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@ Really enjoyed both book & movie Prizewinner of Defiance, OH. Great story. Quite climactic in parts for nonfiction.
about 17 hours ago
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Anyone read Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis? It has kind of a secondary love story between Robert E. Lee & his horse Traveller.
about 17 hours ago
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Oh, & I really hate watching battle scenes where horses or other animals wind up as collateral damage.
about 17 hours ago
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@ I hear ya. I just can't stand thinking about an animal in pain.
about 17 hours ago
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Except for maybe Georgie Denbrough (age 6) and the toddler killed in the bathroom.
about 17 hours ago
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This after a whole slew of kids and adults die in horrific ways - all of which I read while horrified but not truly DISTRESSED & UPSET.
about 17 hours ago
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Just passed the part in It when Michael Hanlon's dog gets poisoned by Henry Bowers. Really, really upset me. Had 2 go pet Milo & Ruby.
about 17 hours ago
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Again with the breathe deep. "This did NOT really happen." & don't start thinking about animals who are hurt/killed IRL either, Rachel.
about 17 hours ago
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When I read about a dog/cat/horse getting hurt/killed, I literally have to close my eyes, breathe deep, and tell myself "This is fiction."
about 17 hours ago
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Should it bother me that I feel worse when an author kills or torments a dog in a book than when she does the same to a human?
about 17 hours ago
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@ Yay! DSL! Love mine.
about 17 hours ago
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When it gets like this I always seem to read bleaker books. Right now am reading Stephen King's It.
2:49 PM Nov 20th
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It's so dark outside now. Dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark.
2:48 PM Nov 20th
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Or the alcohol I had to use to disinfect. His nose is better, though.
2:47 PM Nov 20th
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Dingleheart dog got in2 it w/ a squirrel & lost - nose scraped & bleeding. He really didn't like the taste of the liquid skin I put on him.
2:47 PM Nov 20th
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Know what's still free, bitter Huff Post commentators? The benefit of the doubt.
1:30 PM Nov 16th
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RT @: If this is an ad campaign for a "depressed" economy, it's a little too close to the truth ~ Eerily appropriate
1:09 PM Nov 16th
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RT @: Please read and RT: 49 million Americans going hungry. How 2 help. ~ Comments R atrocious. B generous
1:07 PM Nov 16th
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I mean, it wasn't as if the ere was a giant evil alien spider creature lodged in the bowels of the earth below The Overlook or something.
11:04 AM Nov 15th
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@ 1 thing I thought The Shining never substantially answered was why the Overlook was so evil. Bet it was an interesting visit.
11:01 AM Nov 15th
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- Name Rachel Potter
- Location Grand Rapids, MI
- Web http://grerp.blog...
- Bio Librarian. Stay-at-home mom. Book lover. Oh, and AAR's publisher/technical editor.
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