When I told my family about Book Crossing, they gave me some books to register and release.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Haven't been to a Bookcrossing meetup in ages, so it's time to clean off my shelves and make room for more books...Oops! Did I say that?

Brought this one home for my father because he loves Steven Hawking stuff. He's seen the miniseries on tv, and read other ones of his book. Can't get enough.

I picked up this paperback at the Boston BCers Meetup at the Algiers; thanks!

Later: I've only read snippets from Hawking's work before, and this was a pleasant surprise - sure, he's brilliant, but he's also very funny, and I found his biographical accounts quite entertaining. Whether he's talking about his childhood, his ALS, the background of his best-known work ("A Brief History of 'A Brief History'"), or more general topics such as black holes, or public attitudes towards science, he's informative, clear, and often witty, and I enjoyed the book very much! (The final entry is one of my favorites: "Desert Island Discs" is a transcript of his appearance on a radio talk show in which the guests list the 8 records they'd want with them on a desert island, along with a book and a luxury item. His choices, and the discussion about them, is quite entertaining. Among the fun snippets: when talking about Wagner, he mentions that his voice synthesizer pronounces the name with a soft "W", and to get it to come out correctly he has to enter it as "V-A-R-G-N-E-R". I hope that since this was written he's been able to get a smarter voice-synthesizer, but the anecdote amused me anyway!)

I'm adding this book to Aberpeter's Read and Journaled bookbox, which will be on its way to its next stop shortly. Hope someone enjoys it!

This book stopped here for a short visit in Woodstock, Georgia. It is still travelling in Aberpeter's Read and Journalled Bookbox.

taken out of Aberpeter's Books You've Actually Read and Journalled Book Box.

adding to my TBR shelf. Thanks for sharing

sending off to the winner of my Dozen Random Books raffle
Enjoy

Thank you for the box of a dozen books. What a fun idea! I am not a big fan of essays so I think I will pass this on to someone else

Enjoy! Off to hyphen8

Arrived safely in Honolulu; thanks!

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Themes for the first quarter re-do of the 2022 Never Judge a Book by Its Cover Challenge

• Week 3: main titles with 25+ characters
  
• Week 10: mixed-case titles

Saturday, March 26, 2022: left on a free literature rack in the seating area. Zoomable release photo here.

Released for the 1st quarter re-do of the 2022 NJABBIC challenge and GoryDetails's 4 Elements challenge.

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