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crazy-book-lady
14 yrs ago
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All Toronto area bookcrossers are invited to the second annual X-Mas / Hannukah / End of the year
Bookcrossing social / potluck hosted by jewishlibrarian and debka18.
Bring a book (optional) or many books (mandatory)…
crazy-book-lady
14 yrs ago
Book Talk
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If On a Winter's Night a Traveller, by Italo Calvino
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Re: If On a Winter's Night a Traveller, by Italo Calvino
crazy-book-lady
14 yrs ago
One of my favourite books of all time! The first time I read it, I felt like it had changed my brain. My other favourite Calvino is Cosmicomics.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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ISO thcrazybooklady
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Not this crazy book lady, the other crazy book lady....
crazy-book-lady
14 yrs ago
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Hayes13 sent me a message, but I'm the hyphenated crazy-book-lady, not the one you are looking for. Sorry!
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crazy-book-lady
14 yrs ago
There is another new OBCZ in Toronto!
Reba's Cafe & Gallery (www.rebascafe.com) is a famliy owned cafe near Dundas and Runnymede (3289 Dundas St. W.). They recently added a "take a book, leave a book" shelf, and when…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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Here are my thoughts:
1. The Outlander - I really enjoyed it. I liked the story and the writing style, and thought that the feeling of being a bit "at arms length" from the characters suited the story. I read somewh…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
...and a new member!
Sense & Sensibility
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6950219
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crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
When: Saturday, Feb. 21 @ 2pm-4:30pm
Where: The Yellow Griffin Pub, 2202 Bloor St. W. (just east of Runnymede subway station)
If you like to talk about books, and are in the Toronto area, please join us! Don't wo…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
Released today:
Sense and Sensibility http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6950219
- made into a movie
- Kate Winslet starred in both movies
- this is the movie tie-in edition and it has Kate Winslet on the cover
-…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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The Lost World int'l bookray release challenge (x-post) – lots of help needed!!
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I'd like to join!
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
I am in Canada and will ship internationally.
cbl
Based on the Book: Books to Movies
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Bookcrossing sells out to Hollywood...
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Re: Bookcrossing sells out to Hollywood...
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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> A true Bookcrosser would never go see the
> movie, we read the book.
No, Bookcrossers release books. I don't think any other activities they may engage in make them NOT Bookcrossers. Personally, I like to read …
Release Challenges
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Original thread for releases for The Reader Challenge. Please use new thread. Thanks! This thread closed.
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Re: Release #1 for judygreeneyes
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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> 1. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---
> /6343694 "Schindler's List" by Thomas
> Keneally- - this also takes place during
> the Holocaust and also became a movie
> starring Ralph Fiennes.
The book is also menti…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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New 1001 bookray - The 13 Clocks - James Thurber
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Yes, please!
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
I am in Canada and will ship international.
Thanks!
cbl
Release Challenges
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Original thread for releases for The Reader Challenge. Please use new thread. Thanks! This thread closed.
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a catch for one of my releases
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6852557
Yay!
(Edit to add: a catch AND a new member!)
Based on the Book: Books to Movies
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Seen the movie and read the book **SPOILERS!**
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Re: Seen the movie and read the book **SPOILERS!**
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
> I didn't read the book, but from watching
> the film it wasn't clear to me *how* Lena
> Olin's character managed to escape from
> the locked, burning church. Everyone else
> in the church died, but she survived…
Release Challenges
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Original thread for releases for The Reader Challenge. Please use new thread. Thanks! This thread closed.
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The Reader releases
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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I saw the movie on Thursday (it was playing in limited release in Toronto) and released a copy of the book in the theatre:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6852514
Beforehand, I had lunch at a nearby Starbucks t…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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As I wrote in a previous thread, I think The Weinstein Company did a great job on this film. They stayed very true to the book, and one thing they did particularly well was to spend enough time establishing the relation…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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In the past week I have read the book (it had been languishing on mt. tbr for years) and seen the movie (open in limited release here), and I have to say that they have done a great job on the movie. The movie is very t…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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Nothing else even came close.
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crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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I finished reading The Outlander the other day and really enjoyed it. I have borrowed The Book of Negroes and will be starting it soon. Does anyone want to trade The Outlander for Fruit or The Fat Woman Next Door is Pr…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
Looking at the list, I think I might try reading all of them as well. I think this is the first year that I have actually been interested in all of them. I read Mercy Among the Children when it first came out, so that …
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
I was wondering if it had already aired. Hopefully I'll remember to listen this weekend!
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crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
Our monthly social for December is going to be Saturday, Dec. 13, from 2-5pm, but is NOT going to be held at the Yellow Griffin (our usual location). This End of the Year/Christmas/Hannukah potluck social is being hoste…
Community Bulletin Board
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Facebook people, I have started a bookcrossing group
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Bookcrossing Toronto
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
...is another facebook group to keep those of us in the GTA connected. There are actually several facebook groups that include bookcrossers from specific countries (I think Greece has one) or cities (Winnipeg comes to m…
crazy-book-lady
15 yrs ago
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I heard from her about a month ago when I PMd to find out if she had received a bookring book I had sent her (Perfume). She said she had been very busy at work, so hadn't had time to journal it. She finally made a jour…
