Journal Entry 1 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Wednesday, October 31, 2007

This journal will travel along with the Movers and Shakers Bookbox. The shipping order is as follows:

allysther
itpdx
FeralReader
RockBird
siriradha
Bibliotreker
SkingList
mrsjones
MicheleReads
Cardamom-Wolfe
msjoanna

Home to Bluestocking88

I've put a lot of care in selecting current and interesting books others would like to read. Please do the same for future readers, meaning please don't fill this with undesirable or terribly outdated books. Please put in at least as many books as you take out. If the box begins to fall apart, please feel free to replace it.

I want to keep this box moving, so no more than two weeks at a stop. Journal when the box arrives, update what you take out and put in, and journal again when it is traveling again.

And this box is leaving my hands with the following books:

China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston
Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart
Funny In Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
'Tis by Frank McCourt
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire
A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett
Honeymoon with my Brother by Franz Wisner 

Journal Entry 2 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Thursday, November 08, 2007

Mailed to allysther in Korea today (APO address). Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 3 by allysther from Waipahu, Hawaii USA on Monday, November 26, 2007

YAY! The box has arrived. Such a wonderful selection. Tanks much for sending them this way. I'll be making selections in the next few days. So nice! 

Journal Entry 4 by allysther from Waipahu, Hawaii USA on Thursday, December 13, 2007

I removed the following books:

The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Honeymoon with my Brother by Franz Wisner

I replaced them with these:

Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan
Korea: a Walk Through the Land of Miracles
Who's Irish b Gish Jen

It was so difficult to choose just a few from the wonderful collection you sent out, Bluestocking88! Thank you so much for putting this box together. 

Journal Entry 5 by itpdx from Portland, Oregon USA on Monday, December 17, 2007

The box arrived today! I will debate my choices over the next couple of days. I am going to wait for lines at the post office to clear a little before I send it on. They were pretty amazing today. 

Journal Entry 6 by itpdx from Portland, Oregon USA on Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Hopefully I am not being too much of a book glutton. There are just so many great books in this box. I have taken
The House on Mango Street
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Tales of a Female Nomad
China Men, and
Funny in Farsi

I have put in:
A Year in World
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska
A House in Sicily
S'pose I Die
 

Journal Entry 7 by itpdx from Portland, Oregon USA on Wednesday, December 19, 2007

I had to go stand in line at the PO anyway, so the box is on its way to FeralReader today. 

Journal Entry 8 by FeralReader from Davis, California USA on Monday, December 24, 2007

What a treat! This delightful bookbox arrived today, as I discovered at the post office when stopping on the way home from the train station. I've been busily reading on the train so that I can add some treasures to this selection. Wow, what choices. Thanks, all! 

Journal Entry 9 by FeralReader from Davis, California USA on Saturday, December 29, 2007

My selections:

A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska
Waiting for Snow in Havana
Driving Over Lemons

...and Additions:

Changes in Latitude
The Places in Between
The Kindness of Strangers
The Lady and The Monk

Taping up the bookbox for its next trip to the post office and on to RockBird today!
Thanks again. 

Journal Entry 10 by RockBird from Mission Viejo, California USA on Friday, January 11, 2008

I'm not sure whether theres anything in here I'll be switching out, but who knows. A few of the titles look interesting. I may have to let a few of my relatives pick through; some of this looks like their taste.
I'll have the books in the mail shortly, in a different box (thanks for the warning, FeralReader). 

Journal Entry 11 by RockBird at To the next participant in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (3/18/2008 UTC) at To the next participant in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

RELEASE NOTES:

Finally sent on. Sorry for the delays. 

Journal Entry 12 by siriradha from Colorado Springs, Colorado USA on Friday, March 21, 2008

Yay, the books are here! Boo, I had to pay $11.76 in postage due to pry them out of the mailman's hands!

So many good books--this has got to be the best bookbox I've ever received!

I'm adding:
Esperanza Rising
In Nueva York
O Pioneers!
Immigrant Voices
Bone
Abroad in America

And removing:
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe
Who's Irish
The Kindness of Strangers
The Places in Between
Korea
Changes in Latitude

I should be able to mail this out today. 

Journal Entry 13 by bibliotreker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Received the bookbox today. Looks like some really interesting books. Will try to make my selections by the weekend and send it on it's way. I love the enclosed journal with comments from the previous participants. 

Journal Entry 14 by bibliotreker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, March 31, 2008

Movers and Shakers is traveling again, mailed by media mail to SKingList today. What a great assortment of books!

