Journal Entry 1 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, March 08, 2008

A joint effort box from the combined shelves of lellie and MrRedhouse. Hopefully this will be perpetual, we'll see how log we can keep it going.

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

 

Journal Entry 2 by Sterile from Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Monday, March 17, 2008

As always a delightful book from the combined forces of MrRedhouse and Lellie. Even the card that came with the bcid in is lovely! I do appeciate Moorcroft but can't afford any pieces of my own.

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!!

 

Journal Entry 3 by Sterile at Bookbox in Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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Off this afternoon on it's travels to DSP in Leeds. Should be there with any luck by Thursday!! 

Journal Entry 4 by DSP from Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, March 20, 2008

Book Box arrived safely with me today. What a treat to look at over Easter! Thanks for letting me join. 

Journal Entry 5 by DSP at in the mail in Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, April 03, 2008

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Passing on to the next participant. 

Journal Entry 6 by NICNIC2 from St Andrews, Scotland United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Received today. This is an interesting mix but there's not much in it for me - I've read quite a few of these already :)
I'm taking out:
The White Russian
All the Right Places

Will update once I've decided what to put in! 

Journal Entry 7 by NICNIC2 at Bookbox in Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, May 07, 2008

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I finally got this moving again today :) 

Journal Entry 8 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 10, 2008

Yet another great bookbox from lellie - and this time, we've had MrRedhouse's imput as well!

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.
 

Journal Entry 9 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Sunday, May 18, 2008

OK, I've decided what I'm going to replace those books with.

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. 

Journal Entry 10 by raeliz64 from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 29, 2008

Received today, thanks very much.
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. 

Journal Entry 11 by raeliz64 from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, June 12, 2008

Posted to jazz-ee2 today. 

Journal Entry 12 by jazz-ee2 from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, June 16, 2008

This was a lovely surprise bookbox, and I so could have taken many more books out!

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

 

Journal Entry 13 by Amber-moon on Saturday, June 21, 2008

Passed to me by Jazz-ee2 this morning,ta chuck. I love the card,its just gorgeous.Thanks to Lellie and Mr Redhouse for organising this one,long may it go round!
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. 

Journal Entry 14 by soffitta1 from Ávila, Ávila Spain on Monday, June 30, 2008

What a lovely welcome home package! Am busy perusing it just now and see quite a few I'm interested in. Have Katrinat's address already. Just finishing off some books to go in. Will post it on at the weekend.

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 

Journal Entry 15 by soffitta1 at By Post in It Takes Two Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Monday, July 07, 2008

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Journal Entry 16 by katrinat from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 08, 2008

I'd forgotten I'd signed up for this completely so it was a nice surprise to come home to. Seen a few books I'm interested in, I'll have a proper look later on and consider what I have to offer. Loved the card x 

Journal Entry 17 by katrinat from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex United Kingdom on Sunday, July 20, 2008

Sorry this has been with me a while, been a hectic couple of weeks.
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
 

Journal Entry 18 by katrinat at BOOK RING, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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sent to Tube Reader today, expected to take 5 days to arrive 

Journal Entry 19 by Tubereader from Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Tuesday, August 05, 2008

The box arrived safely while I was away. Sorry it took long to journal.

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). 

Journal Entry 20 by Tubereader from Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Saturday, August 16, 2008

I have made my choices from the box and decided what to put in in exchange.

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. 

Journal Entry 21 by Tubereader at It Takes Two Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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This box has been sent to RuthyToothy who is next in line (as turnapages asked to be skipped).

Happy reading! 

Journal Entry 22 by RuthyToothy on Saturday, August 23, 2008

The bookbox arrived this morning - it's the first box I've been involved in, and I was very excited to open it up, it almost felt like Christmas! I was extremely pleased with the contents, hubbie and I have had a good rummage and have decided to pull out 6 books. We'll have a shuftie through our shelves to find some replacements, and then I'll post again with the "ins and outs" :-)

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 :-)