Journal Entry 1 by MarciNYC from Howell, New Jersey USA on Tuesday, August 23, 2005

From the initial post on the Relay forum

Guidelines are:
1. Take one out, put one back (or take two, put back two, etc.)
2. Paperbacks only - let's not make it too heavy of a box
3. Try to send the box on to the next person within two weeks.
4. No relay killers *g* If it wasn't grabbed on relay, then pass it up for this box.

Mailing Order
Kyrissaean (NH)
apolonia (MA)
suebo (PA)
SpikesMom (PA)
noumena12 (OH) NB: starting over here, sending a new box to noumena12
Tribefan (OH - will ship to Canada)
Antheras - Canada
Heaven150 - Canada
SandDanz (IN)
kayote (IL)
lovemylife (WI)
pyan (WI)
appaloosatb (MN)
CdnBlueRose (CO)
ramson (LA)
CheesyGiraffe (AL)
meshe (GA)
frybaby (GA)
ryanreader (FL)
SpikesMom (PA) added to end again at her request
...then back to me 

Journal Entry 2 by MarciNYC from Howell, New Jersey USA on Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Here are the initial books in this 'replacement' bookbox:

- A Family Place by Leila Philip
- Amy & Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
- Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
- Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
- Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
- Grace by Jane Roberts Wood
- Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
- Leaving Brooklyn by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
- Maiden Voyage by Cynthia Bass
- On the Occassion of My Last Afternoon by Kaye Gibbons
- Stanley Park by Timothy Taylor
- The Biograph Girl by William J. Mann
- The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
- The Season of Lillian Dawes by Katherine Mosby
- Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin

No need to link to your replacement books - I'm just a geek who likes stuff like that. (And has the time to do it...) 

Journal Entry 3 by noumena12 from Dayton, Ohio USA on Tuesday, September 06, 2005

It arrived today! And what a GREAT selection of books! Thanks Marci! 

Journal Entry 4 by noumena12 from Dayton, Ohio USA on Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Okay...here is what I'm taking
Express of the World
Amy and Isabelle
Every Boy's Got One

And here is what I'm putting in
moonlit dreams
Disturbing the Peace
River, Cross My Heart

Happy Reading! 

Journal Entry 5 by Tribefan from Lakemore, Ohio USA on Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Arrived today! Here is what I am taking out...

Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Kaye Gibbons
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger

Putting in the following:

It's Always Something by Gilda Radner
Irish Fireside Folktales by Patrick Kennedy
Sacramental Magic in a Small-town Cafe by Br. Peter Reinhart
Private Altars by Katherine Mosby 

Journal Entry 6 by Antheras from Waterloo, Ontario Canada on Saturday, October 15, 2005

Arrived yesterday but I waited to hear from Tribefan (that I could open the box) before doing so - all those secret exchanges and such. So many good books! I'll have to restrain myself. 

Journal Entry 7 by Antheras from Waterloo, Ontario Canada on Sunday, October 16, 2005

Okay, here goes. I don't know how to do the links to the books so I'll just list them.

I'm taking out:
Private Altars by Katherine Mosby
Disturbing the Peace by Nancy Newman
A Family Place by Leila Philip
The Biograph Girl by William Mann
The Season of Lillian Dawes by Katherine Mosby

I'm putting in:
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Spadework by Timothy Findley
Swimming with Jonah by Audrey Schulman
Vicar of Sorrows by A.N. Wilson
Mrs. Fytton's Country Life by Mavis Cheek 

Journal Entry 8 by Heaven150 from Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Friday, December 23, 2005

Received today from Antheras. I too was unsure about opening it, but figured what the heck, it's not marked "Do Not Open".

I will post again once I've decided what I'm taking out and putting in. 

Journal Entry 9 by Heaven150 from Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Friday, December 23, 2005

Okay, I've made my selections.

I'm taking out:

Spadework by Timothy Findley
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
Moonlit Dreams by Laura Muir
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke

and I'm putting in:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
The Reader by Bernard Schlink

I'll send this out after Christmas. 

Journal Entry 10 by Heaven150 from Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Saturday, January 07, 2006

Mailed this out today. Sanddanz asked to be skipped, mailed to kayote. 

Journal Entry 11 by kayote from Urbana, Illinois USA on Thursday, March 16, 2006

Got this a bit ago, but the system ate my PMs to lovemylife. Will send it on this afternoon.

Taking out:
The Vicar of Sorrows
Irish Fireside Folktales

Putting in:
Friday Nights at Honeybee's
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Daniel Martin
(3 made the box pack better. :))

I also am replacing the box. The structural integrity of the current box is mostly due to layers of tape! 

Journal Entry 12 by lovemylife from Campbellsport, Wisconsin USA on Monday, March 20, 2006

The bookbox arrived today from Kayote.

I'm taking out:

The Passion of Artemisia
Mrs. Fytton's Country Life
Sacramental Magic in a Small-Town Cafe
Grace
Stanley Park

I'm putting in:

Lucky by Alice Sebold
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Join Me by Danny Wallace
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark

I normally don't like the last author, but that was a good book.


