Journal Entry 1 by Giz-angel from Greenwich, Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Here is my lovely shiny book box!

Rules:

1. Please journal when you recieve the box and when you are sending it onwards

2. Please put here what you are taking out and what you are adding

3. Try and add as many as you take out.

4. Fiction only - no Mills and Boon/ Harlequins please as they just don't move! Try and put ones in that are "wanted" ie not a series book from the middle of a series.

5. Any problems with shipping, please PM me

6. Try and move the box on in a timely manner - don't forget to PM the next person in case they are going to be away etc

Participants:

Rivercassini UK
Helly77 UK (UK only. Well Corrie country only LOL)
Sterile UK (UK only)
Dodau UK
wilksie UK
Redhouse UK
MissBagpuss UK (UK only)
caffcaff UK
sunlightbub UK
Angellica UK (INTL)
Intrycksflikka Finland
Sobergirl Finland
Potok-fan Finland
savotar Finland
wss4 USA (USA only)
tammysavala USA (USA only) removed
MyaStone USA (USA only)
sweetsangria USA (USA only*)
love2read4fun USA (USA only)
elizardbreath USA (USA only)
Tribefan USA (to Canada)
innae USA (to Canada)
Rhonder Canada
Eicuthbertson Canada
loveamystery Canada
CdnBlueRose USA (Mbagging back to me!)


I have put in:
Starter For Ten - David Nicholls
The Ground Beneath her Feet - Salman Rushdie
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
East of Wimbledon - Nigel Williams
Fortune's Rocks - Anita Shreve
Traitor's Gate - Anne Perry
Perfectly Correct - Philippa Gregory
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
Amanda's Wedding - Jenny Colgan
Sacred and Profane - Faye Kellerman
The Homing - John Saul
A Breach of Promise - Anne Perry
'48 - James Herbert
The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
The BFG - Roald Dahl 

Journal Entry 2 by Rivercassini from London , Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, September 03, 2006

Picked this box, packed full of goodies, from Giz-angel this morning.

I have taken out:

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

Will journal again when have decided what to put in.

There's also a little bag of goodies to sort through and take what you want. I've added some neat little bookplates.

Will PM Hellie for address and try to send the box off before I go on holiday on 8th September, otherwise it will wait until I'm back on the 18th. 

Journal Entry 3 by Rivercassini from London , Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, September 03, 2006

Just journalling to say what books I've added. A number of these are very slim volumes, so plenty of room still.

1. A Tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kis Details here

2. Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore Details here

3. The Nature of Blood by Caryl Phillips Details here

4. Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad and Other Stories by Howard Normal Details here

5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J K Rowling Details here

6. Quidditch Through the Ages by J K Rowling Details here

7. Bullitt by Robert L Pike Details here

8. The Harvest by Christopher Hart Details here

9. Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh Details here 

Journal Entry 4 by Rivercassini at Royal Mail in By Post, a postal release -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, September 07, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (9/7/2006 UTC) at Royal Mail in By Post, a postal release -- Controlled Releases

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Off in the post today... 

Journal Entry 5 by Helly77 from Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 09, 2006

received safe and well....

still deciding what to tak and add... will journal again when i've made my mind up :) 

Journal Entry 6 by Helly77 from Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 09, 2006

Putting in....
Learning to Swim by Ann Turner
Waterlog by Roger Deakin
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by PD James

also added some BookThongs and pens to the Goodie Bag and a little something to help angellica with the postage overseas.

Taking out....
Sacred and Profane by faye Kellerman
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Bullitt by Robert L Pike
The Homing by John Saul

Taken out and put back in again :D :
Quidditch Through the Ages
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

I think thats everything...... 

Journal Entry 7 by Helly77 at in a BookBox in to another BookCrosser, by hand -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, September 09, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (9/9/2006 UTC) at in a BookBox in to another BookCrosser, by hand -- Controlled Releases

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passing on to Rexuar before hand delivering to Sterile 

Journal Entry 8 by rexuar from Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 09, 2006

WOW Its a box
But not shiny its Brown :p cheeky me!!! lawl!

I am taking out 48 and putting in Survivors! 

Journal Entry 9 by Helly77 at in a BookBox in to another BookCrosser, by hand -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, September 24, 2006

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passed on to Sterile :) 

Journal Entry 10 by Sterile from Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Monday, September 25, 2006

Grabbed this box off Helly77 yesterday in a 'drive past' Going to have a lookie today and maybe take one or two for the Manchester meet on Saturday as well as some for my TBR mountain. 

