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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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CANCELLED US Only 2014 Anything Goes VBB Round 3
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Staying in for Round 3
ladilee24
10 yrs ago
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I will stay in. Please keep my three books in from the previous round.
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Happy Birthday Bascula!! (12th September)
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Happy Happy Birthday
ladilee24
10 yrs ago
Hope you are having a lovely day - even if work is involved.
ladilee24
10 yrs ago
Thank you for the update. I just came across this story today and was aghast. Friends of the library book sales could have brought SO MUCH benefit (funds, good PR, interest) to the libraries, and instead they were destr…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Two Bookboxes (United States) -- Closed, and Home again.
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Box #2 arrived today
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I'm making my selections. I've already got heartthumper's address, since she followed me on Box 1 as well, so I hope to mail it out in the next few days. I'll post when it is mailed.
4/2/13 - Mailed this evening aft…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Two Bookboxes (United States) -- Closed, and Home again.
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Box 1 arrived today
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I am taking two books out, will add my selections and send on to Heartthumper once I get an address. I'll post here when I mail.
Saturday, March 23rd - Mailed out this morning to heartthumper via Media Mail. enjoy!
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Two Bookboxes (United States) -- Closed, and Home again.
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I'd like to be signed up for both
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
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I have not done a book box in AGES!! But I've certainly got stuff that could use to move along. Please sign me for both - I'm in Delaware.
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
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I've gotten back to releasing more lately, and was gratified to see an anonymous catch on a book I just released the other week.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11502774
Nothing super-special, but since there i…
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I met Mary only once at an event in DC, but we corresponded over book boxes, book rings, and such a number of times, and she was a kind and sweet person, lots of fun. The whole BC community here in the US will feel her …
Book Talk
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Final Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
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I made it. Just in time, I finished The Black Echo over lunch today. Great writing. I've always liked Connelly, so not surprised his debut was a sharp, gripping read. So, challenge complete! ;-)
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Eleventh Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I finished A Royal Murder on Thursday night. I am sorry to say that it's my least favorite of the Elliot Roosevelt books I've read. I love Eleanor Roosevelt as a sleuth, but something just felt flat in this one. Oh well,…
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
It releases here in the US tomorrow, and i preordered via Amazon, so it is in the mail to me now. (So they say, I've only a shipping notification to go on.) Anything Pratchett usually pleases me A LOT, so looking forward…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Tenth Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I've forgotten to come back to the list this week, but here I am at last. I've finished both Patriots (which was from my TBR list) and Murder on the Iditarod Trail (from the library). Patriots was slow in places, but a g…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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RE: RE: Ninth Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I just got a copy of this book from another BookCrosser so I would be interested in knowing what you thought of it. I'm also intrigued by the idea of a mystery summer. Both of my book clubs take a break for…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Ninth Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
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I am still reading Patriots, which is from my TBR shelf. It's good but quite dense, so taking a while.
I have started reading the last of the non-TBR books for the challenge: "Murder on the Iditarod Trail" by Sue Hen…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Eight Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I've finished both Onion John and The Case of the Missing Bronte. I really enjoyed the mystery - Robert Barnard writes well and with a wit that keeps the story moving while never being too light with his topic.
Yeste…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Seventh Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
Still reading Onion John, but now I've also added another from my TBR pile - "The Case of the Missing Bronte" by Robert Barnard. I guess I was still in the mood for more British mystery.
Book Talk
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Sixth Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
I've finished What Angels Fear. Quite a good book, the sort of historical mystery I really enjoy, with strong characters and just enough guessing throughout. I'll look for more of these.
I've started something diffe…
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
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Just read this article on CNN. It was an RAF plane. Sadly, there is evidence that the pilot survived the crash landing, but would not have survived in the Sahara.
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Fifth Update
ladilee24
11 yrs ago
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I've been AWOL form this thread for two weeks, but life has been crazy in both the usual (work) and unusual (a wonderful women's retreat weekend with my church) ways. During that time, I finished the Poisonwood Bible, bu…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Fourth update
ladilee24
12 yrs ago
I finished The Old Wine Shades at lunch today. The first part was intriguing, but the story dragged a bit then fell apart in the final third. Unfortunately, it's my least-favorite Martha Grimes book so far.
I'm cont…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ 3rd Update
ladilee24
12 yrs ago
Still reading The Old Wine Shades, as a busy week and a report for work left me with little leisure reading time. However, yesterday I also started The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It is from my TBR list, and …
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Did you know that A.A. Milne wrote a detective novel?
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RE: Did you know that A.A. Milne wrote a detective novel?
ladilee24
12 yrs ago
I did! My copy actually was an internationally traveling book ring a few years back. No spoilers from me, but I Liked it!
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ My 2nd Update
ladilee24
12 yrs ago
Well, I finished Baldwin's "Go Tell It on the Mountain" on Wednesday night, but then I was off to a conference and have not gotten chance to post on here until now.
Next I am starting a book from Mount TBR (the firs…
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WELCOME TO THE TWENTIETH SET IT YOURSELF READING CHALLENGE (SIY 20) APRIL TO JUNE 2012
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¶ Currently reading
ladilee24
12 yrs ago
The beginning of April has been quite busy, as I had company for Easter weekend and was getting my house ready much of the week beforehand. But I did manage a little reading, and now I am managing some posting. ;-)
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