Sense & Sensibility Links & Reminder

2014 Jane Austen Challenge
In one month, it will be time for everyone to post their comments and reviews of Sense & Sensibility for the 2014 Jane Austen Challenge! I will post my review of Sense & Sensibility on February 28th, and there will be a linky for your posts. 

In order to inspire folks and to get you excited about the book, if you haven't read it yet (like me!), I have found some great book-related links.  I was surprised how little I found when I did a scan of the Internet about Sense & Sensibility. I am guessing I am going to find tons of information about Pride & Prejudice, because it is the most popular of Austen's books.

Enjoy the links and then get reading! :)

Need to Read Sense & Sensibility?

Scanned copy of the original Sense & Sensibility

Free audio book of Sense & Sensibility

Need an adaptation or more stories in the world of Sense & Sensibility?


Movie adaptations of Sense & Sensibility 
I didn't realize that From Prada to Nada was an adaptation of Sense & Sensibility!


Need more information about Sense & Sensibility?

Map of all of the places in Sense & Sensibility

Wikipedia Sense & Sensibility page

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Thoughtful Thursday: Perfect Marriage between Book Type & Format?


Thoughtful Thursday

It is time for Thoughtful Thursday and the bookish questions that pop up while I am reading. Please share your thoughts on the bookish question of the week. I am curious to hear what you have to say! There are no wrong answers. Questions about Thoughtful Thursday or future Thoughtful Thursday posts? Check out my Thoughtful Thursday section. Alright, on to the question!


Does the type of book (e.g., genre, demographic, page length) inspire you to read the book in a particular format (e.g., audio book, paperback, hardcover, e-book)?

I have noticed over the last couple of months that I seem to have a preference for different book formats based on the type of book that I am reading. If a book is quite long (~1000 pages), I prefer to listen to the audio book version of the book rather than read the book. For some reason, a 40-hour book seems more manageable to me than an 800-page book. Even though it is faster for me to read the book than listen, I will chose the audio book (assuming that the reader is good). I have been doing the audio books for the Song of Ice and Fire series, and I think I am enjoying it more having Roy Dotrice read the books to me than me reading the book by myself.

I prefer to read e-books, because my kindle is light weight. If I do decide to read a physical book, I prefer a hardcover (if it is over 400 pages) or a softcover (if it is under 400 pages). I found this preference baffling at first, but then I realized that this is due to book bindings. I find hardcovers help hold the book together when there are a lot of pages. When there are less than 400 pages, the softcover works well enough to hold the book together. I hate it when you see large books squeezed into mass paperbacks with horrible bindings and all of the pages start falling out when you get halfway through the book. When I read Gone with the Wind years ago, I would peel each page out of the book after I read it, because the book feel apart halfway through it. If the book is a romance, thriller, or something more action-packed "beach read," however, then I want a mass market paperback. Usually books like this are the right length for a mass market paperback, and I don't have the book binding problem. 


As an aside, I prefer to read galleys/ARCs as physical books. This is because I find the e-book ARCs to have weird formatting issues fairly often.

Okay, now that I have told you some of my crazy book habits, I want to hear yours.

Now it is your turn! Does the type of book (e.g., genre, demographic, page length) inspire you to read the book in a particular format (e.g., audio book, paperback, hardcover, e-book)?

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Bloggiesta Wrap Up

Mini-Bloggiesta

Bloggiesta was a lot of fun. I wish I had more time, but I ended up having to do errands on Saturday. It was really nice to have an excuse to just work on the blog. I will have lots of commenting to do over the next few days, but it was worth it. 

I was only able to do the one basic challenge, but I have saved the other challenges and I plan to work on them later. The image map challenge is so amazing. I can't wait to try it out for the next Sunday Update.

