Bookworms Unite! discussion

would love to hear about your Country,State,or City . Places I've never been or ever will. I just learned what an Op shop is in Australia yesterday.

Hi, Denny! Great idea, thank you for posting!


I live in a relatively small town of roughly 22,000, in Washington state. We're known as the Pacific-Northwest.

I live in the Charlotte area of NC.

Zone 7B for gardeners. :D

I have been to Charlotte,One of my favorite cities

I live near Ashland Ohio a town of around 18000 an we have a beautiful Division 2 University that brings in alot more people. It is cold here right now,in the twentys. Summer here is some of the most beautiful anywhere.

I live just south of Vancouver B.C. Canada

What's it like in Vancouver? Do you like it?

Denny wrote: "What's it like in Vancouver? Do you like it?"

It's great, mild weather (rarely dips below freezing) and beautiful scenery. Mountains and the ocean plus lots of local lakes all within an hours drive. I left once when I was young and wont do it again.

Tracy wrote: "I live just south of Vancouver B.C. Canada"

We once took a little trip up to B.C. for half a day, and I absolutely loved it! I'd definitely go back someday. I wish we could have made a weekend of it, or something..

Dustin wrote: "Hi, Denny! Great idea, thank you for posting!


I live in a relatively small town of roughly 22,000, in Washington state. We're known as the Pacific-Northwest."

You call that a small town? The town where I grew up has a population of 800. Just about everyone is on welfare and a lot of people are unemployed. The only interesting things that happen there are the county fair, a hot rod show, and the fact that people have the tendency to drive through the front wall of the Dollar General.

I still work in that town, but I currently live in a much larger (population 5,000) town to the south.

J.S. wrote: "Dustin wrote: "Hi, Denny! Great idea, thank you for posting!


I live in a relatively small town of roughly 22,000, in Washington state. We're known as the Pacific-Northwest."

You call that a sma..."

LOL JS!!!

JS,What state is it you live in and is there alcohol iinvolved in these Dollar General drive through's lol

I live in Chesterfield, MO, which is of St. Louis city.

Denny wrote: "JS,What state is it you live in and is there alcohol iinvolved in these Dollar General drive through's lol"

I live in Ohio, and I honestly have no idea how they manage to drive through the front (brick) wall of that building because the sidewalk out front is about 8 inches off the ground and should be a decent block for runaway vehicles. I don't know if alcohol is a factor or not!

J.S. wrote: "Dustin wrote: "Hi, Denny! Great idea, thank you for posting!


I live in a relatively small town of roughly 22,000, in Washington state. We're known as the Pacific-Northwest."

You call that a sma..."

Well, it's small compared to Seattle or Spokane. That's what I meant.:)

I live in Streator, IL.

How far is Streator from Chicago, Holly?

I live in what used to be a small town, east of Palm Springs, in the Coachella Valley. So Cal, its the desert & VERY HOT during the summer.
But I've lived in Oakland, Los Angeles, NYC and Thailand.
Always come back here, its home & where my immediate family is.

Kristen wrote: "I live in what used to be a small town, east of Palm Springs, in the Coachella Valley. So Cal, its the desert & VERY HOT during the summer.
But I've lived in Oakland, Los Angeles, NYC and Thaila..."

Thank you so much for sharing!

Is that south of LA

yes, south of LA about 2 hours

Hm....about an hour, hour and a half Dustin.

Hi, I live in Needham,Massachusetts

Malina wrote: "Hi, I live in Needham,Massachusetts"

Did you get alot of snow?

Oh yes!nearly 3 feet in my backyard!

Holly wrote: "Hm....about an hour, hour and a half Dustin."

Oh, okay. Have you ever been to Chicago?

I live in DFW metro of Texas! I love Texas!

Janie wrote: "I live in DFW metro of Texas! I love Texas!"

How far are you from Dallas?

I live in the suburbs of Chicago.

Victor wrote: "I live in the suburbs of Chicago."


Oh, that's cool, Victor. I guess you and Holly aren't too far from each other then, eh?

No we're not too far.

That's awesome, man!

