? I had 2 Sociology exams yesterday and 2 General Studies today. On Monday I have 2 Biology exams. By that point I'll have done 11 exams and I'll just have 10 to go  I'm an idiot, nobody should ever do more than 3 subjects!!! You have a whole ecology exam? That's nasty Ecology is my least favourite subject in all of Biology. Yet it always seems to crop up. When I had my interview at Oxford I got loads of questions about it! Good luck with the rest of your exams |
| grmbrand | | posted 14-Jun-2002 4:39pm |
Probably a non-fictional disaster book. (_The Perfect Storm_, _Endurance_, etc.) Those are my favorites. |
dab  | | posted 14-Jun-2002 5:07pm |
The last time I went to a library I found a great book on workbenches for woodworking. |
| ASexyBabe | | posted 14-Jun-2002 5:48pm |
I don't have a library card |
| confetti | | posted 14-Jun-2002 5:53pm |
I guess fiction. I'm hungering to read "Bridget Jones' Diary". But in all truth, I would most likely look at their magazine collection. Do you know what it's like for a rock literature nut to run across some unread "Rolling Stones"? |
| LuridHope | | posted 14-Jun-2002 7:28pm |
Science fiction is the history of the future.
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| Oscar | | posted 14-Jun-2002 7:29pm |
Poetry |
| LuridHope | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 14-Jun-2002 7:32pm |
It's a good thing to have even if you never use it. If you get hit by a car and paramedics see it in your belongings they will say, "Hurry up, do what ever you have to do! Keep this girl alive! She's literate!"
I don't read books but this has saved my life quite a few times. |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to LuridHope) posted 14-Jun-2002 8:39pm |
I don't have one because I refuse to pay the ridiculous fine that they charged me. |
Galomorro   | | posted 14-Jun-2002 8:46pm |
Mystery-fiction -- a "thriller." |
| LuridHope | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 14-Jun-2002 8:47pm |
Psst... I Stole from the library when I was a teenager. Shhhh... Don't tell anyone. |
| romkey | | posted 14-Jun-2002 9:08pm |
I really love reading, and I have the utmost respect for libraries and am very happy that they're there, but I would much rather pick up a book at a bookstore and own it. |
| Amanda | | posted 14-Jun-2002 11:43pm |
I've got no clue. When I go to the library, I walk around aimlessly looking at books and go to the computer and look for a good and interesting book. I finally end up getting tired of being there and walk down a few aisles and grab a few books that I haven't even looked at and check them out. This process seems to work for me. I always end up checking out some pretty good books. There are times when I know exactly what I'm looking for, like when somebody recommends a great book. I buy a lot of books, so I don't go to the library very often anymore. |
| Amanda | | (reply to Zang) posted 14-Jun-2002 11:47pm |
I love John Grisham, too. I've read all of his books. I've actually read a few of them more than once. I really love his work. I got his address last night to write for an autographed picture. I'm sending my letter in the mail tomorrow. Cross your fingers that I get a reply. |
| Kristal_Rose | | posted 15-Jun-2002 3:15am |
non-fiction or fiction. not the others. |
| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to LuridHope) posted 15-Jun-2002 3:19am |
It's hard to stay ahead though. Star-trek and Matrix are quite close. We don't have the century lag as we did in Jules Vernes time. |
| Irene007 | | posted 15-Jun-2002 8:13am |
Reference books like for birds, mushrooms, plants; I like to be able to name the things I see when I'm outside - it's kind of a control thing... |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 15-Jun-2002 9:27am |
Wow. That's a lot of exams. I'm sure you'll do fine though, good luck with them! Science 10 is divided into 4 sections. First is meteorology, and at midterm you have an exam. Then you have physics, and at exam-time, you have an exam on that. Then you get a new teacher and do chemistry until the midterm, and have an exam on that. The last one I do is ecology, and now, it's exam time and I have an exam for that. So, it's really only little courses, and it will be a short exam. |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 15-Jun-2002 12:01pm |
It still not anything to look forward to! I've just been revising ecology and I still hate it. Gah, stupid exams, photosynthesis and respiration's next |
they  | | posted 15-Jun-2002 1:28pm |
Fiction. |
| juliw | | posted 15-Jun-2002 2:20pm |
Fiction-can't think of any titles off hand. |
| juliw | | (reply to Zang) posted 15-Jun-2002 2:22pm |
Did you like "A Painted House" by John Grisham? A big change from his other books, but a really good book. |
| mikehunt696 | | posted 15-Jun-2002 2:44pm |
I don't go to the library much. I buy the books I want to read because they are usually out for months before the library gets them and I don't want to wait that long. |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 15-Jun-2002 3:23pm |
 I know. I'm supposed to know the chemical equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration. I'm pretty sure that cellular respiration is photosynthesis only backwards, but still... |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 15-Jun-2002 4:50pm |
It is If you're talking about the basic equations. Both photosynthesis and respiration are actually several complex reactions - which I have to know in detail........*weeps* I've been panicking today I just don't know how to fit in all of the revision that I need. My exams next week should be okay, but the week after! I have three Politics exams, a Sociology exam and two Chemistry exams and I haven't revised for *any* of them. And I keep wondering why I feel so sick so much of the time! If I can just get through my exams next week, I can reassess my situation then. Do you veer get the feeling that they'll never end? I feel that way, except at the same time I feel like they're all coming too soon before I have time to prepare! |
| Dino | | posted 15-Jun-2002 6:01pm |
Fiction. I go to the crime section (a current phase), then the fantasy fiction, then the women's (feminist) section, then the gay section then I scout the display showing the new just in or bestsellers. Then I'll head for the mainstream fiction. I mostly ignore the non-fiction etc. I used to read a lot of psychology self-help books but I was still f***ed up so I gave them up. |
| cuteasabutton | | posted 16-Jun-2002 12:13am |
Self Improvement- that reminds me too. I need to take my books back on Monday! |
| bobofwestgate | | posted 16-Jun-2002 12:38am |
I don't know what I'd get...I'm not even sure if I've still got a library card. I haven't been to a library in years as I frequent Powells a lot. |
| Zang | | (reply to Amanda) posted 16-Jun-2002 1:43am |
Consider them crossed!  |
| Zang | | (reply to juliw) posted 16-Jun-2002 1:45am |
You caught me out! I think that is his newest. I haven't read that one yet. It probably wasn't in the library last time I checked. |
| natsim | | posted 16-Jun-2002 5:55am |
Non Fiction. I'm currently reading the books in my local library in order, starting with 001 in Non-Fiction. I'm up to 109 in the Dewey decimal system.
