Bookbox# 11 It Takes Two
12 journalers for this copy...
Just a few rules.
1. No Mills & Boon types, no sci-fi,fantasy or childrens books and easy on the chick-lit.
2.As this is a combined box, please try and be aware of the contents and maintain the balance.
3. Please,please don't let this get too big. It needs to stay in a box no bigger than the one it starts out in.
Now for the victims.
1. Sterile
2. DSP
3. NICNIC2
4. arturogrande
5. raeliz64
6. jazz-ee2
7. Amber-moon
8.soffitta1
9. katrinat
10. Tubereader
11 turnpages
12. RuthyToothy
Then back to lellie and round we go again.
What's in the box?
HIS
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Double Image by David Morrell
Skinners Mission by Quentin Jardine
The White Russian by Tom Bradby
When The Wind Blows by James Patterson
In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
MINE
Mercy by Jodi Picoult
The High Flyer by Susan Howatch
Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee
Burning Bright by Helen Dunmore
Eden Close by Anita Shreve
The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton
The Last To Know by Candida Crewe
Taking out of the box:
David Morrell - Double Image for 'is lordship
Longitude - for the Manchester meetup group (will come back with me if not taken)
Susan Howatch - The High Flyer
Candida Crewe - The Last to Know (reminds me of the missing postman by Mark Wallington, but more serious I think)
Having a ganders at what to put back in and pming DSP.
Ta!!
Released 16 yrs ago (3/18/2008 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Off this afternoon on it's travels to DSP in Leeds. Should be there with any luck by Thursday!!
Released 16 yrs ago (4/5/2008 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Passing on to the next participant.
I'm taking out:
The White Russian
All the Right Places
Will update once I've decided what to put in!
Released 15 yrs ago (5/7/2008 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I finally got this moving again today :)
I've taken out:
Learning to Swim and other stories - Graham Swift
Mercy - Jodi Picoult
When the Wind Blows - James Patterson (for my husband)
I'll journal agin when I've decided what to put in.
Thanks very much - hopefully this one will keep going for as long as possible.
They are:
Grumpy Old Men - Stuart Prebble
One For My Baby - Tony Parsons
The World of Normal Boys
Thanks again for the box, which is now on its way to raeliz64.
I've already sorted the ins and outs.
I took Eden Close by Anita Shreve and hubby took Atlantis by David Gibbins.
I have replaced them with The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Light on Snow by Anita Shreve.
I think I have decided to take the following books out:
Grumpy Old Men - Stuart Prebble
The hourglass - Julie Parsons
Hannah's gift - Maria Housden
Tobo: One woman's escape - Jane Tierney
The speckled people - Hugo Hamilton
The world of normal boys - K M Soehnlein
Now I just have to work out what I will put in their place before passing the box on to the delectable Amber-moon.
UPDATE 21st June
I am putting in:
All that remains - Patricia Cornwell
Heat wave - Penelope Lively
Love in the present tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde
Refusal shoes - Tony Saint
Mrs Kimble - Jennifer Haigh
I`ve taken; The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
All That Remains by Patricia Cornwall
Mrs Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
Stripjack by Ian Rankin
I`m putting in; Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Dancing With The Virgins by Stephen Booth
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
Hope this proves to be a good mix for everyone! PM`ing the next othe list.
Taken out:
The Reading Group
The House of Sleep
Burning Bright
In The Heart Of The Sea
Refusal shoes - Tony Saint
Putting in:
Secret Smile: Nikki French
Mourning Ruby: Helen Dunmore
A Complicated Kindness: Miriam Toews
The Whaleboat House: Mark Mills
The Changeling
Posted 7/7/08
Released 15 yrs ago (7/7/2008 UTC) at By Post in It Takes Two Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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I'm taking out:
The Whale Boat House, Mills
Light on Snow, Shreve - for my Mum
Dancing with Virgins, Booth
Love in the Present Tense, Hyde
The Changling, Jenkins
A Complicated Kindness, Toews
The Jane Austen Bookclub, Fowler
In goes:
Presepolis
Tishomingo Blues
Fingersmith
The True History of the Kelly Gang
Eat, Shoots and Leaves
Breakfast at Tiffany's
I've tried to add a varied mix as there seemed lots of books from the same genre, hope people will be interested in these. This will be sent out on Tuesday as that'll be the first opportunity I get to go to the post office
Released 15 yrs ago (7/22/2008 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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sent to Tube Reader today, expected to take 5 days to arrive
The box is great! I have almost decided what to take out and put in so will be shipping it shortly.
Turnpages has a message in their profile asking to be skipped on ring / rays / boxes until the middle of August so, as I will have to post the box before that, I have PMed RuthyToothy instead.
Thanks lellie for putting this together and to the previous participants for their contributions!
AUGUST 11 UPDATE: RuthyToothy cannot receive the box before the middle of the month either, as I am going away myself as well, I have PMed turnpages so I will post the box to them as soon as both of us are back (hopefully beg of the week starting on the 18th).
I am taking out:
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Fingersmith
- Persepolis
Thanks katrinat as all of them were put in by you!
I am putting in:
- Trading reality (more "his")
- The lover (more "hers)
- The bugatti queen (can be both "his" because of the racing cars or "hers" because it's the biography of a woman)
Thanks a lot to lellie and MrRedhouse for putting together this great box.
turnpages has asked to be skipped now, so I will be posting this to RuthyToothy on Monday.
Released 15 yrs ago (8/20/2008 UTC) at It Takes Two Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This box has been sent to RuthyToothy who is next in line (as turnapages asked to be skipped).
Happy reading!
Thank you SO MUCH to Lellie MrRedhouse for organising this box, and to all the participants so far who have contributed such varied and interesting books to the selection :-)