Reading Wolf

For those wondering what got deleted, here you go. Screen shots!

I haven't gone through all of the comments, and I assume more has been deleted, but you can get a real sense of what she considers "gangster bullies".   Even Jenny Trout! (WOW!) 

Most of the comments deleted were opposing views about Stopthegrbullies.com (STGRB). Apparently, she simply doesn't care that they use anonymous names, bully authors and reviewers, and play all the dirty tricks she claims to want stopped.

Oddly, there are very few pro comments about STGRB. Why is that? The exception are a few people who have been active in the STGRB all along. So if she can't listen to reason, maybe she should listen to the silence. It speaks loudly. Her fans may support stopping cyber-bullying (as do all of us), but they don't appear to be fans of STGRB either.

Screen shot #1: Full blog post 4/28/2014, early in day - many comments were later deleted

Screen shot #2: Full blog post 4/28/2014, later in day - you can see some of what got deleted

Screen shot #3: Full blog post 4/29/2014 late afternoon

Screen shot #4: Autumn Turner / Misanthropic Bibliophage  thread (1 of 2)  before it got deleted

Screen shot #5: Autumn Turner / Misanthropic Bibliophage (2 of 2)   with final comment (from me!) All deleted.

Screen shot #6: Ole Andreas Imsen comments -- also deleted

Screen shot #7: The now infamous Jenny Trout "Gangster Bully" thread -- also deleted

Screen shot #8: Comments by Elyse Shramm -- also deleted

Screen shot #9: Floras comments to Yvonne before deletion

Screen shot #10: Floras comments have been deleted, Yvonne's still there

And for some fun, do check out Smart Bitches, Trashy Books blog post:

Something I don't understand, couldn't the boys hand down their old textbooks to Ginny? I mean they aren't using them anymore...even if Fred, George, Ron, and Harry still need the textbooks, couldn't Bill or Charlie, who already graduated, pass their copies down to Ginny?

I'm going to agree wholeheartedly with this rating. Of course he was, in my observation, really close to being a hatstall. On the preference question he chose "no preference" so if he would have chosen either Gryffindor or Slytherin, maybe even Hufflepuff, he would have been whichever house he chose. 

 So my question is...does Ravenclaw + Slytherin make a good match? I would say yes because as he was answering the questions most of the questions I would answer true, he would answer false. But for the BIG QUESTIONS (Politics, Religion, Tolerance) we were alike. 

Anyone else taken this quiz and their partner/spouse/best friend gotten an interesting result?

Also, my brother just took the test and scored a Ravenclaw result. Go Claws. 

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I saw a post about this quiz on a blog post by a Booklikes user called Marianna. It sounded good so I decided to take the test.

Almost every Sorting Hat Quiz I take puts me in the Ravenclaw House, even Pottermore said I am a Ravenclaw. (WillowWolf69 if anyone wishes to add me on PM)

But this is a pretty good test. It is based on a personality test and has 125 T/F questions and 1 Which House Do You Want question. (It counts for 5-8% so it sends those who would be borderline just enough over the edge to keep from being a hatstall.)

I'm happy with the results.

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Anyone else got spam/advertising accounts following you on Booklikes?

I have about Six:

1. Landscaping: Effective Weed Control Methods
2. Indoor Wheelchairs Innovated for Outdoor Performance
3. Zurich Insurance Group Switzerland
4. The Important Role of an Emergency Plumber in Your Search for Hot Water Systems
5. Long & Foster Real Estate
6. New Boilers: How Can They Benefit You and Your Family

I am happy to see I have people following me, but I'm perplexed as to why these six accounts are on Booklikes...tumblr, facebook, twitter...I would understand...

Just found it weird.

When I see comments like this, I die a little inside. You don't have to trash other readers, especially those who wish to read something less "complex" or below their actual reading level. I don't like chocolate cake or donuts covered in sugary glaze, that doesn't mean I will call someone who enjoys them a fat ass slob with no culinary taste. So why call someone who enjoys The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, or Twilight by such rude terms? What joy do you get from comments like this other than patting yourself on the back and showing how uncouth and insensitive you are as a person. 

19% - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

14% - The Lightning Thief

Since the Harry Potter Group Read starts today and I am attempting to read the entire Percy Jackson and the Olympians series in sync with HP, I might not finish this for a while. 

I'm trying to do this thing where I don't judge people by what they read. I know there are people out there who will judge me by the books I enjoy. Frankly, it makes people feel like shit when you judge them based on their taste in books, clothes, or how they communicate with the world.

This review is going to be full of spoilers. But considering it is a novella there is not much I can say about the characters, plot, and setting that wouldn't spoil the story. So your basic run down is the plot is interesting, the characters are actually funny at times, and I only found a few flaws in the story.

Even though somethings were a bit, come on that wouldn't happen, it was a very interesting book. I kind of wish it had been a full length standalone novel. I liked Kieran and Maria well enough, but the WORLD is the one I would love to hear more about.

I cannot say I truly enjoyed this book. It was boring at times and though full of wonderful details, none of them added anything to the story in my opinion. We know Callie has features of both white and black, she talks about how coarse her hair is plenty to get the point across. But we really never see her struggle because of her mixed "race". She is either assumed to be a white girl or glamoured when her skin color would give her away. There is only the internal struggle. 

The plot seemed to go nowhere for the majority of this book. 

 Not until the end does the plot pick up and then it's just a fast paced blur of circles. Never ending circles. 

Nothing is even going on in this book. There is no progress toward any goal at all....No wonder I am bored.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Looking forward to reading this soon. I've tried to keep up with the subject on which this book is based, but I'm positive I have missed at least half of the conflict. (This book is 211 pages long, I had to have missed quite a bit.)

The preface, titled "How this book got written", gave the basic background of the conflict and illuminated why the author chose to pen this book. While critics may contend that this book is just a glorified "revenge piece" and has no place on Goodreads, I believe this book is valuable as a documentation of the experiences of those "21" reviewers who were censored in their attempt to speak out against behavior they found unfavorable. I believe this book shows that it is not "off-topic" to discuss author behavior. As a consumer I would honestly like to know what type of author I am supporting. Even if my support only amounts to having their book on my huge to be read shelf. 

I am rating this four stars at this time based on the skim read I have done of the book, my interest in the book, and my opinion on it's validity. It is my right to rate as I see fit and this is me exercising that right.

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A boy and girl are left at home with their father while their mother goes out of town. Unfortunately there is no milk in the house for their cereal. So the father sets off to what he thinks is a short trip to the corner shop for milk. Little does he know how that container of milk will save not just his kids from hunger but the world as well.

Great storytelling for such a short book. Funny and imaginative. I will recommend this to all my younger cousins.