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Piper79
18 yrs ago
| 14 replies
I'd like to offer this Pulitzer Prize Winner as a bookray. This can be international if bookcrossers are willing to ship.
Please PM with city/state/country if interested.
Thanks!
From the back cover:
A success…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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***WINNER(S) POSTED*** My 1 y Anniversary RABCK Contest-Drawing
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Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Piper79
18 yrs ago
Congrats on your 1 year anniversary!
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Help me decide what book to send in a ring/ray!
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I'd be up for that one too....
Piper79
18 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil gets my vote.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Bookray: Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
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I'm listening to this one on audiobook at this moment...
Piper79
18 yrs ago
I'm enjoying it so far.
Piper79
18 yrs ago
Yet another book that I pick up an extra copy when I can. It is shocking and touching.
Book Talk
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What non-fiction are you reading at the moment? Any good?
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Re: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Piper79
18 yrs ago
That's in my to be read pile, but it is daunting. It will have to wait... I've heard he's a good writer, but can be exhausting to read. I also find it irritating when authors don't give bibliographies or sources. (Who…
Book Talk
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I finished reading "The Poisonwood Bible" yesterday.
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Re: I finished reading "The Poisonwood Bible" yesterday.
Piper79
18 yrs ago
| 1 replies
I always buy old copies of this one to release. It has to be in my top ten and it is awful because I always compare her other books to it. I think I may re-read it again this summer during my foot surgery... (though I …
Piper79
18 yrs ago
I'm next! :)
Piper79
18 yrs ago
I thought this was the worst book I've read this year. I just thought it was trite and predictable and not amusing. But, hey, maybe you'll like it!
Book Talk
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When were you last moved to tears by a book?
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I don't cry much when I read. The last and only time was....
Piper79
18 yrs ago
when I read Where the Red Fern Grows. It was over 10 years ago. I read it several times and the pages quickly became wrinkled at the same spot in the book.
Piper79
18 yrs ago
Education texts only. :)
Piper79
18 yrs ago
I've only read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris, but his brother made me laugh out loud. Especially with the story about his marriage and the dogs... He has a sweetness about him, but he's such …
Piper79
19 yrs ago
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2240908/Piper79/book_-Small-Wonder-:-Essays-by-Barbara-Kingsolver-Barbara-Kingsolver
It currently has a long list of participants and is technically closed. I may buy another copy …
Piper79
19 yrs ago
| 4 replies
I know there is a site out there listing the current rings/rays which are going on. Does anyone have this site handy? I seem to have misplaced it.
Thanks!
Piper79
19 yrs ago
It makes me feel like I'm maybe not the most screwed up person on the planet. :)
Book Talk
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Monday, April 25th - What are you reading and how do you like it?
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Re: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Piper79
19 yrs ago
This is on my TBR pile... Sounds like a good one!
Book Talk
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Monday, April 25th - What are you reading and how do you like it?
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Good Faith by Jane Smiley and a few others
Piper79
19 yrs ago
I'm only 100 pages in and it is okay.
I'm also reading Censored 2004.
Because these are both bookrings, I'm on hold with Strong Motion by Jon Franzen.
Book Talk
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I need some recommendation help again everyone! (for a friends birthday)
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A great animal book...
Piper79
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Next of Kin (It is about a researcher who works with chimpanzees and teaches them to sign).
Piper79
19 yrs ago
I didn't like the novel as well, either. I saw a video game for Fight Club in Toys R' Us yesterday and was amazed! A new level!
I have to wonder if they'd make a movie of my fav. Palahniuk novel, Diary. I was fascina…
Piper79
19 yrs ago
Piper79
19 yrs ago
| 5 replies
I have recently become aware of the struggle with keeping independent publishers afloat. I ask the BC community if they frequently purchase any books from independent publishers and if so, which ones?
I realize this is…
