Journal Entry 1 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Wednesday, October 12, 2005

This bookbox will have books that are at least 10 peoples wishlist on Cliff's.
http://bcwish.cliff1976.net/hottitles/
Use the search feature to see how many wishlist the book is on. There will be 10 books in the box to start. You can keep the box up to 10 days.


Please list the books you take out & the books you put into the box in your journal entry here in addition to the usual journaling of each individual book. Feel free to make any comments you want here in the box’s journal.

Take as many books as you would like from the box, and replace with an equal number (or greater) of your books. All books should be labeled with a BCID number.

NO HARLEQUIN OR OTHER SERIAL ROMANCE TYPE BOOKS, NO WESTERNS, AND NO CHILDREN BOOKS.

The Books
Babyville by Jane Green
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Derik's Bane by Mary Janice Davidson

Participant :
booklady331 FL
jenptcfan AR
etherea AR
innae CO
legbamel ND
stagecrafty WA
elizardbreath OR
k00kaburra CA
Dusties NY
rootmartin MA
buocl OH
and return to
tranq1 FL

 

Journal Entry 2 by tranq1 at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (12/4/2006 UTC) at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Sent to booklady331. 

Journal Entry 3 by booklady331 from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Friday, December 08, 2006

Received the box yesterday. I picked out:
Qis for Quarry by Sue Grafton
Babyville by Jane Green
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

I added:
Bleachers by John Grisham
Prep by Curtis Sittenfel
I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
The Human Stain by Phillip Roth 

Journal Entry 4 by booklady331 from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Saturday, December 09, 2006

Adding to Wishlist 10 bookbox 

Journal Entry 5 by jenptcfan from Conway, Arkansas USA on Saturday, December 16, 2006

Received today! I have already received etherea's address and will send this back out to her on Monday. I'll make a new journal entry to detail what I'm taking out and putting in. 

Journal Entry 6 by jenptcfan from Conway, Arkansas USA on Saturday, December 16, 2006

I'm taking out Life of Pi and In Her Shoes.

I'm putting in:

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 

Journal Entry 7 by jenptcfan from Conway, Arkansas USA on Monday, December 18, 2006

Sent to Etherea today. Delivery Conf # 0306 1070 0000 9029 5109 

Journal Entry 8 by etherea from Little Rock, Arkansas USA on Friday, December 22, 2006

Postman rang the bell and ran this afternoon:)
I'll be picking and choosing and making a new journal entry to record it all. 

Journal Entry 9 by etherea from Little Rock, Arkansas USA on Thursday, January 04, 2007

I took out Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I put in The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik.
I sent it out this afternoon to innae by media mail with delivery confirmation (#0303 1910 0000 7754 3300). 

Journal Entry 10 by innae from Aurora, Colorado USA on Tuesday, January 09, 2007

It was much harder than I thought it would be to find books that 10 people are looking for, that AREN't on my TBR list. -- but --

Taking out:
Bleachers (my honey is interested)
Derik's Bane (I love her vampire series, thought I would give the werewolves a chance)
The Eyre Affair (sounds intriguing)

Putting in:
Wicked
Undead and Unemployed
Anna Karenina

(I couldn't figure out a good puzzle way to get all the books back in, so -- I got a slightly bigger box :-) I added the BCID on the flaps.)

And i have legbamel's addy and will be sending off this week!! 

Journal Entry 11 by legbamel from Fargo, North Dakota USA on Tuesday, January 23, 2007

This was waiting for me when I arrived home a little bit ago - thanks so much. It's moving very quickly. There are so many good things in here that I can't wait to see how many I have to add so that I can take a bunch out!

I'm taking out Wicked, Surfacing, and Prep and putting in Orlando, Vanity Fair, Memoirs of a Geisha. I've PMed stagecrafty for an address. I'm so sorry that I wasn't able to get it out as quickly as I would have liked. Not only was my car broken down but the box was in the trunk at the shop! It will go out ASAP. 

Journal Entry 12 by legbamel at Controlled Releases in controlled releases, a controlled release -- Controlled Releases on Monday, February 19, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (2/20/2007 UTC) at Controlled Releases in controlled releases, a controlled release -- Controlled Releases

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Thank heavens, finally off in the mail now that my car is fixed. I've only suddenly realized that the post office is closed today, so it will go out in the mail 2/20/07. Thanks for being so patient! 

Journal Entry 13 by stagecrafty from Lynnwood, Washington USA on Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The box arrived today. I'll have to wait until Saturday to ship it.

I removed Angry Housewives, Orlando and I'm a Stranger Here Myself.
I added Chocolat, The Curious Incident... and The Jungle. 

Journal Entry 14 by stagecrafty at Postal Release To Fellow Bookcrosser in By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, March 03, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (3/3/2007 UTC) at Postal Release To Fellow Bookcrosser in By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Shipped today to elizardbreath in Baker City, OR 

Journal Entry 15 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Tuesday, March 06, 2007

I received this box yesterday...

I am taking out:

The Curious Incident...
The Life of Pi
Secret Life of Bees
The Jungle

I am adding the 5 Narnia books that were on so many wishlists that I stopped counting!! :) My husband was so gracious to allow me to dip into his collection! I am PMing k00kaburra and will get this out before the week is up. 

Journal Entry 16 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Sending off to k00kaburra today! 

Journal Entry 17 by k00kaburra from San Jose, California USA on Wednesday, April 04, 2007

The bookbox has arrived. :) I will go through my books tonight and find some that suit the box. 

Journal Entry 18 by k00kaburra at Mail in Mailed to another BookCrosser, A Book Swap! -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, April 29, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (4/29/2007 UTC) at Mail in Mailed to another BookCrosser, A Book Swap! -- Controlled Releases

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Everything is packed up and ready to go, and will be in the mail to Dusties tomorrow afternoon :D 

Journal Entry 19 by Dusties from Pompey, New York USA on Tuesday, May 08, 2007

The bookbox arrived in todays mail. Here is what is in the box.
Stone Kiss
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair- There are 2 of these in the box.
The Horse And His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Dante Club
Dracula
Pride And Prejudice
Undead And Unemployed
The Lovley Bones
Memoirs of a Geisha
She's Come Undone

I will be taking out The Dante Club and placing The Bell Jar in. Will have it in the mail as soon as I have an address from Rootmartin. 

Journal Entry 20 by Dusties from Pompey, New York USA on Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Mailed today to Rootmartin via priority mail. The difference in cost from Media to priority was only about 20 cents. The postage hike has increased sharply!! When I rec'd this box, there was a little less than 5.00 in postage.. to mail today, medial mail, it was almost 9.00. 

Journal Entry 21 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, May 24, 2007

Just arrived today. Thanks, dusties, for sending it on. And, thanks, tranq1, for starting this.

I'm removing The Lovely Bones and Undead and Unemployed and replacing them with Angels and Demons and How To Be Good.

I've PMed buocl and will send it on its way once I receive an address. 

Journal Entry 22 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Buocl asked to be skipped so I shipped this off to tranq1 today. Thanks again for starting this tranq1! 

Journal Entry 23 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Thursday, June 07, 2007

The bookbox arrived safely home today with 13 books. Thanks everyone for joining and moving the box along.