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Otherland: City of Golden Shadow
Otherland: City of Golden Shadow | Tad Williams
Otherland... Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nighmares. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource--its children.
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City of Golden Shadow | Tad Williams
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New book time

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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Question: what does everyone do with books they want to unhaul?? These are all duplicates that I don‘t need 😬

Part 2/2 book unhaul

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

P.S. If you live in the Frederick, MD area and want any of these let me know 😊 Free to a good home 📚

CoverToCoverGirl I always donate my extras to goodwill. 2y
Kimzey I share them with friends, slip them into little free libraries, donate to Goodwill, donate to a halfway house and donate to a charity that provides books to prison libraries. The director of the prison project said the books (softcover only) literally get read to pieces. 2y
Addison_Reads I offer them up here on Litsy as a #PayItForward first and then I ask my local library book club. If no one claims them I divide it up and donate to my local library or the one little free library we have in town. 2y
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xicanti I give them to friends or stick them in Little Free Libraries. It could be worth seeing if there are any used bookstores in your area that‘d give you cash or store credit for them, too. 2y
Kitta I donate mine to a local used bookstore or I give them to a little free library! 2y
alisiakae I usually drop them off in a free little library. 2y
Simona First I ask my friends and coworkers if they want them, the rest I donate to library or used bookstore. 2y
Laughterhp I ask friends, then give them to my library or a little free library! 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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I tend to be a mood reader so who knows how many of these I will actually be in the mood to read but these are the ones I want to read at the moment 🤪

#FebTBR 📚 #ItHadToBeYou 💖

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome!! 📚🙌🏻 3y
Eggs Great stack!! 3y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#WeekendReading 📖💙

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Andrew65 Have a good reading weekend. 3y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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1. Otherland: City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
2. Yes I have 😊 Shielding Sierra by Susan Stoker
3. Risen by Benedict Jacka

#WonderousWednesday

@Hada_Lectora @Iamlisa22 @Jabberwocky @k_andrws @La_Cori @m3rquinnbooks @Nadine
(Working my way down the alphabet with tagging 🤪)

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

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ctboeheim
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Pickpick

Otherland starts out with threads that are each fascinating, but seem unrelated. The main one follows a professor in a South African university, whose brother is comatose after an encounter in virtual reality, launching her into an investigation of powerful forces shaping the world for their own gain. Hang on, because some of these threads don't tie together until nearly the end, but tie in they do, in unsuspected ways.

TiminCalifornia Great review. 4y
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Soubhiville
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#20series20days

The Otherland series is one I‘ve always wondered why more people weren‘t reading. Yeah, they‘re heavy duty door stopper chunksters. But this story has so much depth, I was lost in it. An incredible cast of characters too. I loved them!

Andrew65 😍 Must read these. 4y
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DivaDiane
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It took me FOREVER to read this! It was off and on for over 2 years and then a couple of months on audio (it‘s a long listen!). But in the end I really enjoyed it. I‘m glad I read it.

GrilledCheeseSamurai You did it! 👏 6y
DivaDiane @GrilledCheeseSamurai I did! I actually finished it a couple of months ago, but I haven‘t been doing Litsy. 6y
BarbaraBB Missing you and your posts! Hope all is well! 5y
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DivaDiane @BarbaraBB that‘s very sweet of you! Yes, I‘ve had to take a step back from Litsy. It was take up too much of my life and I wasn‘t really getting good discussions out of it. I admit to going back to Goodreads for that. 5y
BarbaraBB Ah, That‘s too bad. Can I follow you on Goodreads? 5y
DivaDiane Of course! I‘d like that! I‘m Diane Severson Mori there. www.goodreads.com/DivaDiane 5y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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#TellMeTuesday
@Ke633

📺 Nope.
📺 Netflix & YouTube.
📺 Anime And Scifi.
📺 Rarely. I prefer music on if I'm reading.
📺 The Sandman comics. Also, the Otherland series by Tad Williams.