I've chosen:

Immigrant Voices edited by Gordon Hutner
A House in Sicily by Daphne Phelps
S'Pose I Die by Hector Holthouse
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes

Added:

Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
The Foreign Student by Susan Choi
The Olive Season by Carol Drinkwater
The Olive Harves by Carol Drinkwater

Happy reading,

biblio 

Journal Entry 15 by siriradha from Colorado Springs, Colorado USA on Wednesday, April 02, 2008

A P.S. to my previous journal entry--I just received a check from Rockbird, reimbursing me for the postage due! 

Journal Entry 16 by AnonymousFinder on Friday, April 04, 2008

3+ years on BookCrossing and this is my first ever book box. I had completely forgotten about it until bibliotreker PM'ed me for my details last week and then promptly forgot again - and was so surprised to find this on my porch when I got home form a long week. So many good books! A couple of direct wishlist hits and others I've read before and can testify to how amazing they are.
Going to PM mrsjones now and if I can get an address, I'll re-stock and ship this tomorrow. Otherwise it will likely be here until Saturday 4.12 because my work schedule often doesn't allow me to get to the post office during the week.
Thanks so much for organizing this, Bluestocking and thanks for sending it my way, bibliotreker.

CAUGHT IN SOUTH NYACK NEW YORK USA 

Journal Entry 17 by SKingList on Friday, April 04, 2008

That's me above. Don't know why BC decided to log me out. 

Journal Entry 18 by SKingList on Saturday, April 05, 2008

I got mrsjones' address and the box will go tomorrow morning. I've removed:

Amy Tan - The Bonesetter's Daughter
Fae Myenne Ng - Bone
(I seem to have a bone theme going)
Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks at Fifty

I'm adding:
Attending Marvels - George Gaylord Simpson
To The Last City - Colin Thubron
Italian Neighbors: Or, A Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona - Tim Parks
A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration - Michael Shapiro
Dave Barry Does Japan

None of mine have labels, the BCIDs are written in. Feel free to label. 

Journal Entry 19 by SKingList at bookring in bookring, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, April 05, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (4/5/2008 UTC) at bookring in bookring, Bookring -- Controlled Releases

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

RELEASE NOTES:

and it's off to mrsjones in Ohio

ETA: Delivery Confirmation: 0307 3330 0001 3474 3872 

Journal Entry 20 by mrsjones from Hamilton, Ohio USA on Sunday, April 13, 2008

I received the box in the mail yesterday but was busy babysitting my nieces, so I didn't get to look through it until today. I'll make my picks and post again before sending it off to MicheleReads. 

Journal Entry 21 by mrsjones from Hamilton, Ohio USA on Sunday, April 20, 2008

I pulled out:
A Sense of Place
The Olive Harvest
The Olive Season

and added:
Almost French
Notes from a Small Island
AmeriTican

I have MicheleReads address, so I'll get this out in the next few days. 

Journal Entry 22 by MicheleReads from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Got the box today! Thanks Mrs. Jones :-) I'll try to send it on to cardamom-wolfe by the end of the week. Thanks!
MicheleReads 

Journal Entry 23 by MicheleReads from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I received Cardamom-Wolfe's address and will mail the box tomorrow. I am taking the book Esperanza Rising, and replacing it with MayFlower (a book about the Pilgrim's passage to the US). Thanks for including me in this bookbox!

MicheleReads 

Journal Entry 24 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Friday, June 13, 2008

This box has reached Cardamom-wolfe, and will be winging its way to MsJoanna soon. 

Journal Entry 25 by cardamom-wolfe from Los Angeles, California USA on Saturday, June 21, 2008

What a great theme - and I loved the books that reached me! I've removed:
1. Mutant Message
2. Abroad in America
3. Almost French
4. Notes from a Small Island (picked by hubby!)

And in their place I've added:
1. The Global Soul
2. Map of the World
3. Annie Freeman's travelling funeral
4. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
5. Homer's Odyssey

The book box is being mailed on Monday back to Bluestocking88!!

THANK YOU!!! AND ENJOY! 

Journal Entry 26 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Box is travelling to MsJoanna via media mail. 

Journal Entry 27 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Tuesday, July 29, 2008

This box is with me in New York.

Because I'm the last stop, I'm trying to clear the box of those books that started in the box so that bluestocking88 gets all new books back. Unfortunately, for one book -- The Joy Luck Club -- the best I could do was to switch my copy for hers so that at least a different book can travel to her.

In addition to switching The Joy Luck Club for The Joy Luck Club, I'm taking:

Tis -- great book and I don't want bluestocking to get it back, so I'll find it a new home
To The Last City -- looks interesting

and I'm adding

House of Sand and Fog
I'm A Stranger Here Myself

The box will be on its way home shortly (in a smaller box that will hopefully be less likely to be crushed in shipping).

(mailed, via media mail, Aug. 5, 2008) 

Journal Entry 28 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Friday, August 08, 2008

This box has made it home to me. Thank you to everyone that kept it moving along.
Thanks!