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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » INTL Bookring - Two Girls, Fat & Thin by Mary Gaitskill
KiwiWonder 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
If there's enough interest, I'd like to start an international bookray for this book - PM me if interested, and remember to include your location and shipping preferences :-) http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/41289…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » RABCK - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
KiwiWonder 17 yrs ago | 5 replies
This is a fairly well-travelled returned bookring, that I'd like to see continued amoungst bookcrossers. I'd prefer to see it go Down Under (as it's cheaper for me to ship) but will consider any decent reason / plea for …
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Intl Bookring - A Kiss of Shadows - LAST CALL
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
This book is currently in the USA and is open to more participants -- must be willing to ship internationally though, so it can come back to me in the end! :-D Journal can be viewed here: http://www.bookcrossing.com/j…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » ISO Pregnant BC'ers for a RABCK » Congrats
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago
it's not "advice" as such but I think you'll enjoy it nonetheless :-D
Chit-Chat » Releasing books in airports outside the US? » There's someone here
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
Who regularly releases in the Auckland International Airport. I've never followed up the journal entries, so no idea if they've ever been caught, thrown away, or taken and not journalled... but I know that at least in N…
Chit-Chat » Anyone else given up caffeine lately? If so, have you noticed... » Working on giving up caffeine...
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
Like you, my drink of choice is also soft drinks... (diet or regular are both fine with me, if not with my teeth...). It's incidental, but I read an article in a slimming magazine awhile back that suggested that diet so…
Book Talk » What to read next -- reccomendations? » Thanks
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago
I wasn't sure Pigs in Heaven was a sequel or not-- will have to investigate that futher, as I haven't read the Bean Trees yet.
Chit-Chat » RABCK website
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
I'm trying to RABCK someone (specific) as a surprise but www.rabck.com hasn't emailed me a password? It's been nearly 24 hours -- does anyone know if this is normal? I'd understand if it was someone manually generating…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » ISO Pregnant BC'ers for a RABCK
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
I have a book I'd like to RABCK, but preferably to a pregnant (or expectant father) bookcrosser. Please either post here or PM me if interested. :-D
Book Talk » PENNY VINCENZI » She's pretty common
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
Here in NZ. So my guess is that yes, she's primarily published in the UK, as we get quite a few UK imports that the USA doesn't get.
Book Talk » Fantasy suggestions for me? » Raymond E. Feist
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago
Nearly anything by him (or co-authored with Janny Wurts even) is a great read by him -- my favorites are Magician (also sometimes split in two and published as Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master, and the rest of …
Book Talk » What to read next -- reccomendations?
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 9 replies
Normally I find that either I have a ring/ray next up in TBR, or know precisely which book I'm moving on to next, be it due to school, mood, request, etc. But now I find myself having finished two books faster than norm…
Book Talk » Non - reading people........ » My family
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago
My family (and even in-laws) are all readers, though not all to the same extent that I am. However, while most of my family know what I like, none of them know for sure what I do and don't have, and have and haven't rea…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » The Denniston Rose Bookring is open for more participants
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago
My bookring for The Denniston Rose, by Jenny Patrick (seen here: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1920753 ) is at the last participant at the moment. If you'd like to join up, I can add you to the list... otherwise, …
Book Talk » First Amendment project auctions -- anyone else seen this?
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
This seemed like a kind of cool idea, being sponsored by 16 bestselling authours, to support the First Amendment project for freedom of speech. Both the writer and reader in me are (is?) intrigued. What do other pe…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Seduced by Moonlight International Ring
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
I'm starting an international bookring for "Seduced by Moonlight", the third in the Meredith Gentry faerie series by Laurell K. Hamilton. The book is a hardback, but with luck I should be able to accomodate everyone's s…
Book Talk » Loving an exact copy
KiwiWonder 18 yrs ago | 6 replies
Am I the only one that grows very attached to a book? That is, not just love the story, but actually value the actual book itself? For example, I have a paperback copy of "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. It's a big book…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » ISO: Various plays for University course....
KiwiWonder 19 yrs ago
I'm looking for any and all of the below as I can't afford the 'new' price at the student bookstore! Am willing to trade for anything in my possession on my shelf, a RABCK, or Kiwiana within reason. Am also willing to p…

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