Journal Entry 1 by JennyC1230 from Woodstock, Georgia USA on Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Book Description:

"Gold in the cave" - those are the words Ty sees written in an old frontier diary. The cave is somewhere near the ghost town where Ty lives. But how can he find it?

Ty and his friends, Nora and Paul, have only one good clue. And there are only a few days left to search for the hidden treasure.

I got this book for Rachel. She has read it and decided it's ready to travel. 

Journal Entry 2 by JennyC1230 from Woodstock, Georgia USA on Wednesday, November 04, 2009

This is the Journal Book for the ABC (Already Been Crossed) Bookbox (US only). Each book in the box has at least one person who registered it, plus another person who journalled the book. I wanted to get some of the Bookcrossing books moving around, again. Some have been living here rent-free for too long. There is a good mix of genres, so there should be something for everyone.

These are the books starting out in the Bookbox:

The Midnight Club by: James Patterson
Nightmare House by: Douglas Clegg
Making the Cat Laugh by: Lynne Truss
Rattlers by: Jospeh L. Gilmore
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by: Maya Angelou
White Hot by: Sandra Brown
The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage by: Anne Edwards
Meridian by: Alice Walker
The Throat by: Peter Straub
Total Silence by: T.J. MacGregor
Bones to Ashes by: Kathy Reichs
Jolie Blon's Bouce by: James Lee Burke
The Secret Life of Bees by: Sue Monk Kidd
The Prince of Beverly Hills by: Stuart Woods
Autobiography of a Fat Bride by: Laurie Notaro
Tart Noir by: Various Authors
Ghost Towns by: Betsy Thornton
Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath by: Scott Phillips
Friday the 13th: Hell Lake by: Paul A. Woods
Floating Dragon by: Peter Straub
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by: Gregory Maguire
The Black Dahlia by: James Ellroy
Someone in the House by: Barbara Michaels
Size 12 is Not Fat by: Meg Cabot
Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love by: Jill Connor Browne

Participants:

1. Flossie771 (Georgia)
2. jenptcfan (Arkansas)
3. Trekwoman (Illinois)
4. Angela861 (Illinois)
5. Chiboiler (Illinois) *Asked to be skipped*
6. Tempestsans (Georgia) *Asked to be skipped*
7. Firegirl (New Mexico)
8. PaulsBooks (Utah) (a.k.a. tostle)
9. elizardbreath (Oregon) *Asked to be skipped*
10. princess-peapod (California) *Asked to be skipped*
11. ladybug74 (Alabama)

Back to JennyC1230 at the end!



 

Journal Entry 3 by JennyC1230 from Woodstock, Georgia USA on Monday, November 09, 2009

Planning to mail to Flossie771 on November 10th to get this Bookbox started! Enjoy the bookbox!

Happy Birthday to my daughter, Rachel! 

Journal Entry 4 by Flossie771 from Villa Rica, Georgia USA on Friday, November 13, 2009

Bookbox arrived today...I am going thru it, so I'll post again soon. 

Journal Entry 5 by Flossie771 from Villa Rica, Georgia USA on Friday, November 13, 2009

I am taking out:
Midnight Club by James Patterson
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Autobiography of a Fat Bride by Laurie Notaro

I am adding:
D is For Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
Tomorrow's Promise by Sandra Brown
Who Killed Robert Kennedy by Philip Melanson
From a Buick8 by Stephen King
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
Going Home by Richard Wheeler
Two Women and Their Man by Mervyn Jones

I've already pmed the next in line for an address, so I will get this mailed off as soon as I get it.
Thanks so much for including me in this bookbox!!! :)

mailed this afternoon...dc# 0309 1830 0001 9350 3560 

Journal Entry 6 by jenptcfan from Conway, Arkansas USA on Wednesday, November 18, 2009

As I was leaving for work this morning, I caught a glance of a box on my front porch, so I backed back down the street, pulled right back into my driveway, and threw it in the car. I peeled the tape off the box on the way to work. I didn't have enough stop lights to look through the box, but I did pull the journal book out! :) As you can tell, it's been awhile since I got a book box, so I'm a little excited. Will journal again when I make my selections. 