My To Do List
  •  Research web hosts --> Any suggestions??? 
I have researched a few web hosts, and I have narrowed down the list. Now, I need to do some research on the next step of the self-hosting process.
  • Write four Thoughtful Thursday posts
This didn't happen. I wish I had more time on Saturday to work on this.
  • Write eight Top Ten Tuesday posts
I am so happy that I got eight of these posts done! I really enjoy this meme, but it takes so much time with getting links and pictures. Writing a stack of these at the same time saves so much time.
  • Organize sidebar better 
    • Maybe move annual challenges to its own page?
    • Maybe get rid of the archive and just keep the keywords?
    • Have all of my social media buttons uniform (Bloglovin' I am looking at you!) 
I moved some things around on my sidebar. I didn't get rid of anything, but I like the layout a bit better. Also, I updated my social media icons a bit. Bloglovin' matches and I have pop up text for the icons when you hoover over them.
  • Update pages
    • Explain my rating system
    • Update my About Me page
    • Begin making a page linking to all reviews
    • Create a page with favorite posts
I didn't get to any of this either. I have ideas of what I want to do, and I will slowly be working on this over the next month.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Worlds I Would Never Want To Live In

Top Ten Tuesday

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week bloggers post a top ten list related to a specific theme. This week's theme is Top Ten Worlds I Would Never Want To Live In. All links lead to GoodReads.

* I am only referring to the first book in series, because sometimes the world got a bit better.*

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I don't want to live in a world where I might have to be placed in a dome and kill kids.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

2. Divergent by Veronica Roth
I don't want to live in a world where I am defined by one trait.

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

3. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
 Nobody is happy in this world, the kids or the adults. Fear has set in.

World War Z by Max Brooks

4. World War Z by Max Brooks
Zombies scare me more than anything. I don't want to live in the zombie apocalypse.


Feed by Mira Grant

5. Feed by Mira Grant
I don't want to live in the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse.


Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

6. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
I don't want to live in a world where vampires sparkle.


 Dracula by Bram Stoker

7. Dracula by Bram Stoker
I don't want to live in a world with traditional vampires either.


Goosebumps by RL Stine

8. Goosebumps by RL Stine
The world of Goosebumps is scary, dangerous, and horrific. I wouldn't want to live in any book in this series.


1984 by George Orwell

9. 1984 by George Orwell
This is another dystopian world that is pretty awful, if you don't play by the rules.


Game of Thrones by GRR Martin

10. Game of Thrones by GRR Martin
In the game of thrones, you win or you die. If you are a peasant in this world, you just die.

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Hang Wire by Adam Christopher: Review

Hang Wire by Adam Christopher
Title: Hang Wire
Author: Adam Christopher
Publisher: Angry Robot
Publication Date: January 2014
Length: 384
Series: Stand Alone
Audio or Book: Book
Reason for Discovery:  ARC

I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

From GoodReads:
Ted Hall is worried. He’s been sleepwalking, and his somnambulant travels appear to coincide with murders by the notorious Hang Wire Killer. Meanwhile, the circus has come to town, but the Celtic dancers are taking their pagan act a little too seriously, the manager of the Olde World Funfair has started talking to his vintage machines, and the new acrobat’s frequent absences are causing tension among the performers. Out in the city there are other new arrivals – immortals searching for an ancient power – a primal evil which, if unopposed, could destroy the world!

This book follows several different characters whose lives intersect. Ted just had his birthday and had some sort of accident at his party. He is having trouble with his sleep. Joel is on a mission to follow the light. Bob has retired to the beach and is a regular tourist attraction, because he likes to ballroom dance with tourists. Finally, there are the Hang Wire killer who is stalking the streets of the city and an acrobat from the circus who is chasing the killer. There is something sleeping under San Francisco, and what Ted, Joel, Bob, the killer, and the would-be hero do will either cause it to wake or stay under the streets.

