"The only books that influence are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet to go ourselves."
the only books that go in this box are ones that are wished for by 15 or more people. You can verify this by going to cliff's site and doing a search on the book in question.
When you receive the box journal the box itself, take out the ones you want and journal them.Choose one of them to start a bookray with, and post it in this thread. Replace the books you took with an equal amount of books that people are lusting after --they don't have to be in the top 100---only a "hot" book--and you check that by doing a search at Cliff's site. Type in the book you want to put in, and if 15 or more names come up as having the book on a wishlist, then by all means, include the book. :)
for a little twist of fun-- I encourage you to check out the wishlist of the person after you.
addendum: remember you don't have to read the books before you send the box on :) Keep it no more than two weeks, and if the box is tattered by the time it gets to you, please replace it.
addendum #2: please make sure that all of mine get taken out before it comes back to me--I don't care if you PC it, wild-release it, give it to a friend, whatever--I want to make sure my books and the OBCZ books go out into the world. So please, help me library the world!
Thanks!
Participants :
*NOTE* release the bookbox (or make a journal entry, I don't care which) AND release each individual book that you put into the box.
For those of you who aren't sure how to do it, here's how I do it: Release Country: "Controlled Releases" State/Province: "Bookbox" City: Abbynormal's wishlist bookbox" Crossing Zone: Abbynormal's Wishlist bookbox
*Note #2* I'm sure you all want to keep this moving, so please know that I'll be checking each shelf and the fora to make sure no one has problems getting books mailed. If for any reason you think you might have a problem after the box is moving, please PM me so I can either put you further down the list, or set your name aside for the next bookbox. (and there will be one!)
Here's what's in the box: I wish I could've fulfilled a wish on everyone's list, but couldn't. Sorry :(
Blink (for titihood) Captive Star by Nora Roberts (for Mikilana) Hidden Star by Nora Roberts (for Mikilana) Secret Star by Nora Roberts (for Mikilana) Ella Enchanted (for gomboggit) Q is for Quarry (for babykittysmama) Tipping Point (for babykittysmama) Salem Falls (for tranq1) Well of Lost Plots Jasper Fforde(for morsecode) Blue Highways by Wm Least Heat Moon (for cougmax) A trap for Fools by Amanda Cross (For loveamystery) Man Who Cast Two Shadows by Carol O'Connell (for loveamystery) Last Best Hope by Ed McBain (for loveamystery) Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel (for squirrel818) My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Undead and Unemployed The Kiss Austere Academy Birth of Venus
If you put a book in for someone after you in the list, make a note of it here.
Check to make sure you're not taking someone else's book out.
Journal Entry 2 by Abbynormal92243 at Abbynormal's Wishlist bookbox in Abbynormal's Wishlist bookbox, Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Monday, November 07, 2005
Released 6 yrs ago (11/7/2005 UTC) at Abbynormal's Wishlist bookbox in Abbynormal's Wishlist bookbox, Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
Yay!! I got the box and immediately ripped into it. I took out Q is for Quarry, Tipping Point (thank you!!!), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and The Kiss. I'll ray Q is for Quarry and any of the others I can.
I put in About A Boy, A Short History of Nearly Everything (for Tranq1), The Other Side of the Story, and Reading Lolita in Tehran.
This box will go back in the mail on Monday!!! Thanks for this fun opportunity, abbynormal!
rec'd sat, will mail out on tues. Taking out: The Birth of Venus (for bookray) Reading Lolita in Tehran My Sister's Keeper-Jodi Picoult A Short History of Nearly Everything-Bill Bryson Adding: Incubus Dreams-Laurell Hamilton Beloved-Toni Morrison Empire Falls-Richard Russo The Girl with the Pearl Earing-Tracy Chevalier
This just came in the mail today. It looks like it is full of good books! Ok...I am taking: A Kiss of Shadows Bel Canto (I will turn this into a ray) Empire Falls Incubus Dreams The Austere Academy Ella Enchanted
I am adding: The Patchwork Girl of Oz (for sqdancer) The Wizard of Oz (for squirrel818) 1984 Digital Fortress Metro Girl Gone With the Wind
I have added yellow sticky notes to all the books that are specifically meant for someone else, with the title and the recipient's name on them, so there will be less chance of someone taking a book that they are not supposed to take. I will PM mnewman for her address and mail this off ASAP. Thanks for including me in this!
I will put this in the mail to Everett-Reader in Washington tomarrow. I'm skipping mikilana since I never herd back from her and abbynormal said she'd put her farther down the list.
The box has arrived! My husband was so excited, he thought it was a birthday gift. I felt so bad telling him it was bookcrossing books... But I was happy! Umm.. Abby it looks like all of your original books have moved on, so I don't have to take any out to wild release them for you. I will take the book set aside for me, Blue Highways. Thank you! I will also take the paperback of Gone with the Wind and Q is for Quarry to relay or wild release. I am putting in: Faking It by Jennifer Crusie for sabeena29 Atonemnet by Iam McEwan for morsecode How to be Good by Nick Hornby
I sure would have liked reading Salem Falls, but my tbr and to be sent out is a tall stack already... So, as the good bookcrosser I aspire to be I am sending out this box today to squirel. I also left the knitting needle in there. Just to puzzle other bcers as it did to me! ;)
*laughing to myself* ok... so THAT'S where my orange knitting needle is.... My daughter was playing "conductor of a band" with it and.... *sighs* oh never mind. She's four. You understand.
Received in the mail on Friday. Hurray! I am taking the two books meant for me and I am off to check out others wishlists to see what I will put in. This was a great idea! Thanks for the books!
ok I'm going to turn both books I took into rings. I posted in the forims but there are no takers yet. I'm sending this out today and I'm adding cofessions of an ugly stepsister and bel canto. Abby, I would love to participate in your next box, this was so much fun! Enjoy all!
