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Postby bikkit » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:17 am

Welcome from me too!

I read the tiffany series when i was eight, my dad gave m the colour of magic after i'd finishd them, but took it away after such questions as "What does bugger mean?". I got it back when i was ten, and have loved it ever since
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Postby poohcarrot » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:34 am

So between the ages of 8 and 10 you discovered a naughty word dictionary? :lol:
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Postby ShadowNinjaCat » Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:03 pm

Welcome HollyOgg :wink:
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Postby HollyOgg » Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:18 pm

Hehe, ta muchly for all the welcomes!
My sister is autistic and can't read, so instead of spending loads of money and buying her the Audio-CD's, I'm spending loads of time reading them out loud onto my own CD's, because she wants to know what all the fuss is about.
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Postby Fizz » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:02 pm

That sounds awesome. I am sure she'll love that. Also, check out the following link: LibriVox

Full of people who post books that they've read online. You can find classics and modern lit. as well. Tons of variety.

Also, once you're done reading Pratchett, you could upload your own audio files there for others to enjoy. Cheers.
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Postby HollyOgg » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:03 pm

Oooh, that could be fun if people would want to listen, lol x
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Postby Fizz » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:04 pm

I am sure someone would.
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Postby Tonyblack » Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:39 pm

Fizz wrote:

Also, once you're done reading Pratchett, you could upload your own audio files there for others to enjoy. Cheers.
You can only download or upload books that are in the Public Domain on Librivox - that doesn't include Discworld. :)
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Postby bikkit » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:32 pm

actually, i found the meaning in a normal dictionary
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Postby Fizz » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:43 pm

Can't believe I forgot about that. Ah well. You can always share it amongst your friends then. Cheers.
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Postby Vena Ravenhaired » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:21 pm

I had a friend who was heavily into Discworld, although at the time i had only heard of it.

She lent me a copy of Lords and Ladies, and I giggled my way through it (I love Herne the Hunted!) and was hooked!

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Postby Dragonpantha » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:51 pm

Hi im new to this so forgive any mistakes :? I found Discworld about 6 yrs ago a friend lent me Feet of Clay after I told her that Im Dyslixic and now I read as much as posable I love the fact that I can read about all these characters and move around this world with such ease I just wish Id found Discworld a lot sooner
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Postby ShadowNinjaCat » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:01 pm

Welcome Dragonpantha :D Like the name :wink:
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Postby Tonyblack » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:29 pm

Welcome from me too! :D
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Postby chuckie » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:36 pm

Welcome Dragonpantha. :D
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