I finished this book on Friday, and I have been struggling with what to say in this review. Let's first review what I disliked the about the book. I found that there were two big problems with this book. (1) The world building rules were not defined. There are gods in this book from different cultures, but there is no explanation why these gods are in San Fransisco or if there are other gods roaming about the city or the world. I was also confused why the gods mentioned in this book are in this book. They didn't seem related to San Francisco or have another connection to this story. (2) There were a lot of POV characters in this book, and the chapters were short. I had a hard time caring about the characters and remembering who was who, because the chapters ended and moved to a new POV character before I got interested in them. About one-third of the way through the book, I started to get into the groove, but I was definitely feeling a bit frustrated by this point.

Although I had some problems with the world building and revolving cast of characters, the writing kept me hooked. I didn't want to put the book down; I really wanted to see how everything came together. I was really surprised how content I was reading this book even with its problems. I also really enjoyed the feel and the atmosphere of the book. People have described Hang Wire as noir fiction. I typically expect characters to be a bit more cynical and the city to be a bit more rundown for a book to be considered noir fiction; however, the feel of the book was noir. There is something haunting about this book that harkens to noir even though it isn't (at least in my opinion).

Overall, this book was okay. I wish it had been a bit longer, so the world building could have been more developed. Also, there was a bit of info dumping at the end of the book that was probably added, because the world building had been so vague up until that point. Christopher at that point had to just bluntly tell his audience what he was thinking, so the readers knew what was going on, if they were still confused. If you are a fan of American Gods by Neil Gaiman, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, or the television show Carnivalé and are okay with limited world building, this may be a fun read for you. Unfortunately, for me, this wasn't a great fit. At the same time, I enjoyed the writing, and I am still excited to try some of Christopher's other book.

I give this book a 2 out of 5.
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Sunday Update!

This week has been shaping up to be pretty excellent! First, I got a lot of wonderful books this week including The Tropic of Serpents. I am trying so hard to keep to the order of my TBR list, but I am definitely struggling! I want to read this book so badly! It is the sequel to A Natural History of Dragons, which was one of my top books of 2013. Second, my graduate adviser appears open to the idea of me sending my dissertation committee this semester. He has forgotten that there are large sections he has not read yet, but this conversation has boosted my spirits. 
Book Haul  

ARCs & Galleys

I received three ARCs this week. First, I received The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan from Tor. Second, I received Honor among Thieves by James SA Corey and Lovecraft's Monsters edited by Ellen Datlow.

From Giveaways

I received two books from giveaways this week. I received Angelfall by Susan Ee from the lovely ladies at My Shelf Confessions. I also won One Night Three Hearts by Adele Allaire from a Book Nookie Reviews tour. I am not sure whose site I won it on. :( If I won it on your site, post a comment, and I will credit you!

Bought

I bought four books this week! Crazy! I bought The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker and Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano from Amazon. They were both Kindle daily deals! I got two books from Goodwill today. I snapped up Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling ($0.69!) and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (I had already bought the e-book, but I got the hardback for $1.29!). I love my Goodwill. The book selection is crazy amazing. Also, I am almost halfway to owning all of the physical Harry Potter books again!

Currently Reading


The Flight of the Silvers: I am really enjoying this book so far. It grabbed me from the first page. There is lots of action!

Hollow City: I am halfway through with book, and I am also enjoying this book more than I thought. If you liked the end of Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, you will like the style of this book.

A Dance with Dragons: Because I finished my latest Sookie book, I am back to listening to this book while getting ready for bed. It is still slow going, because I am only listening to it while getting ready for bed, but it is good. I am curious to see how this book turns out.
 
Read This Week 


Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Hang Wire by Adam Christopher

Bloggiesta

Bloggiesta is going well. I have been doing research on web hosts today and figuring out how I want my About Me page to look like. I was out most of the day, so I wasn't able to sit and work on my blog too long. Sunday will be coding day!

Important Commenting Information!!! (I will keep this info at the bottom of the next week's posts.)

I just switched my commenting system over to Disqus, because I recently realized that the Blogger commenting system doesn't automatically email people when I (or others) respond to their comments. Well, it can, but it doesn't work in a seamless way. So in a moment of spontaneity, I decided to put Disqus on my blog. It is a fairly popular commenting system, so hopefully this won't be too upsetting for anyone. I find it really easy to use as a commenter, so I thought folks would be okay with it. We will see how this goes. If you all hate it, we will try something new.

