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DrCris
15 yrs ago
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There are a number of books that I have either struggled with or failed to finish. If I don't finish it, it is usually because it just gets supplanted by something more interesting and falls to the back of the shelf. F…
DrCris
15 yrs ago
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My blog touches on bookcrossing. It also has some reviews, particularly of 1001 books, and some resouces for people looking to expand their reading. This includes recent prize lists and recommendations, and links to ot…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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AUS bookring: Giller winner - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (Vincent Lam)
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I have been lucky enough to get an ARC of this book that is about to be released in AUS. It has been released in Canada for a while and won the Giller prize in 2006. It is a series of interlinked stories about a group …
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Australia only bookray - Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albam
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Re: Australia only bookray - Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albam
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I am interested in this one please.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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The God of Small Things RING (AUS +/- INTL) - 1001 books/Booker Prize Winner
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I am offering up this book for a RING. This is on the 1001 books list and is also the 1997 Booker Prize Winner. The ring will start in AUS, but I am happy for it to travel INTL if someone is willing to post it. Please…
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I hope you have some time to concentrate on your recovery. Ignore the stresses and just concentrate on doing what you need to do. My prayers are with you!
Cris
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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CLOSED: AUSTRALIA ONLY - Happy Smile Day RABCK Sweepstake October 2007!
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Re: I wanted to be in Melbourne!!
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I know what you mean! I live in Melbourne, and wasn't able to make it. I thought unsettled 2 month old was not the accessory of choice...
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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CLOSED: AUSTRALIA ONLY - Happy Smile Day RABCK Sweepstake October 2007!
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Me too!
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I have resisted, but would like to join in this time
Release Challenges
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Reduce my TBR piles Challenge – 2007 ~ post SEPTEMBER stats here ...
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Can i join back in?
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I was in this challenge earlier this year, but slipped, and now I have too many books. Even more than I had last year!
Anyway, my reads for this month are:
Z for Zacariah - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/5436801
S…
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I must have just seen the title on "What are we currently reading" and it threw me. I will give it a go at some stage, but not get too fussed if it doesn't work out between us. :)
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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Hmm. This is the next bookring sitting on my list, and a lot of people prior to me have reacted this way to it....
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I enjoyed HP7, but got frustrated as I was reading it at small bites in order to get through it before someone told me what happened. I, too, decided to read the whole lot from the beginning. I have just lent HP1 to a …
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I bought this book because I saw it cheap and I recognised the title. It looks interesting, but I was sure I had been recommended it by someone or that it was on a must read list or something. I have looked through all…
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I love reading her:
Where the wild things are
Wocket in my Pocket
Hand, hand, Fingers, thumb
The very hungry caterpillar.
In the future I want her to read
Alice in Wonderland
Charlottes Web
Bridge to Terabithia…
DrCris
16 yrs ago
There is no way I will read my TBR at my current reading rate. All the books I got rid of through bookcrossing, I replaced with new books to read!
Book Talk
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Books as a profession: Do you work with books or would you like to have a book related job?
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OK I understand
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I must admit that putting all the books away is one of the less enjoyable parts of the experience. Luckily said daughter is now moving into a neat-freak stage. Away! Away!
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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It is slowly warming up.
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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So the order is (according to the official website):
The Eyre Affair
Lost in a Good Book
The Well of Lost Plots
Something Rotten.
(Which means I actually have 1 and 4, which is a pain)
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I have the Eyre Affair that I am just about to start reading. Anyway, I found another in a library sale yesterday. I realised when looking through it that these books have a chronological order, and I now have 1 and 3.…
DrCris
16 yrs ago
I am taking a bit to get into this as the narrator is a ghost (at the beginning - not a spoiler as it is made clear on the second page). I don't like ghosts as narrators, especially those with emissaries in the real wor…
Book Talk
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Books as a profession: Do you work with books or would you like to have a book related job?
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You don't like kids reading the books?
DrCris
16 yrs ago
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I have often wondered about this. My 18month old loves books, and I take her to the childrens section and she takes books off the shelves and asks me to read them to her (even better if there is a chair). Often I will …
DrCris
16 yrs ago
He read a website with suggestions on how to make reading a habit. The suggestion was to make one night a week a reading and music night. No TV at all. No computer. No other entertainment (music is allowed). He is not…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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AUS Ring: The Reading Bug - Paul Jennings
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Got jjlanes and RockDg9
DrCris
16 yrs ago
Looks like this bookring is going ahead. Other joiners are welcome, but I am going to stop at 10, so four places left.
