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About me English and RE teacher in a special school. Just so you know, the photograph is from 2006 taken in Slovakia.
About my library Ever expanding!
I joined a wonderful online reading group in June 2006 - you all know who you are!! - and since then I've discovered more and more books plus sites such as this. It is through them that I now catalogue books and keep a record of what I've read. So although there are many books out there that I've read and no longer have, I haven't catalogued them.
I've set up tags to show authors until I've read every one I already own by them. Eek! Might take me a long time lol!
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I must admit I’m somewhat relieved to hear your comments – I just could not relate to the book, and I did not find the characters at all appealing, and for me that’s very important, after all while reading a novel you’re spending time in their company.
What worries me is having selected such a novel Amazon will use it to asses one’s preferences for future offerings. There’s an interesting discussion of the Vine Forum at the moment on that topic.
Thanks again for letting me know.
Benjamin
posted by Bembo at 1:50 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2008
I have just posted my review of Lacuna Cabal on Amazon as well as here on LT. I'd be very interested to hear what you think of the book - for I just could not get involved in it. I was very impressed with the quality of the writing, yet I did not find the characters very appealing. Is this perhaps a book which appeals more to the female mind do you think?
Benjamin
posted by Bembo at 4:41 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2008
I must admit that I have found some real gems from the Vine programme; books that I would never have given consideration to if it were not for Vine. As you say not all are perhaps up to standard, but how can complain when the books cost nothing. Even better when one of the books was one I would probably have purchased anyway – not that I need to buy so many books since being a Vine member! (Although being an incurable book collector, especially when it’s at a bargain price, that doesn’t stop me)
Benjamin
posted by Bembo at 3:28 pm (EST) on Jul 14, 2008
I have just received my copy of The Last Days of Lacuna Cabal, Yesterday (Saturday) in fact. It is a review copy under the Amazon Vine programme (UK) and I have yet to start reading, although I did read the first few pages upon opening the package - it sounds quite promising, I certainly am taken with the writers prose style.
Benjamin
posted by Bembo at 2:46 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2008
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