I know, borderline obsessive, right? |
| freebird_old | | posted 16-Jun-2002 6:44am |
A good detective mystery or true crime. |
| juliw | | (reply to Zang) posted 16-Jun-2002 10:54am |
It's very good. They should have it in your library by now, because I have had the paperback for awhile. Of course, I live in the States, so maybe that makes a difference. By the way, I have an MP-3 site for you to check out-www.10mph.net. It's my cousin's band. They are coming out with a CD soon. It is rock-some of it kind of hard music, but really good. Mike Haenftling, the lead guitarist, is my cousin. |
| mandy | | posted 16-Jun-2002 12:50pm |
I do this other worldy floaty around the stacks feeeeeeeeeling for the book/books I want. Whatever I'm drawn to....that's what I have to check out. |
| Zang | | (reply to juliw) posted 16-Jun-2002 1:53pm |
I'm listening to it right now. |
| juliw | | (reply to Zang) posted 16-Jun-2002 2:12pm |
Hope you liked their music. Thanks for checking it out. |
| SueBee | | posted 17-Jun-2002 12:45am |
That's a tough call because I read so many different types of books. I've been checking out cookbooks a lot lately, and I'm always reading fiction. I think I'm about due for another Jonathan Kellerman fix since I still have lots of his books that I haven't read. |
| SueBee | | (reply to natsim) posted 17-Jun-2002 1:02am |
Wow, and I thought I was obsessive because when I discover a new author I like I tend to try to read his or her books in chronological order. Weren't those books in the numbers under 100 really heavy reading? How long has it taken you to get that far? |
| natsim | | (reply to SueBee) posted 17-Jun-2002 3:04am |
I started at the beginning of the year... basically I only take the books that look interesting, so I skipped the ones that were just bibliographies of genealogical records (!). There are some really interesting books under 100, including biographies of journalists, and books on historic books and the history of publishing. I'm finding the 100s harder because it's lots of philosophy books so far; something I find interesting, but I still get confused about the basic theories of significant philosophers. I'm really enjoying it though, and if I decide the book is not very good, I don't have to finish it.
Thanks for the Charlotte Church track... I am amazed how similar we sound, but I sure didn't sound like that when I was 12!! |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 17-Jun-2002 4:10pm |
How were your exams today? I had ecology and bio, and they weren't bad. I didn't think I'd pass the biology exam. I'm not joking, I honestly thought there was a good chance that I'd fail, but I'm pretty confident that I passed now. I'm sure you'll do fine, but all of those exams do seem really overwhelming. Are you sick too? I am sooooooo sick right now. I started losing my voice and had a sore throat on thursday, and now I can barely speak. My throat kills, I have an awful cough, and I'm sniffing and sneezing today. This is horrible. I got worse yesterday, and I was like "I can't be sick! I don't have time to be sick!" It's so hard to concentrate when you are sick. I know your feeling. It seems like the exams will never ever end, but then it seems like you have had no time to get ready. I mean, my friend gets back from Greece on friday after being gone for two weeks, and me and the friend I was studying with today were like "Didn't she just leave?" because we feel like there was no time to study in between exams and when classes ended. |
| roozle | | posted 18-Jun-2002 12:00am |
Don't know exactly what it would be but I have been reading fiction lately. |
| SueBee | | (reply to natsim) posted 18-Jun-2002 12:19am |
I'm glad to hear you're skipping the boring stuff and not forcing yourself to read through it all. I can imagine too much philosophy could be a bit overwhelming.
