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Feature Requests
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New Member Referral Glitch or bug, please fix it
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Re: have people been getting referrals lately?
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
I've had a tell-a-friend referral in the past 7 days. My last new member referral was September 6. Untold numbers of people are (hopefully) enjoying the books they found. That's what matters to me. When I release my book…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Someone just caught Monday-to-Friday Cookbook in Middletown, Connecticut:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4184924
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
It's at http://homepage.mac.com/pachydomo/OBCZWorldMap.htm
If not, you could always start one.
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Ninaki had released the book for the Worldwide Stephen King Release Challenge:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/3791509
Congratulations on the quick catch!
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
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It's at http://homepage.mac.com/pachydomo/OBCZWorldMap.htm
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Romances (Harlequin, Mills & Boon, etc.) would definitely help to pass the time while doing laundry. Most laundromats/laundrettes have some sort of area with reading material (usually old magazines). As mentioned in the …
Release Challenges
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Worldwide Stephen King Release Challenge on September, 21st: 187 Books released by 50 Bxler in 9 Countries!
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"Insomnia" in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4163561
Site Questions: Basic and Advanced
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What to do with people who journal one of your books, but DON'T release it?
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Re: What to do with people who journal one of your books, but DON'T release it?
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
> It's happened twice to me
> lately, where someone has made a journal
> entry on one of my releases, and NOT
> released it. both times, it's been
> "Anonymous Finder", so I can't PM them and
> explain what th…
Conventions and Meetings
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I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm a french man in New York
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NYC Bookcrossing
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Well it's too late for rampa, but anyone planning a trip to New York City should check out the NYC Bookcrossing Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCbookcrossing/
They only meet once a month, but posting a me…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Movies for Every Mood
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4005374
> hadn't thought about movie guides befor,
> but yeah I'll count it. :)
Edited to add that my catch rat…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
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> Rules:
> 1. Book must have been made into a movie
> or book was writtten from a movie (Made
> for TV or theaters)
Does this one count? It was caught!
Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Movies for Every Moo…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
A Walk to Remember http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4297381
The Andromeda Strain http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4297242
The Berlin Stories http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4383436
Cold Mountain http://www.b…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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UPDATED ****************** CHICK LIT SWEEPS WINNERS ************************* Sept 7, 2006
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PM never received, so I e-mailed you
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
> ************i will be pming everyone this
> weekend to tell you who the winner
> is*********************** Ok all, PM
> have been sent- if you did not get it
> please email me@ aliaskris29 at yahoo dot
> ca…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
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http://pages.slu.edu/student/webbla/bookrings.html
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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ISO - Suefitz and Kbudgie
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re: stalled bookring for Can You Keep a Secret?
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
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If you don't hear from kbudgie, I've got a copy of "Can You Keep a Secret?" that I'd be glad to RABCK. My books've never been to Belgium, Brunei, or Malaysia -- three of the stops on your international bookring.
Newbies
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Do you journal books you catch before/after you've read them or both - A survey
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You should always journal a book from a fellow Bookcrosser upon receipt
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
You should always journal a book from a fellow Bookcrosser as soon as it's received. After you've read the book, you can either edit your original journal entry or make a new one. (The previous readers won't receive an e…
Site Watch
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Thanks to Gahan Wilson, I got a second-generation wild catch:
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I've released at that I-91 rest stop in Connecticut
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
I've left 8 books there -- with nary a catch. Congratulations!
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
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Heidi: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4371918
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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LAST CALL: AUDIOBOOKBOX: Misc. Subjects, US
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Re: lightwavz's MISC. AudioBookBox US
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
I took Greatest Horror Stories of the 20th Century http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1468697 and put in Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich (unabridged CDs read by C. J. Critt) http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4052889/, T…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Another crazy idea... BC Knitters have a look?
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Re: how to knit Ballycumber into the scarf
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Intarsia:
http://www.sweaterscapes.com/intars.htm
http://mimoknits.typepad.com/knitting/2005/02/garter_intarsia.html
http://www.crazyauntpurl.com/archives/2005/09/can_someone_cal_1.php
http://www.knittinghelp.com/kni…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
> editorgrrl, I hope you don't mind, I used
> your explanation in the body of the
> journal entry as to what bookcrossing is,
> why they should join it, etc. It was just
> very clear.
Not at all. It's v. simi…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Is Danielle Steel Considered Chick Lit?
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definition of chicklit from the Chicago (Illinois) Public Library
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
The Chicago Public Library has published a list of American & British chicklit authors:
http://www.chipublib.org/001hwlc/litlists/chicklit.html
It's prefaced by a definition of chicklit:
"Did you love 'Bridget Jones…
Release Challenges
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Movie Books Release Challenge
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4 more releases in New Haven (edited to add another catch!)
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
The Barrytown Trilogy: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4321792
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4314161
In Her Shoes: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3367702 This one w…
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
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For answers to most questions, click on "home" in the far left (gray) column. Then click on "frequent questions" (the second item in the list. (And everyone, old or new, should bookmark http://www.texaswren.com/faqs.html…
Release Techniques
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Help please: Where to find books in DC and New York
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where to release & catch books in NYC
editorgrrl
17 yrs ago
Check the "Go Hunting" pages to find books in New York City. There's a New York zone, plus a zone for each of the boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens & Staten Island), so be sure to check both. And Harlem has it…