Journal Entry 7 by jenptcfan from Conway, Arkansas USA on Thursday, November 19, 2009

I took out:

Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love
Meridian

I'm adding:

Tuck Everlasting
He's Just Not that Into You
Terra Infirma
Give it all to Him
Homecoming
Second Glance

And I would have added more, but I didn't want to have to switch to a bigger box.

Things are nuts around here right now (my boyfriend's mom passed away), but I'll get this back in the mail as soon as things settle down. Will PM the next in line now. 

Journal Entry 8 by jenptcfan at controlled release, a controlled release -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (12/1/2009 UTC) at controlled release, a controlled release -- Controlled Releases

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Sent out to Trekwoman today (sorry for the delay). Media Mail with a DC # of 0309 1830 0001 1704 3806. 

Journal Entry 9 by trekwoman from Los Angeles, California USA on Saturday, December 05, 2009

The box has touched down on a chilly winter afternoon in Illinois. I'll be checking through it today, making journal entries and hopefully will have it traveling again next week. 

Journal Entry 10 by trekwoman at Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, December 12, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (12/12/2009 UTC) at Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases

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This box will once again be on the move Saturday afternoon. 

Journal Entry 11 by trekwoman from Los Angeles, California USA on Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sorry for the delay. The box is still with me! 

Journal Entry 12 by trekwoman at Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases on Friday, January 22, 2010

Released 3 yrs ago (1/22/2010 UTC) at Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases

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FINALLY got this one off to the Post Office! Am so sorry for the huge delay.

DC # 0308 0730 0000 0200 0063 

Journal Entry 13 by angela861 from Chicago, Illinois USA on Saturday, January 30, 2010

I received the box and will have it on its way again soon! :-) I'll update this post w/ the books I remove/add. Thanks for including me!

UPDATE: I don't have a car so I've had to carry the books to work a few at a time. Tricky business when the sidewalks are covered in snow. I will get this moving in the next couple of days. Sorry for the delay. :-) 

Journal Entry 14 by angela861 at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Thursday, February 25, 2010

Released 3 yrs ago (2/25/2010 UTC) at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

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A couple of BC members asked to be skipped so this is off to firegirl. I gave up trying to carry all the books to the post office so I'm sending them from my office via Fed-Ex Ground. It is about the same as regular mail so I'm saving my back. Tracking # - 131675610000178

Update -
I removed:
Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan
A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult

I added:
Death of a Thin Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander
Fire by Sebastian Junger
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs 

Journal Entry 15 by Firegirl from Annandale, Virginia USA on Sunday, March 07, 2010

Arrived safely, thank you! I'll be making my selections and moving it on in the next few days. 

Journal Entry 16 by tostle from Salt Lake City, Utah USA on Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The box has arrived! Thanks for sending it to me. I will make my selections and get it moving soon! 

Journal Entry 17 by ladybug74 from Dothan, Alabama USA on Monday, May 17, 2010

The box arrived today. The side was split open a bit, but I don't think any books escaped because it is overflowing with books. Maybe my rough mailman split it when he was leaving it here at my home. :) I will get my selections made and try to send this box home soon. 

Journal Entry 18 by ladybug74 at Slocomb, Alabama USA on Saturday, August 07, 2010

I am soooooo sorry that this box has stayed with me so long. I didn't actually realize just how long I have had it until I came back to do this journal entry today. I have never been such a bad bookcrosser, so I owe a big apology to JennyC1230 and everyone else who participated. The box was actually mailed home to JennyC1230 today. I have had a rough couple of months with an unexpected pregnancy, big changes at my job, and we think I have miscarried now on top of everything else. (I will find out for sure Tuesday.) It has been a busy, crazy couple of months. That is no excuse for me having this box so long. I am taking a break from BookCrossing due to everything going on in my life and will be sending something extra to JennyC1230 in a separate package as an apology for being so bad. :) She has been so kind and more than patient with me.  

Journal Entry 19 by JennyC1230 at Woodstock, Georgia USA on Saturday, August 07, 2010

Dear ladybug74,

I hope you didn't think I was bugging you about mailing this box! I knew that you had it, and you have had some big changes going on in your life. I would rather it be safe at your house, than lost in the mail.

I'm looking forward to receiving the box. I appreciate you releasing the books that started out in the box. You don't have to send me anything special. I appreciate your friendship and your family is SOO much more important than a bookbox.

You are my friend, otherwise I wouldn't have personally invited you to join this bookbox.  