Ke633 Other land would be an awesome show! Thanks for sharing! 6y
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DivaDiane
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I‘ve stalled again on Vol. 1 of Otherland, so I checked Audible once again, because I couldn‘t believe there really wasn‘t an audiobook version of it already and lo, and behold! It comes out on July 17, so I pre-ordered it, using one of the credits that‘ve been piling up. I‘m sure I will finally be able to put this to rest as an audio book. @GrilledCheeseSamurai

GrilledCheeseSamurai I've started actively reading this one again. Im around the 25% mark now. 👍 6y
DivaDiane @grilledcheesesamurai Slow down there, Flash! I won‘t be starting again till July 17, when I get the audio book! Goodreads tells me I‘m at 28%. (edited) 6y
DivaDiane @GrilledCheeseSamurai So, to start a bit of discussion: I‘m really liking the story of Renie looking for her brother. I‘m rather bored and perplexed by the other story that seems more like a surreal dreamscape (or probably video game hallucinations) than a coherent story. That said, the most recent but I Read was interesting. 6y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai @DivaDiane I rather like the story with Paul Jonas. I suppose the main focus though is indeed on Renie and !Xabu. Waddya think of Mr. SELLER 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai Oops. Waddya think of Mr. Sellers, the creepy old dude that eats soap? Oh...oh...and that Dread guy! Friggen awesome! 🤘 6y
DivaDiane Oh! Mr. Sellers! I‘d completely forgotten about him! Who‘s the Dread guy? @GrilledCheeseSamurai (edited) 6y
DivaDiane @GrilledCheeseSamurai I‘m afraid the release of the audio book has been delayed. By a whopping 6 weeks! I won‘t get it till 30 August!! Arrgh! Who‘s the Dread guy?!? 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai Dread is the Murderer guy that listens to music jacked into his head? 6y
DivaDiane @GrilledCheeseSamurai why is that not ringing a bell?!? 6y
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SkeletonKey
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I‘m still trying to downsize my book collection. But I keep coming home with more.

When your friend says they have a favorite series and you haven‘t read it yet then these things will happen.

#usedbookstore #bookgold #otherland

DivineDiana I get you! 😉 7y
SkeletonKey @DivineDiana - I had no choice! 😂 7y
Soubhiville These are SO GOOD! So much detail, such great characters, and one of the creepiest villains ever! Yay, enjoy them! 7y
SkeletonKey @Soubhiville - Thanks, I‘m excited!! 7y
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DivaDiane
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Got the shopping done and now I have 15 minutes in which to read while I wait for the young man to finish fencing.

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DivaDiane
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Sitting down to read and drink some decaf coffee ☕️! It‘s cold and snowy outside. #otherlandbuddyread

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Avanders
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1. The Otherland Series, hands down. (I was thinking # of pages.. they're long books!!)
2. Discovery of Witches.. 😬🙊🙈.. this is most unusual for me bc I normally love witches and vampires and have a hard time walking away from a book. That one was clearly *not* for me.
3. Generally pass it on... I keep ones that I'll want to lend out or *definitely* reread (ie the most favoritestests of the favorites)
4. Yep!
#weekendchat @CSeydel

rubyslippersreads Discovery of Witches was a disappointment for me too. I wanted to love it. 7y
Avanders @rubyslippersreads maybe that was the problem.. it was already so built up by the time I got to it.... 7y
Crewgurl I agree on The Discovery of Witches. I gave up on it too. 7y
Avanders @Crewgurl yeah... the romance bit was... rather contrived imho 😬 7y
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DivaDiane
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You guys, I have FINALLY gotten through the first major section of Otherland Vol. 1!! I‘m glad I‘m finally making progress on this book. Goodreads tells me I started this on Dec. 12, 2016!! Not to mention that it was given to me as a gift in the late 1990‘s. Probably 1998, which makes it one of the oldest unread books in my collection! #MountTBR #otherlandbuddyread

DivineDiana 👏🏻📚👏🏻 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai I gotta get my butt in gear! 😅 7y
Cathythoughts Well done 💃🏾 7y
DivaDiane @GrilledCheeseSamurai Have you fallen behind? I‘m a super slow reader and I‘m managing about 5-10 pages a day, so don‘t try too hard! 7y
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DivaDiane
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I‘m finally getting back into this! I was hoping I could get the audiobook so I wouldn‘t have to lug this brick around (770 pages of hardcover), but Audible doesn‘t have it (in English! In German, yes! English, no?!?) and neither does my library. I will do my best to read from it every day, but I may get through it quickly!
#OtherlandBuddyRead @GrilledCheeseSamurai

