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(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Looking for books about mazes, with Maze in the title, or a picture of a maze on
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Larry's Party by Carol Shields
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
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has a character who designs hedge mazes. I don't have a copy but maybe you can track one down for your release.
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
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Available for RABCK (no restrictions):
The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien --> claimed
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn --> claimed
The Little Disturbances of Man (short stories) by Grace…
claimed One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn --> claimed The Little Disturbances of Man (short stories) by Grace […]
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
PMing about The Robber Bride.
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Know of any good books about/involving plague?
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Re: Know of any good books about/involving plague?
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
I had to check amazon to see if my failing memory was correct, but I remember a young adult book called "A Parcel of Patterns" which dealt with the spread of the bubonic plague. It is the story of a young girl in a smal…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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ISO 4 books of the "trilogy of five" - Douglas Adams - *Cancelled!!*
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Re: ISO 4 books of the "trilogy of five" - Douglas Adams
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
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PM sent about "So long, and thanks for all the fish".
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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ISO Margaret Atwood Books
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Re: ISO Margaret Atwood Books
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
I have a copy of Alias Grace available. PMd you.
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
I'm here already. Count me in!
Book Talk
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how do you feel about "guides for reading clubs?"
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Re: how do you feel about "guides for reading clubs?"
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
My book club tried a reading guide once, but the questions were reminiscent of grade 10 English essays. Yuck! I think we have better discussions without guidance. We just "freestyle" it!
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
I have a bookring book (The Virgin Suicides) to pass along to Silentdormouse, but have had no response to PMs. If I don't hear from you by July 7, I will send it to the next person on the list.
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
If the "BC classification" was used to designate these books as non-fiction, then the person doing the classifying has obviously not read The Screwtape Letters...even though some days it is handy to blame your behavior o…
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
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The vocabulary in the Harry Potter books was changed for the American editions. For example, "jumper" became "sweater", and the "boot" of the car became the "trunk". Fortunately, the Canadian editions are the same as t…
crazy-book-lady
19 yrs ago
A good friend of mine often comments that she is going to end up a "crazy-cat-lady", living alone in a house with 80 cats. I am heading toward living in a house with a million books (plus a husband and a dog), so I beca…
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Don Quixote - new translation by Edith Grossman
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Re: Don Quixote - new translation by Edith Grossman
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
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This book is on my wishlist. I have come very close to buying it on several occasions, but have decided to wait until it comes out in paperback...if I can wait that long...
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
A couple of times I have sent emails to nudge bookring stallers, even though I wasn't the originator of either ring. Each time it had been at least three months since any journal entries had been made. I just sent poli…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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People expecting RABCK's - what's with this?
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RABCKs
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
I guess sending someone a book they have requested does take the randomness out of it, but I think the acronym has come to mean "sending someone a book without expecting one in return", whether it occurs randomly or not.…
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
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I'm sure it has been discussed here before, but it is soooo frustrating when a book stalls for months on end! I would think that knowing other people are waiting to read a book would give an incentive to read it quickly…
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WE ARE GOING TO BE ON CBC SATUDAY MORNING!!!!
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WE ARE GOING TO BE ON CBC SATUDAY MORNING!!!!
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
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Just to let everyone know, I heard the show yesterday and princess1984 did a fantastic job! There was another bookcrosser on the show, but I can't remember who it was. Someone help me! Anyway, they both did a great jo…
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
I don't think there is a catch, but also I don't think the publishing company is making the offer to be kind. If bookcrossers create a buzz about the book before it is published, the company has created a powerful adver…
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
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And I do mean the book, not the movie. I can use that, can't I? :)
crazy-book-lady
20 yrs ago
Crazy-dog-lady would also be an accurate description...
