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		<title>Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mira Grant,NOOKbook (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Orbit on 04-18-2011 On my Nook this showed up as 28 pages total, I thought &#8220;cool, a sweet short story.&#8221; The story was only 10 pages, don&#8217;t get me wrong it&#8217;s a good story but the rest of the pages were the first pages from &#8220;Feed.&#8221; I have &#8220;Feed.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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Mira Grant,NOOKbook (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Orbit on 04-18-2011 </p>
<p>On my Nook this showed up as 28 pages total, I thought &#8220;cool, a sweet short story.&#8221; The story was only 10 pages, don&#8217;t get me wrong it&#8217;s a good story but the rest of the pages were the first pages from &#8220;Feed.&#8221; </p>
<p>I have &#8220;Feed.&#8221;<br />
I&#8217;ve read &#8220;Feed.&#8221; Twice.<br />
I&#8217;m here for something new to tide me over until &#8220;Blackout&#8221; is released next year!</p>
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		<title>Case for My Nook</title>
		<link>http://debatkinson.com/2011/06/30/case-for-my-nook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted a solid case for my Nook, it is a major purchase, so I looked around online. While I admit there are a couple custom cases I would love to have they were too pricey, so I ended up back at B&#038;N. The day I was there the clerks were unpacking these lovelies. Honestly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanted a solid case for my Nook, it is a major purchase, so I looked around online. While I admit there are a couple custom cases I would love to have they were too pricey, so I ended up back at B&#038;N. The day I was there the clerks were unpacking these lovelies.</p>
<p><a href="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000000012871747&#038;pid=9781616864927&#038;adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgifts.barnesandnoble.com%2FMinimal-Trifold-Cover-in-Night%2Fe%2F9781616864927&#038;usg=AFHzDLsn70-oAPUpahnvLCFbXOy6lSzHMg&#038;pubid=21000000000364191"><img src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/82570000/82576683.JPG"/></a></p>
<p>Honestly I wanted leather ($$$) but these faux-leather is yummy, the only thing missing is the smell. It&#8217;s cushioned inside and outside. Soft and smooth to the touch. I love the trifold feature because when it&#8217;s folded back for reading the sides are smooth and is about the thickness of a mid-size paperback. The magnetic clasps are in the cover and not only hold it closed but holds the cover flaps while reading.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve got a NookColor, I suggest checking this case out. Just remember that everyone what&#8217;s something different and what makes me happy might not trip your trigger.</p>
<p>PS: The product pictures in various posts are links to Barnes &#038; Noble (usually) where you can read more or purchase the item referred to in the post.</p>
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		<title>Retail Hell</title>
		<link>http://debatkinson.com/2011/06/27/retail-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Freeman Hall Quick light read. Amusing for anyone who&#8217;s worked retail. A few annoying typos and hanging sentences. Favorite quote: &#8220;Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, get me a JD on the rocks and make it a double.&#8221;]]></description>
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by Freeman Hall</p>
<p>Quick light read. Amusing for anyone who&#8217;s worked retail.</p>
<p>A few annoying typos and hanging sentences.</p>
<p>Favorite quote: &#8220;Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, get me a JD on the rocks and make it a double.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Go the F**k to Sleep</title>
		<link>http://debatkinson.com/2011/06/26/go-the-fk-to-sleep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes This looks like a children&#8217;s book. It reads&#8211;almost&#8211;like a children&#8217;s book. But it&#8217;s not for children. It&#8217;s for all the frustrated adults who get to deal with children at bedtime who don&#8217;t want to go to sleep. I recommend this one for anyone with kids, contemplating having kids, [...]]]></description>
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by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes</p>
<p>This looks like a children&#8217;s book. It reads&#8211;almost&#8211;like a children&#8217;s book. But it&#8217;s not for children. It&#8217;s for all the frustrated adults who get to deal with children at bedtime who don&#8217;t want to go to sleep.</p>
<p>I recommend this one for anyone with kids, contemplating having kids, had kids, or just know a few rug-rats. If you can get someone else to read it to you, do it! It&#8217;s funnier.</p>
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		<title>Worth It?</title>
		<link>http://debatkinson.com/2011/06/13/worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have officially owned my Nook for one month now. I&#8217;ve been keeping a list of my book purchases and how much I&#8217;ve saved. Want the numbers? Okay&#8230; The book total doesn&#8217;t include free books I&#8217;ve found, just ones I&#8217;ve paid for. So I&#8217;ve purchased 29 books with a cash outlay $68.08. Money saved over [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have officially owned my Nook for one month now. I&#8217;ve been keeping a list of my book purchases and how much I&#8217;ve saved. Want the numbers? Okay&#8230;</p>
<p>The book total doesn&#8217;t include free books I&#8217;ve found, just ones I&#8217;ve paid for. So I&#8217;ve purchased 29 books with a cash outlay $68.08. Money saved over the cost of buying the same items in DT (dead tree) format&#8211;$232.44. Plus some of these books are only in ebook format.</p>
<p>Okay, I can hear you saying &#8220;but I don&#8217;t spend that much on books.&#8221; If books aren&#8217;t your thing, that&#8217;s fine. Me? I&#8217;ve been known to walk out of Barnes &#038; Noble with $300 worth off books in one trip. I average an order delivered to my home once a month, I&#8217;m guessing around $30 per order. Also I was in a book of the month club that was $10 per month, which I cancelled on bringing home my Nook.</p>
<p>So yes, buying the Nook made a huge dent in my budget (can you have a budget if you don&#8217;t have a regular income?). But I can see where I&#8217;m going to be saving money in the long run.</p>
<p>Say I want to try a new author and/or series, I can download the sample chapter. If I like the sample I can buy the first in the series. If I like the first book lives up to my expectations, buy the others as I get to them not all at once because I hate getting into a series then having to wait for the next book to be delivered!</p>
<p>Will I still buy DT books? Yes, I like my reference books with pages to fan through. But I&#8217;ve got to say I&#8217;m sold on the ebook idea.</p>
<p>Oh, some of the books I bought were like $0.99, so I&#8217;m trying new authors too! Wait that means I have more TBR (to be read) books. I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s a good thing&#8230;</p>
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