Journal Entry 1 by ksreader from Frontenac, Kansas USA on Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Small gift-sized book of scriptures.
 

Journal Entry 2 by ksreader at Doubletree Hotel - 10100 College Blvd. in Overland Park, Kansas USA on Thursday, October 22, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (10/24/2009 UTC) at Doubletree Hotel - 10100 College Blvd. in Overland Park, Kansas USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This book will be released at the book buffet at the 2009 Bookcrossing UnConvention (BC in KC) at the Doubletree Hotel.

#102- Thing to Be Thankful For: My BookCrossing Friends!!! 

Journal Entry 3 by thegoaliegirl from Spokane, Washington USA on Saturday, October 24, 2009

Time for a new travel narrative bookbox.

There are a few rules:
1. Journal all books that you take out of the box
2. Add the same number of books that you remove from the box
3. Post in the journal that is with the box when sending and receiving the box, so I can track it
4. Please try to keep the bookbox for no longer than 2 weeks
5. If the box is starting to show signs of wear, please replace it
6. Media mail is perfectly acceptable, delivery confirmation is up to you
7. Box returns to me at the end
8. Travel narratives only: no guidebooks, phrasebooks, non-travel books
9. If you could list in your journal entry which books are you taking and which ones you are putting in, I would appreciate it. Like seeing what happens between I send the box and when I get it back.
10. Have fun!

Box will go out after 4 or so people have signed up...

Here is the list of books that are going in:

*Africa Solo: A Journey Across the Sahara, Sahel and Congo by Kevin Kertscher
*Alone on the Great Wall by William Lindesay
*Fool's Paradise by Dale Walker
*Hong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire by Jan Morris
*In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
*In Bolivia by Eric Lawlor
*In Siberia by Colin Thubron
*Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman
*Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers by Mary Morris
*No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late by Ayun Halliday
*Parrots' Wood by Erma J. Fisk
*Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
*Running the Amazon by Joe Kane
*Solomon Time: Adventures in the South Pacific by Will Randall
*The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
*The "Old Patagonian Express": By Train Through The Americas by Paul Theroux

*I might make slight modifications to the list before it goes out


Bookbox's sending order:
1. SKingList
2. Ri
3. GoryDetails
4. mrsjones
5. oi-reader
6. bibliotreker
7. debnance <-
8. tranq1
9. azuki -- box is here
home to thegoaliegirl
 

Journal Entry 4 by AnonymousFinder at New York City, New York USA on Friday, June 25, 2010

Received in the travel book.
Awaiting info on recipients to pass box on.  

Journal Entry 5 by SKingList at New York City, New York USA on Monday, June 28, 2010

Taking from the box:

Africa Solo
Alone on the Great Wall
In Siberia
The Old Patagonian Express
Solomon Time
plus maybe one TBD

Putting into the Box:
Adventure Divas
AWOL
The Gods Drink Whiskey
Travelling Tales
The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society
Honeymoon with my Brother

I ran out of labels for Honeymoon with my brother. If anyone has an extra label they can tack on, feel free to do so. It is registered and the BCID is written in.

I have Ri's address. Will get the box moving by tomorrow or Weds. depending on this week. 

Journal Entry 6 by SKingList at New York City, New York USA on Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Box is in the mail room. Should go with pick up today or first thing tomorrow morning. Not sure what the impact of the 4th holiday will be but it should get there soon.

Delivery Confirmation: 420 452369102 7850 9140 1577 9616 15
 

Journal Entry 7 by Ri at Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Friday, July 02, 2010

Hooray! The box arrived! There look like some good ones in here! I'm just finishing up a travel book to add, but will need to work through one or two more while away for the holiday weekend. I hope not to hold on to this box very long before it is back on its traveling way. :) 

Journal Entry 8 by Ri at Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Wednesday, July 21, 2010

So I was all set to mail this out this past weekend, when I realized I hadn't gotten mrsjones address yet. Oops. I pm'd her a couple days ago but haven't heard back. Perhaps she is on summer vacation and without internet for a bit? I just pm'd GoryDetails to get her address in case I don't hear back from mrsjones in the next day or two. Sorry for the holdup!

ETA on 7/22: Turns out mrsjones is on vacation until 7/27, so this box is headed to GoryDetails.

