beadedserpent

@beadedserpent (44)

United States • Age 47

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Why get mad. It's a waste of time and energy. I have much better things to do.

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Do you keep your books once you have finished reading them?

krebstar5 @krebstar5 (1266) • United States 6 Feb 07

I have such a hard time parting with my books sometimes. I would say that I can only part with the books didn't like that much. The ones I loved stay on my shelf forever. My father on the other hand, gives away his books as...

books

used books

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beadedserpent I'm for the most part the same way. The books I really really loved I keep and reread at a later date. Then there are books that I liked and bought I've kept them for usually about a year then donate them to the local libraries if I hadn't had the erge to read...

10 Feb 07

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The stranger, the better.

Terri_R @Terri_R (302) • United States 8 Feb 07

I love to read books that are strange or have a twist. I especially like books about vampires and am thrilled about the Circle Trilogy by Nora Roberts. Does anyone out there have any suggestions on some others?

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beadedserpent I love books that have strange plot twists also. My favorites series right now would be Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Trilogy. Heres a twist for you: Born into houses of pleasure, sold into identured, taught to spy, hand maiden of a cruel god, and becomes near...

10 Feb 07

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A poem;Chance

kyojank @kyojank (4) • China 9 Feb 07

I am a cloud in the sky, A chance shadow on the wave of your heart Don't be surprised,or too elated; In an instant I shall vanish without trace. We meet on the sea of dark night. Remember if you...

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beadedserpent Very beautiful poem. You must enjoy the night time hours as much as I do. The night sounds are peacefull to me and full of energy. Keep it up.

10 Feb 07

What makes people WANT to join the military?

hockeygal4ever @hockeygal4ever (10021) • United States 9 Feb 07

Have you ever wondered why some people are so very quick to join the military and serve their country while others are simply not interested at all? I've often wondered. I'm so proud of my dad, a Navy man, who takes such pride...

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beadedserpent I'm not entirely sure what make peoplpe want to join or on but in my family it is out of pride in our country and bettering ourselves. Both my grand fathers were Marines, my step dad army and navy, and my sister,which I'm so proud of her, was in the navy. All...

10 Feb 07

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Does anyone still read romance novel?

SexyMhei @SexyMhei (152) • Philippines 30 Jan 07

Recently, most of the discussions about books is the harry potter genre. I wonder if there are still somebody out there who still enjoy a good romance novel. By the way, those who are reading romance, when did you start reading...

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beadedserpent I still read romance from time to time. It needs to grab my attention. So Many of Christine Feehans and Sherilyn Kenyon stories I've read. Love the supernatural and spitefull god background stories. My current series I've read is more of a novel than a...

4 Feb 07

Learn from books or teacher?

ihsanul_aniq @ihsanul_aniq (1118) • Malaysia 27 Jan 07

What do you think about this kind of thing. Do we best learn with reading (book, journal, paper etc) or do we best learn by teacher (class, lectures etc). For the example, how to fix the computer. With just reading, can we do it?

reading

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beadedserpent I think it depends on your learning copasity. See I was a show and let me do it type learner for the most part. There are times that all you need are instructions to figure something out. I enjoyed school. Mainly because I had teachers that knew how to teach...

4 Feb 07

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Which is the best Book you have read recently?

raveemenon @raveemenon (1071) • India 25 Jan 07

The habit of reading books is dying.Still there are voracious readers among us. The subject may be anything right from ,self improvement to Travelogue . If you have read anything twice ,It would be marvellous to share the reasons?...

habit of reading

reading books

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beadedserpent Love reading.. Try to read every chance i get. Have to say that there are only a hand full that I will read more than once and I own them except two. Currently my Favorite is a series by Jacquline Carey. Readers of Christine Feehan I believe you Will like...

4 Feb 07

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Do you read while lying on bed?

bovirada @bovirada (33) • Philippines 1 Feb 07

Is reading while lying on the bed a bad habit? What are its effects? Can it damage your eyes?

reading while lying in bed

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beadedserpent I dont think its a bad habit. I used to do it all the time. The only reason I dont is because i cant stay still for long periods and i always end up all over the bed. I think its harder on your neck and back than your eyes. Its only bad on your eyes if you...

4 Feb 07

Do you think Harry Potter is for kids???

cultoffury @cultoffury (1283) • India 2 Feb 07

I never read harry potter, because I think it's for kids and not for grown ups. Once my friend said, "why don't you try it? you can't resist once you try..." Even I have felt the same, but I am afraid about my reputation as a...

fairy tales

harry potter

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beadedserpent I think it appealls to both children and adults. Children because its fantasy and we dreamt of having special abilities as kids. come on even as adults we sometimes wish for it still. It also has the good versus evil moral were good always wins even if it...

