Boys' Book Box
10 journalers for this copy...
Note: We are now on Round 2, scroll down to the journal entry for April 19 to see the new list of participants!!Thanks.
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This book box is for children's fiction that would interest boys, ages 9-12. When you receive the box, please make a journal entry here noting that you received the box, as well as for any individual books you remove from the box.
It is starting out with cestmoi and Driger in Toronto, Ontario Canada and will be going to the following:
Lizanne
bodesoda
CariAnne
scout-finch
return to cestmoi (and Driger)
It is starting out with 8 small paperbacks. Please ensure there are at least 7 books in the box at all times. Add more if you can fit them and you want to!!
Take out the ones you want, and replace in kind, then send the box on to the next person. Since there is no need to keep the box once you've made your selections and replacements - please move it along fairly quickly - but check back here before mailing out for the next recipient in case we get some add ons.
Thanks for participating!!!
This is for Canada and US only.
If you'd like to join, please send a pm to cestmoi.
First ten books added:
Choose Your Own Adventure: Journey Under The Sea by R. A. Montgomery
Encyclopedia Brown #18: The Case of the Disgusting Sneakers
Loch by Paul Zindel
The Mountain Adventure by Enid Blyton
The Story of King Arthur by Tom Crawford
Cale's Story: Titan AE by Kevin J. Anderson
Jingo Django by Sid Fleischman
The Children of The New Forest by Captain Marryat
Shivers: Ghosts of Camp Massacre
Wishbone: Frankenstein
Choose Your Own Adventure: Journey Under The Sea by R. A. Montgomery
Encyclopedia Brown #18: The Case of the Disgusting Sneakers
Loch by Paul Zindel
The Mountain Adventure by Enid Blyton
The Story of King Arthur by Tom Crawford
Cale's Story: Titan AE by Kevin J. Anderson
Jingo Django by Sid Fleischman
The Children of The New Forest by Captain Marryat
Shivers: Ghosts of Camp Massacre
Wishbone: Frankenstein
We have picked a few and replaced them! And willsend on Saturday!
The box has a short journey this trip!
(thanks for the great directions)
The box has a short journey this trip!
(thanks for the great directions)
My sone loved getting this. Sorry for the long delay in sending it on...I have been out of the country. It is leaving here today and heading out to CariAnne. Thanks again cestmoi!
The Boys BookBox has arrived!
Thank You Bodesoda and Cestmoi!
I am going through it ~ Then my son will go through it tonight and off it will go again!
I have removed "Artemis Fowl" and "The Children of the New Forest" from the box ~ and I have added two books in their place.
My son will have the Box tonight!
How fun......
*grin*
CariAnne
Thank You Bodesoda and Cestmoi!
I am going through it ~ Then my son will go through it tonight and off it will go again!
I have removed "Artemis Fowl" and "The Children of the New Forest" from the box ~ and I have added two books in their place.
My son will have the Box tonight!
How fun......
*grin*
CariAnne
My mom signed me up for this bookbox.
I will be going through it to choose some books from it and pick some new ones for it.
I have taken out the books about Encyclopedia Brown, Advanced YoYo tricks and a Wishbone Mysteries book. I replaced them with three of my own books that I bought for doing some bookcrossing of my own.
hooked-on-bookz
I will be going through it to choose some books from it and pick some new ones for it.
I have taken out the books about Encyclopedia Brown, Advanced YoYo tricks and a Wishbone Mysteries book. I replaced them with three of my own books that I bought for doing some bookcrossing of my own.
hooked-on-bookz
Journal Entry 7 by 
AnonymousFinder
at cestmoi's "Boy's BookBox" in Las Vegas, Nevada USA on Friday, March 19, 2004
AnonymousFinder at cestmoi's "Boy's BookBox" in Las Vegas, Nevada USA on Friday, March 19, 2004
Released on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at cestmoi's "Boy's BookBox" in Las Vegas, Nevada USA.
Please go to www.usps.com and enter the tracking number
0303 0830 0001 0524 8694 for up-to-date delivery information.
:O)
CariAnne
Please go to www.usps.com and enter the tracking number
0303 0830 0001 0524 8694 for up-to-date delivery information.
:O)
CariAnne
Wow, looks like this bookbox has had a great amount of turnover..I think we are only sending back one of your original books, cestmoi and driger!