LazyDays Ive been trying to read this book for a long while now! Let me know how you like it!👏☺🌈 7y
DivaDiane @LazyDays Join is! This will be a relaxed read, since I can‘t/won‘t drag it around with me. I‘m only 130 pages in. I‘m enjoying it, but it‘s not soooo amazing that I just have to read it every chance I get. Hence, it‘s been on my #MountTBR and #currentlyreading list forever. I‘ve taken long breaks as other books have distracted me. 🤭 7y
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SpeculativeFemale
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When it came to picking a #belovedseries I had a very hard time. I have so many great series among my shelves. The Wheel of Time will always be my favorite, but I can't harp on it constantly and ignore all the other great series I've discovered over the years. So this time, I'm going with the Otherland series. The condition of my poor, battered paperback copies probably speaks to how much I've enjoyed reading them. 😁

#riotgrams @bookriot

Avanders I just read this last year! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Love these books so much! 7y
2BR02B Those are quite visibly beloved! Great series. 7y
GatheringBooks haven‘t heard of this! will stack it in my goodreads too 7y
wanderlustforwords Is there anything better than well loved books? 7y
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DivaDiane
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I‘m on page 122 of our #OtherlandBuddyRead with @GrilledCheeseSamurai . I think I‘ll back up a bit to refresh my memory.

Andrew65 I quite often have to do that during buddy Reads if been a few days since I read it. 7y
DivaDiane @Andrew65 Sorry, I got confused and tagged you first! 🤭 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai I'm about to sit down and take a bite out of this. I only finished the intro last night. 😂 7y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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Here's the first few words of City Of Golden Shadow, from the Otherland series.

There's just something about the way Tad Williams tells a story that clicks with me. I've heard lots of folk complain about him being to wordy or slow moving. Not me. The man could write a book about eating a sandwich and I'd buy the hardcover! 🙋‍♂️

So happy to be back in his words again. 😍

#OtherlandBuddyRead
@DivaDiane

Reggie Yeeesh that last sentence!!! Lol 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @Reggie haha. Awesome. It was that last sentence that made me wanna blurb it! 👍 7y
DivaDiane Yeah, those bits are very evocative, but I have to wonder what the two different settings have to do with one another? How long do we have to wait to be clues in? Do you remember? 7y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai @DivaDiane This first book, honestly, is like a reeeeeeeally long set-up book for the rest of the series. To really grasp what is happening and to and to get to the real meat and potatoes of the story, well, you're probably gonna have to wait until book 2 7y
DivaDiane Ok, that‘s good to know. I can go along with that knowing in advance! 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @DivaDiane it's a helluva set up though 😁. And the way the book ends really makes you want to jump right into the next one. 👍 7y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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I'm done work for the next 2 and a half days! 🙌

I got a few errands to run in the morning and after that I am hibernating in my house, locking my doors, ignoring the world, and sticking my nose in a book(s). The only human contact I want are fictional characters and my fellow Littens.

Celebrating with a cold beer and kicking things off by starting #OtherlandBuddyRead right now.

vivastory Enjoy your time off! 📚🍺☕🍷🍩🍫🍪 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @vivastory Thank you. I am so peopled out from the holidays and am very excited for some alone time! 😍 7y
TricksyTails Yay! Hope you enjoy your much needed relaxation! 📚🍻 7y
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GypsyKat Enjoy your time off! Those kind of days are so good for the soul! 😊 7y
GripLitGrl Enjoy your tume off! Some well deserved time for you🍻 7y
Cortg Enjoy! Sounds wonderful! 7y
minkyb Enjoy! 7y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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@DivaDiane and I are about to do a #OtherlandBuddyRead of City of Golden Shadow (1st of 4 in the Otherland series).

