The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
This is one of several books donated this past week by one or more visitors to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). Thank you so much!
Journal Entry 2 by 
SqueakyChu
at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, November 5, 2015
SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, November 5, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (11/7/2015 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I added my own "sticky note" of recommendation to this book!
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Happy reading!
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Happy reading!
Thank you for returning this book to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). I'll be saving it to go out for Round #2.
Journal Entry 4 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, April 22, 2016
SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, April 22, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (4/23/2016 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Going out for Round #2...
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I'm releasing this book for following BookCrossing challenge:
*** The April 2016 Ultimate Challenge hosted by jumpingin. The theme for the month is gardening. This book has the words ORCHID and RUE in the title.
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I read this book in 2004. This is what I wrote about it after I read it:
Susan Orlean travels to Florida and follows John LaRoche, an independent soul who is enamored of orchids but has been arrested for stealing them while managing a nursery for the Seminole Indian tribe. In the author’s desire to understand orchid growing, she visits nurseries of well-known orchid retailers and a prestigious orchid show. The Fakahatchee swamp becomes her focus as she joins LaRoche in pursuit of seeing a rare ghost orchid.
A history of orchids, the mysterious places they grown, and the people to whom they mean so much leave the reader with a deep appreciation of how plants can affect people. It’s a hobby; it’s a career; it’s an obsession. The writing conveys so much of the excitement of keeping orchids that I, myself, ran out to buy a Phalaenopsis orchid from my local Trader Joe’s (who I learned imports them from Thailand) in order to view it closely!
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Happy reading!
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I'm releasing this book for following BookCrossing challenge:
*** The April 2016 Ultimate Challenge hosted by jumpingin. The theme for the month is gardening. This book has the words ORCHID and RUE in the title.
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I read this book in 2004. This is what I wrote about it after I read it:
Susan Orlean travels to Florida and follows John LaRoche, an independent soul who is enamored of orchids but has been arrested for stealing them while managing a nursery for the Seminole Indian tribe. In the author’s desire to understand orchid growing, she visits nurseries of well-known orchid retailers and a prestigious orchid show. The Fakahatchee swamp becomes her focus as she joins LaRoche in pursuit of seeing a rare ghost orchid.
A history of orchids, the mysterious places they grown, and the people to whom they mean so much leave the reader with a deep appreciation of how plants can affect people. It’s a hobby; it’s a career; it’s an obsession. The writing conveys so much of the excitement of keeping orchids that I, myself, ran out to buy a Phalaenopsis orchid from my local Trader Joe’s (who I learned imports them from Thailand) in order to view it closely!
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Happy reading!
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...
Journal Entry 6 by SqueakyChu at Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion And Grounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Wednesday, May 18, 2016
SqueakyChu at Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion And Grounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/21/2016 UTC) at Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion And Grounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'm releasing this book at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.
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Please make a journal entry so we know this book was found. You may now join BookCrossing (free!) to follow this book's travels. It's so much fun. Your information will not be shared or sold. As you join, consider listing SqueakyChu as your referring person.
This book is now yours to keep or share with someone else. Take your time to read this book. Afterward, make a journal entry to record your thoughts about it. If you release it, kindly make a release note to let me know where it is traveling. Thank you so much.
Happy reading!
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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing...where we make the whole world our library!
Please make a journal entry so we know this book was found. You may now join BookCrossing (free!) to follow this book's travels. It's so much fun. Your information will not be shared or sold. As you join, consider listing SqueakyChu as your referring person.
This book is now yours to keep or share with someone else. Take your time to read this book. Afterward, make a journal entry to record your thoughts about it. If you release it, kindly make a release note to let me know where it is traveling. Thank you so much.
Happy reading!
