This is my journal for the Lifetime Release Challenge that I have decided to join as of July 6, 2006. My aim is to send out at least one book to every country in the world and have it journaled.

Thanks to charbono for starting this and to wyando for maintaining the site and details! See around the world in 233 books and Lifetime Release Challenge for more information.

I have been sending out a couple of books before joining and will use these as a start for my first journals. I will try and release at least one book every 4-6 weeks. These will be either books I have registered, or books I have received from others. For the challenge I will use books that I send out as RABCK's, trades, swaps and wild releases. I will not count bookrings and rays, unless I am the last one in the ray!

Countries
Following are the countries I will be sending books to. Codes I use in the list:
traveling books - 5
journaled books - 16

A - Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia - 005, Austria, Azerbaijan

B - Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil - 015, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi

C - Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada - 007, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Congo (Republic of the), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic

D - Denmark - 006, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic

E - East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia

F - Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland - 016, France - 012, French Guiana, French Polynesia

G - Gabon, Gambia, The, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Georgia, Germany - 008, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece - 014, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana

H - Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City), Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary

I - Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy

J - Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan

K - Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, North, Korea, South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan

L - Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg

M - Macau, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique

N - Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands - 004, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand - 013, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway - 011

O - Oman

P - Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Phillipines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico

Q - Qatar

R - Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda

S - Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa - 009, Spain - 010, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden - 002, Switzerland, Syria

T - Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu

U - Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom - 003 , United States of America - 001, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

V - Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands

W - Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara

Y - Yemen

Z - Zambia, Zimbabwe,

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Countries for which books have been journaled:


Make your own map

ALL JOURNAL ENTRIES WITH FLAGS HAVE BEEN JOURNALED. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT FLAGS ARE STILL TRAVELING (i.e. have not been journalled)!

Shancarrig - sent as RABCK to Iluvtoread2

The Rubaiyat - sent as RABCK to Alvhyttan

The Tears of the Giraffe - sent as RABCK to Angellica

Huwelijksreis in hijab - wild release

Secret Smile - sent as RABCK for the Australian BookCrossing Convention, October 2006

Dutch Cooking Today - sent to Pulcherrima as an RABCK for her boyfriend.

The Bottle Factory Outing - Sent as RABCK to geishabird.

Ich wollte Hosen - sent as RABCK to KMQ

Stamppot recepten - sent as RABCK to readingtrix

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - RABCK to Norway

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sent off to Sweetpeeps in Spain.

Betsy's Little Star - Sent off to Nomorecorsa who is putting together a shipment of 300 books for a primary school in Gambia.

Catch me when I fall - by special delivery to Switzerland to get a family member interested in Bookcrossing!

Alice in Wonderland - sent as RABCK to New Zealand for the BC convention, February 2007.

Killing the Angel in the House - sent to Bestfriends to fullfill a wish!

Sushi for beginners - sent to Daysleeper79 to fulfill a wish!

Edit Feb.2008: This book came back in the mail, it could not be delivered to Daysleeper. It is AVL again!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - sent to Greece for the 2nd Greek BC Convention in April 2007

Persuasion - sent to Eloisamos in Brazil as RABCK.

The murder of Roger Ackroyd - sent to Hetku77 to fulfill a wish!

The City of Joy - sent off to Afghanistan with Phoenix-Flight's shipment to Dutch soldiers.

George's Marvellous Medicine - sent as RABCK to ababaigalit in Israel.

Brazzavillestrand by William Boyd, wild release in Belgium.