 

Journal Entry 13 by Pyan from Menasha, Wisconsin USA on Saturday, March 25, 2006

Received today. I'd forgotten I was on this box as it's been such a long time since I signed up.

Will take a look through and journal again after I make a decision on what I'll be taking out, etc. 

Journal Entry 14 by Pyan from Menasha, Wisconsin USA on Saturday, March 25, 2006

Okay, I've made my selections:

Taking Out
Join Me by Danny Wallace
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Swimming With Jonah by Audrey Schulman
Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman

Replacing With
Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard
The Bloody Wood by Michael Innes
Thunderland by Brandon Massey
Isabel's Bed by Elinor Lipman
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Soulmates by Thomas Moore
Acting Out by Benilde Little
The Feline Mystique by Clea Simon
What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg


The box arrived broken with one end open (thankfully, it's not raining). I'll replace the box and get it on the road again sometime next week.
 

Journal Entry 15 by Pyan from Menasha, Wisconsin USA on Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Mailing to Appa today -- enjoy! 

Journal Entry 16 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Thursday, March 30, 2006

This arrived today, what fast shipping! I'll look through it before posting again with what I'm taking and leaving. 

Journal Entry 17 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Sunday, April 16, 2006

Okay, I'm back home for the weekend so wanted to get this box journaled and sent out!

What I'm taking:
The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
Friday Nights at Honeybee's - Andrea Smith
Acting Out - Benilde Little
The Feline Mystique - Clea Simon

What I'm putting in:
When Katie Wakes - Connie May Fowler
The Slave Girl - Buchi Emecheta
Last of the Breed - Louis L'Amour
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection - Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Adding a few more since there's room: ;)
The Gunslinger - Stephen King
In the Heat of the Night - John Ball
If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin
In My Hand Forever - Sheila O'Connor 

Journal Entry 18 by CdnBlueRose from Arvada, Colorado USA on Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Arrived today - will look through it this evening and journal again with my selections! 

Journal Entry 19 by ramson from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Friday, June 09, 2006

Came in today's mail. I've looked through it and nothing jumped out at me so I am not taking any books out. I will mail it off when I hit the post office next week. Thanks for sharing. 

Journal Entry 20 by ramson from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Monday, June 12, 2006

Ok, I lied. I am taking out books. My mother came over and told me she was out of books to read. Oh the horrors! She took out the following books:

What We Keep
Gilda Radner Biography
Leaving Brooklyn
When Katie Wakes
Anne Of Green Gables
Before The Season Ends

I am add the following to the box:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Buttons and Foes -Dolores Johnson
Out Of This Nettle - Norah Lofts
Sword Dancer - Jennifer Roberson
Requiem For Idols - Norah Lofts
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin

Will be mailing to cheesy this week. 

Journal Entry 21 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Monday, June 19, 2006

Arrived today. I will sort throught the books and decide what I want. Then I'll mail asap. 

Journal Entry 22 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Taking out:
The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Putting in:
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Princess Diaries, Volume III Princess in Love by Meg Cabot
 

Journal Entry 23 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Wednesday, June 21, 2006

meshe has been asked to skip
 

Journal Entry 24 by frybaby from Savannah, Georgia USA on Monday, June 26, 2006

Arrived today.

Taking out:
The Wizard of Oz
Lucky
In my Hand Forever
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Bloody Wood
In the Heat of the Night
Traveling Mercies
Buttons and Foes
Isabel's Bed

Putting in:
Mr Scobie's Riddle - Elizabeth Jolley
Glory - Jack Curtis
Blind Side - Catherine Coulter
The House on Sprucewood Lane - Caroline Slate
The Body Artist - Don DeLillo
Total Silence - TJ MacGregor
Covenant with the Vampire - Jeanne Kalogridis
French Dirt - Richard Goodman
Playing with Matches - Amy Cameron 

Journal Entry 25 by frybaby from Savannah, Georgia USA on Saturday, July 01, 2006

Going out today to WestofMars(SpikesMom).
Ryanreader asked to be skipped. 

Journal Entry 26 by WestofMars from Mars, Pennsylvania USA on Sunday, July 09, 2006

This got here last week, but I've been stressed and unable to give it the time it deserved.

Anyway, due to an overwhelming Mt. TBR and a shortage of AVLs, I'm only going to take out one:

The Body Artist, by Don DeLillo. I run hot and cold with DeLillo and am still looking for a PC copy of Great Jones Street.

I'm putting in a book I think Marci will like, since this is headed to her: A Perfect Crime, by Peter Abrahams. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 27 by MarciNYC from Howell, New Jersey USA on Monday, September 04, 2006

Just want to let you know this box made it home a few (several) weeks ago. I finally had time to open it last week. The majority of the books I just packed up and donated to the Friends of the Library book sale. Many I had read already or just wasn't interested in reading at this time. Those I kept will get journal entries sooner or later -- when the site is running fast enough and I can make time to do the journal entries.