Journal Entry 1 by MarysGirl from Brooklyn, New York USA on Friday, July 23, 2010

Journal Entry 2 by MarysGirl at Brooklyn, New York USA on Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (7/27/2010 UTC) at Brooklyn, New York USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Journal Entry 3 by TaleofGenji at Waldwick, New Jersey USA on Thursday, July 29, 2010

Box has arrived. PMing next in line and digging in! Thanks for hosting! 

Journal Entry 4 by TaleofGenji at Waldwick, New Jersey USA on Friday, July 30, 2010

Taking Out:
Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: a Biography by Justin Kaplan
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue by Merritt Ruhlen
Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier by James Gleick

Putting In:

Journal Entry 5 by TaleofGenji at Newark, Delaware USA on Friday, July 30, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (7/30/2010 UTC) at Newark, Delaware USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Thanks for hosing! Shipping to next in line!

DC #: 0309 3220 0002 2715 3573. Estimated delivery: Wed 8/4/10. 

Journal Entry 6 by ladilee24 at Newark, Delaware USA on Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Just arrived today. Neat mix of books.I am taking out:

Heart Full of Lies - Ann Rule
The Last Madam - Christine Wiltz

I am adding:

The Empire of Tea - Alan MacFarlane
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and Davis Oliver Relin

An unintentional theme in my additions. 

Journal Entry 7 by ladilee24 at Newark, Delaware USA on Saturday, August 07, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/7/2010 UTC) at Newark, Delaware USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to tranq1 this morning. Delivery Confirmation #03092880000070921113  

Journal Entry 8 by tranq1 at Tampa, Florida USA on Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The box is with me. So many good books, it was hard to decide what to take.

Taking:
True North by Jill Ker Conway
Two Towns in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton by Joe Klein
Dancing on the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin

Putting in:
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Losing My Mind : An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love
The Last Lecture
Permission to Win
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran

 

Journal Entry 9 by tranq1 at Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, August 20, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/20/2010 UTC) at Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sending to Azuki who is next on the list. 

Journal Entry 10 by azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I am so glad box is here already! I love non fic over fiction, and there are just not many of them in BC, so I am overjoyed about this box!
I have browsed through the box and picked some potentials, when I have some time I will finalize the selection and send it on. 

Journal Entry 11 by azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Sorry... the day after I got the books, I made my selection, journaled the books I want, and figured I will register/release my books the next day. And for some reason that turned into two weeks...

Thankfully it's a long weekend, so I got time to finally get everything journaled and ready. It'll go out the next day or two.

I'm taking out:
House of Houses
One Dharma
The Empire of Tea
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran
Losing My Mind

Putting in:
Maxed Out
My First 100 Marathons
Longtitude
Whose Life?
Genome

I really love this bookbox. I hope it can be a continuous box that will go on round after round. Thanks so much for organizing this, MarysGirl!
 

Journal Entry 12 by MarysGirl at Brooklyn, New York USA on Monday, September 20, 2010

LovesOU was having trouble with the journeling for this box so I cut and pasted her requested JE:

Removing:
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
Having Our Say by Delaney Sisters
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Off Camera by Ted Koppel
My First 100 Marathons by Jeff Horowitz

Placing in to the box:
Living Islam Out Loud by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
The Persecution of Sarah Palin by Matthew Continetti
Audacity of Hope by President Barack Obama

Many thanks for organizing this.  

Journal Entry 13 by debnance at Alvin, Texas USA on Saturday, September 25, 2010

It was hard for me to find the BC number
of this box. I wrote it on a paper inside
the box and I'll also add it on the address
label.

I added a lot of extras to this box. Feel
free to take out a few more books than
you put back in. The box cost about $11.00
to mail when i received it, but I imagine it
will be several dollars more when I mail it off today!

Here is what I took out:
Maxed Out
Eat, Pray, Love
Julie and Julia
Three Cups of Tea
The Mottled Lizard
The Last Lecture
Longitude
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Here's what I put in:

A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Neither Here Nor There
Life's Little Instruction Book
Pooh's Little Fitness Book
The Canon by Natalie Angier
Takeover by Charlie Savage
The Language of Baklava
Confessions of a Tax Collector
Autobiography of a Face
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
Class Matters
The Ten Golden Rules
The Yahoo Style Guide
Odder Jobs
Watching Birds
Finding Happiness
Traffic
How Proust Can Change Your Life
That Went Well

Thank you for starting this box, MarysGirl! If you keep it going, I'd love to participate again. 

Journal Entry 14 by sarkiegirl at La Quinta, California USA on Saturday, October 02, 2010

Hi! It's here!!! This box was soooooo heavy, I practically had to drag it up the stairs!! I may take debances advice and take a few extras out...the box is too big for the books, but I only have one that's too small. I hope I can find a happy medium. Thanks! :) 

Journal Entry 15 by sarkiegirl at La Quinta, California USA on Saturday, October 16, 2010

Sorry!! It's been sitting here and I haven't been able to get to the post office! working too much!

I took debnace's advice and took out a couple more than I put in...so I could send a smaller box (and hopefully a little less expensive.)