I am taking out:
The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society
Iron and Silk
Travelling Tales
The Gods Drink Whiskey
No Touch Monkey

I am adding:
Slow Boats to China
First We Quite Our Jobs: How One Work Driven Couple Got on the Road to a New Life
Lonely Planet Unpacked Again: Travel Disaster Stories
The Obsessive Traveller
Seven Before Seventy: One Woman's Quest for the Seven Continents

There were many more great books in the box that I already have on Mt TBR. Great box! Thanks, thegoaliegirl!

I posted the box to GoryDetails on July 22. The DC# is 0310 0480 0000 8764 6524. 

Journal Entry 9 by GoryDetails at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The Travel bookbox arrived today - intact, though just barely, as it looks like someone's been jumping up and down on it {wry grin}; I'll find a new box for the next hop!

This is a lovely choice for a bookbox journal; a mix of small and great Things To Be Thankful For, bringing back lovely memories as well as being thought-provoking. I'd add "Receiving a box of books in the mail" to the things-to-be-thankful-for!

Later: I took out:

Unpacked Again
Maiden Voyages
Parrots' Wood
Round Ireland with a Fridge
Honeymoon With My Brother
In a Sunburned Country
The Obsessive Traveller

And I put in:

Postcards From the Ledge
Sea of Glory
Life on the Mississippi
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. 1
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. 2
Way Off the Road
Forest Under My Fingernails
 

Journal Entry 10 by GoryDetails at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (7/28/2010 UTC) at Nashua, New Hampshire USA

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The bookbox will be on its way to mrsjones in Ohio today (delivery confirmation #: 03082040000083840983). Thanks for letting me participate, and I hope everyone enjoys the selection!

[NOTE: the 2010 BookCrossing Unconvention in Boston is coming up soon, August 13-15; if interested in attending, this forum post has information and a link to the convention web site. If you can't come for the whole weekend, you're welcome to attend individual events - see the convention web site for contact info if you have questions. And even if you can't attend at all, watch for lots of BC books to be released in the Boston area that weekend!] 

Journal Entry 11 by mrsjones at Hamilton, Ohio USA on Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Received the box in the mail today. I've just finished a really goo travel narrative and am eager to find another. I'll make my picks and contact oi-reader. 

Journal Entry 12 by mrsjones at Hamilton, Ohio USA on Saturday, August 07, 2010

I took:
First We Quit Our Jobs
AWOL
Forest Under My Fingernails

And added:
An Embarrassment of Mangoes
Black Wave
So Many Enemies, So Little Time

Sending on to oi-reader today. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 13 by oi-reader at Toledo, Ohio USA on Friday, August 13, 2010

It's here! Some great titles in this one :) Unfortunately it came a bit too soon and I only have 2 I can put in. I will be making my choices in the next day or so and am pm'ing bibliotreker for their addy tonight. 

Journal Entry 14 by oi-reader at Toledo, Ohio USA on Saturday, August 14, 2010

I took out
So Many Enemies, So Little Time
Adventure Divas

and added
The Georgaphy of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
Fried Eggs With Chopsticks: One Woman's Hilarious Adventues into a Counrty and Culture not Her Own.

Am sending off to bibliotreker this morning. Thanks for allowing me to participate in yet another of your wonderful bookboxes goaliegirl! I may have to sit a few out in the months coming up to get caught up in my travel reading ;) 

Journal Entry 15 by oi-reader at Toledo, Ohio USA on Saturday, August 14, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/14/2010 UTC) at Toledo, Ohio USA

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off to bibliotreker! 

Journal Entry 16 by bibliotreker at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Received today. Wow! What a fantastic box. So many great books and only one I've read before. I think I know which ones I'll be choosing. I'll look it over a bit more then and get it on it's way again. 

Journal Entry 17 by bibliotreker at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Sunday, August 22, 2010

Taking out:

Sea of Glory
An Embarrassment of Mangoes
The Geography of Bliss
In Bolivia
Fool's Paradise

Putting in:

Elements of Italy
A Year in the World
Eat Pray Love
Kangaroo Dreaming
Holy Cow

I may replace the box since it's pretty battered and may not make another trip intact.
In the meantime, I'm still waiting for an addy from tranq1. I'll try PMing again.