I read these back when they first came out in the mid 90's and as Tad is one of my favorite authors I wanted to revisit. It's a casual (side book) read so if any one else wants to join in...go for it! It's a no pressure go at your own pace kinda thing. @DivaDiane has already started and I'm gonna begin this week/weekend. 🙌

DivaDiane Awesome, thanks for this! 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @DivaDiane I'm so excited to re-read this (can you tell 🤗! Last year I re-read his Memory Sorrow and Thorn series and had a blast! TAs is a top 3 level author for me. 🙌 7y
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Soubhiville Have fun! That‘s a great series!!! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I read them as they came out too! I know that @2BR02B is a fan as well. 7y
DivaDiane @GrilledCheeseSamurai I can tell you love his writing! I have to say, my first book by him was Tailchaser‘s Song and it was a DNF. I couldn‘t understand it, because I love cats and that title... well, I‘ve been reluctant to read anything more, but I have Otherland (which was a gift) and the first of M, S and T also. Hoping to get over the disappointment of T‘s S. 7y
2BR02B @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I am, but I've only read the first... And it was about three years ago now. I've been trying to decide if I should reread it before reading River of Blue Fire. 7y
2BR02B So I might lowkey read along with you guys, if that's cool. 👻 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @2BR02B That's totally cool! Like I said, it's a casual re-read. No pressure or deadlines. It's just fun knowing there are peeps to talk with that are reading what you are at the same time! 👍 7y
2BR02B @GrilledCheeseSamurai any plans to continue the series as a readalong? 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @2BR02B Oh heck yeah! I'm going for broke! Can't just stop after book one. 😁🙌👍 7y
TricksyTails Ooh! Fun! I'll need to see if my library has a copy. I suck at keeping up with my own buddy read so not sure how well I'll keep up but I'll do my best! 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @TricksyTails feel free to join in. 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @TricksyTails I capped out on the name of the wind this past weekend so now I'm waiting again to read more. 😂 #EpicBuddyRead 7y
TricksyTails Yay! That's awesome! 👏😁 I'm so behind! It's embarrassing! 🙈 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @TricksyTails eeeeeeeh. It's not a race. The most important part is just enjoying! 👍 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @TricksyTails now hurry the hell up. 😲😂 7y
TricksyTails 😭😭😭 7y
Marmie7 ✋I want to join this!! Ugh..so many books, so very little time. I'm not even close to retirement age🙄 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @Marmie7 awesome! I plan on starting up probably Sunday - Monday! Those are my normal days off. But join in when you want or can. Just use the #OtherlandBuddyRead tag so we can all discuss! 🙌 7y
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DivaDiane
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#bookresolutions #readingresolutions
So besides my own #MountTBRdestruction, I‘m doing the #LPMBC through February, and #LitsyPassport -4 books. My Goodreads goal is 75 and I‘m my goal is that 50 of them should be Books I already own. That leaves 25 to split between new poetry collections, new kids books, and the odd new book purchase that I just have to read now. 😊

SilversReviews What a cute graphic. 7y
jhod I sent your #lmpbc book today, no treat this time sorry - will send double next time! ❤ 7y
DivaDiane @jhod oh, great! Looking forward to it! And no worries about the goodies. Icing on the cake! 🎂 7y
AiBBot I had forgotten this book. It is brilliant. Enjoy it! 7y
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2BR02B
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My book club had a mystery book swap last night. It was a lot of fun, and I got to add a bunch of titles to my TBR. 📚 🤓

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ElizabethAndino
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Birthday book mail from the generous and thoughtful @Soubhiville ....it was a delight to receive. Many thanks!

Soubhiville You're welcome! This series is amoung my favorites, I hope you'll love it! (The card was made by my amazing mom, @Yenya1954 !) 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @Soubhiville did right by you! This series rules! 7y
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KtheBookwyrm
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The book gods were smiling upon me today. This is book haul #1 for me and the tiny

Texreader You had an amazing day!!! 7y
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Bluebird
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What better place to achieve the #perfectillusion than in virtual reality? Become somebody new by creating a virtual sim (avatar) - the only limit is your own imagination. I really enjoyed this 4 volume science fiction saga, but as it was written in the late 90's I'm not sure how it would hold up today.
#augustgrrrl

Cinfhen I guess this book was ahead of it's time 😉but now it's like an ancient dinosaur 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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The subtitle of the first book is City of Golden Shadows and I worked through this series in high school and college #goldenyears

They are all huge (that's how Tad Williams rolls) and tell the tale of a global fellowship battling their way through the myriad worlds of an immense virtual reality simulation, from ancient Troy to Wonderland, to stop its villainous creators.

