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[katsmom]

[Ekatprof]

[Ekatprof]

[katsmom]

[katsmom]

[Ekatprof]

Hmm.... I suppose if you had a million dollars you would buy the national library then? Still, we cant spend too much on books, even though i can read 7-10 books a week. Economy is said to be going down. Conversion is not in our favour.

I pity those who get beaten because of reading. It makes us feel lucky to be able to enjoy reading. Unfortunately, a lot of prople in generation Y refuse to read even with all the campaigns in schools, offices and public places. Computer games and game consules are ruling the 21st century.

It's true that a room without books is like a body without a soul and its good that when I get a little money, I buy books. If I have money left over, I buy food or clothes. But that was many centuries ago. People now are into computers and gadgets rather than good old books.

Unforutunately, books are said to be extinct in the future due to the rise of computer technology.

[katsmom]

Books my young friend, will never become "extinct" True, many are going on line, but not everyone has access to the net. Not everyone plays computer games. The government in Singapore tried to put textbooks all on handheld computerish devices. It didn't work. People and by this I mean students didn't like it.

You see, if you were just a tad more mature you would have read a bit more. You might realize that it was proposed that people would stop reading when The radio was first made accessable to most homes people said books would become extinct, the same happened with television.

And no, I would never buy the national library. I would open a book store. With a coffee pot that self brews.

I don't think you don't fully understand the quotes I gave. I have more but will refrain. Many people in this world still value books for what they are. The internet is a tool like a screwdriver or a hammer. I use it a lot for my research. It makes life easier. But at the same time, I can't easily curl up with a good book on it. Yes I've purchased books to read on line, yes I own more than one laptop, yes I've had a blackberry (borrowed from work so I could download books) but for me, a book is much better. There is nothing in the world like the feeling when you first pull open that front cover, there is nothing more fulfilling when you wrap the rubberbands back around a well loved paperback. The smell of old books can never be transmitted over the internet.

Heck, some of us doen't even watch television for more than an hour or two a week. Would you like to come live in my house for a week or two? I'l guarantee by the end of that time you will either be cured of your need/love/addiction to technology, or you will have gone insane and been put in a home somewhere

And this is one of the reasons I'm enjoying the 39 clues. It gives my daughter and I a jumping board for so much more than just playing games on the computer. Does she play them? Of course. That's a part of the draw, and the book only took us a week of nights to read, but the information in them, the deduction and the cross-referencing, and the research has taken us what, 3 months now, and we still aren't any where close to being done. My disappointment with the whole thing is not the change in the scoring, or the limited number of games, but the weblinks and more hints hidden inside them. So far, everything is pretty much in your face. There isn't enough to do. Even our Highlights puzzle magazine (Top secret adventures) has more meat to it.

And now I will return you to your regularly scheduled discussion about the 39 clues....

[Galadur]

Extinct Books

[Maggie]

[katsmom]

I've read the series, but Flyte was the only one I could see the title of. I suppose the rest are on a book shelf somewhere. Thanks for the title Maggie.

Another set I enjoyed was the Inkheart series. There are many good books out there Ekatprof. You just have to look for them.

[Sherlock_39]

The Mysterious Benedict Society is also a really good series although it's newer and it only has 2 books so far and a third is coming out.

[ssgrouch]

Surveillance Card theory

[Hunter6]

[coocooboy]

[coocooboy]

thx for the info maggie. i wouldnt have liked to spoil the series. btw people, there r also eBooks. Lol i just looked on the site, the scores r taken down already. and gratz to dragongirl76 on 3rd place(zanenmadie).