Legomeister is taking out:
The Andalite Chronicles (the beginning of Animorphs) by KA Applegate
The War With Grandpa
Ghost Cadet
and putting in:
Butt-Ugly Martians: the Big Bang Theory
Encyclopedia Brown Tracks them Down (hopefully one Driger hasn't read!) and
A House Called Awful End (the Eddie Dickens Trilogy) by Philip Ardagh..
once we saw that it goes back to Driger next it was easier to select books to put in!
if he decides to take Prince Caspian by CS Lewis we will add one more..his best friend is a total Narnia-head and legomeister hasn't gone there yet, so he was excited to see it in the box, but it's not "#1" in the series so he's not sure about taking it..
Thanks so much for doing this...anyone up for another round, it seems like our boys all have similar taste!
Legomeister is taking out:
The Andalite Chronicles (the beginning of Animorphs) by KA Applegate
The War With Grandpa
Ghost Cadet
and putting in:
Butt-Ugly Martians: the Big Bang Theory
Encyclopedia Brown Tracks them Down (hopefully one Driger hasn't read!) and
A House Called Awful End (the Eddie Dickens Trilogy) by Philip Ardagh..
once we saw that it goes back to Driger next it was easier to select books to put in!
if he decides to take Prince Caspian by CS Lewis we will add one more..his best friend is a total Narnia-head and legomeister hasn't gone there yet, so he was excited to see it in the box, but it's not "#1" in the series so he's not sure about taking it..
Thanks so much for doing this...anyone up for another round, it seems like our boys all have similar taste!
NOW PLAYING....
"Round 2" is...
DoveiLibri*
WarEagle78*
jamjar*
SCOUT-FINCH*
then back to: cestmoi & driger
"Round 2" is...
DoveiLibri*
WarEagle78*
jamjar*
SCOUT-FINCH*
then back to: cestmoi & driger
Box arrived today!!! Woohooo!! Driger is going thru it tonight and will journal the ones he wants to keep, just wanted to let you all know its here safe and sound! Some great books in there!! Like you said, SCOUT-FINCH only one original returned to us, thats great!
There is a Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (here its called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone so this was a novelty for us) but it has no BCID. If whichever of you put it in send me the BCID, I'll put it in..or do you want us to register it?
Driger and I are so looking forward to round 2. Thanks everyone!
There is a Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (here its called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone so this was a novelty for us) but it has no BCID. If whichever of you put it in send me the BCID, I'll put it in..or do you want us to register it?
Driger and I are so looking forward to round 2. Thanks everyone!
Some great choices in here, hope you find alot you like!
Due to the illness and then death of Driger's grandpa, this was delayed. The box was mailed to DoveiLibri on May 22, 2004.
http://www.canadapost.ca
Tracking number:CX 055 229 671 CA
Due to the illness and then death of Driger's grandpa, this was delayed. The box was mailed to DoveiLibri on May 22, 2004.
http://www.canadapost.ca
Tracking number:CX 055 229 671 CA
We just received it in the mail. There are many interesting books. I look foward to finding out what books I will keep. I will feel sad to put some of my books in the box because I have a lot of great memories with these books. (Written by libretto #1)
Books that arrived in the box:
Ticket to Curlew, Tuck Everlasting, Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague, Stormbreaker, Case of the Impounded Hounds (wishbone), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Doggone Detectives, Jingo Django, Prince Caspian (Tales of Narnia), Seniors in Too Deep (R L Stine), Goosebumps The Girl Who Cried Monster, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, The Golden Compass
Books that we might take: Ticket to Curlew, Sea Star, Stormbreaker, Tuck Everlasting
Books that we put in: The Time Machine, Just So Stories, Digging Up the Past (Wishbone #6), Black Horses for the King
Books that arrived in the box:
Ticket to Curlew, Tuck Everlasting, Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague, Stormbreaker, Case of the Impounded Hounds (wishbone), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Doggone Detectives, Jingo Django, Prince Caspian (Tales of Narnia), Seniors in Too Deep (R L Stine), Goosebumps The Girl Who Cried Monster, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, The Golden Compass
Books that we might take: Ticket to Curlew, Sea Star, Stormbreaker, Tuck Everlasting
Books that we put in: The Time Machine, Just So Stories, Digging Up the Past (Wishbone #6), Black Horses for the King
A note from Mom:
The little librettos (Pete and Neil) will be reading some of the books that they will be putting back in the box, so we will keep it another week or so. They haven't decided which books they will keep for themselves yet. The box came just in time for Pizza Hut's local summer reading program. When they read 4 books, they fill out a form and bring it in, they get a free personal pan pizza, and 2 tickets to a local minor league baseball game. Gotta love these reading incentives! *grin*
Added 6/29/04: So far, they have earned 10 tickets! We've already seen one game, and will go to another on July 6th!