Journal Entry 11 by Sterile at Bookbox in Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, October 01, 2006

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The box shall move tomorrow 2nd October to the next member. Thanks for the chance for myself and the Manchester Bookcrossers to have a rummage! 

Journal Entry 12 by dodau from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Arrived this morning to cries of
"What have you been ordering now" from hubby.

Ok I have taken
Starter for ten
Hare sits up*(Can't read my own writing on this one)
A breach of promise
Fortunes Rocks
Learning to Swim

And I've put in
The Stupidest angel
Where old bones lie
Murder in the mews
The Wizard of odds
Geralds game. 

Journal Entry 13 by dodau at by mail in to the next participant, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 12, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (10/12/2006 UTC) at by mail in to the next participant, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 14 by wilksie from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 14, 2006

Arrived this morning - thanks Dodau(I'm having similar hubby problems by the way. He stands on the steps and grumbles with the postie about "another packet of books!")
Don't care - this looks as if it's full of great books and I'm looking forward to having a good rummage through :-) 

Journal Entry 15 by wilksie from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, October 16, 2006

Ooh, what a lot of good books!
I am taking out
Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad - Howard Norman
Survivors- Zion Ben Jonah
Gerald's game - Stephen King
The Harvest- Christopher Hart
Mr Phillips - John Lanchester
Ecstasy - Irving Welsh

and I'm putting in
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax - Liz Jensen
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About - Mil Millingon
Sheep's Clothing - Celia Dale
The Keys To The Street - Ruth Rendell
Native Son - Richard Wright

Thanks for the shiny book box Giz-Angel :-)

Posting on to Redhouse tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 16 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Thursday, October 19, 2006

Safe and sound.

Will have a sort out and journal again later.
Thanks everyone 

Journal Entry 17 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Thursday, October 19, 2006

This box contained a lot of books I have already read :(
But looking on the bright side I managed to find four that I intend to use for Christmas RABCK's :)

Taking out:

The Kalahari Typing School For Men
High Fidelity
The Princess Diaries
Murder In The Mews

Going in:

Love Loss and What I wore by Ilene Beckerman
Love Is A Four Letter Word by Claire Calman
The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
Woman's Hour Short Story Colection
Heard It In The Playground by Allan Ahlberg

Oh yes, I ate some of the sweeties, put in a few bookmarks and added something to the stash which will hopefully help angellica out with the overseas postage.

Happy trails, shiny box. 

Journal Entry 18 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Monday, November 06, 2006

Sorrry I've had this so long. Miss-Bagpuss has been away and asked me to hang on to it, but I'll be posting it to her this week. 

Journal Entry 19 by MissBagpuss from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 28, 2006

this initially arrived while i was away, but it was kept safely by the post office and redelivered today.

what a lovely box of goodies! i shall thoroughly enjoy ferretting through it. this is my first bookbox and i'm very excited. i'm already sipping a nice cup of pineapple and grapefruit tea using a teabag someone had kindly put in the box. yummy.

will journal again when i've decided what else to take out and add...

ok, i've taken out:
The Stupidest Angel
The Wizards of Odd
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
Where Old Bones Lie

i've put in:
Lieberman's Day by Stuart Kaminsky
Prism by Austin Bay
Fair Game by Elizabeth Young
Call Me Elizabeth by Dawn Annandale

i've put in some more fruity tea bags, a couple of bookplates and added a bit to the mailing kitty. I was going to wrap the box in xmas wrapping paper - i thought it might appreciate feeling festive for a while ;-) but i ran out of wrapping. i did find some nice stickers to decorate the box with instead though.

i've got caffcaff's address now so i will be mailing the box on 7th december. 

Journal Entry 20 by AngelChild from Rochester, Kent United Kingdom on Monday, December 11, 2006

Arrived this morning..looking a bit damp and worse for wear, so i sat it by the radiator and its looking a lot better now ;o)

Was releived to find no chocolate inside! lol

Ok, coming out are......
Heard It In The Playground (for me)
The Worlds Wife (for me)
Traitors Gate (for BigBoss)
Killshot (for Bigboss)
Perfectly Correct (for tigzz)
Amanda's Wedding (for tigzz)

Having 3 BCers in this house is a nightmare! lol

Going in are......
Sense & Sensibility
The Snow Walkers Son
Crome Yellow
Life, The Universe & Everything
Poco Poco
Fever Pitch
Dreams Of Sex & Stage Diving
Art & Lies

I've snaffled the book plates (sorry couldnt resist!) and added some bits including some to the International Postage Fund for angellica :o)

Will PM sunlightbub and see what she wants to do as im sure she moved recently..... Will journal again when its on its way.....

