I’ve decided that the books I released in Sydney must all be homing pigeons in disguise. I just got an email telling me that Safari Adventure by Willard Price, one of the books Skyring caught from me at the conference, and then released later in Canberra, has been caught – by someone who is going…
Poorly attended meetups seem to be becoming a trend at the moment – last night saw only me, lytteltonwitch, awhina, and meerkitten in attendance yet again. Probably just a combination of the time of year (who needs yet another social event in their calendar in December?) and the lack of concerted advertising to newbies over…
Bookcrossing is all about giving away books, right? Then how come over the last three days I’ve managed to give away seven books, but acquire twelve? On Saturday, we had a bookcrossing picnic in the botanic gardens. Quite a few people who’d said they’d be there weren’t (probably because the weather has been so iffy…
Yet another bookring turned up that I don’t remember signing up for: Cats in May by Doreen Tovey – oh well, the ring was started by GoryDetails, who seems to have pretty similar reading tastes to me, so I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. And it’s about cats, which always helps 😉 Released a couple of…
Ok, so I still haven’t finished writing up my diary entries for Sydney (it’s not the writing that’s slowing me down, it’s the uploading all the photos), but I just got an email telling me that one of the books I released there has been caught and journalled! And not only caught and journalled, but…
I’ve been back from Sydney a couple of days now, but I still haven’t managed to write up my diary entries for the trip. Wanting to get them done quickly before I forget everything is battling with wanting to catch up on some sleep, and sleep keeps winning. But I’m working on it! In the…
We were running a bit late, so littlemave suggested that instead of the others waiting for us, they should set out, and we’d head them off at the pass (for once I could see the value of cellphones!). [And now I illustrate the danger of leaving writing your diary for a couple of weeks, because…
After finally gaining entrance to the apartment, we set out with Littlemave and the Tinymaves for the first conference session of the day – a flashmob at the Opera House. We were running late, so caught a train down to the harbour (and I released The Secret Hide-Out by John Peterson on the platform), and…
What’s the number one thing you should do when entering a new time zone? Yep, change your watch. And what did I forget to do on Friday night? That’s right, change my watch. So my alarm happily went off at 7 am NZ time – which is 5 am Sydney time 🙁 And of course,…
The taxi dropped us off a few doors away from the pub, and Hawkette and I struggled to carry our own heavy bags, plus Lytteltonwitch’s bag of books (Lytteltonwitch was under strict instructions from her doctor not to carry any heavy bags this weekend, so I’d promised to play pack horse for her), plus the…