Thanks goaliegirl for making this one possible. Lots of good reading here.




 

Journal Entry 18 by AnonymousFinder at Alvin, Texas USA on Friday, September 03, 2010

My favorite bookbox arrived today and I feel happy. I see several books that I'd like, so I plan to finish a couple of books and then pass the box along. 

Journal Entry 19 by debnance at Alvin, Texas USA on Friday, September 03, 2010

Of course, I forgot to login! It's me. I have the box. 

Journal Entry 20 by debnance at Post Office - 455 E. House St. in Alvin, Texas USA on Saturday, September 04, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/4/2010 UTC) at Post Office - 455 E. House St. in Alvin, Texas USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I'm taking out:
Kangaroo Dreaming
Slow Boats to China
Elements of Italy
Hong Kong
Life on the Mississippi
The Great Railway Bazaar

I'm putting in:
Baghdad Without a Map
Almost French
An Innocent, a Broad
Italian Neighbors
On Rue Tatin
A Woman's Europe

It will be off today (hopefully).

Off to a new reader! 

Journal Entry 21 by tranq1 at Tampa, Florida USA on Monday, September 13, 2010

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

Journal Entry 22 by tranq1 at Tampa, Florida USA on Thursday, September 16, 2010

I am taking:
Holy Cow
A Woman's Europe
Italian Neighbors
An Innocent, a Broad
Postcards From the Ledge
Black Wave

I am putting in:
The City of Falling Angels
A Thousand Days in Venice
Under the Tuscan Sun
Mediterranean Summer
By the Grace of the Sea
Mango Elephants in the Sun

 

Journal Entry 23 by tranq1 at Thegoaliegirl's Travel Narrative bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, September 16, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/16/2010 UTC) at Thegoaliegirl's Travel Narrative bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sending the box to Azuki who is next on the list 

Journal Entry 24 by azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Box arrived a few days ago but I didn't get to sit down and do my BC journals till today.

This round seems to have the best selection I've seen, and judging by how many books everybody trades, I'd say we all consider it an outstanding assortment.

I haven't finished reading the books I plan to put in, so dear Goaliegirl, please be patient for a few more weeks, and I promise it's worth the wait. Not to mention that I read a book only to discover, when journalling my comment, that it was registered by Goalie! Then I went looking around for other books and realized how hard it is to find a travelog that hasn't been through her hands!! LOL  

Journal Entry 25 by azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Monday, October 18, 2010

Thanks to the Read-a-thon, I finished enough books to put into the box. As I want more fun for Goalie when she opens the box, I am not listing here the books I put in, but I've taken out:

Running the Amazon
Way off the Road
Mediterranean Summer
On Rue Tatin
Seven Before Seventy

Also put in two small picture books. I found them in the bio/memoir bookbox and removed them as they do not fit the theme (unless you consider the post-it note comments transforming the book into a memoir) but they would make perfect journal books for future boxes... talking of which, WHEN WILL THE NEXT ROUND START?

I would also like to mention that on BookObsessed we will be having a Travelog Swap soon. Please join us for a very fun game!

http://bookobsessed.com/topic/6640751 

Journal Entry 26 by thegoaliegirl at Spokane, Washington USA on Sunday, October 31, 2010

The box is home safe and sound. Thanks to all who participated! 

Journal Entry 27 by thegoaliegirl at By Post, a postal release -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, January 19, 2012

Released 4 mos ago (1/19/2012 UTC) at By Post, a postal release -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sent to tribefan in exchange for postage for the Akron Reading Festival 

Journal Entry 28 by Tribefan at Lakemore, Ohio USA on Thursday, January 26, 2012

Both boxes have arrived!! Can't wait to have time to go through them!!! Thank you so much for sending them!!! 

Journal Entry 29 by Tribefan at Akron Reading Festival in Akron, Ohio USA on Thursday, January 26, 2012

Released 3 mos ago (2/4/2012 UTC) at Akron Reading Festival in Akron, Ohio USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Look for the Rubber City Book Posse!
We will have a table and be giving away books at the Family Reading Festival on Saturday, Feb 4th from 10AM to 4PM. Located at the Main Library in downtown Akron.

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