Lytteltonwitch and Cathietay came round last night, and over a few pizzas we assembled the convention goody bags. Lytteltonwitch was in charge of putting the logos on the calico bags we made a month or so ago, using iron-on transfers she’d printed from her computer (isn’t technology wonderful?), while Cathietay, rarsberry and I made up…

Rarsberry, Skyring, and Mrs Skyring arrived last night. The Skyrings are staying at a motel, but we invited them to have dinner at our place last night, and we had a really fun evening (We even got to try some of the new chilli-flavoured Tim Tams! (They were… um… interesting. I didn’t think they really…

This week seems to be dragging interminably already, and it’s only just started (of course, when I remember the deadline I’ve got on Thursday for a Historical Linguistics assignment which I’ve only half-finished, it seems to be racing past!) It is getting very exciting, though. Every day envelopes are arriving in my letterbox with registration…

Well, the plan for this weekend was to go into town yesterday morning and do some last minute convention shopping, then to meet lytteltonwitch for lunch to discuss a few last minute details, and then the rest of the weekend was to be devoted to getting the house cleaned up for the various visitors arriving…

Another contribution to the convention arrived today: a box of books from Sherlockfan in Wellington. She wanted to come to the convention, but couldn’t make it, so she sent some books to be released on her behalf instead. It was an interesting mix of books she sent: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters…

Ok, so it’s technically still 8 days until the *official* start of the NZBC convention, but it feels like it’s started, because I just met the first delegate to arrive, Mundoo. She’s come over from Australia a week early to do a bit of exploring of New Zealand before the actual convention, and she asked…

This weekend was dedicated to getting as much ready for the convention as possible (because next weekend will probably be dedicated to getting the house into a fit state for visitors). Number one major task was to finally get round to registering the rest of the books lytteltonwitch gave me ages ago, and properly labelling…

I was fine this morning, by lunch-time I had a sniffle and a sore throat, and now I’m feeling seriously rotten. Didn’t stop me going to the meetup tonight though 😉 I’m glad I did go, because it was the best turn-out we’ve ever had – THIRTEEN bookcrossers!!! There was me, lytteltonwitch, awhina, meerkitten, chchdangermouse,…

One of the books I released at Northlands in January, a double-sided book of Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson was caught today. I was initially amused by the finder’s comment that the writing was “old-fashioned” (surprising that, considering Robinson Crusoe was written in 1719!), but according to her profile, she’s only 8, so…

The convention is drawing closer, and I’ve been having all sorts of exciting parcels arriving in the mail. No sign of the m-bag from the USA yet, unfortunately, but there was a large mail sack left on the doorstep the other day – it turned out to contain a large box of books from catsalive,…