Thanks Giz :o)
 

Journal Entry 21 by AngelChild at Bookbox in Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, December 13, 2006

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Going off to sunlightbub by the end of the week.

Thanks Giz-angel :o) 

Journal Entry 22 by sunlightbub from Wallasey, Merseyside United Kingdom on Thursday, January 04, 2007

CaffCaff clearly has some taping issues..It's taken me about 30mins to get into this box!!!
Littley is asleep; hubby is going to be late home, I've got a nice cup of tea and there's icecream in the fridge..Perfect bookbox condtions!!!
I'm going to have a good rummage, but before I even get to the books I'm definitely snaffling one of the tingly bell bookthongs! Thanks Vikki and of course the lovely Giz for this box xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Journal Entry 23 by sunlightbub from Wallasey, Merseyside United Kingdom on Thursday, January 04, 2007

Okay, I'll be taking out:
Love, Loss & What I Wore
Life, The Universe and Everything ( For Mr Sunny)
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
Art & Lies

Going in are:
The Dying Wish (Courttia Newland)
Politically Correct Fairy Tales & Once Upon a More Enlightened Time ( James Finn Garner)
Live Bait (PJ Tracey)
Practical Magic ( Alice Hoffman)
Angels ( Marian Keyes)

I'm replacing the box, and will try to make it as pretty as this one - Thanks again xxxxxxxxx
 

Journal Entry 24 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 12, 2007

Arrived safe and well. Thanks for sharing.

Will take a better look and see what I will remove 

Journal Entry 25 by intry from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Monday, September 03, 2007

The box has arrived! Haven't had a proper look in it yet. Will contact Sobergirl, Potok-fan and Savotar, since they are also participants in the ring and living in the same city. Planning on meeting up with them as soon as possible :) 

Journal Entry 26 by intry from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Monday, September 24, 2007

Took out:
Love is a four letter word
Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving

Put in:
Running away from Richard
Easy

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Will meet Savotar later today and Sobergirl and Potok-fan tomorrow :)

Thank you everyone for sharing such a lovely box of books! 

Journal Entry 27 by Savotar from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Took out

Call Me Elizabeth
Easy
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued about.

Put in

After the Funeral
Does My Bum Look Big In This?
An Alien at St Wilfred's
Never Let Me Go

Thank you all, this was a fun experience! 

Journal Entry 28 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Thanks for the bookbox!
It was so much fun looking through it!

I put in:
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
All the Pretty Horses
Where Angels Fear to Tread

I took out:
Does my bum look big in this?
Native Son
Practical Magic
Lost in a good book (which Potok-Fan put in it just a while before :)

Thanks! This was a fun thing!
 

Journal Entry 29 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Tuesday, October 02, 2007

I have finally made up my mind!

I took out of the box: Quidditch through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them,
Sheep's Clothing,
An Alien at St. Wilfred's,
The Snow-walker's Son,
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, and
Taking Apart the Poco Poco.

I then read two of the books right away so I could put them back in!

I put into the box: An Alien at St. Wilfred's,
The Snow-walker's Son,
The Book of Eve,
Spend Game,
Lost in a Good Book,
More Tales of the City,
and The Last Days of Dogtown.

Thanks so much, Turku bookcrossers, for sharing postage on this, and Giz for starting it! 

Journal Entry 30 by intry from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, October 05, 2007

Box still in Finland, but very soon on its way!

wss4 asked to be skipped so I'm now PMing MyaStone for their address :) 

Journal Entry 31 by intry from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, October 10, 2007

MyaStone replied that she has just given birth to her child and is therefore asking to be skipped. A perfect reason! Congratulations to her and I'll PM the next person :) 

Journal Entry 32 by sweetsangria from Forest Grove, Oregon USA on Monday, November 05, 2007

I had this waiting for me when I returned from my vacation.

