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I know with the new version there will be lots of questions but...
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midwinter
13 yrs ago
I'm in a panic here. I bought wings just to have "last journalled". I'm also dying w/out the "show only books in my possession" checkbox. Without those two features, I'm sunk. My BC useage revolves around those. *cries*
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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int'l bookray - The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
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Re: PMing
midwinter
15 yrs ago
Please feel free to send them my way :) The more, the merrier!
midwinter
15 yrs ago
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My book club is reviewing the book this Wednesday, and then my copy is free to travel. I noticed this is on quite a few wish lists, and my local library still has a backlog of at least 21 reserves, so this seems to be qu…
Chit-Chat
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Hey! After the election, maybe it will be Senator Sarah Palin! (U.S. political)
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speaking of senators...
midwinter
15 yrs ago
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I'm just hoping it'll still be *Senator* McCain ;)
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Calling all Food Network and memoir lovers (international bookring)
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Getting ready to mail
midwinter
15 yrs ago
I'll be sending this out later this week - anyone else want to join up before the book goes wild?
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Calling all Food Network and memoir lovers (international bookring)
midwinter
15 yrs ago
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Since The Chef Jeff project premieres next week, I thought this would be a great time to start a bookring for Chef Jeff's memoir. It's the story of a tough kid in South Central Los Angeles who becomes one of the area's m…
midwinter
15 yrs ago
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I just came across this on the lifehacker blog and thought it would be helpful to bookcrossers - a do-it-yourself guide to home book repairs - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~preserve/repair/repairindex.htm
I haven't had a …
midwinter
16 yrs ago
Thanks for the heads-up! I keep forgetting to check out the beta site :)
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I do a lot of book trading, and like to make release notes when sending my books off into the wild. To avoid spamming everyone in my local area w/ release alerts, I always use the "controlled releases" setting when enter…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I just stumbled upon this in a blog, but it sounded like the perfect event for bookcrossers. On April 17th, there's a call to donate teen/YA novels to North American hospitals for teen patients. They've got a slew of boo…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
I'm a huge fan of both Dream Theater and Rush, so they get my nods for favorites :)
A couple absolute gems:
http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/_/Hell%27s+Kitchen+%28LP+Version%29
http://www.last.fm/music/Rush…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
Anyone out there still need to read this classic bit of fantasy literature? I've got a copy that's been in my possession for FAR too long, and it needs to travel again.
First USA member to PM me with an address gets it…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I'm starting a bookray for one of my all-time favorite books. It's a young adult novel that weaves an intriguing web of space-faring and ancient cultures. The book centers around Kichebo, a cheetah with a peculiar black …
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I'm posting this on behalf of a friend. We were discussing discovering long-lost authors from our childhood, and realized we've both got books we remember vividly, but don't have a clue about the title or author. I asked…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
Spook Country by William Gibson. I'm far, far overdue for a Gibson fix :)
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I rarely think I could write one *better* than one I'm reading, but I do have 5 NaNoWriMo novels to my name :) Going for #6 this year, and maybe someday I'll actually try to polish up and submit one of the earlier ones…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
I've been extremely active on paperbackswap.com (and more recently bookmooch.com), but bookins is rapidly growing to be my favorite trading site. Yes, it does cost $3.99 to receive a book, but I no longer have to pay up…
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I'm midwinter-az over there :)
midwinter
16 yrs ago
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I'm up for meets, but I don't have much in the way of trade fodder just yet. Everything's TBR :)
As a sidenote, the Wilde Playhouse OBCZ is long gone. They closed up shop a couple of years ago, and I never heard a pe…
midwinter
17 yrs ago
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I'm hoping to add a few more participants before sending this ray out to travel. The book is Death: The High Cost of Living, a graphic novel from the extremely popular Sandman series. The book stands alone, so you don'…
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Int'l ray - Death: The High Cost of Living (Neil Gaiman)
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Re: Int'l ray - Death: The High Cost of Living (Neil Gaiman)
midwinter
17 yrs ago
Forgot to post the URL :)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3910683
midwinter
17 yrs ago
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I know Gaiman (and his Sandman series) are quite popular here, so I thought I would offer Death up as a bookray. It's a standard-sized graphic novel - long enough to be interesting, but short enough to not interfere wit…
midwinter
17 yrs ago
PMing you :)
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Firefly / Serenity fans - this one's for you! (int'l bookray)
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Reminder - PLEASE PM!
midwinter
17 yrs ago
This bookray keeps growing, and I'm afraid folks are going to fall throught the cracks. If you don't see your name on the shipping list in my profile, please, PLEASE send me a PM. I don't often check this thread, as I'…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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ISO BCer midwinter - you're next for Goodnight Nobody
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I replied
midwinter
17 yrs ago
Twice...looks like we're both having trouble. I'm on rabck.com, if that helps.