Journal Entry 20 by JennyC1230 at Woodstock, Georgia USA on Monday, August 16, 2010

This bookbox has come back and it is chock-full of books! Thanks so much! I will be journalling the books in the next couple of days. 

Journal Entry 21 by JennyC1230 at Woodstock, Georgia USA on Friday, May 11, 2012

This is the Journal Book for the ABC (Already Been Crossed) Bookbox (US only). Each book in the box has at least one person who registered it, plus another person who journalled the book. I wanted to get some of the Bookcrossing books moving around, again. Some have been living here rent-free for too long. There is a good mix of genres, so there should be something for everyone. I ask that you don't put any Harlequins or children's books (12 yrs or younger) in the box, but everything else is fair game. Please journal the books you take out of the box and journal this book, so we can keep track of the box. If the box wears out, please get a new one. Please keep the bookbox 2 weeks or less. If you are having trouble getting in touch with the next person let me know. If you can do a delivery confirmation, I appreciate it, but I understand if you aren't able to. If you have any problems or questions, my e-mail is j.chaban(at)comcast. net

These are the books starting out in the Bookbox:

Rest Area (stories) by: Clay McLeod Chapman Taken by faramir10
Fruits Basket (Manga) by: Natsuki Takaya Taken by OphEliaGirl
Voices of Love (Manga) by: Kanae Hazuki - (18+ years) Taken by OphEliaGirl
Interview with the Vampire by: Anne Rice Taken by Booklady331
The Radiant Seas by: Catherine Asaro Taken by Elizardbreath
Front Porch Princess by: Kathryn Springer Taken by faramir10
Forrest Gump by: Winston Groom Taken by innae
The Take Down by: Mark Anthony
The Help by: Kathryn Stockett Taken by Flossie771
The Book of Summer by: James F. David Taken by tabby-cat-owner
The Sporting Club by: Sinclair Browning Taken by lisabb2
Fatal Tide by: Iris Johansen
Just the Way You Are by: Christina Dodd Taken by minesayin
Warrior Ascended by: Addison Fox Taken by Bkind2books
Transfer of Power by: Vince Flynn
The Cinderella Deal by: Jennifer Crusie Taken by Bkind2books
I Can't Accept Not Trying by: Michael Jordan Taken by tabby-cat-owner
Car Camping: the Book of Desert Adventures by: Mark Sundeen Taken by faramir10
Death on the Nile by: Agatha Christie Taken by Booklady331
Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man by: David T. Hardy & Jason Clarke Taken by Elizardbreath
Succulent Wild Woman by: Sark Taken by Firegirl
Ty's Tricks by: Ty Pennington Taken by Elizardbreath

Participants:

1. Flossie771 (Georgia)
2. Booklady331 (Florida)
3. Bkind2books (Tennessee)
4. Firegirl (Virginia)
5. faramir10 (Texas)
6. tabby-cat-owner (Arizona)
7. OphEliaGirl (Arizona)
8. etherea (Arkansas)
9. Aramena (Oklahoma)
10. Loriped (Oregon)
11. Elizardbreath (Oregon)
12. KarmelK (Michigan)
13. minesayn (Ohio)
14. Tribefan (Ohio) Asked to be skipped.
15. lisabb2 (Iowa)
16. NMReader (Virginia)
17. Izzy5000 (Colorado) <--Skipped
18. innae (Colorado)
19. whiskeyjane (New Mexico)
20. Paulsbooks (Utah) <---Travelling here!
21. dabercro (Utah)
22. Aberpeter (Washington)
23. oliviapoolside (Washington)
24. judygreeneyes (California)
25. Ayntastic (California)
26. k00kaburra (California)

Back to JennyC1230 at the end! 

Journal Entry 22 by Flossie771 at Villa Rica, Georgia USA on Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Box arrived today.....I will have it moving again soon! :) 

Journal Entry 23 by Flossie771 at Villa Rica, Georgia USA on Friday, May 18, 2012

Released 1 yr ago (5/18/2012 UTC) at Villa Rica, Georgia USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

mailed to the next in line 

Journal Entry 24 by booklady331 at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Wednesday, May 30, 2012

I was away for the weekend and the box was here when I got home. Thank you for including me. I will make my choices tomorrow and send the box off as soon as I get the address to mail it on its travels. There are a lot of books in the box.