Contacting the next person on the list, WarEagle78, for their Real World address so we can pack the box and send it out to them!
The little librettos (Pete and Neil) will be reading some of the books that they will be putting back in the box, so we will keep it another week or so. They haven't decided which books they will keep for themselves yet. The box came just in time for Pizza Hut's local summer reading program. When they read 4 books, they fill out a form and bring it in, they get a free personal pan pizza, and 2 tickets to a local minor league baseball game. Gotta love these reading incentives! *grin*
Added 6/29/04: So far, they have earned 10 tickets! We've already seen one game, and will go to another on July 6th!
Contacting the next person on the list, WarEagle78, for their Real World address so we can pack the box and send it out to them!
We are mailing this box out tomorrow, Monday, July 12, 2004 at lunchtime. I held onto it for a while, I'm sorry. But the boys read some of the books and put them back, we added some new ones, and now it will be on its way to ALABAMA!!!
The Boy's Bookbox arrived in Alabama today! Thanks for sending it on DoveiLibri. We've selected a couple and IF my son can decide which of his own books he's willing to part with, we'll bundle it back up and get it on the road soon.
The box went in the mail today. What fun, thanks for including us!
We took out Just So Stories and Black Horses for the King. There was plenty of room, so we added Frindle, Henry & Ribsy, On My Honor, Rascal, Arrow Over the Door and Sign of the Beaver.
Although I don't have the receipt here to post, I did sent it with delivery tracking, so there shouldn't be a problem.
We took out Just So Stories and Black Horses for the King. There was plenty of room, so we added Frindle, Henry & Ribsy, On My Honor, Rascal, Arrow Over the Door and Sign of the Beaver.
Although I don't have the receipt here to post, I did sent it with delivery tracking, so there shouldn't be a problem.
Box arrived today and we are all absolutely thrilled. What interesting looking books. My son is in camp today but we plan to go through it tonight to see which we'd like to keep and which of his collection he's willing to part with. Such a fabulous idea--thanks so much.
We've so enjoyed the box, waiting for Scout-Finch to get back home. Hard choices last night but they've read and replaced: Frindle and The Doggone Detectives. They've taken out: Henry and Ribsy, The Time Machine, Seniors: In too Deep, and The Case of the Impounded Hounds. And they are putting in: Half Magic, Revenge of the Shadow People, Atlantis, and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I've also included a mystery for Scout Finch( Murder Past Due). This really was fun.
We were fortunate enough to get two Kid's Bookboxes on one day (we should go to Hawaii more often, or something...)
Unfortunately (in my opinion) legomeister's reading taste is pretty narrow and specific right now, and books need to be in the Capt. Underpants, or Dealing with Dragons veins..either way wacky and gross, or fantasy/mystery (that's funny, not serious).
We are taking out one book, and putting in at least two..last year at school ALL the kids were reading Goosebumps, so I rushed out and bought 5 or 6 for the meister, but he quickly decided he didn't like them (between us, I think they were still a little scary, hence the emphasis on wacky reading)..
Would love to be part of another bookbox - even if we don't take many books out, it's always like Xmas/Hanukkah, and always sparks a good discussion about reading in general!
Unfortunately (in my opinion) legomeister's reading taste is pretty narrow and specific right now, and books need to be in the Capt. Underpants, or Dealing with Dragons veins..either way wacky and gross, or fantasy/mystery (that's funny, not serious).
We are taking out one book, and putting in at least two..last year at school ALL the kids were reading Goosebumps, so I rushed out and bought 5 or 6 for the meister, but he quickly decided he didn't like them (between us, I think they were still a little scary, hence the emphasis on wacky reading)..
Would love to be part of another bookbox - even if we don't take many books out, it's always like Xmas/Hanukkah, and always sparks a good discussion about reading in general!
Box arrived today :) Thanks scout-finch and legomeister and everyone else. We will journal the individual books over the next couple of days.