4 Feb 07

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Learning to read

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 2 Feb 07

How old were you when you first learned to read fluently?

learning to read

reading

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beadedserpent I'm not sure I think by the time I was 5 or 6. My mom had me writing by the time I was 4. So I know it wasnt long after that.

2 Feb 07

Did your parent(s) read to you as a child?

zuri25 @zuri25 (2125) • United States 2 Nov 06

Do you remember what they read to you?

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beadedserpent They sure did. Most of the time it was the old disney stories and mother goose nursery rhymes. I know they readed more than that to us when we where real young. Once we were able to read ourselves they stopped reading to us. by then we were in school and they...

2 Feb 07

books

120071991 @120071991 (23) • India 23 Jan 07

hey gals & guys which book as changed your life so much that u haf reread it a lot of times?????????

books

fav ones

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beadedserpent For me it is Atlas Shrugged. Since I read the book in 98 I have reread the book about 5 times in between all my other books.

25 Jan 07

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Do you prefer staying late night?is it healthy?

kritipen @kritipen (4082) • United States 18 Jan 07

I love staying late in the night and do some work or watch television. Most of the times it is work. It is much more peaceful at night than the day time. Also i get a sense of satisfaction that i was able to concentrate more. On...

late night

sleep

stress

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beadedserpent Staying late noght or working graveyard shifts. I've done both and find that when I worked graveyard or late night shift that it is less stressfull. One you dont have management looking over your shoulder, two you dont have all the phone distractions, and...

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Mornings.

Marwa khan @Marwahkha (132) • Peshawar, Pakistan 9 Jan 20

Every morning is very beautiful and fresh. I would love to advise each and every one to wake up early in the morning but i won't get up early. There is a strange connection between me and my blanket. It attracts me with a force...

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beadedserpent Every morning is very beautiful and fresh. I would love to advise each and every one to wake up early in the morning but i won't get up early. There is a strange connection between me and my blanket. It attracts me with a force which is directly proportional...

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Snow Days

Catkin @Catkin (480) • United States 17 Jan 07

If you live in an area that gets snow during so part of the year, or perhaps you did when you were going to school, do you get snow days? For anyone not sure what I mean, I mean days that school or work is delayed or canceled due...

snow days

snowy

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beadedserpent I did when growing up. Actually we got snow day's because it snowed so rarely that when it did noone knew how to drive in it and very difficult for our school buses to manuver in.

18 Jan 07

do you think people on welfare are. . .

jenbatres @jenbatres (799) • United States 17 Jan 07

raising kids to live on welfare. I am not putting anyone down, but think about it. If a child sees their parent sitting around and not working, what kind of example are they setting for the child? It just seems parents that...

example

welfare

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beadedserpent Sorry this one is slitghtly touchy subject for me. See I was raised by a stay at home mom. She had welfare and medicaid for her three girls. When we were young she tried to work but my dad was off god knows where and it was getting difficult for her to afford...

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How long were you involved with your loved one before you got married?

contusion12878 @contusion12878 (669) • United States 17 Jan 07

I have been dating my girlfriend for four years now and we arent married. Everyone keeps asking what is taking so long. How much longer is it going to be. etc. I was just wondering how long any of you were with your loved ones...

dating

love

marriage

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beadedserpent I was involved with my husband for nearly two years before we got married. He asked me unoffically three months into our dating and then surprised me on May 10 2004 with a beautiful 1.25ct purple saphire solitaire set in platnium and asked me formally in a...

18 Jan 07

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i want to read but loose patience while reading the book..

sidearthman @sidearthman (179) • India 1 Jan 07

I love bookreading..that is reading storybooks and short stories...but i m a grown up now..i need to increase my level to novels..but when i pick-up a novel to read i quickly loose interst in it and leave the book in the...

help on book reading

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beadedserpent What type of stories do you like to read about. Is it fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, histories? Many books I find that I cant get into because they start off very dry and no intrigue. I almost need a drop in intro to the book to hook me till the end. there are...

14 Jan 07

My kids do not like reading!

utsadetti @utsadetti (4589) • United States 4 Jan 07

Mu kids alwyas play games and like watching video games. I have bought a lot of story book children, but they don't like reading them. How to arouse their attention so they will change their interest?

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beadedserpent It takes time. I know I hated reading when I was in school. Largely because the books never appealed to me and libraries seemed to give me a headache lol. I became hooked on books after I got out of school. One I had more time and two I found a book that...

14 Jan 07

romance

riyasam @riyasam (16556) • India 14 Jan 07

would you read romantic books even after you are married?

romance

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beadedserpent I have but they all have been of the supernatual/pretanatural ilk. About vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, time travel, etc. because there seems to a story line other than se* and usually all of the other romance novels I've tried to read always seem to be...

14 Jan 07