At a family event I totally hid and read Mountain of Black Glass all day.

Moray_Reads I loved these! 7y
Cinfhen Loved your song choice...these books though, may not be my thing! #pagecountphobia 😬🤘🏼🎵 7y
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saresmoore Truly, the years when we could hide and read all day were golden. 7y
2BR02B I loved Otherland. I was just thinking the other day how underread it is as a series... but I shouldn't be surprised you've read it. 😉 7y
PirateJenny These books are so wonderful 7y
Soubhiville I LOVED these books! Seems like a lot of the time when I see a pic of a book or series I really love that I feel like no one else has read, it's you who has posted it! 😜 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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When I saw the #riotgrams prompt #greatdedications I immediately thought of Otherland. This is a four parter. Here we go.

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Soubhiville
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A day late on my #shelfie. Yes that's a giant hamster wheel for my cats. The things you do for a hyperactive cat in a tiny apartment. #riotgrams

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ok... that is just awesome! I've never seen anything like that before. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great books back there too, sorry I should have mentioned that first.👍 8y
bookwrm526 Now I'm trying to convince my husband that our cat needs one of those! 8y
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stargazerblue49 Omg! I need the giant hamster wheel!!! 8y
Soubhiville @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @bookworm562 it's from OneFastCat.com. My cats both LOVE it! Igor will run like a cheetah on it! 8y
Soubhiville @stargazerblue49 see last comment. Totally worth the $. 8y
Mimi28 I would need 2 or 3 of those cuz my cats fight over everything, lol. I have 5 cats, even my 17 year old would be hissing to get a turn, lol. I love it though, my cats need that too!! ❤ 8y
geodynamical_nonfiction And now I wait for the follow up post with a cat in the wheel! 😸 8y
Soubhiville @geodynamical I wish I could post a video, it's fun to watch 8y
Soubhiville @Mimi28 mine stay out of each other's way on the wheel, it won't turn with two of them in it at once. They occasionally sit in it together though 8y
Mimi28 Cool 😎I may have to look into it 😊 8y
elkeOriginal Love the wheel! But my cat would look at me in disgust and ask WTF I thought he would do with THAT. 8y
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Dorianna
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Back at the Nest of Blankets and Books, we have the books I'm currently reading. I've been switching between fiction and non-fiction today. Both have been on my TBR forever. One is set in a technologically advanced world where full immersion virtual reality is available and the other talks about murder in early 19th century London. So to say that they differ from each other would probably be an understatement. #AndAwayTheyGo

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SuzannaJLinton
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I'm down with a cold and, since I spent yesterday playing Dragon Age: Origins on the PC, I thought I would give this book a second try. Has anyone else read it? What do you think of it?

Godmotherx5 Haven't read it, but hope you feel better. 8y
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Leniverse
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If I were to arrange my books by (original) publication date, the 1990s would be a very thin section. (Why? Was almost nothing good published then? Or did I get them all from the library?) There's the three first Harry Potter books of course. (OMG, 2017 will be the 20th anniversary! 😳) And then I have Otherland. I've been meaning to read the rest of the series. Was just too labour intensive at the time. #PhotoadayNov16 #PublishedInThe1990s

RealLifeReading 20th anniversary! Wow! 8y
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Larkken
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#gaminginthelitworld I love how Williams plays with concepts of identity and representation in cyberspace, especially cyber gaming. In rpgs, there's a character, and then there's their avatar, and that adds a nice dimension - I particularly love Sam! Photo from the coverart for Book 2 in the series. #octphotochallenge

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SpikeyOrphan
Pickpick

A great start to an interesting quadrilogy. Lots of set up for the story as a whole, both character and world development. On its own it's an interesting read.

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Soubhiville
Pickpick

Such an amazing book with my favorite virtual reality worlds. Seriously dense series, but I couldn't stop until I'd read them all!