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Chit-Chat » BC Ferries » Re: Ferries
jmcbeth 16 yrs ago
here is one option http://www.greyhound.ca/en/
Chit-Chat » BC Ferries » Ferries
jmcbeth 17 yrs ago | 4 replies
From Vancouver city centre, the airport, or various stops along the route you can take a bus that gets you to the ferries (Horseshoe bay to go to Nanaimo or Tsawasssan to go to Sydney and Victoria). I've taken it to Syd…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Max and the Cats bookray - the book that inspired Life of Pi » Any Brazilians? Americans? Canadians? Antipodeans? Asians?
jmcbeth 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
Hello all, we're about to make another jump over the ocean, so I'm on a fresh recruitment kick, if you are interested please jump on board! Max will be visiting Central America in the near future and I'm keen to get som…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Garth Nix - Creature in the Case - follow up to Abhorsen! » The creature is eager to travel the world...
jmcbeth 17 yrs ago | 1 replies
Anyone else interested? The bookray is almost finished and it's a quick read that is cheap to ship. :-)
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago
Hello! Would anyone be interested if I started a bookray with Mrs. Dalloway and the Hours? Here are the journal pages for my copies: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2582389 http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2…
Chit-Chat » Canadians: help me make a list of Canadian companies :Updated 2/20/06 » Shop small and local
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
I agree, supporting smaller independent businesses is the only sure way - an ultimately a good practice anyway. Even if Walmart was canadian owned it would still run small businesses down.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Garth Nix - Creature in the Case - follow up to Abhorsen!
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago | 5 replies
Hello Bookcrossers! Did you love the Garth Nix Abhorsen trilogy? Did the last one leave you pining for more? This is your lucky day! The Creature in the Case is a novella published for World Book Day by Nix that t…
Book Talk » romantic short stories? » Thanks everyone!
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago
I appreciate your suggestions, I'll have a read of them. The Maeve Binchy stories sound like the sort of thing I'm looking for, I'm intrigued by the other suggestions too though, I might read them for myself! :-)
Book Talk » romantic short stories?
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago | 6 replies
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some recommendations for short stories or short novels that have a romantic theme to them. This is for a friend whose english skills are still in development. He would like to read a ro…
Book Talk » Can you "read" while driving in the car as a PASSENGER? » not very well
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago
It nauseates me - and I fall asleep too! I think the two are linked actually, the getting nauseated and falling asleep. Anyway, sitting in the front seat makes it a bit better, preventing your peripheral vision from ca…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » Max and the Cats bookray - the book that inspired Life of Pi » Really need some UK or middle east, eastern europe, etc.
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
We really need some UK or people somewhere on the side of the globe between Australia and the UK, as well as more ray members in general so don't be shy! :-)
Fun and Games » What is the best thing about the area in which you live? » big city life
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago
I feel like writing a love song to Manchester - it's a great place to live! The people, the university, the public library book sales, Fopp, our bookcrossing group, my tiny apartment, the cats in the neighbourhood, the …
Fun and Games » What is the worst thing about the area in which you live? » I'll trade you!!! :-)
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago
Ha! I'll trade you! My least favourite thing about Manchester is the rain. Don't get me wrong, I love Manchester, and I don't mind cool climates, I just like it dry.
Site Watch » Another nice anonymous poster!
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
I thought this was really lovely, I've been so lucky this month! Ah, and I see they've registered so I'll drop them a pm recommending that they don't release it at the airport and thanking them for their post. I'm very …
Site Watch » 'I forced myself to read it and it was a real treat' -- great catch for jmcbeth! » they only hadn't read fiction, but still exciting!
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago
What a thriller eh? :-) I really wasn't expecting this one to go anywhere, it's always the random ones that surprise us.
Book Talk » At what point does your Mount TBR become critical? » I have a list of incoming books for this year
jmcbeth 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
I'm trying to keep my net incoming books to zero (which I'm failing at). When the incoming total came to almost 100, I had a major purge, now I'm back to about 40ish and I'm not buying or receiving anything new (almost!…

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