If you can't see Disqus, I have found a couple of reasons why this may be happening! Please don't write this off as a Disqus issue, if you can't see Disqus, there are probably other things on the Internet that you can't see.

1. Are you using Avast for antivirus protection on your browser? If so, click the Avast icon in your browser and allow "social networks allowed." If this doesn't work, try also allowing "web analytics allowed." You can just do this for my blog or just this one page on my blog. Avast can be very stringent, and it hides Disqus, Google+ commenting, and social media buttons on sites for me. I was so annoyed that I could never find a Twitter button to share things until I changed this setting in Avast.

2. Do you use other plugins or extensions? They might be causing the issue. I haven't noticed a problem with using plugins like ad-aware/ad-blocker.  You may need to turn some of these off and refresh the page or restart the browser.

3. You may need to clear your brower's cache or cookies. On the other hand, you may need to enable cookies.
 
If you STILL can't see Disqus, please let me know! Feel free to email or tweet me! I switched to Disqus to improve our discussions, if you can't comment, Disqus isn't worth it.

Bloggiesta Kick Off!

Mini Bloggiesta

I am very excited about this challenge! Bloggiesta is all about working on your blog and learning new book blog-related things like SEO, HTML, time management, writing reviews, and social media. A few months ago, I looked through all of the previous Bloggiesta events and worked through several of the challenges. I learned a lot. This is a mini-Bloggiesta event, so it will only be January 25-26th. Even if you cannot join the event, I really recommend checking out the Bloggiesta site and looking through some of the challenges, especially if you are new to blogging or you just want to review some skills that you haven't used in a while.

My To Do List
  •  Research web hosts --> Any suggestions???
  • Write four Thoughtful Thursday posts
  • Write eight Top Ten Tuesday posts
  • Organize sidebar better 
    • Maybe move annual challenges to its own page?
    • Maybe get rid of the archive and just keep the keywords?
    • Have all of my social media buttons uniform (bloglovin' I am looking at you!)
  • Update pages
    • Explain my rating system
    • Update my About Me page
    • Begin making a page linking to all reviews
    • Create a page with favorite posts
Important Commenting Information!!! (I will keep this info at the bottom of the next week's posts.)

I just switched my commenting system over to Disqus, because I recently realized that the Blogger commenting system doesn't automatically email people when I (or others) respond to their comments. Well, it can, but it doesn't work in a seamless way. So in a moment of spontaneity, I decided to put Disqus on my blog. It is a fairly popular commenting system, so hopefully this won't be too upsetting for anyone. I find it really easy to use as a commenter, so I thought folks would be okay with it. We will see how this goes. If you all hate it, we will try something new.

If you can't see Disqus, I have found a couple of reasons why this may be happening! Please don't write this off as a Disqus issue, if you can't see Disqus, there are probably other things on the Internet that you can't see.

1. Are you using Avast for antivirus protection on your browser? If so, click the Avast icon in your browser and allow "social networks allowed." If this doesn't work, try also allowing "web analytics allowed." You can just do this for my blog or just this one page on my blog. Avast can be very stringent, and it hides Disqus, Google+ commenting, and social media buttons on sites for me. I was so annoyed that I could never find a Twitter button to share things until I changed this setting in Avast.

2. Do you use other plugins or extensions? They might be causing the issue. I haven't noticed a problem with using plugins like ad-aware/ad-blocker.  You may need to turn some of these off and refresh the page or restart the browser.

3. You may need to clear your brower's cache or cookies. On the other hand, you may need to enable cookies.

If you STILL can't see Disqus, please let me know! Feel free to email or tweet me! I switched to Disqus to improve our discussions, if you can't comment, Disqus isn't worth it.

Thoughtful Thursday: What Attracts You to a Book?

