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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur **NEW BOOKRING** » Looking for someone in the states to ship international
mitziyah 15 yrs ago
Woohoo! We've got a few readers interested already, so the book is off to its first reader right now. What I now need is someone in the states willing and able to ship to Finland. Any takers?
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur **NEW BOOKRING** » Hmmm...anyone?
mitziyah 15 yrs ago
Trying to find out if there is just no interest in this story, or people are scared of promising to read a book in less than a month.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur **NEW BOOKRING**
mitziyah 15 yrs ago | 9 replies
Hello, I am setting up a bookring for The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari. I am asking that everyone who signs up for this ring please PROMISE to have the book read and shipped to the next rea…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » I just winged myself for a year! SECRET RABCK DRAWING (Winners announced-CLOSED) » congratulations!!
mitziyah 15 yrs ago
And I love your username (as a gal who always preferred the backstage to the spotlight, it makes me smile).
Book Talk » My mom is going to Africa! » "Mango Elephants in the Sun" by Susan Herrera
mitziyah 15 yrs ago | 1 replies
Still one of the best travel memoirs I've read. Ms. Herrera spent two years in northern Cameroon through the Peace Corps. Her writing style is instantly approachable and entertaining. Her stories are VERY memorable, so…
Book Talk » A Song of Ice Fire Calendar » Screw the calendar, I want the NEXT BOOK
mitziyah 15 yrs ago | 1 replies
argh!! *headdesk* I can't wait any longer. Seriously, I'm planning pitchforks, torches, and a traditional angry village riot to Martin's house. That being said, the calendar looks really cool. Wish they'd show us the…
Book Talk » It doesn't mean to be, but this book is a hoot! » Hee hee. Thanks for sharing.
mitziyah 15 yrs ago
I just can't bring myself to get that passionate about pronunciation. However, I totally will go to battle over comma placement and split infinitives, so I am not one to judge. Glass houses and all.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » "War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning" by Hedges Bookring » Good idea. thanks for the link
mitziyah 16 yrs ago
Perhaps there isn't much interest in this book, which is fine. It can just sit here gathering dust on my shelf. Ah well... Still, if anyone IS interested, please post and/or send a PM. thanks.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes » "War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning" by Hedges Bookring
mitziyah 16 yrs ago | 3 replies
Hello, I've decided to offer this as a bookring. I'm not putting any restrictions on shipping, but interested participants please do indicate shipping preferences and I will do my best to accommodate.
Book Talk » What's your favourite love Story? » Oh, tough one...Scarlet Pimpernel
mitziyah 16 yrs ago | 1 replies
At least, that was my favorite in junior high. High adventure and romance...it was great. Then when I was 14 I totally fell in love with Gabaldon's "Outlander" trilagy (the first book is still the best, and anything past…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » 500 Books Registered RABCK - USA + International » Congratulations!
mitziyah 16 yrs ago
Well done. If I won, I think I'd love to read Les Miserables. I've always INTENDED to read it. Just haven't yet. :)
Book Talk » Possibly the GREATEST title ever...
mitziyah 16 yrs ago | 5 replies
...or at least one of the longest. From McSweeney's publishers: "Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatu…
Book Talk » The Scarlet Pimpernel » Fell in LOVE with Percy as a 14 yr old
mitziyah 16 yrs ago
Ah yes!! It's so great. I think I've read it about 7 or 8 times. First read it the summer before starting high school as a 14 year old. I remember crying over the seemingly doomed and mistaken love affair, gasping at th…
Book Talk » Do you give up on a book? » 1,000 times, yes!!
mitziyah 16 yrs ago
Didn't used to. For years FORCED myself to finish. But dammit, life is WAY too short. I mean, heck I'm still in my twenties, but I've got other stuff to do. We could all get run over by the bread truck tomorrow. Life's …

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