Took out
1. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
2. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
3. The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook

Put in
1. A Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de Blasi
2. Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich
3. Living Life as a Thank You by Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons 

Journal Entry 25 by booklady331 at ABC bookbox in BOOKBOX, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Released 11 mos ago (5/30/2012 UTC) at ABC bookbox in BOOKBOX, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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Enjoy! Off today or tomorrow to BKind2Books. 

Journal Entry 26 by Bkind2books at Clarksville, Tennessee USA on Monday, June 04, 2012

It's here. Will try to get this out this week. It does need a new box - I'm not sure how this one made it.

 

Journal Entry 27 by Bkind2books at Clarksville, Tennessee USA on Sunday, June 10, 2012

Released 11 mos ago (6/9/2012 UTC) at Clarksville, Tennessee USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way, here's the delivery confirmation:

DC #0311 2550 0001 9055 7244

Happy travels! 

Journal Entry 28 by Firegirl at Annandale, Virginia USA on Friday, June 15, 2012

Arrived safe and sound in a happy, sturdy new box. Have already made my selections, repacked it, and will be PMing the next in line for an address. 

Journal Entry 29 by Firegirl at Annandale, Virginia USA on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Released 11 mos ago (6/19/2012 UTC) at Annandale, Virginia USA

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Sent to next in line. Delivery confirmation number: 0310 3490 0001 3937 4687 

Journal Entry 30 by faramir10 at Snyder, Texas USA on Monday, June 25, 2012

Bookbox arrived today. Glanced through it and it looks interesting. I will choose some books in the next day or two. 

Journal Entry 31 by tabby-cat-owner at Phoenix, Arizona USA on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

This bookbox arrived today. I've looked through the many books in the box and made my selections. I will be adding books to the box shortly. 

Journal Entry 32 by tabby-cat-owner at Phoenix, Arizona USA on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The ABC bookbox has been mailed to OphEliaGirl.

Delivery Confirmation number 0310 3490 0001 3741 5368
 

Journal Entry 33 by rem_KQI-811293 at Yuma, Arizona USA on Monday, July 30, 2012

Hello lovely people! I went to the post office today (a 40 minute trip both ways) and this was waiting for me. I am taking 7 items:
Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook
The Second Husband by Louise Cavendish
Voices of Love by Kanae Hazuki (so excited to see manga in this box!)
Fruits Basket #1 by Natsuki Tanaka
Beauty Junkies by Alex Kiczynski
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunck by David Sedaris
and The Green Mile by Stephen King. I am counting this as one, even though it's the small set of 6 books because it was rubber banded together as one.

I am adding 7 items:
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister
The Great Taos Bank Robbery by Tony Hillerman.

I will contact the next person and expect to mail this out in 2 weeks on my next post office jaunt.
 

Journal Entry 34 by etherea at Little Rock, Arkansas USA on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

I'm excited! The ABC Bookbox has arrived! 

Journal Entry 35 by etherea at ABC Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Released 7 mos ago (10/10/2012 UTC) at ABC Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

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Ok, had to read this one while it was at my house:) It was cute--I do like children's books! It will be on its way in the next couple of days to Aramena with a bundle of other books.
Edited to add that the bookbox was mailed this afternoon (October 10) and delivery confirmation number is 03120090000125256493
 

Journal Entry 36 by Aramena at Moore, Oklahoma USA on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Box just arrived with mail carrier commenting twice about how heavy it is! Can't wait to go through it!  

Journal Entry 37 by Aramena at Moore, Oklahoma USA on Friday, October 19, 2012

Box mailed to loriped today! 21 pounds of books! Delivery confirmation number 0312 1430 0001 9270 1255.

 

Journal Entry 38 by elizardbreath at Pendleton, Oregon USA on Monday, November 05, 2012

I received this a few days ago. Have already PM'd next in line but it might be toward the end of the month before I can send it along. 

Journal Entry 39 by KarmelK at Jerome, Michigan USA on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Wow, what a lot of books. And what a shame I don't have time to read now. Good thing for me nothing jumps out and says "read me". So I'll grab two my DD might read and find a couple of ABC's to add.
I've written the next person for her info. Box should be moving along very soon. 

