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looking for travel guides to Greece - planning the vacation of my dreams!
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Re: looking for travel guides to Greece - planning the vacation of my dreams!
BlueAmazon
15 yrs ago
Thank you! as soon as I can formulate a coherent question, I'll be happy to do that. I've never really thought I would be able to go to Greece, so don't have those dream plans set yet. Am browsing a lot of 'honeymoon …
BlueAmazon
15 yrs ago
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hey there - I'm looking to either swap/pay postage for any recent Greek travel guides, or looking for your thoughts on which ones are best. we're hoping to go to Greece this summer - a little bit of history in Athens, a…
Book Talk
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OT - What is Violet Crumble? The Answer...
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Re: OT - What is Violet Crumble? The Answer...
BlueAmazon
15 yrs ago
it is the yummiest chocolate bar ever - before I gave up sugar, that was the great thing............ I found a 7-11 in California about 10 years ago that had Violet Crumble on the regular shelves, as opposed to the $2 v…
BlueAmazon
15 yrs ago
Thanks MyssCyn! Bot for the kind words, and for the acknowledgement that 13 year olds are... well, insane. she's on her way home now, and I'm dreading it really....
how did you survive 5?????
> You are probably…
BlueAmazon
15 yrs ago
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OK, so here is the deal. I've been off BXing for a couple of years, which time I've gotten divorced [yes, Pink is gone. very sad], met someone new and fallen in love. However, she has a 13 year old daughter and a very…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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anyone interested in Japanese fiction or dictionaries?
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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Am once again cleaning the shelves. I have some fiction [in Japanese] and a couple of dictionaries/kanji dictionaries. AVL for postage, if you are interested....
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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I know that it's really late to look for 2007 pages now, but I am! It's the coolest day planner ever - made of tatami mats. I want some pages to put in it and it's really hard to find. Yes, have called kinokuniya in t…
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
the two towns were Austin, TX and Portland, OR. In drawing a name, the box goes to faeriemyst for Portland guess -
THanks for playing.
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Update on progress of BC novel
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Re: My BC Novel is now on its way to an Australian publisher!
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
sounds great - congratulations!
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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Hey there all - time for me to do another RABCK box to the US only, please!
Let's see - how about a wee guessing game?
I have 2 favorite US towns now [as in, smaller than my home city of Chicago] that are not nea…
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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Hey there -
I'm going to be in Shreveport in October for a weekend. We need something to do [mom, spouse, and me] on Saturday, and would love entertainment and food recommendations. doesn't have to be a 5 star restaur…
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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I have a box of books [or I will, as soon as I put them into a box] that I'd like to RABCK! We're getting ready to move, I'm nervous about wild releasing them all.
I keep getting compliments on what's on my shelf - s…
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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Am trying to put together a list of Jewish chick lit - in which one of the main characters is Jewish - and it's actually mentioned....
So far - most Jennifer Weiner
The Matzo Ball Heiress by Laurie Gwen Shapiro. OK,…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Name a Nun Rabck! [N. America] - complete!
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southernfryed with Mary
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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she won the drawing, though an honorable mention has to go to caligula03, for naming 2 of the Sisters! Una passed away earlier this year, but she is remembered with great fondness.
Others we have - Angela, Margaret, …
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Name a Nun Rabck! [N. America] - complete!
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Re: Heloise
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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oddly, this morning before I read this I realized suddenly who Heloise was. yep - I've heard of her....
> > good grief- what the heck nun was
> called > Heloise?
> Have you never heard of Heloise and
> Ab…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Name a Nun Rabck! [N. America] - complete!
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Re: Sister Mary Katherine
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
Daughters of Mary & Joseph. and I've had to learn all their birth names and their religious names, because some never took them back...
> tho my Auntie Sister was Sister Kathleen
> Anne--A Sister of The Holy Cross--…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Name a Nun Rabck! [N. America] - complete!
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Re: Name a Nun Rabck! [N. America]
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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good grief - what the heck nun was called Heloise?
> I normally don't enter these things, but
> I've just finished reading a book about a
> nun, so of course I have to guess her
> name: Heloise.
> And I'd b…
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
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Today was my last day of work in the convent. I am SO glad to be finished... but I'll miss the Sisters.
Here's the RABCK. Name any of the Sisters in the order I worked for [religious name or the name that Mama gave …
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
Looks like EVERYONE'S job was worse than mine.... the twin Body Shoppers looking better....
> Since I'm being guilted out by the nuns
> [my last day at the convent is Monday,
> thankfully!] I started thinking a…
Chit-Chat
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what's the worst job you've ever had?
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Re: cleaning a huge boat after it sunk by hitting an iceburg LOL
BlueAmazon
17 yrs ago
OK, how do you GET a job cleaning a boat hit by an iceburg?
> I was a teenager and I got hired to clean
> out this boat. It was a huge boat owned by
> a very rich man. All wood panelling inside
> and a full…
