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Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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[OPEN UK only] Around the World Bookbox
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Book box 2 is on it's way to the next participant
I got it under 2kg, however if people put in heavy books and take out light ones, they might need to take 3 books out! (I think that was the problem)
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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🇬🇧 Wishlist Tag Game UK 🇬🇧
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RE: jax987654321 to be Tagged next
[[@jax987654321 Thank you for the Tag!
You owe Invisible Man to Clericalkinder 😉]]
Thanks. I'll get there in the end :)
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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🇬🇧 Wishlist Tag Game UK 🇬🇧
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I tag J4Shaw with if I had your face by Francis Cha
It is TBR, however I will move it to the top. (I still owe someone the Invisible man, which is proving to be a hard read for me ..... if it's you, I'll get there sometime!
Feel free to tag it forward as I lots to re…
Book Talk
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666 for 2024 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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Philippines, Asia. The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hagrave
I really enjoyed this book written for children. It is based on truth as all the best stories are. The story is about an island in the Philippines that was designated an island for people who had leprosy. Basically every…
Book Talk
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666 for 2023 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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Venezuela, South America, The Dolphin People, Torsten Krol
This is the story of a young German widow who travel to Venezuela to marry her brother in law. She takes her 2 young sons with her. They crash in the Amazon on the way to his work place and get taken in by a tribe. The …
Conventions and Meetings
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🇫🇮 Tampere Convention 2024: Not so secret (NSS) gift exchange
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I would love to join
Thanks for organising it
No idea what book I will bring yet,
Book Talk
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666 for 2024 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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India, Asia, La Tresse by Laetitia Colombani
I read this in French, so it took me sometime. It is the story of 3 women who are going through difficult times and how their lives intertwine. It goes from one woman to another, giving little bits of their stories. The …
Conventions and Meetings
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🇫🇮 Travelbuddies Tallin April 2024 (ferry ...)
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I have booked onto the 9am Ecko one
I am on my way to Riga, however will have a few hours again in Tallin as I couldn't risk the boat being late and missing the coach.
"Off the Map takes us to the ends of the earth to show us some of the most remarkable but least known places on the planet. But it also shows us that topophilia, the love of place, is a fundamental part of what it is to …
Book Talk
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666 for 2023 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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New Zealand, Pacific - Off the map by Alastair Bonnett
This is a fascinating book about places, lost places invisible places, forgotten Islands Feral places amongst other areas. The most fascinating and scary of these is "trash island" found by New Zealands airforce, which i…
Book Talk
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666 for 2024 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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USA - North America - Trump and Me by Mark Singer
Mark Singer didn't want to take on the assignment of profiling Trump, however he was told to do it by his publisher.
Although I did find some of the book funny, for the most part I found it sad and scary. I learnt a …
with the body in the library by agatha christie. It is to be read, however I will make it my next read.
Feel free to tag it forward.
Book Talk
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666 for 2024 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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Japan, Asia. Before the Coffee gets cold by Toshikiazu Kawaguchi
This is a story about a cafe where if you sit in a certain place, you can go back in time. There are a lot of rules which apply to this, one of which you have to make sure you drink the coffee before it gets cold. It is …
Book Talk
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2024 European Reading Challenge
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5. Italy -The Little Venice Bookshop by Rebecca Raisin
"When Luna loses her beloved mother, she's bereft" Her mother was her only family, and without her Luna feels restless. Then the chance discovery of a collection of letters in her mother's belongings send her on an unexp…
Book Talk
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666 for 2024 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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Italy (Europe) The Little Venice Bookshop by Rebecca Raisin
"When Luna loses her beloved mother, she's bereft" Her mother was her only family, and without her Luna feels restless. Then the chance discovery of a collection of letters in her mother's belongings send her on an unexp…
Conventions and Meetings
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🇬🇧 I will be in Brighton april 24 till april 27. Anyone fancy a meeting in the Queery?
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Sadly not,
I would love a trip to Brighton, however I'm either away or recovering from the Finland convention.
This is an updated version, still prior to COVID, however updated to 2019. It has 10 chapters on global politics (or Geopolitics) and discusses most areas of the world, except interestingly the area around Australia. It …
Book Talk
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666 for 2023 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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Chile, South Amerrica - Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
This is an updated version, still prior to COVID, however updated to 2019. It has 10 chapters on global politics (or Geopolitics) and discusses most areas of the world, except interestingly the area around Australia. It …
This bills itself as mystery, however it's no Agatha Christie. It follows a group of English Aristocrats from a posh country estate racing across England, France and Italy in ?1940's.
I have given this 8/10 because it…
Book Talk
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666 for 2024 - an around the world reading challenge [with bonus fictional world option]
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France, Europe, Blotto, Twinks and the great road race
This bills itself as mystery, however it's no Agatha Christie. It follows a group of English Aristocrats from a posh country estate racing across England, France and Italy in ?1940's.
I have given this 8/10 because i…
I have yet to sort out my schedule as my boss only approved my 2 weeks leave today. .I am planning to go back on the coach/train (depending on cost sadly!) via the eastern European route. I am planning to start planning/…
Conventions and Meetings
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🇫🇮 Travelbuddies Finland (Porvoo) and Baltic
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RE: RE: Baltic countries after the Convention
Yep ... I am planning to do both ways via coaches/trains etc (as cheaply as possible) and I have 2 weeks off.