Journal Entry 40 by KarmelK at Huron, Ohio USA on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Released 5 mos ago (11/29/2012 UTC) at Huron, Ohio USA

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Have minesayn address and am hoping to send the box out tomorrow or Thursday.
Thanks for including me. It's been a long time since I've been part of a box. This one is big and postage is pricey. I'll have to think harder next time! Hope you find lots to read in here!
Edit 11/28/12 Box went out at 3pm. DC 9102969010383159693550




 

Journal Entry 41 by minesayn at Huron, Ohio USA on Saturday, December 01, 2012

Received in the mail today. Will go through the books and pick out a few and replace a few others. At first glance, there appears to be a great selection of books. Thanks for allowing me to participate. 

Journal Entry 42 by minesayn at Grimes, Iowa USA on Thursday, December 06, 2012

Released 5 mos ago (12/6/2012 UTC) at Grimes, Iowa USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Removed the following books:
Size 12 is Not Fat/Meg Cabot
Just the Way You Are/Christina Dodd
Red Hot/Audrey Friend
Wild Highland Magic/Kendra Leigh Castle

Replaced with the following books:
The Cider House Rules/John Irving
MacBeth/Shakespeare
The Grapes of Wrath/John Steinbeck
Willard and His Bowling Trophies/Richard Brautigan
(3 of them are 1001-books for those interested in them)

Tribefan asked to be skipped, thus being sent to lisabb in Grimes, Iowa
Being sent by media mail; delivery confirmation number 0312 1430 0002 0737 2074 

Journal Entry 43 by lisabb2 at Grimes, Iowa USA on Thursday, December 13, 2012

Got the box a couple of days ago. Will make my picks and send it on it's way in a few days. 

Journal Entry 44 by lisabb2 at Grimes, Iowa USA on Monday, December 17, 2012

I'm taking:
The Sporting Club by Sinclair Browning
The Dark Room by Minette Walters
Slightly Single by Wendy Markham
Fashionistas by Lynn Messina

I'm putting in:
The Front by Patricia Cornwell
Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman

I'll be sending this book out shortly! 

Journal Entry 45 by NMReader at Herndon, Virginia USA on Friday, December 28, 2012

I am not sure when the box arrived as I have been out of town. It was waiting for me when I returned to work today.

I am leaving for sisster's tomorrow but I will make my selctions and get it out and moving hopefully next week.

Thanks for including me 

Journal Entry 46 by NMReader at Herndon, Virginia USA on Thursday, January 03, 2013

I am so sorry. I thought I would have my selection made and the box back out in the mail by now but I only looked at all the books in the box last night. Now I have to figure out which ones I am willing to let pass me by.

I will try to make my selections this weekend. I have contacted the next participant to get their address 

Journal Entry 47 by NMReader at Herndon, Virginia USA on Saturday, January 26, 2013

Released 3 mos ago (1/26/2013 UTC) at Herndon, Virginia USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I took to the PO this morning.

Delivery Confirmation #: 0312 3190 0000 7135 3406 

Journal Entry 48 by innae at Aurora, Colorado USA on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The box arrived today!! YAY!!! (I am guessing Izzy asked to be skipped? or couldn't be reached?? ) I will go through the books this week and get it headed off asap :-) 

Journal Entry 49 by innae at Aurora, Colorado USA on Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Sent on its merry way to NM this morning.

USPS Tracking # (what used to be Delivery Confirmation)
9549 0104 6580 3036 3815 99

 

Journal Entry 50 by whiskeyjane at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Sunday, February 24, 2013

This book box arrived safely last week. I will choose a few books and get it in the mail in March. Lots of good books in here! 

Journal Entry 51 by whiskeyjane at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

just a quick update to let u know the box will be sent to PaulsBooks next week. Sorry for the delay! 

Journal Entry 52 by whiskeyjane at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Book box is in the mail to SLC! Will update later with the USPS #. Sorry for the delay! 

Journal Entry 53 by whiskeyjane at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Released 1 wk ago (5/7/2013 UTC) at Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

JennyC1230's ABC bookbox is in the mail to SLC. USPS tracking #
 

Journal Entry 54 by tostle at Salt Lake City, Utah USA on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

I received the book box. Thanks for sharing. I have made my selections and plan to package the box and get it back on its journey. I just need to find some ABC books!!!