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toatie69
17 yrs ago
ChristinaReads - Have you ever read one of Edith Warton's short stories called Paul's Case?
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Oh to live the life of the idle rich and eat strawberries dipped in champagne as avocated by Sebastian Flyte. The dreaming towers of Oxford. Rambling old country piles such as Brideshead (Castle Howard), Poroit's art …
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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I always seem to buy books set during the first 50 years of the 20th century, especially during the 1920's & 30's. Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh even Enid Blyton spring to mind here. I also love the Victorian period…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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You know the story - You go into a Bookstore/Online/Supermarket/2nd Hand/Local BC Meet etc. You are just itching to buy a book, you are completely surrounded by books, you are in complete book utopia - what makes that f…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
May all your books have many travels and on your travels may you find many books!
Welcome to Bookcrossing:) Hope you have a fab time:)
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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There is also an on going arguement that there should be an GB Team in future championships. I know that idea caused a huge furore up here (along with the ever raging arguement should Scotland support England in the wor…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Many thanks for my certificate:) It arrived yesterday and was a fab surprise when I got home from work:) ...
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Mine is split in to two parts. Toatie in Glasgow dialect means tiny/small (the 'a' is silent and is said as in toe ...)and in Bookcrossing I am but a very small person in a very large gigantic community:) 69, because th…
Chit-Chat
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Angelina and Brad... Next child to be Gettysburg?
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New Messsiah- What would you call Yours?
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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New Messaiah Was the translation I read. Bluebell Madonna beware ... your title for recently named newborn with wayout name has been taken ... Fifi Trixibelle and Peaches are just sooooo last century now:)
Now me ... I…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
I don't drink lager but if I did:)
toatie69
17 yrs ago
I love the current one that has been appearing during the UEFA Chamions League Cup Final ... looking forward to the world cup ... these are fun to watch:)Has anyone else seen them?
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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I finished my challenge:) ... Agatha Christie Biography was the last in my list ... I was so happy I started and finished another book in 2 hours ... I only bought the new book yesterday ... lol ... sending you a pm with…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Cogratulations on your fab news & belated happy birthday too:) ... Hope you get a gorgeous ring:) ... and remember age is only a concept of mind and a number on paper ... its how you feel inside counts:) Happy life toge…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Finally got to read all the msgs ... twilight zone ... not quite more Tales of The Unexpected along with the X-Files tune for me. Total drama queen ... at least I'm nearly finished by Agatha Christie Biog:) Hope everyo…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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Anyone else having techinical problems ... tried to add a journal entry just to be told that I don't exist in BC database and my bookcase has just vanished.
It gets better ... I can't read any replys to this post or any…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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They look lovely:)
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Thanks for that ... I'll have a look
Have you visited TexasWren's site? You
> could nominate Bookworminusall for the
> RABCK Roundup there.
> :)
> Um....well, I received a few surprises
> lately. One …
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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Ealier this year, I entered a RABCK for St Patrick's Day by Bookworminusall. I was lucky enough to be drawn and have the book of my choice sent to me:) ... However, I received a very special book that I had been hunting …
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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Ealier this year, I entered a RABCK for St Patrick's Day by Bookworminusall. I was lucky enough to be drawn and have the book of my choice sent to me:) ... However, I received a very special book that I had been hunting…
Book Talk
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Name a book that has to date proved almost impossible to find
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Strumpet City - A Stunning Surprise
toatie69
17 yrs ago
I had entered Bookworminusall's St Patrick Day's RABCK, and had chosen a book that sounded like a good read. Not only was it the first ever book I ever won, but she included a very special surprise of a 1969 (year of my…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
I never knew it was frowned upon ... I've done it on my own threads, but not to keep it profiled, but just out of good manners replying to others who took time out to post on my particular thread. it may be a mistake, it…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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*** CLOSED Birthday Postcards Please (International draw)*** CLOSED Winners announced
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Happy Birthday
toatie69
17 yrs ago
Wishing you a very happy birthday:)Hoe you received all your postcards:) ... As a result of this thread I'm now a member of postcrossing.com ... books, penpals, travelling notebooks and postcards ... what more can a girl…
toatie69
17 yrs ago
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I closed my eyes at that part ... but considering I have never read the book - I thought the film was very good. I have read Angels & Demons though:)
Chit-Chat
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Has anyone NOT read the Davinci Code yet?
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Re: Has anyone NOT read the Davinci Code yet?
toatie69
17 yrs ago
I haven't - I've seen it though ... I thought I was the only person who hadn't read it