Valkyrie's Profile

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Given the controversy over a little (usually)  sticker, let me tell you this, you are ALLOWED and welcome to keep bookcrossing books (I do!).

It might be hard to believe, but you can't take them with you to the great beyond and thus, they'll be travelling again.

I know for a fact that my darling husband would probably trip over my still warm body, in his haste to get rid of my books.

In fact I am hoping he'll release them at my funeral, I think of it as close to being inmortal, really!

I get a fuzzy feeling thinking that 100 years from now, someone could be reading a literary gem of a review written by me, along the lines of "This book sucks".

So even if you think Bookcrossing is the demon spawn from hell, please just remember that you won't be buried/cremated with your books. But at least a small part of you will be out there.

FYI: I don't smoke, but I have to book loving pet birds.

I really hate the need for this disclaimer but things have been getting ridiculous lately.

                                             FYI

1. My books are registered at bookcrossing

2. The cover shown might not match the book posted, I simply enter the ISBN #, and the cover that shows up stays, any complaints should be taken to the publisher.

*Contrary to what some might believe, I don't put the wrong book cover up to annoy anyone. See, books have an ISBN # and R & R have asked for the correct number to be entered when we post a book and that is what I've done, so besides taking it up with the publishers, take it up with R&R also.

3. The books are used, meaning that quite a few of them will not be in pristine condition. USED defined as [adj]  previously used or owned by another according to an online dictionary.

4. I don't smoke or use perfume but since most of my books are used (read #3 for definition), some might have an odor, but you won't need a gas mask.

5. Books might have creases (again read #3)

6. Some books might be old, They  may even have some yellow pages but are in good condition.

7. I have a kid with asthma so feel your pain but since I cannot  guarantee or know the history of the books in my posession, to be on the safe side I will be turning down requests with smell restrictions, unless I purchased the book myself.

8. I make mistakes, I know... surprising isn't it? and if I do, just bring it up to my attention and I'll do my best to fix it.

                      I expect the books I get from here to

1. Have a cover

2. Be readable

3. No unidentifiable fluids

4. Not be considered a biohazard

You can also send me books with $100.00 bookmarks.

You can also send chocolate with your books and no, chocolate stains don't count :-)

                                      Dear Valkyrie  

A fictional advice column for those in need of book advice, also an outlet for my Dear Abby delusion (since I am so much better than her). 

Feel free to send in your questions too.

Dear Valkyrie

I received a book and the book cover is different than the one shown on PBS.

Is it part of a dastardly plot to keep me from enjoying the book?

Will the contents of the book be different?

Does the book sender hate me?

                                                                            Sincerely

                                                                             I.P. Freely

Dear I.P. Freely 

Publishers change book covers whenever the mood strikes them, surely you don’t expect your kind sender to break PBS rules by entering an incorrect ISBN number just to satisfy your obsessive compulsive need right?

A different cover won’t keep you from enjoying a book to its fullest, in fact quite a few bibliophiles get a kick out of receiving books with international covers, there is the whole “neat” factor involved in a book that obviously traveled a long way before making it into your hands.

And no the book sender doesn’t hate you so stop being so self-absorbed.   

Dear Valkyrie

Some people disagree with me in the PBS forum; I think they don’t like me, why are they attacking me?

                                                                          Ben Dover     

 Dear Ben 

It is possible to like someone and still disagree with his or her opinion.  It benefits everyone to air different opinions and discuss them calmly, the same way you would discuss it with real life friends.

Now if the person call you a name that would get your mouth washed with lye soap by mom and that person questioned the amount of working cells in your brain, that would be considered an attack and would reflect more on the person making it than on you.

Defend yourself with dignity and rise above it. 

Dear Valkyrie

I assumed I was going to received the 3rd Edition, 4th printing of a book… I thought I was going to get the 2nd Edition Timbuktu version. Should I PM the sender?

                                                                Chris P. Bacon

Dear Chris 

You do know what they say when you ASSume right?. 

If you want an specific book, it is your resposibily to let the sender know, the sender is not psychic                                                  

Dear Valkyrie 

Someone wants an odor, pet, food free used book but I don't know where my books have been, what should I do?

                                                      R.M. Pitt

   Unless you practice safe book reading habits, handle books with non-latex gloves only, know how many partners your book has been with and their book reading habits, any intimate stuff such as eating while reading etc… 

Be very careful not to send a book that might potentially harm someone, if the person really wants the book they'll remove their conditions absolving you of any culpability.

But...If you are 100% sure of your book’s chastity err purity, then you might safely be able to fulfill that person’s request. 

Disclaimer:

• Some people might not want books handled with gloves
• Others hate “new book” smell
• If someone has a true allergy, please it is better to be safe than sorry
• My books do a lot of heavy petting so even brand new books might have acquire an odor, as such I won't be accepting offers with restrictions unless I bought it myself

    It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." Mark Twain  

                                            Now about me

I read just about everything, I just finished my "True Crime" phase and started reading Paranormal Romance, in a couple of weeks it will something else.

As I mentioned I get fixated on a genre at a time (I am weird) but I usually read Horror, True Crime, Paranormal Romance, Biographies, History, dictionaries, ceral boxes...Ok everything but self help. 

Stephen Hawkings is my hero and yes in all my nerdiness I own Star Trek collectibles and can go into esctasy discussing the Lord of the Rings books and the movies.

My interests are

Reading (Surprise!)

Karate

All kinds of crafts, the latest one knitting

Cooking

Snorkeling and

Travel

My books are registered at Bookcrossing.com

Top books requested by my husband

 How to get rid of my mental fixation of books by Dr. Phil.

Why reading and cooking at the same time is not recommended.

Mysteries of the Paranormal: The book pile that never gets smaller.

Housecleaning 101

The 5 most annoying words during a movie “That wasn’t in the book” or “The book is much better”. And why do they use it.

Bookstores… How to avoid them and what I am just going browse really means.

Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Valkyrie119

In bold, books I've sent out:  

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I've recieved books from:     

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• Georgia GA 
• Guam   GU Hawaii  HI Idaho   ID Illinois   IL Indiana   IN Iowa   IA Kansas   KS Kentucky   KY Louisiana   LA Maine   ME Maryland   MD Massachusetts   MA Michigan   MI Minnesota   MN Mississippi   MS Missouri   MO Montana   MT Nebraska   NE Nevada   NV New Hampshire   NH New Jersey   NJ New Mexico   NM New York   NY North Carolina   NC North Dakota   ND Ohio   OH Oklahoma   OK Oregon   OR Pennsylvania   PA Puerto Rico   PR Rhode Island   RI South Carolina   SC South Dakota   SD Tennessee   TN Texas   TX Utah   UT Vermont   VT Virginia . VA Virgin Islands  VI Washington   WA West Virginia  WV Wisconsin   WI Wyoming   WY