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wingcrimson-tidewing 1 wk ago
for your monthly RABCK book, The Years by Annie Ernaux

wingcrimson-tidewing 2 wks ago
for The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam and also for the bookplates and postcards enclosed

wingcrimson-tidewing 2 wks ago | 1 replies
for My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem and also for a lovely extra wish list book, Tin Man by Sarah Winman

wingcrimson-tidewing 4 wks ago | 5 replies
Hi Boekentrol I use both Arukiyomi‘s latest 1001 spreadsheet (v7.1) and the web page engelsman mentions: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-2018 Both of these contain the combined list of all b…

wingcrimson-tidewing 4 wks ago
Please enter me for a wishlist book. And thank you for your generosity. 🙂


wingcrimson-tidewing 1 mo ago | 1 replies
Yes please, I’m very interested in this one. Thanks for offering it, greenbadger. And perhaps it’s time to alter the thread heading from January?? 😉

wingcrimson-tidewing 2 mos ago
for Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson. And also for the postcard and bookplates. 🙂

wingcrimson-tidewing 2 mos ago
for The Colony by Audree Magee. Our packages must have crossed paths mid continent. 😀


wingcrimson-tidewing 2 mos ago | 1 replies
Rachel tagged me a couple of posts down, and no-one has been tagged since then. I think jeniwren’s post may have bee in error? She hasn’t tagged me as far as I’m aware. So it is still to go to Rach260.

wingcrimson-tidewing 2 mos ago
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/17090298 A wonderful and powerful book. I thought this was a re-read, but turns out it wasn’t. However I had previously (mistakenly) i…

wingcrimson-tidewing 2 mos ago
for Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. And also thanks for the surprise wish list RABCK (Frankissstein) as a hitchhiker. Lovely. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

wingcrimson-tidewing 3 mos ago
for Four Modern Short Novels: containing one each by Leo Tolstoy, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, and Franz Kafka.

wingcrimson-tidewing 3 mos ago
with Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. There . . . that wasn't such a long wait now, was it... And a Happy New Year to you too. ;-D

wingcrimson-tidewing 3 mos ago | 1 replies
The Child in Time by Ian McEwan Library Audiobook Ian McEwan can be a bit hit and miss for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It is one of his earlier novels and although fairly short, packs in a number of comp…


wingcrimson-tidewing 3 mos ago | 1 replies
Will reduce my target slightly this year to 15 books. Starting total is 286. Thanks for organising this again, engelsman.

wingcrimson-tidewing 3 mos ago
Faces in the Water by Janet Frame https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2462644 An extraordinary book from an extraordinarily gifted writer, and made even more so as written from personal knowledge and experience. …

wingcrimson-tidewing 4 mos ago
Yes, please add my name to the list. Thanks for offering it, Icila. And wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

wingcrimson-tidewing 4 mos ago | 1 replies
The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway Not registered. A lovely straightforward story told with skill and without any of Hemingway’s macho-man style. A true classic. This was a re-read, so my total remains …


wingcrimson-tidewing 4 mos ago | 2 replies
The first in the 1001 list by publication date and has remained there through all 1001 editions. A real classic in more ways than one. My copy is a hardcover published in 1933 and is not registered on BC. It was award…

wingcrimson-tidewing 4 mos ago
[[with The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This story is in a book with three other novellas. It's a little tatty but still perfectly readable. Hope that is OK? I am still reading it at the moment but should be able to send it …


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