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Suetu
15 yrs ago
Conventions and Meetings
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BC in DC meet: 19 July, Bethesda, MD
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Re: BC in DC meet: 19 July, Bethesda, MD
Suetu
15 yrs ago
Thanks, for the warm response. No, I wouldn't want you guys to schedule around me, but I'll do my best to make it on the 19th. :-)
Best,
Susan
Conventions and Meetings
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BC in DC meet: 19 July, Bethesda, MD
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Re: BC in DC meet: 19 July, Bethesda, MD
Suetu
15 yrs ago
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Hi Melydia,
I organize the San Francisco Bookcrossing group (sfbx). Resqgeek contacted me about his upcoming visit to our neck of the woods, and I mentioned my upcoming visit to yours. He then told me about this mee…
Conventions and Meetings
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Coming to SF Bay area Aug 4-9...would love to get together with local BCers
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Re: Coming to SF Bay area Aug 4-9...would love to get together with local BCers
Suetu
15 yrs ago
Hey Andy & Karen,
You may have seen that I just answered this on the TriValley Yahoo Groups page, but I'll answer here as well.
Andy, I love meeting traveling BXers--especially those from the DC area. (That's my…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
San Francisco Bookcrossing meets on the third Tuesday each month in the library bar of the Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco. We have infrequent random weekend meetings and events at different locations. Ours…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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RABCK to someone who will realease book in San Francisco
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I got your PM
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Hi Thursday5,
Thanks for PMing me about this. You got exactly the right person. I run the San Francisco group, and we're meeting tomorrow night. I'll see if any of my members wants to release your book. If not, I'…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Thanks, Mojosmom! I'd been looking forward to reading that.
The reporter was actually supposed to attend my local meeting last night until her deadline got moved up. Maybe if she gets hooked on bookcrossing, she sti…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
I can't thank you all enough for your kind messages and condolences. It really warmed my heart at a sad time. All of the sfbxers have been shocked by this news, and I'm sure we will be sharing many memories tomorrow ni…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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It breaks my heart to pass along this news. We have lost a dear friend.
Some of you may know that Susan Scarcliff (http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/sgscarcliff) has been fighting cancer for the past year. She…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Hi Eddie,
My favorite comic novelists include:
Christopher Moore
Tom Robbins
Kurt Vonnegut
Jasper Fforde
Matt Ruff
Armisted Maupin
P.G. Wodehouse
Douglas Adams
Dave Barry
Christopher Buckley
Read any of…
BookCrossing Site Announcements
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So I had to read this on-line, and not here?
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A successful event!
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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I'm sure there will be an update on the site any time now, with much, much better photos than I took. But here are a few snaps that you cna check out now. Sorry some of the indoor ones are such poor quality. The light…
BookCrossing Site Announcements
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So I had to read this on-line, and not here?
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Locals were contacted
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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Hey y'all,
Just to let you know, Scott did contact the local Bookcrossing groups to participate in this event. We've all been collecting books for the last few weeks, and we've all been invited to attend. Unfortunat…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
I just reread my Amazon.com review of Literacy and Longing in LA, which I'm pasting below. I bet we might have quite a few Dora's on this site! :-) The two quotes I included were so delicious, I wanted to share them wi…
Book Talk
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Need a little Pride and Prejudice help....
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Re: Re Pride and Prejudice: these aren't sequel/prequel novels, but...
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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The brand new Fforde, Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, partially takes place in the backstory of Pride and Prejudice. So far (I'm in the middle of the novel now), Mr. & Mrs. Bennett have made an appearance.
Of cou…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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... and I found out today that I may make an appearance in another novel. All by different authors, incidentally. Currently, I'm residing on the New York Times bestseller list in a novel called The Judas Strain by Jame…
Book Talk
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The perfect London book...
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Re: *London* by Edward Rutherford might be a good one to r...
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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Another great suggestion I've never heard of before!
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Wow, these sound great! I can't wait to dive in!
Susan
Suetu
16 yrs ago
I think that's the only Chevalier I haven't yet read. It may already be on my bookshelf! A lot of these suggestions are happily already on my bookshelf. :-)
Susan
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Wow, I better hit the bookstore. There are A LOT of books in this thread I'm not familiar with. Thanks to everyone for brainstorming for me! :-)
Best,
Susan
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Hey Y'all,
It's nice to keep hearing enthusiasm for this convention!
And for what it's worth, I probably won't end the surve for another 10 days or so. So, if you feel like it, please feel free to share your thoug…
Suetu
16 yrs ago
zz-neena,
You're good at this!
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Please keep them coming!
Best,
Susan
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Thanks to everyone for posting their responses! This is exactly the sort of question to put out to well-read and diversely-read bookcrossers. I read the Sherlock Holmes novels a million years ago. And I've read a lot …
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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Hi,
I just got my first passport! I'm very excited, and have started planning my first trip to Europe for October 2008. I've got about 14 month before I fly. One of my goals is to find the perfect books to read on …
Suetu
16 yrs ago
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Hi,
I just got my first passport! I'm very excited, and have started planning my first trip to Europe for October 2008. I've got about 14 month before I fly. One of my goals is to find the perfect books to read on …
Suetu
16 yrs ago
Azuki,
A Prayer for Owen Meany is my favorite book of all time. I so envy you getting to read it for the first time!
Susan
