Danette, one quick way is to mark the button "all messages read" after you read the follow ups from the threads you do want to read. Oh, and my kids loved your book. I made them write a little report and my daughter balked at me (what with school starting and all). Hee hee. Only my son accommodated me and it's on my blog. I enjoyed Lucky very much Danette.
On another note, I know I asked about the PM notification thingie not working. I used to get an email saying I had a PM and even its contents but now nada. I would like that feature to work again. But hey, I'm not complaining. I'm happy to have the blueboards, notification woes and all.
Vijaya