I live in Lincroft, New Jersey. NO WE ARE NOT LIKE THOSE ASSHOLES ON THE JERSEY SHORE!!!!! LOL...most of us are actually pretty normal. Anyway, not much to do here really. It's a pretty quiet town.

I hear ya Dan!

I live in Howell, NJ...and it makes me nuts when people think everyone who lives in the state is exactly like the idiots on that show.

Dustin a lil over an hour.

Lucy wrote: "I hear ya Dan!

I live in Howell, NJ...and it makes me nuts when people think everyone who lives in the state is exactly like the idiots on that show."

Yeah, fuck that show. I want all those people to get Leprosy.

So, Howell, huh? We should get together sometime and talk about books. LOL.

Lol! Tell me how you REALLY feel about the show Dan!

Sure...what kind of books do you like? I'd love to start a book club IRL. We could be the first members.

Lucy wrote: "Lol! Tell me how you REALLY feel about the show Dan!

Sure...what kind of books do you like? I'd love to start a book club IRL. We could be the first members."

Well I like horror, mostly stuff about vampires, werewolves and zombies. Are you serious about starting a book club? Cause I would love to do that here on GR, I say let's do it. Message me and we'll talk about it. ;)

Janie wrote: "Dustin a lil over an hour."

That's awesome, Janie! Have you ever spent some time there, visiting the infamous Book Depository? The Grassy knoll?

Yes I have been there Dustin! I think the work they did on the memorial was amazing.

That is so awesome, Janie!! I'd love to visit the sights, someday!

I live just south of Boston, Massachusetts, on the coast.

Dustin I have lived here 16 years this coming October and I still have not seen all there is to see. LOL Texas is such a big place! I did see the Kennedy memorial in the 2nd year I was here. Have been to Corpus and seen the Gulf, been to San Antonio and have seen the Alamo, and the River walk. I have seen the Natural Bridge Caverns. Still have yet to go to the Texas State fair though. LOL One of these years we will, maybe even this year. I guess I sohuld plan on that one.

That's awesome that you've visited so much, Janie, with many more to go.:) I'll bet your 11/22/63 reading will be incredibly surreal!

We divide our time - summer & fall in the mountains of northern New Mexico at Angel Fire and winter and spring in Birmingham, Alabama - both are beautiful places. We are so lucky!

I'm in the Northern part of Palm Beach County, Florida. A lot of humidity here usually and some rain from time to time. Not much as far as seasons ... just generally hot and nasty. We get nice chilly spells from time to time but those can be rare.

I'm from a small Ohio town, about 15 minutes east of Kent State Uni, and a half hour west of Youngstown. Sort of right in the middle between Y-town and Akron. It's a rural area mostly, lots of farms (though not so many of the humongous ones like you see farther south in OH), houses spread out, except for in all the new developments that keep popping up in the fields some farms have sold off, in those developments it looks like TV suburbia or something, all cookie-cutter and new. I don't know the population, the town about 10mins up the road I grew up in and went to school and worked in says 2000 census found 7100 some people. I know my graduating class was about 100 kids. But I live in a smaller township at the moment, roughly about a pop. of 2700 people. We got a gas station, a post office, and a bar. I like how it's quiet, lots of open land and woods and stuff, and it's close to many, many places with parks and hiking trails. We've got three state parks within a 10 minute drive, and two more just a little bit farther. Shopping and things to do aren't too far away either. I just am not so fond of it because I've been dying to get out of Ohio ever since I can remember. I want to go someplace warm, where I can make day-trips to the ocean and spend most of my time outside instead of hiding from the cold in the winter. :)

Holy cow Victor,.that's awesome! I have a neighbor! Lol :-D

Nice Kyle!

In Cincinnati, we eat food that nobody else eats. I love posting statuses about how I'm having goetta for lunch and all of my out-of-state friends are like, "What in the blazes is THAT?"

And our chili kicks butt. The two primary brands are Skyline and Gold Star. You can put it on hot dogs or spaghetti noodles, or you can make Skyline dip by spreading a package of cream cheese in the bottom of a glass baking dish, pouring a can of chili over it, and topping it with shredded cheese. You put it in the oven until the cheese melts on top and then you eat it with tortilla chips.

I've just made myself hungry.