Shiny book box
22 journalers for this copy...
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)
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
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.
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
Released 17 yrs ago (9/7/2006 UTC) at By Mail in By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Off in the post today...
still deciding what to tak and add... will journal again when i've made my mind up :)
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......
Released 17 yrs ago (9/9/2006 UTC) at in a BookBox in a BookRing/Ray, by hand -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
passing on to Rexuar before hand delivering to Sterile
But not shiny its Brown :p cheeky me!!! lawl!
I am taking out 48 and putting in Survivors!
Released 17 yrs ago (9/24/2006 UTC) at in a BookBox in a BookRing/Ray, by hand -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
passed on to Sterile :)
Released 17 yrs ago (10/1/2006 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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!
"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.
Released 17 yrs ago (10/12/2006 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Don't care - this looks as if it's full of great books and I'm looking forward to having a good rummage through :-)
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.
Will have a sort out and journal again later.
Thanks everyone
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.
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.
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)
Released 17 yrs ago (12/13/2006 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Going off to sunlightbub by the end of the week.
Thanks Giz-angel :o)
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
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
Will take a better look and see what I will remove
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!
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!
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!
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!
wss4 asked to be skipped so I'm now PMing MyaStone for their address :)
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 :)
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
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.
1/10/08: Sent to innae today.
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! ;-)
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!
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.
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!
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.