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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Manga/Graphic Novel Bookbox (US Only) - travelling, may still add » Received!!
Gzusgirl 11 yrs ago | 2 replies
We haven't had internet here for the past couple of days but finally I can come on here and log these. :) If we take out some of the DVDs, is there some way of journalling them? Or did you just want them gone? Haha. I…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Manga/Graphic Novel Bookbox (US Only) - travelling, may still add » is it too late to join?
Gzusgirl 12 yrs ago
Is there any way to still join this bookbox? I have a ton of manga I'd like to get moving, and had even considered creating my own manga bookbox when I saw this one. I know it's been open for two years so it's probably n…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » Moving/Decluttering - Need to give away books
Gzusgirl 12 yrs ago | 5 replies
I have quite a lot of books that I'm hoping to be rid of so I don't have to pack them all up and move them to another apt. x_x A lot of them were already registered on bookcrossing, or had big ghastly bookcrossing sticke…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR VBB Round 3! (US/Canada only!) » RE: I would help if needed
Gzusgirl 13 yrs ago
Well, I think right now the main thing is to make sure that anyone who wants to be done with this mess can get out quickly, instead of having their books waiting around forever. Then once we make sure the books are up to…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR VBB Round 3! (US/Canada only!) » RE: This might help
Gzusgirl 13 yrs ago
Thanks! I searched for this post but couldn't find it. :P
Book Talk » Fantasy Books with Gnome, Dwarf, etc. main characters
Gzusgirl 13 yrs ago | 4 replies
I've noticed recently that in most fantasy, a human (or almost-human) plays the role as main character, and stranger races like dwarves, gnomes, dragons, whatever.... play minor roles or as side characters. I've always l…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR VBB Round 3! (US/Canada only!) » RE: RE: Sorry it's been so long - Update
Gzusgirl 13 yrs ago
You can always replace the old book with a new one... once we find out where the list is, it would be a simple thing to switch out that book for new one (if it was seen by several members and not chosen.... so that maybe…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR VBB Round 3! (US/Canada only!) » Sorry it's been so long - Update
Gzusgirl 13 yrs ago | 2 replies
Yikes... I leave for a few months and they change EVERYTHING! Not sure if I'm doing this right... Basically I was not very smart in estimating what I could and could not handle... and I took on WAAAAAY too much, plus …
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » ISO: Gzusgirl » Eek!
Gzusgirl 13 yrs ago
Hey there! O_O Sorry, I'm just getting onto bookcrossing in like forever... I'll send you a pm. (If anyone else is looking for me, let me know. >.<;;; Everything's been sort of a mess the past 6+ months and I'm trying…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR VBB Round 3! (US/Canada only!) » MAILING ORDER
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
Here are the people who signed up via the other thread... :) They don't need to sign-up again... I will also use this to sign people up who post on this thread. :) Imawinn2 jumpingin Shroffland eicuthbertson Aberp…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR Virtual Bookbox! (US/Canada Only) » ROUND THREE NOW OPEN FOR SIGN-UPS!
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
Those of you who said you were interested, I have sent you a message. :) Anyone else... please discuss the conclusion of round 2 on this thread, but sign-ups for (and discussion of) round 3 will be on this thread: htt…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR VBB Round 3! (US/Canada only!)
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 19 replies
Due to the success of the first and second rounds of this virtual bookbox, I am bringing it back for round three! :D The box works like this - for one, it is virtual, meaning there is no ACTUAL box. The list of books…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR Virtual Bookbox! (US/Canada Only) » :D This box is going along nicely...
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 5 replies
Sorry I've been vaguely absent recently. :( But it seems this box is moving along fine without me. :) We're still taking sign-ups... but for the next round, I think I'm going to start a new thread, because this one is be…
Book Talk » Fantasy and Sci-fi Book recommendations for someone who hates the genre... :P
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 79 replies
Hi! I'm interested in exploring the fantasy and sci-fi genres, but don't know where to start... and since bookcrossers always know the BEST books... :D I thought I'd ask! When I was a child and teenager, I ADORED fant…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » TBR Virtual Bookbox! (US/Canada Only) » I've sent out...
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago
:) I think some members have been wondering why it's taking me a while to get to them on the list... so I'm making this post to say which books I have sent out ^_^ To collectorkerri, I sent "The Golden Compass" and "L…
Chit-Chat » Which is better: helping people indirectly through research, or directly? » The problem is I honestly love both :(
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago
Both would be challenging (I like challenges haha), both would use my talents and abilities, both would be interesting, and both are areas I am passionate about. Both would also be difficult, in different ways. I don't k…
Chit-Chat » Which is better: helping people indirectly through research, or directly?
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 10 replies
I'm graduating in May with a degree in psychology. I can't decide what to do for my future... I'm torn between areas of psychology that have to do with research, and those that have to do with practical application. …
Book Talk » Thirteen Reasons Why - have any of you read this book? » Re: I read it and loved it.
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
> It seems like, instead of actually going > on the characters' journeys and being > along for the ride, you can't stop > critiquing it. That's your right, but you > are never going to enjoy fiction this way. …
Book Talk » Have You Come Across Any Interesting Words While Reading Lately? » Re: Sarcophagous
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 2 replies
That's incredibly interesting... it reminds me of the Mummy, with the flesh-eating scarabs that lived in the sarcophaguses (sarcophagi??). "Limestone" ... Perhas the scarabs were real after all!! -Jesse
Book Talk » Have You Come Across Any Interesting Words While Reading Lately? » "Ejaculated" to mean "Exclaimed" O_O
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 7 replies
I'd like to think I read a lot of classic fiction, especially since the 19th century is my favorite century, but while reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, I was surprised to find that over and over, it would have …
Book Talk » Thirteen Reasons Why - have any of you read this book? » Re: Thirteen Reasons Why - have any of you read this book?
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago
> I'm finding Clay's asides as interesting, > if not more so, than hers. I feel like the author uses Clay to praise his own fiction. Hannah will describe a scene where somebody hurt her feelings or gossiped about he…
Book Talk » Thirteen Reasons Why - have any of you read this book?
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 11 replies
I'm about halfway through this book, and it's going to REALLY need to do something awesome to turn this mess around. For one, this book seems to glorify suicide. This girl's stories really have no significance or mea…
Release Challenges » The Ultimate Challenge 2010 - Post JANUARY stats & news here! » Gzusgirl - Ultimate Challenge January (2 points)
Gzusgirl 14 yrs ago | 1 replies
Stonefather by Orson Scott Card - (1 point) - Read Again from the library :P

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