Thoughtful Thursday

It is time for Thoughtful Thursday and the bookish questions that pop up while I am reading. Please share your thoughts on the bookish question of the week. I am curious to hear what you have to say! There are no wrong answers. Questions about Thoughtful Thursday or future Thoughtful Thursday posts? Check out my Thoughtful Thursday section. Alright, on to the question!
 


Does anything besides the text (and price) draw you into a book? Some books have covers that glow-in-the-dark. Some books have different colored text to differentiate POV characters. Some books have drawings intermixed with the text.

Maybe it is just me, but I have been noticing that books seem to be up-ping their game when it comes to enticing readers. Books like Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and The Creature Department both had glow-in-the-dark covers. Books like The Neverending Story and Legend have different colored fonts to differentiate between characters. Other books like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Amy and Roger's Epic Detour have pictures, fun drawings, and/or playlists littered throughout the text.

Some things like the glow-in-the-dark covers amuse me and the colored text are very neat, but they alone do not entice me to buy a book. Okay, I will admit that I bought a hardback of The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (if you love the movie, you NEED to read the book, it is amazing!), because I wanted the colored text and the gorgeous drawings at the beginning of each chapter. What does entice me to buy a book are really clever things inside the book like the drawings, playlists, pictures, and other representations of things that are happening in the book. These items can give life to an already awesome book or "plus" a lukewarm book for me. I think it comes from loving books like The Jolly Postman as a kid. In this book, you opened letters that the postman was delivering to different fairy tale book and nursery rhyme characters. I loved that book so much! These items or pictures help immerse me in the book experience. Will I buy a book just for the non-text things in a fictional book? No, well most likely no, but it will definitely get me more interested in it. Case in point, Amy and Roger's Epic Detour didn't sound super exciting to me (I don't read a ton of contemporary novels); however, all of the pictures and playlists in the book intrigue me.

I am pretty good about not buying books, because they are "collector's editions." This is mainly because I don't collect books right now. Unless I love a book, any physical books will eventually be given to a friend or donated to the library. I live in a small apartment and my husband and I are both early in our careers so we move a lot. In short, we can't collect a lot of extra books. I say extra, because I have a ton of craft books and my husband has a good number of role-playing game books. We all need to have our priorities. :)

Now it is your turn! Does anything besides the text (and price) draw you into a book? Some books have covers that glow-in-the-dark. Some books have different colored text to differentiate POV characters. Some books have drawings intermixed with the text.


Important Commenting Information!!! (I will keep this info at the bottom of the next week's posts.)

I just switched my commenting system over to Disqus, because I recently realized that the Blogger commenting system doesn't automatically email people when I (or others) respond to their comments. Well, it can, but it doesn't work in a seamless way. So in a moment of spontaneity, I decided to put Disqus on my blog. It is a fairly popular commenting system, so hopefully this won't be too upsetting for anyone. I find it really easy to use as a commenter, so I thought folks would be okay with it. We will see how this goes. If you all hate it, we will try something new.

If you can't see Disqus, I have found a couple of reasons why this may be happening!

1. Are you using Avast for antivirus protection on your browser? If so, click the Avast icon in your browser and allow "social networks allowed." If this doesn't work, try also allowing "web analytics allowed." You can just do this for my blog or just this one page on my blog. Avast can be very stringent, and it hides Disqus, Google+ commenting, and social media buttons on sites for me. I was so annoyed that I could never find a Twitter button to share things until I changed this setting in Avast.

2. Do you use other plugins or extensions? They might be causing the issue. I haven't noticed a problem with using plugins like ad-aware/ad-blocker.  You may need to turn some of these off and refresh the page or restart the browser.

