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I received a large order of bookplates... and they came preprinted with registration numbers and my username. But I haven't a clue how to use these. Under the Home tab, I only see how to have the computer generate a nu…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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some books to be given away, first come, first serve
I am trying to find new readers for the following books (I can only mail within the USA): Charles Finch: A Death in the Small Hours; Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter; Lynnda Pollio: Trusting the Currents; Henry J…
Although I am not going to finish my challenge, I do keep plugging away! I have now finished:
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (d = free choice; this was requested by another bookcrosser...)
Disappearing Earth by Ju…
Catching up!
Have finished:
Madame Fourcade's Secret War by Lynne Olsen (a = book group pick)
11/22/63 by Stephen King (a = book group pick, a brick of 849 pages, one reason I am behind projections!!)
Kopp Si…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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[CLOSED] ABC Authors Book Rings - US version - Letter X
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X authors on the move
I have mailed the box (yesterday) to Florida for Dove-i-libri....Obviously I couldn't Monday because it was a holiday! tracking # 9549 0158 3721 9288 2531 22
Already mid-October... but joining in. I didn't quite make SIY #49, but that is no reason not to take on another challenge! I have a year-long goal of 70 books and am way behind. But let me be modest in my self challe…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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[CLOSED] ABC Authors Book Rings - US version - Letter X
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X authors
First, I apologize for not letting everyone know I had received the X books! I took out one, French Concession by Xiao Bai, and I did acknowledge that on its own page, but I completely forget the next step. Meanwhile,…
well it is the last day of September, so I didn't quite make goal, but I came close! I finished THe Bells by Richard Harvell (category d: books recommended by friends) and A Taste for Vengeance: Inspector Bruno #11 by…
I'm not sure I ever mentioned that I finished Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (category b: mystery); also just finished Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it All by Jonas Jonasson (category c: books from other b…
I have finished The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukerjee (c=books received from other bookcrossers).
I have just finished Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Halprin (category e: other) and still working on The Emperor of All Maladies. Meanwhile, will begin the second Maisie Dobbs mystery, Birds of a Feather by Jacqueli…
I have finished The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (c: book from another bookcrosser); working my way through the fine non-fiction but demanding Emperor of All Maladies but will begin another novel for the need-to-be-immersed…
So I quickly finished The Tatooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris and am now beginning two new books, both of which will be category c (books from other bookcrossers): The Snow Child by Eowyn Iver and The Emperor of all…
I have finished After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry (a = library challenge bingo). Am now reading The Tatooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (d = books recommended by friends).
I finished rThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (e) as well as the huge challenge of Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (a). I have also just finished another book for the library summer challenge (re…
For July so far I have completed: Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag (a: book for the local library challenge); Your'e Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner (e: other); and Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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[CLOSED] ABC Authors Book Rings - US version - Letter W
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I have received the W author books
Nicely packaged and two enticing choices. I have taken out Ruth Ware's The Lying Game. I am just starting my contribution, but it shouldn't take long. Will message Heartthumper to get the address for my package soon t…
Just tried to do this and lost it, so I'll start over! Will aim for 18 books this quarter:
a) four books to complete my local library adult reading Bingo challenge
b) three mysteries
c) 4 books from other bookcrosser…
Last day of the quarter, and I did finish my last book projected!! The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen... winner of the Pulitzer Prize and many others! Great book, great way to finish!
A book I finished a couple of weeks ago but left off the last post: Unsavory Truth by Marion Nestle, which I put in category (d) others (it is a nonfiction about how the food industry interferes with true science). I h…
I have finished The Confessions of Max Tivoli. This was sent to me by another bookcrosser, so that finishes that part of the challenge,. Next up: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, for one of my book groups, counting as a free…
Heading out of the country for a week, but finished up two books yesterday: Unsavory Truth by Marion Nestle (a non-fiction free choice, so category d in my goals) and a good thriller: XO by Jeffery Deaver, which will c…
I have finished The Limehouse Text by Will Thomas and counting it as a mystery, so 2 out of 3 for that goal so far! Next up is XO by Jeffrey Archer. Although it is a mystery/thriller, I will count it as one of the book…
I have just finished Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. This came from another bookcrosser, but I am going to tally it as my first "award'winning book" (a). Will now start a mystery: The Limehouse Text by Will Th…
I have just finished book #8 for this quarter, Warlight, by Michael Ontdaatje. It is a free choice/other, (d). Will do an award-winning book next....