Books I took:

-The last days of dogtown
-Jane Eyre

Books I'm putting in:

-Black like me by John Howard Griffin
-The edge of pleasure by Philippa Stockley


love2read4fun did not respond to pms..sent box to elizardbreath on 11/15/07 

Journal Entry 33 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Monday, November 19, 2007

I received this today. I have never participated in such a well-traveled bookbox! Woo Hoo and Congratulations to giz-angel! I took out 8 books--a couple just because they'd been in so long--as well as a little notepad and bookstring from the goodie bag.

I added several items into the goodie bag, including the handful of suckers--don't worry, they haven't been traveling as long as the box has! :) I also added these books:

Heart of Thunder
Christmas Rogues
Sleeping Beauty
Possessions
Contract on America
Exceptional Clearance
The Sicilian
For All Their Lives
Deceptions
My Story

PMing Tribefan now. 

Journal Entry 34 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Thursday, November 29, 2007

Third PM to Tribefan sent just now...I bet my PM's aren't going through again! :) 

Journal Entry 35 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Monday, December 17, 2007

Ok...I've given Tribefan lots of time to respond. I bet she's just taking a Christmas break. I'm going to PM innae now. Box WAS ready to go, until I picked it up today by it's flaps and 3 broke off!! :) I will REBOX this up and have it ready to send to innae when I hear back.

1/10/08: Sent to innae today. 

Journal Entry 36 by innae from Aurora, Colorado USA on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Box arrived today, with some lovely items in the goody bag.

I am taking out:
The Keys to the Street
The Snow-Walker's Son
Prism
Running Away from Richard

Putting in:

Undead and Unreturnable
Soul Mountain
The Green Mile
Easy Money
The Web

And I have Rhonder's address, so I will be sending this off to Cananda as soon as I can get to the post office! ;-)

 

Journal Entry 37 by innae from Aurora, Colorado USA on Tuesday, January 29, 2008

I am a slacker...but I finally got this box back on its way yesterday (1/30) -- shipped off to Canada!! 

Journal Entry 38 by Rhonder from St Paul, Alberta Canada on Thursday, February 07, 2008

Received the box yesterday! Will pm the next person for their address now and will post again when I've had a chance to take a good look through the box! 

Journal Entry 39 by Rhonder from St Paul, Alberta Canada on Wednesday, February 13, 2008

There's a lot of books and a great assortment to choose from!

I am taking out:
After the Funeral
Shopaholic & Sister
All The Pretty Horses
Angels

And I am putting in:
High Five
'D' is for Deadbeat
Drowning Ruth
Full Circle

And I have added to the goodie bag as well. I have already received Eicuthbertson's address so the box is going back into the mail today!

Thank you Giz-angel, and everyone who participated, for this bookbox! 

Journal Entry 40 by eicuthbertson from Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, February 19, 2008

This box has now arrived in British Columbia. Thanks, everyone.
Looks like lots of good books here and treats too!
And, I will let loveamystery know it's here as she is next in line. 

Journal Entry 41 by eicuthbertson from Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on Friday, March 07, 2008

Hi, the box is now ready for loveamystery who will be picking it up from me.

I've taken out:

Easy Money by Jenney Siler
Undead and Unreturnable by Mary Janice Davidson
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

I have put in:

The Embers of Heaven by Alma Alexander
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

I'll be enjoying some tea and a lollipop from the goodie bag tonight and I've added some goodies and bookmarks and some B.C. pins.
Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 42 by Giz-angel from Greenwich, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, March 08, 2008

Thanks to everyone who has participated in the box and just to add a note that I'm going to ask CdnBlueRose to rehome the books via other means at the end - it costs so much since the last postage increases to send books back across the pond *sigh* but I'm sure the books will be well loved elsewhere. 

Journal Entry 43 by loveamystery from Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on Sunday, March 16, 2008

I picked up the books from eicuthbertson and will make my choices asap. What a long way this box has travelled! 

Journal Entry 44 by loveamystery from Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on Sunday, March 16, 2008

I am taking out:
Thorns of Truth by Eileen Goudge
Possessions by Judith Michael
Deceptions by Judith michael
The Embers of Heaven by Alma Alexander
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Full Circle by Danielle Steel

and

I am putting in:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Bread Alone by Judith Ryan Hendricks
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison
The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy
The Teahouse on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

Thank you Giz-angel for such a great box.