Journal Entry 1 by ivylibra224 from Kimberling City, Missouri USA on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

This box carries only books from the '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' list. Two copies of 'the list' will be included in the box. One copy will be alphabetized by Title and one copy will be alphabetized by Author.

The rules of this box are as follows:

1. Journal the box as soon as you receive it so I know it's safe with you!

2. Take a week or two (up to a month) to look through the box and choose what you would like from it.

3. Journal the books you choose to keep.

4. Replace the same number of books to the box that you removed. Remember - they MUST be on 'the list'.

5. PM the next person in line and send the box off as soon as possible.

6. HAVE FUN!

This is my first book box so I hope you all will make it a successful one! I hope you enjoy it and I'm excited to see what will be coming back home to me!

Michelle
ivylibra224

 

Journal Entry 2 by sweetsangria from Forest Grove, Oregon USA on Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I received this in the mail today.
*Books I'm taking: "Look homeward,Angel" & "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time"

*Books I'm putting in: "The bluest eye" & "Like water for chocolate" & "Anna Karenin"(I'm putting this one in as an extra..it is a little worn)

Sent to elizardbreath on 1/23
 

Journal Entry 3 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Wednesday, January 30, 2008

I received this in the mail yesterday. I have chosen:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Main Street
Anna Karenina
The Scarlet Letter
Jane Eyre
Around the World in 80 Days

Pming next in line now. 

Journal Entry 4 by elizardbreath from Pendleton, Oregon USA on Sunday, February 03, 2008

I heard back from debnance and will have this in the mail to her on Tuesday. I found another copy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde today so I'm releasing it into the box, along with:

Walden
Lord Jim
The Age of Innocence
Kidnapped
1984 

Journal Entry 5 by debnance from Alvin, Texas USA on Saturday, February 16, 2008

The box arrived today! Yes!

I will journal more later.... 

Journal Entry 6 by dolphinwriter from Knoxville, Tennessee USA on Friday, February 29, 2008

I received this bookbox (and another bookbox and another book) today in the mail. Thank you. I will look through these boxes. Hopefully, I can get them back in the mail by the end of next week. 

Journal Entry 7 by dolphinwriter from Knoxville, Tennessee USA on Friday, March 07, 2008

Mailing out to Aramena today. The box currently contains:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners by James Joyce
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
Howards End by E. M. Forster
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
Old Goriot by Honore De Balzac
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rabbit Redux by John Updike
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 

Journal Entry 8 by Aramena from Moore, Oklahoma USA on Monday, March 10, 2008

Box arrived today - yay! 

Journal Entry 9 by Aramena from Moore, Oklahoma USA on Thursday, March 27, 2008

Mailing the box to feralreader today! What a fun box this was! I ended up keeping it a little longer than I'd planned, but I started reading Frankenstein and then realized it was on the list, so I held on to the box a few days so I could include it! In addition to Frankenstein, I also added Little Women, Kidnapped, and The Cider House Rules. 

Journal Entry 10 by FeralReader from Davis, California USA on Friday, April 04, 2008

What a delight, to find this book box waiting for me this afternoon at the post office. Thanks, everyone for the intriguing choices! I have Bluestocking88's address, so once I've done my catching and releasing it will soon be on its way.

 

Journal Entry 11 by FeralReader from Davis, California USA on Saturday, April 05, 2008

My catches from the book box:

Dracula
Little Women
Smilla's Sense of Snow

My additions:

Delta of Venus
The Name of the Rose
Fanny Hill
To Kill a Mockingbird
Brave New World

[Note: Some of the books I've registered just have the BCID written in the front; feel free to add a label if you wish].

Ready to go to Bluestocking88 on my next visit to the post office! 

Journal Entry 12 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Monday, April 14, 2008

The box has arrived safely about 30 minutes ago. I have chosen to remove:

Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
and
Old Goriot by Honore de Balzac

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Pricksons and Descants by Robery Coover
and
Oroonoko, The Rover, and Other Works by Aphra Behn

I'm taping this up and will mail it out to PaulsBooks as soon as I get a shipping address. Thanks for adding me, there were several books I would have loved to visit with.

 

Journal Entry 13 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Friday, April 18, 2008

This was mailed out this morning via Media Mail to Utah. Delivery Confirmation number 03080070000041633869. Thanks for including me, this was a fun box. 

Journal Entry 14 by tostle from Salt Lake City, Utah USA on Tuesday, April 22, 2008

(aka PaulsBooks)
thanks! I received this box and will keep it a few days and send it on. I've taken Northanger Abbey and will think about others. Thanks for including me! 

Journal Entry 15 by perryfran from North Ogden, Utah USA on Saturday, May 03, 2008

I received this in the mail today. Thanks for including me. I see some books that I would like to read. I'll make my selections and pass on soon. 

Journal Entry 16 by perryfran from North Ogden, Utah USA on Saturday, May 03, 2008

I took out 4 books and added several. I will be getting this in the mail today to tranq1 in Tampa, Florida.

USPS DC# 0303 1290 0001 2473 8621 

Journal Entry 17 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Friday, May 09, 2008

It came in the mail today. I will have it on it's way soon. 

Journal Entry 18 by tranq1 at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 16, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (5/16/2008 UTC) at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to batty14. DC # 03062400000214800305 

Journal Entry 19 by batty14 from Ballston Spa, New York USA on Thursday, May 22, 2008

Box arrived. Will pm next person in line and get this on the move. 

Journal Entry 20 by batty14 at In the Mail in Ballston Spa, A book loan -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 30, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (5/30/2008 UTC) at In the Mail in Ballston Spa, A book loan -- Controlled Releases

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

RELEASE NOTES:

I got this box off in the mail today around 4pm. Sorry I had it in the car for an extra day or so before mailing off! Thanks for a fun bookbox! 

Journal Entry 21 by ivylibra224 from Kimberling City, Missouri USA on Monday, June 09, 2008

Yay! Back home to me! It's really exciting to see the titles that have come home to me. I'll journal each separately of course, but here's the list:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Magus by John Fowles
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and other tales by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (and) Dubliners by James Joyce
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Oroonoko, The Rover and other works by Aphra Behn
The Scarlet Letter and other tales of the puritans by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

What a great haul! There are many here that I hadn't come across yet so I'm very pleased! The books I do have or have read will go into yet another 1,001 book box!