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🇦🇺🇳🇿Australia New Zealand 13-15 Oct 2023 Uncon
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RE: New Zealand/ Australia Uncon 13-15 Oct 2023 attendance indication request
newgirl360
1 yr ago
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I think I can come for at least some of it. Its been a long time since I did anything with bookcrossing.
newgirl360
10 yrs ago
Thanks for responding. Now I know where to go when I want some romance. Yeah I remember J D Robb and liked the romance between the two .
And do remember the capt and Anne from persuasion. Jane Austen does smouldering l…
newgirl360
10 yrs ago
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I have just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? And loved the romantic story in this book. So who do you think are the best literary couples you've met? I think Jane Austen's Darcy and El…
newgirl360
13 yrs ago
Ever read a classic and wonder...what were people thinking? I never understood the big hoopla about DAISY MILLER.I liked it but can't remember what it was about....goes to show it was quit…
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What is you "I feel like I am wrapped in a blanket when I read it" book?
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reading anything that I enjoy
newgirl360
13 yrs ago
reading anything that I enjoy wraps me in a blanket of my own world
newgirl360
13 yrs ago
and was disappointed when it was all over. The thing is I had taken so long to read them because a good friend said that they were completely overrated...but I disagree with her. I think they are great. going to go an…
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
you would probably like Mark Billingham's Tom Thorpe. I think both are so similar. Of course one is set in Scotland and the other in London
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
but it is a while since I read it so I can't remember exactly what it was I loved about it. I thought it was good portrait of someone with Autism perhaps.
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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The 19th Wife David Ebershoff. Just finished it and it was great.
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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http://bookclubclassics.com/Blog/50-states-50-books-list/
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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I've started reading books set in America and I have read the Emporer's children set in New York About to start Friday night lights(texas) and Midnight in the garden of good and evil (Georgia). Is there anywhere to writ…
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Books about modern American life.
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Re: I was yarning on about Larry Mc Murtry's version of Texas actually. LOL!
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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> I think so! I'm just
> Australian though. LOL! Might be similar with wide open spaces. Hey I've just realised you come from the same place as my mother. I've been there!
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Books about modern American life.
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Re: I was yarning on about Larry Mc Murtry's version of Texas actually. LOL!
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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thanks. Im staying in Dallas with relatives who are immigrants to Texas and the US. So I will probably see the high tech side of things. Its a shame because with malls etc, the whole world might ending up looking the s…
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Books about modern American life.
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Re: They're hard to find, but Sarah Bird's early novels
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
I must say that the idea of chick lit at this time (when I'm busy) is tempting. I popped into the local library and took three Sarah Brid's- one you recommended...not the boyfriend club and one that was published last y…
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Books about modern American life.
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Re: I was yarning on about Larry Mc Murtry's version of Texas actually. LOL!
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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> > Since my own ideas about Texas are
> > virtually completely composed of
> snippets > of Larry's novels my post
> looked a bit > stupid and ignorant I
> thought. It was also > horribly long.
> It was eit…
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Books about modern American life.
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Re: They're hard to find, but Sarah Bird's early novels
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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> Alamo House and The Boyfriend School, set
> among the students and hipsters of the
> university town of Austin, make a charming
> introduction to Texas. The Boyfriend
> School especially, which is kind of a mor…
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Books about modern American life.
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Re: I was yarning on about Larry Mc Murtry's version of Texas actually. LOL!
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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> Since my own ideas about Texas are
> virtually completely composed of snippets
> of Larry's novels my post looked a bit
> stupid and ignorant I thought. It was also
> horribly long. It was either erasure or
>…
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
> On a side note I was told to watch a
> program called Dallas Divas and Daughters
> (or something close to that) and it was
> hysterically funny to me because it
> reminds me of some women I know.
I m…
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
Also curious about the irrelevant comment.
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
I think I"ve set an impossible task. Sorry I'm just keen to read stuff before I go. I would be hard pushed to think of a book that captures modern New Zealand. All the recommendations so far sound good. I read a good…
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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I"m going to the United States for a visit soon and wanted to start reading fiction that depicts American life. I"m mainly going to Texas, maybe Florida and New York. Can anyone recommend any good books set in America …
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What's everyone reading on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October?
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Re: The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (excerpt follows)
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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I"m read The Emperor's children too. got distracted by a thriller. but I'm really enjoying it. I got up to the part where Murray viewed Danielle in a different light when she came to dinner. I'm encouraged to keep going…
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Reading Challenge: 6 books, 6 countries, 6 continents (location challenge)
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Re: Two more read for Asia
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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> oh really? i didnt know that. i read it
> just as the movie came out haha so.
> um also too if people like the kite runner
> another book by that author set in
> afghanistan is a thousand splendid suns
> w…
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Reading Challenge: 6 books, 6 countries, 6 continents (location challenge)
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Re: Reading Challenge: 6 books, 6 countries, 6 continents (location challenge)
newgirl360
14 yrs ago
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I would be keen to do this. I will try to do by the end of 2009 but I might end up going into 2010. Is that okay? I teach people from different countries so I'm going to start by picking books from the countries of thos…
newgirl360
15 yrs ago
| 17 replies
Hi
I know there is a thread somewhere which mentions this but I can't find it. Can anyone recommend a good way to record what books they have read - online or otherwise? I really want to keep a record as I read so ma…
