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When you have a good book on the go does it colour your whole day?
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good books make me grumpy
kalie
14 yrs ago
because I usually stay up way past my bedtime to keep reading and then spend the next day tired. I do that all the time.
kalie
16 yrs ago
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Hello! I am in Brazil for a few months for work, and I don't want to bring all of my English novels home when I leave. I was wondering if any Brazilian bookcrossers would be interested in taking them? I don't have a list…
kalie
16 yrs ago
for my family until the tree falls down. Sorry you lost your ornaments though, that really is a heartbreak.
kalie
16 yrs ago
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A French press will make
> a nice cup, but their is some evidence of
> unhealthy components.
I haven't heard anything about this before, could you explain? Merci
ETA: "Flavored" coffee (eg vanilla or
> peppe…
kalie
16 yrs ago
I heard him read from his book "The Piano Man's Daughter" a few years back. And I also saw the Dalai Lama.
kalie
16 yrs ago
The Taj Mahal, the Colosseum and the Great Wall. I really think Angkor Wat in Cambodia should have made the list too.
kalie
16 yrs ago
I second Powell's, I like how there is a mix of used and new books all mushed together. I once found an old guide to Angkor Wat published in the 1970s there for only 5 dollars, quite a find!
kalie
16 yrs ago
I'm lucky to be in Paris for work and tonight I went down to the Eiffel Tower to watch some wonderful fireworks. The weather was beautiful, it was a great day.
kalie
16 yrs ago
I know other people have mentioned him already, but I have to mention him again. I really enjoyed "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World". Ryu Murakami is another good writer. A…
Chit-Chat
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10 things we didn't know last week....(or maybe you did)
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Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking 5 litres of cooking oil
kalie
17 yrs ago
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a year! That's just gross....
kalie
17 yrs ago
Take care of yourself and keep strong.
kalie
17 yrs ago
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I have bits and pieces of airmiles with different airline programs. For the ones I won't be able to accumulate enough to actually use for flights, I donate my spare miles to charity. Very easy to do and very much appreci…
kalie
17 yrs ago
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I think that's also the longest book I've read. It was good though, so it felt alot shorter.
Chit-Chat
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Sooo... Where are some of the strangest places you've slept (or awaken)?
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On a Korean grave
kalie
17 yrs ago
I've slept beside those Korean graves on the sides of mountains that look like mounds of earth covered by grass. When I lived in Korea and used to go rock climbing with my Korean friends, we'd often camp next to those gr…
Book Talk
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What is the first sentence of the first book you opened up to read in 2007?
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"It is sensible to let oneself be pushed around by Fate"
kalie
17 yrs ago
from the book One foot in Laos, by Dervla Murphy.
kalie
17 yrs ago
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Anyone interested in joining a bookring for this book? It tells a story of what might have happened if the Black Plague had killed most of the population of Europe, and Buddhist and Islamic societies became dominant cult…
kalie
17 yrs ago
is a modern book based on the Mahabharata by Shashi Tharoor that I really enjoyed.
Another good author is Khushwant Singh, who wrote "Delhi: A Novel" and "Train to Pakistan", both are excellent.
John Irving wrote "A…
kalie
17 yrs ago
That is also my favourite. Runner up is Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
kalie
17 yrs ago
I'd like to do something where I would get to hang out with the elephants.
kalie
17 yrs ago
is the group that meets up in Ottawa. Not too far away for you hopefully!
kalie
17 yrs ago
Why does the Italian team always have such awful hair? WHY?
I like the Korean team uniform by the way.
kalie
17 yrs ago
and read it last week. It is ok.
kalie
17 yrs ago
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I loved the fact that the characters were hopeful and real even
> though the premise was so "out there".
I agree, the characters are very normal in some ways, despite their obvious abnormalities.
I've wanted to r…
