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wing6of8wing 1 wk ago | 1 replies
That will make it much easier for me to participate. I got confused because of the mention of the 21st/BookCrossing Day in the middle of the post.

wing6of8wing 1 wk ago | 1 replies
BCinDC will have a booth at the Festival giving away hundreds of registered books. It will be a wild and crazy good time. Here is the official blurb about the festival: Sunday, April 21, 11-4 17th annual Kensington Da…

wing6of8wing 1 wk ago | 3 replies
I am hopeful of getting a chance to read during the readathon. BUT, April 21st from 10 am EDT to 5 pm EDT, the local BCinDC group will be manning a booth at the Kensington Day of the Book Festival where we hope to give a…

wing6of8wing 1 wk ago | 1 replies
I got a bit distracted for some reason, but will be trying to get it mailed by the end of the month. I hope to post a list of the starting contents this weekend. Please let me know if you have an issue with the order …

wing6of8wing 1 wk ago
ROMANIA -- I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits is a novel follows Hasidic Jewish characters from their childhood in Romania during the Holocaust to France to New York City in 2000s. A difficult read for me. https://www.boo…

wing6of8wing 3 wks ago
Excited that I had a book for Canada on the shelf -- Still Life by Louise Penny. https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16834725 I am a little late getting to this series, but so delighted to have read the first one at la…

wing6of8wing 3 wks ago
Can you tell me a little more about the China book? I really want to find and read a book about Gladys Aylward. My all-time favorite movie is The Inn of the Sixth Happiness with Ingrid Bergman portraying Gladys Aylward (…

wing6of8wing 3 wks ago
A little bit of a different read, a nonfiction account about the nonprofit organization created by the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. The Green Belt Movement, by Wangari Maathai. https://www.bookcrossing.com/journ…

wing6of8wing 1 mo ago
USA is the easiest one in many ways, so I decided to try to be picky about what I assigned for this one. My book group just read a nonfiction book by the governor of my state (Maryland) and I decided that was the ideal c…

wing6of8wing 1 mo ago | 5 replies
This is bound to be long-winded and a little quirky, so you have been warned. Short summary -- got Around the World in a Bad Mood back today. https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15536437 In April 2020 I had tickets t…

wing6of8wing 1 mo ago
I am determined to finish the challenge this year and have been including audiobooks of the ones on my MT. TBR so that I can ear-read while I sew. I found a copy of Doctored Evidence by Donna Leon, following Commisario G…

wing6of8wing 1 mo ago
Vatican City features in two separate chapters in Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (also published as Animal, Vegetable, Criminal). https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17119974. Since it is the smallest nation on earth,…

wing6of8wing 1 mo ago | 12 replies
New year, new round! I will start off with the list of people who have expressed an interest already and can add participants and adjust the order as needed. I will warn repeat participants that most of the books I wi…

wing6of8wing 1 mo ago
I don't know if I am really going to count these or not, but for now I am adding the fictional world of Porto Coriol from A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, an audiobook from the library. https://www.goodreads.…

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago | 1 replies
The New Noah by Gerald Durrell. https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17041554 SqNutZips (Zippy) passed along this book to me for this challenge. It was an interesting look at many exotic animals, some of which I had nev…

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
I had intended this for #36 last year because I knew it would be a quick read, I just got bogged down in #35 and never finished it -- plus I was frantically sewing Christmas gifts. I picked it up for this year and had a …

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
Bon Voyage, Mr. President -- https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8285144 A small book shared with me by meganh at the Uncon in NZ. Although the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is from Colombia, none of the 4 stories in…

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
I read 20 Love Poems by Pablo Neruda for Chile, since he is the quintessential Chilean writer. This was a small book shared with me by meganh at the Uncon at Waiheke Island. https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17022311 …

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
Well, since you are in again, I will pass along the books I read as they come up. Already have Uganda in the bag for the next meet-up. Also Chile, but you read that one before me.

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
I agree -- colonies/imperial possessions are outdated and each has a distinct culture that is very different from France and is likely very much related to where in the world it is located.

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
I am so sorry to hear about your mum. I know that most of your time has been focused on caring for her, which makes her passing more impactful. Hugs to you!

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
I am so sorry to hear about your mum. I know that most of your time has been focused on caring for her, which makes her passing more impactful. Hugs to you!

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
Tropical Fish by Doreen Baingana https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15133576 has been on my TBR shelf unnoticed for several years. I only realized it was set in Africa when I was scouring my TBR for books to use for th…

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
Gory, I was going to list A Psalm for the Wild-Built on my list as well. Such a lovely book. Also up there for me was The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet also by Becky Chambers, which I read first and which prompted …

wing6of8wing 2 mos ago
I have already started one that will count and I have another that was set aside to finish up 2023. I am not going to count the one I started for #35 in 2023, although I will be trying to finish it shortly. ETA -- I w…

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