Search

Book Search
     
 
36 Forum Posts Found:
Community Bulletin Board » Free labels...no longer available?
Trilium 8 yrs ago | 30 replies
I've been trying to open the free downloadable labels but the link keeps leading me only to the ones available for purchase. Is the free label template no longer available? I tried sending a query to the site but no repl…
Book Talk » Are you proud to be a 'book snob'? And how do you define 'book snobbery'? » probably the opposite: a book slut
Trilium 14 yrs ago
I will and have read anything that will hold still long enough. I'd have to be pretty desperate to read some things: Danielle Steele comes to mind.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » no one is journaling my releases » one of my wild releases was SOLD!
Trilium 15 yrs ago | 2 replies
I too initially had worries about releasing "my babies" into the wild. I found it a lot easier to do with books I didn't like! But the most discouraging experience I had was having a book I wild released at a local freec…
Book Talk » What is the most daunting book on your TBR list? » Don Quixote
Trilium 15 yrs ago
Started this for my book club. Only made it 1/4 of the way in (which was more than most of the other book club members.)
Chit-Chat » what was the best New Year's Resolution you've ever made? Did you keep it?
Trilium 17 yrs ago | 11 replies
I'm looking for some inspiration here. I think one of mine will be to get busy and release books faster, as I'm starting to get outnumbered. So if you want to help me keep that resolution, feel free to check out my "avai…
Newbies » I AM GIVING IT UP!!! » it's a Zen thing
Trilium 17 yrs ago
I've had books get journaled LONG after I released them. And sometimes the journaler was not the first person the book had "found". when I first started, I too had a hard time letting go. I worried about my books! What…
Release Techniques » Bulkcrossing? » donate to prisons
Trilium 17 yrs ago
I give a lot of books to a program here in Portland called "Books to Prisoners". Through them I have learned the disturbing fact that most prisons have very limited selections of books available to inmates. Even worse, m…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » RABCK Competition (international) - CLOSED - extra winner announced » how about...
Trilium 17 yrs ago
Encantada or Encantada fumare I don't really know Spanish but I remember encantada as what one might say upon meeting a new person, and it means "Enchanted" so if my rudimentary vocabulary is accurate, "encantada …
Book Talk » WOW! Has anyone heard about the literary controversy going on in Arkansas?! » this made me think
Trilium 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
when I was teaching in a middle school in Washington state, a mom contested several books in our library. Among the books she found offensive: Shel Silversteen's "Where The Sidewalk Ends" because of a line drawing of a b…
Book Talk » What makes you run right out and avoid certain books? » Oprah's book list
Trilium 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
for an upbeat woman, the books Oprah promotes tend to all be about grim subjects. I read one and I was depressed for a week! I get enough about rape, addiction and injustice inadvertantly in the newspaper without seeking…
Book Talk » Do you ever do this? Do you think it is rude? » what would you think (if the situation were reversed?)
Trilium 17 yrs ago | 4 replies
frankly, I believe that gifts are about what's in the heart, rather than their intrinsic value. If your intention in giving a gift is to express your fondness and appreciation for this person with whom you share common i…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » A RABCK for my 73rd Birthday*****CLOSED**WINNERS » kudos to you
Trilium 17 yrs ago
my mom (in her 80's) is really interested in bookcrossing but gets daunted by the process on the computer, so she gives her books to me and lets me handle the registering and releasing. So, my hat is off to you (and happ…
Book Talk » May 28 and May 29: What are you reading now? » "Not Buying It"
Trilium 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
Just started "Not Buying It" by Judith Levine. I thought this recounting of the author's year spent not shopping was likely to be frivolous, because I heard about it in a book review by People magazine. However, it's tur…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » I am celebrating my 100st wild release-catch. Drawing has taken place. » wing me!
Trilium 17 yrs ago
I've had wings before, but it's been a while. I'd like to fly again...
Book Talk » [OT] I really Hate... » what a great idea!
Trilium 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
I agree with the distaste for T. KinKade's painting; I also loathe that artist who does athletics figures in a spatter style-- is his name Pollack? I hated Lolita and Catcher in the Rye! (whew, what a relief to finally…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » **Winners Announced**...CLOSED... I broke 1000 books registered...so I'm offering 10 RABCKs with a little twist... » author recommendation
Trilium 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
Hi~ please include me! My first pick would be: China Bride (since you rated it so highly) 2nd choice: Harem of Aman Akbar (just because the title intrigues me) unless by any thance you have a short story collection title…
Book Talk » Books about dogs » 2 for when a dog dies
Trilium 18 yrs ago
just read Eugene O'neill's "The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog". It's a brief, eloquent testimony to all that we love about dogs. This and a children's book called "Dog Heaven" have been comfor…
Release Challenges » PLEASE POST YOUR # REGISTERED AS OF APRIL 17TH: Gather 'round, boys and girls » Starting with 620
Trilium 18 yrs ago
I just saw this challenge and I'm a little daunted (and inspired) by all the registering maniacs who have already registered HUNDREDS. I have 620 already registered as I start this challenge. Lets see what I can do to mo…
Book Talk » Has anyone ever released a book they never read? » Re: Has anyone ever released a book they never read?
Trilium 18 yrs ago
I do it all the time because I get books in genre's I don't read (like true crime and Romance) from people in my family. Personally, I find it easier to relinquish such books-- no emotional attachment like I get with the…
Book Talk » What was the last book you BOUGHT? » Kindred Spirits
Trilium 18 yrs ago
I came across this book, Kindred Spirits by Bob Czimbal, in the waiting area of a local business. What little I saw as I was leafing through intrigued me so I bought a copy. Within two days of starting to read it I bough…
Book Talk » Suggested Children's books for Adults » dutch author Meindart deJong(Sp?) is excellent!
Trilium 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
I discovered this children's author as an adult when I read "The Wheel on The School." It was lovely and uplifting and I laughed aloud in several places. I've since read another by this author, "The Journey From Peppermi…
Book Talk » It's gift giving time - need sci-fi/fantasy recommendations please for 19 year old » McMaster Bujold!!!!
Trilium 18 yrs ago
Lois McMaster Bujold is an author whose new books I await with barely leashed impatience. She has a sci-fi series which starts with "Shards of Honor" (how I wish I was rediscovering that for the first time!) and a fantas…
Book Talk » How did you find out about Bookcrossing.com? » from a cashier at the grocery
Trilium 18 yrs ago
As I was paying for my purchases in one of the local natural foods markets, the cashier who was helping me related a story of how fun it was when she found a book during a visit to Seattle.

Are you sure you want to delete this item? It cannot be undone.