Did you get the whole song? My connection seemed really slow that day and I didn't think it was working. |
| SueBee | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 18-Jun-2002 12:20am |
You poor baby! What a rotten time to be sick. I hope you get well soon! ((HUG)) |
| natsim | | (reply to SueBee) posted 18-Jun-2002 4:21am |
Yes, the whole song was there. I've transferred it to my little mp3 collection so that I sometimes hear it while I'm working at my computer. |
| Glassa | | posted 18-Jun-2002 2:04pm |
I like non-fiction best. Trivia, Magazines, news, politics, and biographies. |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 18-Jun-2002 4:28pm |
My Biology exma went okay, not wonderfully but they could have been a lot worse! I'm glad that your's went well! I'm actually sick. It's just the stress of the last few days and I've had an exam-free day so it's all caught up with me Nothing as bad as you sound though. I hope you get better really soon. Coughs and colds are some of the worst things to have when you're doing exams because it's so hard to concentrate, I'd rather be throwing up! It'll all be over soon, and then there'll be dancing in the street (then the men in the white coats will come and take me away.... ) |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 18-Jun-2002 5:40pm |
I'm glad your exam was okay. Aren't they just awful? I finished up today, I had to write math. I took a long time writing it, but I think I did better than I thought I would. I hope you feel better soon too. I'm feeling better than I was. I think it might be because of the cold medication though. Ask the men in white coats when the last time they wrote a bio exam was. |
| Jemmy | | (reply to SueBee) posted 18-Jun-2002 5:41pm |
Thanks Suebee. I'm feeling a little better, and the exams are all over now. |
| sunshine | | posted 18-Jun-2002 10:12pm |
Something in the physics line for a little light reading. |
| SueBee | | (reply to natsim) posted 19-Jun-2002 12:28am |
Oh good! I'm glad you're enjoying it. I really love her Christmas CD. If you like listening to Christmas music, that's one I highly recommend. |
| SueBee | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 19-Jun-2002 12:31am |
Yay! Icky old exams. Too bad there's not a less stressful way to test our knowledge. |
| SueBee | | (reply to Biggles) posted 19-Jun-2002 12:32am |
I like crazy people! |
| Jemmy | | (reply to SueBee) posted 19-Jun-2002 9:58am |
Probably. It is a lot of stress. But it is very stress-relieving to know you are finished and throw away all of your papers! |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 19-Jun-2002 1:41pm |
I failed my Chemistry exam today. Big time. It was so hard. Everyone thought the same though so they may lower the national grade boundaries (*crosses fingers and hopes very hard*) And this was supposed to be the easy one, my next Chem paper is Thermodynamics Congratulations of finishing!!! |
| Biggles | | (reply to SueBee) posted 19-Jun-2002 1:56pm |
You must love me then *does a crazy dance then falls over dead* |
| SueBee | | (reply to Biggles) posted 21-Jun-2002 12:10am |
I do, I do!! *poking you with a sharp stick* Hey, get up and do that dance again! |
| wolfchik9 | | posted 21-Jun-2002 2:39am |
Depends on why I went to the library. Last time we went for tax forms. Time before that, gift basket and small business reference books. Time before that, research for high school term paper. |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 21-Jun-2002 10:03am |
Oh, that's too bad about the chemistry exam. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. My sister took this really hard provincial once that everyone thought was too hard. She wrote a letter to the paper about how it wasn't fair because they hadn't taught much of the material at her school. It got published, and the story was on the news, and the school lowered the worth of the provincial (exam) on the term. |
| Biggles | | (reply to SueBee) posted 21-Jun-2002 12:55pm |
Like a bear with a ring in its nose...... |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 21-Jun-2002 12:59pm |
I cheered up a bit when my chemsitry teacher told me that it took him a whole day to even get one of the questions that I couldn't do! |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 21-Jun-2002 9:53pm |
Wow, that's really saying something. They shouldn't have exams like that. Well, at least you know that it wasn't only you, that's always a comfort. |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 22-Jun-2002 10:32am |
It *really* is! I've been on a revision website talking to people across the country who did the same exam and most of us are agreed There's one question that none of us seem to have understood at all!!! I have Politics on monday - two of them Still, by next Thursday evening I'll be finished! |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 22-Jun-2002 12:16pm |
Wow! Make sure you relax and do something fun to celebrate! |
| Biggles | | (reply to Jemmy) posted 22-Jun-2002 1:54pm |
I'm going to sleep for weeks! |
| Jemmy | | (reply to Biggles) posted 22-Jun-2002 7:45pm |
Yeah, that works really well too! |
| juliw | | posted 23-Jun-2002 4:59pm |
Sue is a backstabbing dog! I don't think she goes to the library,,,just to bars and porno chat rooms. |
| juliw | | posted 24-Jun-2002 7:02pm |
I am extremely sorry and ashamed of that comment about my friend Sue who is not a backstabbing dog at all. |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to juliw) posted 26-Jun-2002 12:29pm |
it is ok really ((HUGS)) you don't have to keep saying how sorry you are. We all know you are not like that usually. |
| juliw | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 26-Jun-2002 5:36pm |
Thanks, that's good to hear. |
| huffpuff |
Anything Stephen King |
| oOStephOo | | posted 5-Jul-2002 12:57am |
I like books on space. |
