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2nd and 3rd November - what are you reading query from wet/windy UK
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Re: Six Suspects - Vikas Swarup.
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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I've just finished reading Slumdog Millionaire (aka Q&A) and enjoyed it very much. Is this one as good?
Release Challenges
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LUCIA challenge Sept 2009 - *** PLEASE continue to post your catches here ***
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2 last minute releases
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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Here they are:-
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7466319/releasedone
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5427404/releasedone
Hope you make your target.
Release Challenges
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LUCIA challenge Sept 2009 - *** PLEASE continue to post your catches here ***
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Re: tabby and bee recorded. Can we do 235 in 6 days to make it 1000?
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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Just released one this morning. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7516803/releasedone
Hoping to do a couple more over the weekend.
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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I have set up a separate BCID 714 7454125 so that we can keep track of the box and see what's going in and out.
I will add Wizzbiz to the list of participants.
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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I'm really pleased to see so much interest in this so I will get it on its way asap. There are currently six books to start the box off and they weigh approx. 1.2kg so that should give you some idea of postage. I am rest…
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
I recently read his childhood memoirs 'My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle' which is also brilliant. You can see where he got his inspiration for his novels from.
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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Does anyone know if there's an audio book box doing the rounds at the moment. If not I may start one up so if you are interested please get in touch.
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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I recently watched this DVD and thought it was brilliant so I ordered the sequel 'Manon des Sources'. Then I realised that I had the original book on Mt. tbr so decided to read it before watching the second DVD. The book…
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
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When I heard that they were making this into a film I thought I'd better get on and read the book which had been sitting on my shelves for ages. I really enjoyed it so now I'm looking forward to seeing the film. Don't kn…
snoopy56
14 yrs ago
Hi Littlemissfire, I'm a Norfolk bookcrosser. I live towards the coast near Yarmouth. I know there are a few others around although not all a very active. Camis does a lot of wild releases. I released a book at Wroxham B…
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
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'Memoirs of a Curious Character' and 'Surely You Must be Joking, Mr Feynman' are two that spring to mind. The man was an absolute genius (which is also the title of his biography).
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
is one of my all time favourite reads. I couldn't get into 'The General in his Labyrinth' and I didn't finish 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' but I would recommend 'Memories of my Melancholy Whores'.
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
I got 19. The one I got wrong was accommodation. I'm generally a very good speller but I've always had a problem with 'double-letter' words.
Book Talk
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We Need to Talk About Kevin - have you read it?
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Re: Am I the only person who really liked the character of Eva?
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
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I felt I could sympathise with Eva. I'm a mother of two but I wouldn't call myself the maternal type although I love my kids to bits. When I finished reading this book I felt slightly 'There but for the grace of God...'.…
Book Talk
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What is your favorite non-fiction adventure book?
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Re: What is your favorite non-fiction adventure book?
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
What an interesting list. Capt. Joshua Slocum's 'Sailing Alone Around the World' is one of my favourite reads of all time.
Book Talk
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We Need to Talk About Kevin - have you read it?
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Re: We Need to Talk About Kevin - have you read it?
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
I thought this book was brilliant, one of the best books I'd read in ages and very thought provoking.
Book Talk
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Viking/Nordic historical fiction - any recommendations?
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The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
Synopsis
In fourteenth-century Greenland, a small Norse settlement struggles for survival through increasingly harsh winters, famine, witchcraft, and a tragic feud between the family of Asgeir Gunnarsson and one of his …
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
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I was lucky enough to visit New Orleans a few years ago and have since read a couple of books based in the city - 'Twelve Bar Blues' by Patrick Neate and 'Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole - both of which I en…
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
Oops, missed last week's weigh in. Today was significant since it is exactly one momnth since I started on the WII Fit programme and I am 1.2kg down from my starting weight which isn't a hell of a lot but is at least in …
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
which has been on Mt TBR since 1972. However, I have just finished and really enjoyed Anna Karenina so the prospect of W&P is maybe a little less daunting.
Book Talk
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The Telegraph list of 100 novels everyone should read ...
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Re: The Telegraph list of 100 novels everyone should read ...
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
I've read 28. I think it's a very interesting list. There are some books on there
that I intend to read in the near future but if I'm honest there are several that I will probably never get around to (Gulliver's travels…
Book Talk
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Do you really believe you'll read ALL the books on your Mt TBR in your lifetime?
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Re: Do you really believe you'll read ALL the books on your Mt TBR in your lifetime?
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
No way but I try not to think about it. It's too depressing!
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
I was away for a few days so missed this week's weigh in. When I got on the WII fit yesterday I had put on 1.7k ! However, my WII fit age had gone down from 57 to 33 (I am actually 52) so I must be doing something right.…
Book Talk
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January 14th and 15th - what are you reading and is it cold where you are?
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Just started 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
Wanted to read it before the film comes out. It is cold here in the French Alps which is to be expected. Actually the weather has been fantastic - bright sunshine, brilliant blue sky almost spring-like but we really need…
snoopy56
15 yrs ago
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I've just done my body test on the WII and have lost 1kg (2.2lb) since I started the programme just after new year. I'm not very good at dieting (as you may have guessed) so I'm relying mainly on exercise to shift the we…