Journal Entry 16 by squirrel818 at please use CONTROLLED RELEASES country in Peekskill, New York USA on Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Released 6 yrs ago (2/8/2006 UTC) at please use CONTROLLED RELEASES country in Peekskill, New York USA
I was thrilled to come home from a long crazy day at work to find this bookbox waiting for me! I am going to enjoy going through all these books...plus adding the ones I've been saving for this. YAY!!!
~ Woman on the Edge of Time...which was kindly included especially for me by mnewman. Thanks so much!!! ~ Celeste (will pass on to my daughter persephone15) ~ Black Cat (will pass on to persephone15) ~ How To Be Good ~ Gone With the Wind ~ Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (I already started an International ray with this)
I have added: ~ Lincoln's Dreams - FOR SQDANCER ~ Catswold Portal - FOR ABBYNORMAL ~ Turn of the Screw/Daisy Miller - FOR TITIHOOD ~ The History of Love - FOR TRANQ1 ~ The Queen's Fool - FOR MORSECODE ~ Plain Truth (39 wishlists) ~ Eden Close (19 wishlists) ~ The Crimson Petal and the White (40 wishlists) ~ The Time Traveler's Wife (85 wishlists) ~ Odd Thomas (22 wishlists)
I have morsecode's address and will mail the box early next week.
Journal Entry 19 by time-traveler at on Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Released 6 yrs ago (3/1/2006 UTC) at
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Mailed (media mail) today to morsecode in Buffalo, NY. Expected delivery was set at March 6th. Have fun, morsecode!
To say my faith in the local post office is *shaky* would be an understatement, so I decided to use Delivery Confirmation...
#0305 1720 0002 5076 6042
Abbynormal, thanks so much for including me in this bookbox, I had a lot of fun with it ~
Here are the three moves that I was planning to make when the box arrived.
I'm taking out the three books reserved for me: Atonement by Ian McEwan from cougmax, The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory from time-traveler, and The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde from Abbynormal92243.
I am putting in the following three books: Brick Lane by Monica Ali for titihood, Red Azalea by Anchee Min for sabeena29, and Wild Ginger by Anchee Min for sabeena29.
While I am waiting to hear back from the next person on the list, I'll go through the box and make a list of what is currently in it (with notations about books reserved for certain people).
I may also decide to swap out a few more books while I am at it :)
I decided to wait until tranq got back from vaction to send this box so it is going off today (USPS tracking # 0304 3490 0002 4849 4961). Hope you had a great trip, tranq!
Received this in the mail today. I am taking Bel Canto by Ann Patchett The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Farber Eden Close by Anita Shreve The History of Love by Nicole Kraus Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Red Azalea by Anchee Min Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
I am putting in
Book Lust by Nancy Pearl for Abbynormal 29 wishlists The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 62 wishlists Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 49 wishlists The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 42 wishlists Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde 30 wishlists As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 19 wishlist Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 15 wishlists Brave New World 28 wishlists
titihood has asked to be skipped. I am PMing sqdancer.
Journal Entry 26 by tranq1 at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, March 31, 2006
Released 6 yrs ago (3/31/2006 UTC) at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Journal Entry 27 by sqdancer on Saturday, May 27, 2006
It's here!! It seems to have spent some time *loitering* in Customs, but it's here now and that's the main thing. I will not be able to get to the post office until Saturday at the earliest - but I should be able to get this box back on the road in seven to ten days.
Can't wait to check out the books! I have a pile of books ready to swap in, maybe I'd better double check that they still have 15 wishes ;-)
Thanks, Abbynormal92243, for letting me join in the fun of this box!
Journal Entry 28 by sqdancer on Tuesday, June 13, 2006
I am taking: - Wild Ginger by Anchee Min - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner - Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller - Brick Lane by Monica Ali - Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis - Turn of the Screw/Daisy Miller - The Patchwork Girl of Oz - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Brave New World - Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult - House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- Captive Star by Nora Roberts (to wild release for Abbynormal) - Hidden Star by Nora Roberts (to wild release for Abbynormal) - Secret Star by Nora Roberts (to wild release for Abbynormal)
I am putting in: - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen (36 wishlists) FOR ABBYNORMAL - The Cheshire Cat’s Eye FOR LOVEAMYSTERY - If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him FOR LOVEAMYSTERY - Catch-22 (30 wishlists) - Outlander (23 lists) - Voyager (15 lists) - White Oleander (15 lists) - So Many Books, So Little Time (32 lists) - To The Nines (32 lists) - High Five (25 lists) - Seven Up (21 lists) - Fall on Your Knees (16 lists) - Trainspotting (20 lists) - “R” is for Ricochet (17 lists) - Deception Point (32 lists) - State of Fear (19 lists) - The Known World (49 lists)
I will start bookrays with The Bell Jar and House of Sand and Fog.
Finally got to the post office! Sent today to loveamystery. According to the P.O., it should take four business days (but it won’t go out until tomorrow).
I am taking out: If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him The Chesire Cat's Eye The Last Best Hope The Man Who Cast Two Shadows A Trap For Fools
I am putting in: Never Let Me Go (101 wishes) Perfect Match (45 wishes) Oryx and Crate (35 wishes) Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress (19 wishes) Middlesex (90 wishes)
Thank you abbynormal92243 for a great box. I'll be at the post office tomorrow.
Journal Entry 31 by loveamystery at on Tuesday, July 04, 2006
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Sixteen of the thirty books were mailed today to abbynormal92243.( The remaining fourteen will be wild released at OBCZs in Vancouver ). I had planned to send the books in two boxes, two weeks apart, but the box's originator suggested they be released here. I'll be releasing them in the next couple of weeks.
Wishlist Bookbox #2
