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Welcome to the Twenty-First (yes 21st!) Set It Yourself Reading Challenge (SIY 21), July to September 2012
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Wow, sorry for the typos
Stray letters tend to jump together (or run away) when you're focused on tidying up other parts of the sentence ;)
Very enjoyable, and highly recommended, if you enjoy foodie memoirs.
Now to see how much of Champagne for One I can finish this weekend. Hubbie has a high school reunion tomorrow, so I doubt I'll have much time then.
travelled via BookMooch, and shows up several years later in Czech Republic!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5771184/
Pleased to get this journal and a new member (who sounds like perhaps he'd already heard of …
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Welcome to the Twenty-First (yes 21st!) Set It Yourself Reading Challenge (SIY 21), July to September 2012
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¶ Reading
Champagne for One by Rex Stout. I picked this up at a book festival (where we had a BC table) back in the spring. It was one of the few leftover books, and I thought it would make a nice wild release. But I've never r…
Be sure to read the comments at the bottom - many of them are about books.
ETA - Weird, I just tried to go back to the article and I got Invalid Link this time.
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn. The author enrolls at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, and I'm reading about the Superior course, t…
but a lapsed BCer as well. Nice catch!
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8/16 - 8/17 What are you reading?
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Still reading The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
by Kathleen Flinn. The author took the opportunity when her job was eliminated, to enroll in Le Cordon Bleu. I'm about half finished and am enjoying her tales of strife in the kitchen, magnificent meals, new friends an…
Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn.
The author's middle-management job was eliminated while she was on vacation, so she takes that opportunity (and her severence pack…
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Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th August - what are you reading, where are you in the book and in real life?
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I've left Bhutan and am preparing to go to Paris
I've just finished Buttertea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya by Britta Das, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
I'm getting ready to start The Sharper the Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears at the W…
I've read and thoroughly enjoyed Buttertea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya. The author volunteers to spend a year working in a physiotherapy clinic in Bhutan, near India. She deals with deprivations of workin…
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Welcome to the Twenty-First (yes 21st!) Set It Yourself Reading Challenge (SIY 21), July to September 2012
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¶ Finished book #7
I've finished Buttertea at Sunrise. Wonderful memoir about the author's experience in Bhutan, where she volunteered at a physiotherapy clinic for a year, and dealt with the deprivations in a remote corner of the world.
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13 August, what are you reading and does it feature any reptiles?
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Buttertea at Sunrise:
A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya by Britta Das. Nope, no reptiles here, although there have been dogs, and there are probably yaks around. The story is set in a hospital, as the author is a physiotherapist who has volunte…
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Welcome to the Twenty-First (yes 21st!) Set It Yourself Reading Challenge (SIY 21), July to September 2012
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Re: Kathi Appelt
Keeper by Kathi Appelt. I loved her earlier book, The Underneath, and she has also written a book for kids on writing poetry that is very good.She also wrote a book called Down Cut Shin Cree…
a conch signalled the start of a new day.
the first sentence of the prologue
and the first sentence of the first chapter -
Massive monsoon clouds loom before us, barring the path and drowning our sight.
from But…
Since I'm too lazy to try to Google for these results, I thought I'd try here since I know BCers know everything.
There were a couple of stories I heard about certain athletes/events that I wondered how they turned …
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Not a catch (Now the book's been caught, read, an amusing JE (well I think so) and rehung)
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Ok, curiosity satisfied ;)
Thanks for the response, Goldenwattle.
The book is tied on a long piece of string and is swaying in the breeze. One end is high up on the sign and hangs down.Makes more sense now. I'll b…
Has she read any Agatha Christie yet? Even though these are short, there should be enough there to keep her busy for a while.
I keep a list of books caught on my profile. These are the ones caught from current releases.
Penguins
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10515055/
This is from an existing member, who joined as a result of the s…
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Not a catch (Now the book's been caught, read, an amusing JE (well I think so) and rehung)
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Ok, I'm nosy
I have several questions - did he wonder or ask why you were tying a book to a sign? Did he happen to take notice of the title of the book? (Loved the themed release ;)
And, having looked at your pic, the book seems…
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11th and 12th August,the final weekend of the London Olympics. What are you reading and is there an Olympic connection?
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Still reading A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
I'd started this about a week ago, and then it got shoved aside to read a couple of other books during the week. Now it's back front and center to finish up (just passed the halfway point, so I'll still be reading this …
I signed her up for bookcrossing a few years agoMake a note on her profile that she's your daughter, refer her pm's to you (if you haven't already), and build her a wishlist. Those of us who…
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Welcome to the Twenty-First (yes 21st!) Set It Yourself Reading Challenge (SIY 21), July to September 2012
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¶ Starting my next challenge book
Buttertea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya by Britta Das.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7894344/
It's still local, but I was happy to hear from it :)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5066129/
I see she just joined back in June, journalling several books she picked up at Gaithersburg.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10492861/
