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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Paperback Surprise Round 10 Sign Ups CLOSED (US Only)
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Box received
dicentragirl
2 yrs ago
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But I think it was supposed to go to rhythmbiscuit. I'm not on the list. I'll message that person and get the box on its way.
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666 for 2021 - An around the world reading challenge
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Madagascar, Indonesia, Spain and Mexico
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
I haven't checked in for a bit...
Madagascar - Aye Aye and I by Gerald Durrell (audiobook)
Indonesia - The Man Who Climbs Trees by James Aldred (audiobook)
Spain - The Only Way is West by Bradley Chermside (audi…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
Interested in 1001 BTRBYD books, Reading around the world challenge, or other things on my wish list. https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16150552/
My wish list is current... My bookshelf is not. I'm working on that.…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
Sure! PM me your address. I'd be interested in Wide Sargasso Sea
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Three 1001 Books to Trade - US Only
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RE: Trades for some World Reading?
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
Sure! PM me your address. I'm working on an around the world challenge too. :)
I'd like How the Penguins Saved Veronica and Beyond the Rice Fields
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
I've had lot of time for books lately! I work by myself most of the time, so I can spend entire days listening to audio books...
Afghanastan - The places In Between by Rory Stewart. His trek across Afghanastan on foot…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh
A missing person's case with lots of twist and turns. And lots of triggery things. (adultery, domestic and animal violence...)
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Africa 3/6…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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By Jamacia Kincade (audiobook)
Short, but lovely.
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu - Japan (audiobook)
Annie John by Jamacia Kincaid - North America, Antigua (audiobook)
I can listen to audiobooks at work, so I'm plowing through books. :)
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666 for 2021 - An around the world reading challenge
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RE: RE: Trinidad is in North America
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
[[yep and don't forget the tobago bit - the last time I did the 666 challenge I got desperate towards the end and read a book which was a series of speeches around the anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago's independence. …
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
All this plowing through books is going to slow down soon... I'm employed again! Yay!
Cameroon:
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell - I've been wanting to read this for a long time. It's about his return to Cameroo…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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If I am understanding the "rules" correctly, this would be classified as North America? But it is very close to the South American coast...
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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Are you working on the 1001 BTRBYD list? I'm working on that and a around the world challenge. Want to trade? US only please.
Platero and I
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16138570/
Love in the Time of Chole…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
The Girl who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya - Her memoir of escaping Rwanda during the genocide. Audiobook
Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland - I have forgotten how much I like this author! Takes place during the …
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
[[The Pacific is always tough.
I have a book set in Tahiti which is on Mt TBR. I would be happy to trade. PM me if you are interested. [[I just dug a bunch of books out of storage and found this gem. I read it a long ti…
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Challenge yourself to read from the 1001 List (2021)
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RE: RE: RE: RE: 100 Years of Solitude
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
[[[[[[[[Totals... 4 for the year, 181 life]]
Is there a typo? I had you on 2/25 (total 180) after Confederacy of Dunces and Invention of the Curried Sausage, so did you read or listen to something else before 100 Years …
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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[[[[Totals... 4 for the year, 181 life]]
Is there a typo? I had you on 2/25 (total 180) after Confederacy of Dunces and Invention of the Curried Sausage, so did you read or listen to something else before 100 Years of…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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100 Years of Solitude
I picked this because it is on the 1001 BTRBYD list. I did not enjoy it. (I didn't like In the Time of Cholera either). Only 2 more off of that list for this author. I found it weird, confusing a…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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I listened to this as a library audiobook. I have a paper copy, but the kidling has it right now.
I did not enjoy this one. (I didn't enjoy In the Time of Cholera either). I found it weird and confusing, with too many…
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
And I sent you a message. :)
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
I'm back after a lonnnnnng break from bookcrossing. Getting my bearings again. :)
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
I'm working on several challenges this year. :)
Are you interested in both books? PM me an address.
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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US only please.
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
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I just dug a bunch of books out of storage and found this gem. I read it a long time ago, so it doesn't count for my challenge, but maybe someone would like to trade?
Primitive transportation, the history of cannibali…
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January 2021 Audiobook thread: What are you listening to to start the new year?
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Half of a Yellow Sun
dicentragirl
3 yrs ago
Off of the 1001 list. Library download. The narrator has an African accent, which is great. I took a history of Africa class in college, but I don't remember this battle.
