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🌏 Zoom International BookCrossing UnConvention 2021
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RE: 🌏 Zoom International BookCrossing UnConvention 2021
candy-is-dandy
3 yrs ago
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Thanks, MissMarkey for letting me know about this.
What a good idea. I hope to attend some of the events, meet up (remotely) with people I haven't seen for a long time, and meet others from around the world.
candy-is-dandy
3 yrs ago
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15981254?rel=1#5
The CHILDREN of Men by P.D. James
candy-is-dandy
3 yrs ago
I hope I've got it right. I've been meaning to join in for some time and have finally got the right book to hand.
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8109299
Not The End of The WORLD by Kate Atkinson
Conventions and Meetings
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🇬🇧 London Meet Up Saturday 25th May 2019 - The Feathers Pub
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RE: 🇬🇧 London Meet Up Saturday 25th May 2019
candy-is-dandy
5 yrs ago
I am hoping that I can come to this meet. I haven't seen many of you for some time. Is anyone up for box loads of books?
candy-is-dandy
8 yrs ago
The Next Step in the Dance by Tim Greatreaux 170 pages
The Terminal Velocity of Cat by Carol Westron 268 pages
The Road Home by Rose Tremain 370 pages
Who Killed The Vicar? by Chris Martin 72 pages
April Tota…
candy-is-dandy
8 yrs ago
Le Bal by Irene Nemirovsky 106 pages
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson 376 pages
Who Killed The Vicar? by Chris Martin 180 pages
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 203 pages
The Velv…
candy-is-dandy
8 yrs ago
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent 203 pages
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snickett 260 pages
The Awakening by Kate Chopin 192 pages
N is for Noose by Sue Grafton 323 pages
Total f…
candy-is-dandy
8 yrs ago
Delayed Stats reporting - year thundering by too fast.
How to be Both by Ali Smith 324 pages
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett 327 pages
The Odyssey by Homer 52 pages
Total for July (MTD): 703
Year so far (Y…
candy-is-dandy
8 yrs ago
I am several months behind in recording my stats - trying to catch up now so please look at old monthly threads. Thanks.
August stats to come.............
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Just realised I never posted this data for February:
A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan 91pp
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 35pp
I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali & Delphine Minoui 79pp
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candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
The Spider Truces by Tom Connolly 46pp
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym 298pp
On The Run by Iris Johansen 200pp
Who Killed The Vicar? (a script) by Chris Martin 72pp
The Next Step in the Dance by Tim Greatreaux 22…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 201 pages
Three Plays by David Tristram: The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish; Last Tango in Little Grimley & Joining the Club 82 pages
Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym 283…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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100 Oxford Convention labels WINNERS
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RE: 100 Oxford Convention labels to be won
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Look out for my PM.
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
... by the skin of her teeth.
I had to select my final books of the year very carefully to maximise my chances of reaching this target. I had over 400 pages to go and only 5 days to do it in. I haven't had as much re…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
i will be participating again this year. Thank you kiwiinengland.
Having scraped through and achieved my target for 2014 (just) I will keep the same 15,000 page target for 2015.
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Fitting The Bill by David Yates 633
Do Not Pass Go by Tim Moore 117
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 146
The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard 393
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 45
MTD: 1334 pages read
YTD…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Fitting The Bill by David Yates 336
Rabbit at Rest by John Updike 172
Do Not Pass Go by Tim Moore 227
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 22
MTD: 757 pages ( a slow month)
YTD: 12451 pages
83% of 15,000 target
Book Talk
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September 2014 - pages read challenge
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candy-is-dandy's Sept Stats (late reporting, again)
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Managed to read a reasonable number of pages in September as I was on holiday for 10 days.
October not looking very healthy - too busy :-(
Fitting The Bill (script) by David Yates 102
M is for Malice by Sue Grafton…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard 113 pages
Strip Jack by Ian Rankin 291 pages
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul by Shamini Flint 295 pages
1984 by George Orwell 355 pages
The Books…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Late to report in this month. Here are my July reading stats.
The Bookshop That Floated Away by Sarah Henshaw 267 pages
Time and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn 68 pages
Baptism by Max Kinnings 490 pages
Tuesdays W…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
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Hi, I'm visiting Edinburgh 5th - 8th August for the Festival & Fringe. Was also planning to visit the Book Festival but have just discovered that it doesn't start til the day after I leave - clever, eh?
However, it l…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
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Pages read in June: A slow start but picked up a bit while away for last week in June:
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (62)
A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester (170)
The Old …
Book Talk
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What are you reading to start the month, Sun 1st and Mon 2nd June?
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RE: What are you reading to start the month, Sun 1st and Mon 2nd June?
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Reading it for my bookgroup, someone else's choice, and I didn't have a copy on my bookshelves which quite surprised me, so I had to buy it (second-h…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
Picked up my reading this month so nearly back on track to achieve this year's goal (which is much reducded from last year's):
The Absolutist by John Boyne 205 pages
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith 176…
candy-is-dandy
9 yrs ago
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A Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh 53 pages
The Bat by Jo Nesbo 206 pages
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor 291 pages
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 268 pages
Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy 304 pages…
