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Community Bulletin Board » Still loving books... but haven't been releasing. » Sad news
Normy 2 yrs ago | 5 replies
We won't be seeing any more releases from XLonelyGuy, wild or otherwise, as he passed away earlier this year. We met through BookCrossing and our friendship lasted many years. We both slipped away from BookCrossing but k…
Newbies » Aim for a community in India » Have mentioned to my ReadARs book group
Normy 2 yrs ago | 1 replies
I'm a member of a WhatsApp book group called ReadARs based in India that mostly reads non-fiction. Most of the members are in Pune/Thane but being online we aren't limited geographically and have members elsewhere inclu…
Book Talk » Help with British slang please » I remember the Diddy Men- didn't they live in treacle mines or am I getting confuse
Normy 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
They worked in the jam butty mines in Knotty Ash (Liverpool).
Book Talk » Help with British slang please » What do us Americans say, that you find funny or sounds weird to you? :)
Normy 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
Baseboard, sidewalk, router, privacy, leisure, faucet, fragging (or is it 'frakking'? - I think it's supposed to be a toned done version of f***ing, but it sounds laughably close to 'frigging' to me), parking lot (becaus…
Conventions and Meetings » MarciNYC - England Bound! (November 2005) » London
Normy 18 yrs ago
I'm in London on a course 12th/13th November, so I could meet up after my course on the Saturday 12th. Normy
Release Challenges » September 21st International Day of Peace - Release Challenge - Today is World Peace Day! » Re: Imagine...World Peace by Dr Mansukh Patel
Normy 18 yrs ago
Sorry - got the link thing wrong (I've just noticed the bit at the bottom of the message that says no html - oops). I'll try it again, otherwise just cut and paste if you want to see it! http://www.bookcrossing.com/j…
Release Challenges » September 21st International Day of Peace - Release Challenge - Today is World Peace Day! » Imagine...World Peace by Dr Mansukh Patel
Normy 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
[link=www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2473735]Imagine...World Peace[/link] released today at CancerCare, a local charity which provides complementary therapies to people with cancer, their carers, and bereaved people (in th…
Release Challenges » September 21st International Day of Peace - Release Challenge - Today is World Peace Day! » Imagine...World Peace by Dr Mansukh Patel
Normy 18 yrs ago
I've already registered it, so I can't do the special bookplate, but I'll put a note in it saying it's for World Peace Day.
Book Talk » You read an author for the first time and don't like the book. Does » Re: It depends on whether...
Normy 18 yrs ago
> ...I didn't like the book--or I didn't > like the writing. I'll try again for the > first, not for the second. I agree with this one. I would say I was reluctant to pick up another book by an author whose book …
BookCrossing Site Announcements » bookmarks magazine + phil = bookcrossing mention! » Bookmarks Magazine
Normy 18 yrs ago
When does it come out? Since I got more active in BC I've been wanting to read more book reviews, and I've been trawling the magazine shops looking for a book mag - I was sure they must exist, but I haven't found one on…
Book Talk » When an author gets it wrong. » The Beatles did it..
Normy 18 yrs ago
Strawberry Field(s) Forever
Book Talk » When an author gets it wrong. » Re: EXACTLY
Normy 18 yrs ago
and Dan Brown should have got a yoga teacher to check out the yoga factoids too. We're not that difficult to find.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Bookray: Virtual Addiction **PM me if interested**
Normy 18 yrs ago
Virtual Addiction: Help for Netheads, Cyberfreaks and those who love them. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3036282 Do you spend more time on bookcrossing.com than you do reading? Help is at hand! PM me with…
Conventions and Meetings » Edinburgh Intl Book Festival meet - Sat 27 August » I want to come!
Normy 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
Anyone want to car share from the Lancaster/Morecambe area?
Book Talk » A bookcrossing award? The Bally? » Re: One way to prevent voting fraud
Normy 18 yrs ago
I agree with mojosmom - I'm one of those people who hardly ever uses the fora! In fact, the more time I spend reading and releasing the less time I have to post. I've been a member since last year, I have joined and s…
Book Talk » At what point does your Mount TBR become critical? » Re: At what point does your Mount TBR become critical?
Normy 18 yrs ago
When it no longer exists. Many years ago I lived in a bedsit with no entertainment other than my books. I finished the last one one evening when the library was shut, and I've since vowed never to be without books to c…
Introduce Yourself » Hello from Manchester UK » Re: Hello from Manchester UK
Normy 18 yrs ago
Hello from Lancaster, Lancashire, UK. Just in case you don't know there are also a couple of 'local' groups BCUK and BCUKLite. I pop along to them when I have time, which has been about twice in 6 months! Despite th…
Release Challenges » Challenge for 2005, anyone want to join me ? » Re: Alphabet Challenge Questions
Normy 18 yrs ago
It's authors you've not read before - I think it was by surname but that gets complicated with some nationalities. I joined the original challenge (Names), and now it appears there's a Part 2 - A-Z by book titles. I'm …
Book Talk » Does anyone remember "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende? » Re: Yes, liked the book, had a bi-colored version....
Normy 18 yrs ago
> ....with red and green typing, depending > whose story was being told. Found the > movie to be a huge let-down. I had that one too, plus the book of the film. I watched the film first and enjoyed it, then read …
Book Talk » Has BC inspired you to read books you thought you never would? » Yes definitely
Normy 18 yrs ago | 8 replies
Shortly after joining bookcrossing I joined the A-Z new authors challenge, and I found myself reading books based solely on the author's surname beginning with a particular letter! I didn't used to read much fiction, bu…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » 'Lovely Bones' Alice Sebold (Bookray)
Normy 18 yrs ago | 6 replies
I'm sure this has been in many rings and rays before, but my copy is looking far too pristine - it deserves to be more widely read. PM me if interested, with shipping preferences.
Book Talk » Alphabet Challenge 2005 Books Read » Authors Challenge - I've been posting intermittently on the original thread
Normy 19 yrs ago
* Denotes a book I have finished *A) David Allen - Ready for Anything substitution I've read it and would highly recommend if you like Getting Thing Done *B) Dan Brown - Angels & Demons (Substitution) (Borrowed and…

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