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Today's my 4-year anniversary of being a member here at PBS! It's not really a topic for "Questions about PBS" and I don't "do" the CMT forum anymore, so I thought I'd share my happieness with the folks in my favorite genre forum. :) It's been a wonderful 4 years! 1,348 books mailed, 1,332 books received and lots and lots of good reading done and anticipated! When I joined up, there were only like 64,000 books available here! And I still found plenty to order--I went nuts like a kid in a candy store! I probably bought 50 credits in my first few months until my requests caught up to my books ordered. Nowadays, my wishlist does about 90% of the ordering for me, and I've learned "some" restraint. Instead of having 500 books I've read that I need to trade off, I have a 600-book TBR. Oy! Anyway, it's been a great ride so far, most of the books I get are in great shape, and have had very few RWAPs or lost books and only encountered a couple of nasty, rude folks. I feel blessed by the Book Gods! And am especially blessed to have met a lot of great people here, too. Vive la PBS! Long may it run! Cheryl |
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Congratulations Cheryl! |
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Woohoo!! Four years. That's a lot! Congratulations! |
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Happy 4 year Swapaversary! |
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We love you over here at Mystery/Thriller, Cheryl! Congrats on the 4 year mark! I wonder how high my tbr will be if I stay for that long?! |
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Thanks, folks! It's been a great run so far. Carol, you will be buried under books! LOL I am really needing a couple more bookshelves, the problem being I don't have anywhere to put them! I really need to do a "weed out weekend" where I select a couple dozen books that have been on my bookshelf for more than a couple years and read a couple chapters to see if I'm still interested...and if not, post 'em back to PBS. The problem is, I've gotten a lot better at knowing what I will like so rarely do I actualy weed any books out! LOL Cheryl |
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Congratulations, Cheryl! I have been wondering this for a while. In what year did PBS start? What is the history behind it, meaning how did it get started? |
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I believe it was in 2004, but I'm not sure. Somewhere on the site I think there is a history of how it all got going, but not sure just where that is. Things were in full swing by the time I joined, although there have been many changes since then! Cheryl |
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Congratulations, Cheryl!! |
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Congrats Cheryl, 4 years and your TBR is only 600 (give or take) ? I'm impressed. 1,348 books mailed, wow, does your post office have a brick or something named in your honour? *grin* |
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Congrats Cheryl -are you now considered an old timer on PBS? |
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jubead, I'm considered an old timer everywhere--well, except at the nursing home, maybe. LOL Kathleen, I read fast so I do manage to make inroads into the TBR once in awhile, but I know I will never get ahead. I keep saying I'm stockpiling books for my retirement when I know I will be poorer than I am now, but at the rate I'm going I will need a mansion to house them all by then. LOL My mailman says I am his job security. :-p Cheryl |
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Congratulations Cheryl! 600 books! Now, I only have about 40 books in my TBR pile and it looks like a heap on my bedroom floor. I can't imagine what 600 looks like. An aisle in a library comes to mind. Susan |
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Congratulations Cheryl! Ive been a member of PBS for almost 2 years, and I love it! I tell my friends and family about it, and they love it too! My tbr stack has certainly grown in the past year and a half, plus I have discovered that I LOVE cozy mysteries! |
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Cheryl, congrats! Next month will be my one year and Mt TBR is at a tad over 700 - down by 100 since I started. I went craxy when I found Amazon. |
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Congrats! I missed my own one-year mark a few days ago. Oh, well. It's been fun. I think I have just under 600 books on my TBR pile. |
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Best wishes, Cheryl. Here's to many more years here. I'm coming up on my first anniversary and I never thought I could get into a swap type of site. I think the forums is what makes PBS so enjoyable - the bonding with fellow readers who share the same likes (and even dislikes) is great, getting the books is just an added bonus. Gail |
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