3. You may need to clear your brower's cache or cookies. On the other hand, you may need to enable cookies.

The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany: Review

The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R DelanyTitle: The Einstein Intersection
Author: Samuel R Delany
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publication Date: 1967
Length: 147
Series: Stand Alone
Audio or Book: Book
Reason for Discovery: Sword & Laser Book Club

From GoodReads:
The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza. In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world as those who are "different" try to seize history and the day.
This tale is about Lo Lobey a sherpherd in his small village. Lo Lobey and his fellow villagers are an alien species that have chosen to make Earth their home after humans have abandoned it many years ago. Due to radiation and fickle genes, this species has trouble reproducing functional children. Those that are deemed functional receive the title Lo (for men), La (for women), and Le (for the androgynous). Those that are non-functional do not receive a title. Lo Lobey falls in love with Friza, a villager with no title. Soon after, Friza is killed by Kid Death. The village elders feel Lo Lobey is the chosen one to go after Kid Death and bring Friza back.

This is a hard book to review. This is one of those books that you know that you need to read at least twice (if not more) to truly understand everything that is happening in this book. This book is less than 150 pages, so you can read this book in one sitting, and then read it again if you want. :) I should mention that I started this book, and I had to put it down for a week or so before picking it up again. I feel like I would have a better grasp of how I feel about this book, if I had read it in one sitting.

This is a beautiful book to read. It is like reading a mythological dream written in the form of a poem. The book is not written in verse, but you feel like you just float along as you read it. This feeling is definitely helped along by the fact that Lo Lobey is on a hero's journey and he, like the Greek hero Orpheus, is going to the underworld to rescue his love (Friza for Lo Lobey and Eurydice for Orpheus). I wish that I was a bit more up-to-date on my Greek mythology to make more connections.

Besides the song-like quality of the text, I really liked the messages in this book. In particular, a major focus of this book is on difference. Early on in the book, the villagers have a long conversation about whether Friza should be given the title of La. Friza doesn't speak, but she is smart and has special powers like being able to keep dangerous creatures away. Some villagers argue for La because she understands others, but others vote against it because she does not speak. 

Overall, I enjoyed this short book. It was thought-provoking but comfortable (i.e., the mythology context of the story made the story feel relate-able). I have read a few reviews of this book, and most of them note that the book feels like it is going over the heads of its readers; however, it is not done in a condescending way. When you read this book, you just get the feeling that you need to reread it, because there is so much in it and you can't absorb all of it.

Delany won the Nebula and was nominated for the Hugo for this book. If you were considering trying Delany but were not ready to jump into Nova or Dhalgren (his more popular books), this is a great starting point.

I give this book a 4 out of 5.
  
Very Good

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things on My Reading Wishlist


Top Ten Tuesday

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week bloggers post a top ten list related to a specific theme. This week's theme is Top Ten Things on My Reading Wishlist

1. More Racial Diversity!
Do I really need to say more?

2. More LGBTQ Characters!
It would also be nice if there were more LGBTQ characters who weren't defined by being LGBTQ.

3. No Love Triangles!
I hate love triangles, because someone ends up sad. I would rather have a simmering romance that builds up over time between just two characters. None of this "who will she pick" nonsense.

4. More Non-Romantic Relationships between Male and Female Characters!
I do enjoy a little romance, but I get tired of protagonists getting paired up. I would like to see more books with the protagonists just being friends.

5. Fewer trilogies!
I am so tired of the epic trilogies. Why can't stories be explained in one book?

6. More long series!
I am tired of epic trilogies, but I miss the days of series like Goosebumps or Nancy Drew. I want more series that I can just pick up book #7 and I am not missing four years of back story.

7. More dragon books!
There are never enough dragon books.

8. More consistent publication dates for series!
GRR Martin! I am looking at you. I am okay with waiting for an author to complete the next book in a series; however, I do expect that there is going to be some sort of pattern in length of time between books. I hate having to wonder if the book is going to be out next year or in five years.

9.More thoughtful and awesome zombie books!
 This is just a plea for Seanen McGuire/Mira Grant to write more zombie books for me. No one else need apply.

10. E-books that cost the same as the cheapest form of the book (e.g., hardcover, softback, paperback) or less.
I hate it when I can buy the paperback for $6 and the e-book is still $10.

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