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loribee
3 yrs ago
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Please can someone recommend books to help a 5 year old (and a 9 year old) cope with parents separating? Many thanks for suggestions.
loribee
6 yrs ago
I came on the boards hoping to find a London meet up in the next two weeks.
loribee
6 yrs ago
I'm in London but don't quite get it, tell more please!
loribee
6 yrs ago
I occasionally put books in one in Stirchley, Birmingham. I don't know whether it's a registered one or not.
Conventions and Meetings
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Thank you to the 'Back In Brum' Uncon Committee
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RE: Thank you to the 'Back In Brum' Uncon Committee
loribee
7 yrs ago
Huge thanks to everyone involved in the thoughtful and efficient organisation! A wonderful weekend which has brought me, a somewhat lapsed BookCrosser, back into the fold! I have new friends, great memories and a pile of…
loribee
7 yrs ago
Finished this yesterday, a quirky story about an offbeat family, a little reminiscent of I Capture the Castle, a children's book with some ironic asides to enjoy. I'd not come across this author before. Enjoyable light r…
loribee
7 yrs ago
Local theatre is putting on an adaptation of The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips at the end of the year. I thought I'd read it before putting it in a Little Library and did so today. Having been to Slapton in South Devon …
loribee
8 yrs ago
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and find GoryDetails, vicar-of-dibley and AwesomeAud's names here. Where did everyone go?!
loribee
8 yrs ago
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it was lemonade but colloquially called 'pop' especially to, and by, children. Since some people made a still lemonade at home the shop bought type was sometimes specified as 'fizzy lemonade'. Nowadays there is such a va…
loribee
9 yrs ago
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Any ideas please for a 10 year old whose reading ability is much higher than 10. Many YA titles have inappropriate content so any suggestions, especially UK published books, would be welcome. Thanks!
loribee
9 yrs ago
I read the one set in Australia, liked H H, was enjoying it at first but the ending decided me to read no more.
loribee
9 yrs ago
I read the one set in Australia, liked H H, was enjoying it at first but the ending decided me to read no more.
loribee
9 yrs ago
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A friend is looking for books suitable for a child who has high reading ability but is too young for Young Adult books. If anyone can suggest books, especially published in UK that would be great, thanks!
loribee
9 yrs ago
For escapism like a warm hug I usually go back to Jilly Cooper's racy novels set in mythical Rutshire.
loribee
9 yrs ago
The first book I have read by Val McDermid. Complex plot about a serial killer targeting crime writers. If you enjoy Jeffrey Deaver's books I think you'll also like this. Gory and gripping.
loribee
10 yrs ago
There is a poetry reading by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and other authors at 2.30 Friday afternoon. It is to draw attention to prisoners not being allowed to receive books. Any London BXers able to be there?
loribee
10 yrs ago
Just read this book of selected letters sent to Jennifer Worth who wrote 3 books about her experiences. It includes the warm friendly replies she sent to the writers, as she did to everyone who wrote to her. It also expl…
loribee
10 yrs ago
I just checked my own joining date, having been too inactive for too long, and find I missed by 10th anniversary completely, and my 11th early this month. Time I got going again I think.
loribee
10 yrs ago
No, I didn't but a friend went and has her programme signed by all the Fab Four.
loribee
10 yrs ago
On sale in Selfridges Birmingham UK last year. I almost bought it, wish I had. 11 copies listed, 9 Travelling and 2 To Be Read. The book is non-fiction, it would be interesting to see how the tv series compares with the …
loribee
10 yrs ago
thinking that a university lecturer in possession of a pile of paperwork must be in want of a holiday.
A Weekend with Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly
Chit-Chat
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When should Christmas Lights be taken down?
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RE: They should stay until 12th night, which is today
loribee
11 yrs ago
Hi Fellraven, I took mine down on 6th January as did my mother & grandmother. I think it was something about it being unlucky to keep the evergreens and mistletoe up after 6th!
loribee
11 yrs ago
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My local supermarket has, since removing mince pies for sale on 1st January, displayed packets of chocolate mini-eggs, chocolate bunnies and even hot cross buns.....................
I heard something said on the radi…
loribee
11 yrs ago
Hull, which has a telephone system uniquely independent of British Telecom, has gone one further and painted a telephone box gold for one of the boxers who lives there.
loribee
11 yrs ago
After struggling to give out 48 last year this year I found the 25 disappeared very quickly.I gave some away on buses, to neighbours and in shops. Oddly shoppers were very reluctant (suspicious even!) but people behind …