I put in:
Building a Mystery: The story of Sarah McLachlan and Lillith Fair
The Read Aloud Handbook
Old Wives Tales
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
True Beauty
My Sergie: A love Story
Peace Corps: The great adventure
and Feeling Good: The new Mood Therapy.

I took out:
Autobiography of a Face
A Year in the World
Confessions of a Tax Collector
The Pig who Sang to the Moon
Class Matters
The Ten Golden Rules
Odder Jobs
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Pooh's Little Fitness book
and Traffic: why we drive the way we do

Just waiting on an address, and if I get it quickly, I'll send it on tomorrow!
Thanks! 

Journal Entry 16 by sarkiegirl at La Quinta, California USA on Saturday, October 23, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (10/23/2010 UTC) at La Quinta, California USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I'm so sorry again. I don't usually hold on to bookbox for this long!! I'm sending it to the next person today. Many apologies.  

Journal Entry 17 by itpdx at Portland, Oregon USA on Friday, October 29, 2010

Arrived.
I have taken:
Pigs at the Trough
We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
The Audacity of Hope
Genome
The Read-Aloud Handbook

I have put in:
The Guns of August
Composing a Life
A World Lit Only By Fire
And No Birds Sang
In the Heart of the Sea
Bozo Sapiens

I have JudySlump's address and should be able to send the box out November 1
 

Journal Entry 18 by itpdx at Portland, Oregon USA on Monday, November 01, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/1/2010 UTC) at Portland, Oregon USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way to the Slumps 

Journal Entry 19 by JudySlump612 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Monday, November 08, 2010

Arrived here safely this afternoon. Lots of good, though-provoking books here - I love it! I should be able to get the box underway by this weekend. The box is extremely heavy right now, and I may follow the example of some others and try to lighten it a bit to spare further readers' backs. 

Journal Entry 20 by JudySlump612 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Thursday, November 18, 2010

DrSlump took out:
- Takeover
- The Canon
- A World Lit Only by Fire

I took out;
- And No Birds Sang
- Bloggers on the Bus
- Bushworld
- The Language of Baklava
- My Sergei
- What Happened

DrSlump added:
- Miss Nomer's
- Nickel and Dimed

I added:
- England As You Like It
- Katie.com
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- Selling the Invisible
- The Scent of God

So it is still one very full book box! We both enjoyed this, and, like azuki, we hope you will continue this and include us in the next round. Thank you, MarysGirl! 

Journal Entry 21 by JudySlump612 at Nonfiction Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, November 18, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/18/2010 UTC) at Nonfiction Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sent to Ri via media mail
DCN 0310 2010 0002 1279 1678

Incidentally, the shipping cost to us was $14.88; we trimmed it down to $12.13. An expensive box, but really good books - well worth the cost. 

Journal Entry 22 by Ri at Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Sunday, November 28, 2010

This arrived during the craziness of hosting Thanksgiving. Our overnight guests have all left and I am now ready to dig into this box. I have my eye on a few already! 

Journal Entry 23 by Ri at Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Saturday, December 11, 2010

OK, finally got back to dealing with this box between the madness of Thanksgiving and the impending Christmas holidays!

I read and returned to the box:
Miss Nomer's Giude to Painfully Incorrect English by Alex Axelrod
Old Wives' Tales: Fact of Folklore? by Thomas Craughwell

I removed:
Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak ed by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton (My senior thesis for my English undergrad degree was on Proust, so this one should be especially interesting for me!)
Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err Is Human by Michael and Ellen Kaplan
That Went Well: Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan
The Scent of God by Beryl Singleton Bissell

I added:
Taking Care of the Me in Mommy by Lisa Whelchel
The Experts' Guide to Life at Home by Samantha Ettus
The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Samantha Ettus
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende
Crap Jobs: 100 Tales of Workplace Hell by Dan Kieran
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch
Stopping at Every Lemonade Stand by James Vollbracht

I've got NewEnglandHiker's address and will be mailing this to him on Monday.



 

Journal Entry 24 by Ri at South Hamilton, Massachusetts USA on Monday, December 13, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (12/13/2010 UTC) at South Hamilton, Massachusetts USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I mailed this one to NewEnglandHiker today. Enjoy!
Delivery Confirmation number: 03093220000211901470

Postage for 27lbs 11.8oz was 12.91 plus .80 for delivery confirmation. 

Journal Entry 25 by NewEnglandHiker at South Hamilton, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Received yesterday. There are lots to choose from here. 

Journal Entry 26 by NewEnglandHiker at South Hamilton, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, December 23, 2010

Ready to prepare this book box for its return home.

Taking out:
In the Heart of the Sea
England As You Like It
Watching Birds
Tuesdays with Morrie
Selling the Invisible
The Guns of August

Putting in:
The Road to Reality
Exporting America
The Martha Rules
Seasons of the Wild
L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon
The Paradox of Happiness
 

Journal Entry 27 by MarysGirl at Brooklyn, New York USA on Tuesday, January 18, 2011

This box arrived home several weeks ago around the holidays and got lost in the all the boxes of holiday stuff. I cleaned my office this weekend and realized I had not yet let everyone know it had returned safely.

Thanks to all who participated. You made this a very successful box. My apologies that the mailing costs went up as it got heavier. I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen next time. I'll be journalling the books over the next couple of days.